tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91090629146747554152024-03-14T05:50:40.786-04:00Carolina On Ice<a href="http://carolinaonice.blogspot.com">All Things Hockey In The Carolinas</a>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610967558169192461noreply@blogger.comBlogger497125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-48504099551587813172011-01-22T08:37:00.003-05:002017-01-23T20:32:27.132-05:00Forced Into Early RetirementIf the sound of crickets didn't give it away - this blog is not currently active with new posts. Dave & East of Here continue to sling their puck-wit, it just stays in the privacy of their own respective crowds.
Thank you to all who read, linked and commented here over the years.
Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610967558169192461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-15933362145762676772010-02-09T23:10:00.006-05:002010-02-10T01:16:54.126-05:00Atlanta Trade Deal Sends Lehtonen to Stars, Rest of Team to Jim BalsilleDateline AtlantaAtlanta Thrashers GM Don Waddell today traded goaltender Kari Lehtonen to the Dallas Stars for defenseman Ivan Vishnevskiy and a fourth-round selection in the 2010 Entry Draft. However, in a stunning move just hours later, Waddell then traded the rest of the team to Jim Balsille for 7 pounds of dried moose jerky, 11 cured beaver pelts and a burlap sack of loose cash. The full East of Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792070484203620739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-23296594887016513752009-12-03T22:24:00.006-05:002009-12-03T22:52:51.075-05:00Sweet Jesus! They've done it again...Yep. It's the bobblehead thing. Again.What is with this team? I know, I know... It's a bobblehead, it isn't supposed to look exactly like the player. But shouldn't it at least look a little like the player?As you will recall, I have previously delved into the subject of Canes bobbleheads. And I've discovered that lately, they appear to be modeled after various political figures. The most East of Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792070484203620739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-55741925450032286222009-11-08T00:02:00.004-05:002009-11-08T00:11:02.528-05:00FAIL TREK - THE NEW GENERATIONFail... The final frontier.These are the follies of the Carolina Hurricanes.Their '09 mission is:To give up strange, new soft goals,To commit new turnovers, new defensive breakdowns...To boldly FAIL like no team has FAILED before!!!East of Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792070484203620739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-59799671509696309172009-11-06T22:48:00.003-05:002009-11-06T22:51:19.822-05:00It is Official: The Canes are the worst team in the NHL11 in a row. Lost to the Leafs. Epic Fail.East of Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792070484203620739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-49037205369844274842009-11-02T21:56:00.001-05:002009-11-02T21:57:46.995-05:00The picture that says a thousand wordsDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610967558169192461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-88261632067971893752009-10-12T20:10:00.007-04:002009-10-15T19:25:04.937-04:00NHL Awards 2010 Hart Trophy to Barack Obama
Dateline New York
October 12, 2009
<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>East of Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792070484203620739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-78009932364638517442009-09-26T23:20:00.003-04:002009-10-12T21:55:15.986-04:00The first Photochop of 2009/2010It's about that time boys and girls! The 2009/2010 NHL season is nearly begun! What madness awaits us? Time will tell. Friday can't come quick enough...East of Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792070484203620739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-11651644618364195712009-08-27T23:12:00.003-04:002009-08-28T00:14:43.630-04:00I've Got No MotivationI hate the offseason. Like most fans, I really want to see some live action hockey again. I miss it. And it makes it worse reading these little local blurb newspaper articles about how the guys are skating before camp, etc. It whets the appetite, yet all the while serving as a reminder that we are still a month away from real hockey. I also hate having to watch stale reruns of games on East of Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792070484203620739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-73539910072616683612009-07-31T14:52:00.006-04:002009-07-31T15:16:58.648-04:00Checking out Hurricanes memorabilia for sale on CraigslistIt's still summer. There's still no fresh hockey games on TV to watch. I've read Canes Country already today and I'm up to speed on the hockey happenings. It's slow at work on a lazy Friday afternoon - so what to do? Let's check out what there is for sale on the Raleigh craigslist for sale items under the search term: "Hurricanes".Item #1: Carolina Hurricanes Collectibles (near RBC Center)Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610967558169192461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-80558515889708928832009-07-24T11:36:00.006-04:002009-07-25T17:08:20.388-04:00Is it too early to award NHL Executive of the Year for 2009-2010 to Jim Rutherford? Aaron Ward returns to Carolina in trade for Patrick Eaves.(Bruins site)Jimmy Rutherford contines his bang-up job this summer today by trading out a dissapointing player in Patrick Eaves for an old fan-favorite in Aaron Ward. Add that to his re-signing of crucial free agents in LaRose, Cole and Ruutu as well as bringing on tough new players in Andrew Alberts and Greek Lightning, and you've got a boner-fied threat to the Eastern Conference champs once Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610967558169192461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-36542319906375580112009-07-20T18:57:00.006-04:002009-07-20T19:16:51.759-04:00Tracking the European's off-season - fun with Google TranslatorThere's only so much that us hockey fanatics can find in the doldrums of summer to feed our fixes. Will he or won't he sign in X location? Will they or won't they trade X player? Well I'm to the point where exploring other platforms to get my pucky news is going on.While I didn't necessarily find any surprising, up-to-date news on any of our Swedes, Russians or Finns - I did find a few gems toDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610967558169192461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-57263862863556617592009-07-15T20:59:00.007-04:002009-07-15T21:59:14.340-04:00Proper hazing to welcome Andrew Alberts & Tom Kostopoulos to the CanesMy boy Jimmy has come through with some clutch signings in the month of July with Erik Cole and Chad LaRose both returning. But today I welcome in D-man Andrew Alberts and forward Tom Kostopoulos to Carolina the only way I know how: by making fun of them.To Tommy the Greek Kostopoulos: First off - you sound great and I vaguely remember you as a Hab. My boys from FHF dig you so that goes a longDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610967558169192461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-53251062879000111622009-06-12T18:46:00.002-04:002009-06-12T18:46:53.312-04:00Happy Summer to allDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610967558169192461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-37812001057395329872009-05-19T21:07:00.006-04:002009-05-19T21:20:43.624-04:00I'll show you underdogsDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610967558169192461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-52887407496588384872009-05-17T18:22:00.003-04:002009-05-17T18:28:16.731-04:00Repost! Ovechkin Eliminated from Playoffs; Bettman Cancels Remainder of 2008 NHL Playoffs; Awards Cup to Ottawa Senators Instead[For shits and giggles, I thought I'd repost last year's post decrying the elimination of the Ovenchicken from the playoffs. Yes, some of the references are dated by a year, but it just seemed appropriate to air it out once again. -EOH] Dateline: TorontoIn a move unprecedented in professional sports, the NHL today cancelled the remainder of the Stanley Cup Playoffs; opting instead to simply East of Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792070484203620739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-55717471709748839352009-05-15T22:43:00.005-04:002009-05-15T22:56:22.096-04:00Scott Walker: Hockey Mutant!Meet Scott Walker. He was once an ordinary man, like you and I. But fate intervened. And with one sphincter rattling bitch slap, he became "Walkerine". His skeleton may be adamantium alloy, but his balls are 100% brass. Don't make him angry, Penguins. You wouldn't like him when he's angry...East of Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792070484203620739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-1958174967319635482009-05-14T23:43:00.005-04:002009-05-14T23:58:20.967-04:00Sweet Baby Jesus - HURRICANES CLINCH!Go Remo Williams Scott Walker Go! Loved the Jim Valvano impersonation after the goal too! On to Pittsburgh Woo!Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610967558169192461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-74606787299941193772009-05-12T21:59:00.001-04:002009-05-12T21:59:46.114-04:00crapDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610967558169192461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-55896113804128202372009-05-11T17:54:00.009-04:002009-05-11T20:08:23.038-04:00On the Walker punching Aaron Ward ordealFlashback time: Sunday September 28, 2008.The Philadelphia Flyers were in town to play the Hurricanes in a pre-season tilt. Matt Cullen, who everyone was still being precocious with after returning from double concussions, was blind-sided by Nate Guenin of the Flyers with a vicious hit. Scott Walker immediately went after Guenin and began punching him rabidly.Walker injured his hand on the playDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610967558169192461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-63587221561844614352009-05-10T21:55:00.007-04:002009-05-11T18:53:31.027-04:00THE FIX IS IN!Did anybody actually think that the NHL would let the Canes eliminate Boston without a fight? I certainly didn't. But I didn't think the league would be so obvious about it. But I guess that desperate times calls for desperate measures.Let's face the facts:As much as we all love hockey, the truth is that it is run like a second rate league. And I won't even go into the whole abysmal TV East of Herehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792070484203620739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-34093033073785258982009-05-09T12:32:00.002-04:002009-05-09T12:32:42.552-04:00LOL Tuomo RuutuDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610967558169192461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-42074498556411074522009-05-09T00:43:00.002-04:002009-05-09T00:44:50.315-04:00I would not mind if Jussi Jokinen wanted to have my future children for meDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610967558169192461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-63350781979331234902009-05-07T20:35:00.004-04:002009-05-07T21:01:54.958-04:00A Little Memo for GM of the year JRHallelujah in the name of all that is Jussi Jokinen. Holy guacamole does this guy know when to score goals in the playoffs. Timmy Thomas, do me a favor and ask Marty Brodeur how his own heart tasted - because Jussi Jokinen will carve yours out with a spoon and feed it to you. That goal already adds to the instant classics from this post-season that shall live on in Caniac folklore forever:So Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610967558169192461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109062914674755415.post-58354468158983230922009-04-28T23:38:00.001-04:002009-04-28T23:43:31.989-04:00Cam Ward is also your Daddy - Hurricanes ClinchDavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17610967558169192461noreply@blogger.com