Wish I knew. For some reason I decided to wait on getting tickets for game 4 and when I checked last night there ain't nothin left in a price range that doesn't cost $texas

Looks like i'm watching from home tomorrow night.

Also 17



[Edited on May 7, 2009 at 10:01 AM. Reason : 17]

5/7/2009 9:59:39 AM

^I sent you a PM about an extra ticket or two that I have.

5/7/2009 10:08:21 AM

I need 2 tickets too

5/7/2009 10:08:46 AM

There will be a plenty of them on craigslist over the next 2 days. It might be too late for stubhub, but I've bought tickets for a game on the same day on Ebay on multiple occasions this year. Seller was in Raleigh on all occasions and would either meet me or leave them at will call. If you really want to go to the game Friday, you'll be able to. Not to mention all of the scalpers/sellers that will be lined up on the walk in to the building closer to gametime. It might not be the seats you were really hoping for, but anybody that says "I couldn't find/get a ticket tonight, and I really wanted to go" is a liar. "I can't afford a ticket" is a whole different story though, in which case yeah I guess TV is the best option, but you can still tailgate

I meant for this passage to be in a helpful tone, not in a trying to be a dick tone.

5/7/2009 10:16:47 AM

lol whats the deal with the picture of a guy carrying a bench on the previous page?

5/7/2009 10:32:10 AM

VROOM VROOM


Party Starter

5/7/2009 10:34:06 AM

Couple good ones from ESPN:

5/7/2009 10:41:31 AM

^NHL network (directTV) showed that highlight literally the same moment that you posted them.

5/7/2009 10:43:25 AM

^sweet! Also, I didn't notice this at first glance, but in the second picture, it looks like Aaron Ward is trying to chop Jussi's arm off like he's splitting wood!

5/7/2009 10:45:37 AM

Quote :

"but what was up with FS Carolinas' HD....was it just me or was it some kind of faux-HD? It just looked a lot more subdued compared to the previous few FSNHD games."

looked fine in the DVR to me. what were you watching via? directv, TWC?

5/7/2009 10:53:56 AM

^TWC, I was having the same problem.

5/7/2009 10:56:26 AM

might have have been just a TWC Raleigh issue then. dunno.

5/7/2009 10:58:43 AM

The front of the sports page in today's N&O is an example of what happens when the deadline to go to print comes before you're done writing the article.

5/7/2009 10:58:52 AM

Quote :

"Kevin you made it back! good to hear"

hahahah god knows how...lol.

lets just say im 4 coffees, 6 ibuprofen, and 3 bananas in.

oh yea, and 1 OT Game 3 win.

5/7/2009 11:00:01 AM

woo

5/7/2009 11:07:32 AM

Quote :

"I need 2 tickets too"

Scalpers, Craigslist or Ebay are pretty much your best bets. All the good moderately priced tickets on StubHub and VividSeats are gone.

My brother's friend who has season tickets is going out of town tomorrow night and won't be able to use his seats....he's going to call this afternoon and let us know if we can use his tickets

5/7/2009 11:08:08 AM

reposT:

5/7/2009 11:08:49 AM

that picture with the guy and bench is paul maurice, but i dont get it either...

5/7/2009 11:11:07 AM

I don't know who the Canes employee is that thought this stupid "cowbell guy" angle was a good one, but he or she needs to be fired. I don't have any issue with fan cowbells, but spending an entire minute or more dedicated to showing some dude with his gut hanging out of his shirt (I get it, he's "Will Ferrell") thrusting his crotch at Dancing Granny is not my idea of entertainment. I must be in the minority though, because they keep showing stupid shit up there (fat dancing kid with the 1 move, strange kid trying to be cool that follows around the dumbass cowbell guy, etc.).

5/7/2009 11:23:23 AM

Quote :

"but what was up with FS Carolinas' HD....was it just me or was it some kind of faux-HD? It just looked a lot more subdued compared to the previous few FSNHD games." "

Quote :

""looked fine in the DVR to me. what were you watching via? directv, TWC?"

I was watching via DirecTV in charlotte

[Edited on May 7, 2009 at 11:27 AM. Reason : .]

5/7/2009 11:26:14 AM

yea, that cowbell shit needs to go.

So, my friends and I that sit in 328 row C always stand up and turn our backs to the jumbotron whenever they show dancin' granny now. I mean, it was cute at first, but c'mon Pete Soto, move on! Anyhoo, this d-bag in row E looks at us and says "you guys are a bunch of assholes! turn around and watch. oh, you're all SO cool.." blah blah blah. Really guy, you're mad b/c we don't watch something that we DON'T WANT TO? Fucking hilarious.

5/7/2009 11:26:54 AM

Quote :

"I must be in the minority though"

not quite. that guy won't stick around for too long though if he keeps getting the reaction from the crowd he was getting, which was nothing at all.

unless soto is an idiot, which could very well be true too.

[Edited on May 7, 2009 at 11:30 AM. Reason : that said, i wanted on ice pictures last night ]

5/7/2009 11:28:06 AM

i want to bring a sign that says NO MORE COWBELL.

but heres a funny pic

5/7/2009 11:30:46 AM

The cowbell d-bag was up there at least twice, maybe three times. I thought it effectively killed any buzz that was still resonating around the arena after the official timeout. It makes me want to stop standing up waving my towel and screaming, and just sit the fuck down and be quiet. I'd much prefer them to just show random shots of people around the crowd still going apeshit. But nooooo, let's show some dumbass in a Will Ferrell costume clunking a cowbell with his tag-a-long crew shaking his nuts in front of an 80 year old woman, that's what I need to get pumped up for the rest of the game.

5/7/2009 11:31:44 AM

The cowbell wouldn't be quite so terrible if people had even a remotely basic understanding of rhythm. Instead it just sounds like a bunch of cows having seizures.

And yeah, Dancing Granny is played out and should retire. Instead of showing this nonsense on the jumbotron during extended breaks, I think they should just devote that time to the Storm Squad.

Seriously, who doesn't love the Storm Squad?

5/7/2009 11:35:13 AM

lol @ hockey cheerleaders

5/7/2009 11:46:56 AM

5/7/2009 11:47:14 AM

i wonder if those guard rails have gotten gonorrhea yet

5/7/2009 11:48:22 AM

^^lol at the lonely Bruins fan in the background... "omg... we're donezo"

5/7/2009 11:51:23 AM

Quote :

"The front of the sports page in today's N&O is an example of what happens when the deadline to go to print comes before you're done writing the article."

What's it say?

Quote :

"that picture with the guy and bench is paul maurice, but i dont get it either..."

No it's not, but now that you posted that I went back and looked at it and it does kinda look like him haha.

We were tailgating in the horse complex lot, and apparently there was a horse event of some sort there tonight. They were nice enough to still let Canes fans park there anyway, so they ran a wire across the parking lot to reserve the back section of the lot for horse complex parking. An absolutely brilliant move seeing as how it would be very difficult to see the wire while driving. One person nearly ran into and stopped at the last second, then the guy pictured hit it at full speed and it drug a bench, trash can, and a sign under his truck.

5/7/2009 12:22:29 PM

http://www.newsobserver.com/content/print/front_pdf/1-A-Thu-May-7-09.pdf

nice rando heading lol

5/7/2009 12:34:16 PM

I can't wait for the Melrose Line were he's just gonna not stop talking about Jokinen.

5/7/2009 12:46:44 PM

forslund's call of that was awesome

5/7/2009 1:59:50 PM

someone post kaiton's call!

5/7/2009 2:09:22 PM

Status update on the tailgate tomorrow?

5/7/2009 2:12:03 PM

http://www.850thebuzz.com/blog/?p=9545

Fuck Bob Ryan. Cranky old bastard.

5/7/2009 2:17:45 PM

Quote :

"Quote : "The front of the sports page in today's N&O is an example of what happens when the deadline to go to print comes before you're done writing the article." What's it say?"

ON some further investigating, it looks like I got the State edition delivered to my house in North Raleigh. The paper we have at work was different and made sense.

I'll take a picture or something when I get home. The article I read this morning at 6 AM was just a wreck.

5/7/2009 2:37:49 PM

Quote :

"So, my friends and I that sit in 328 row C always stand up and turn our backs to the jumbotron whenever they show dancin' granny now. I mean, it was cute at first, but c'mon Pete Soto, move on! Anyhoo, this d-bag in row E looks at us and says "you guys are a bunch of assholes! turn around and watch. oh, you're all SO cool.." blah blah blah. Really guy, you're mad b/c we don't watch something that we DON'T WANT TO? Fucking hilarious."

You guys do sound like assholes. You actually stand up and face the other way? What kind of DOuchefag crap is that?

5/7/2009 2:39:52 PM

^b/c we're tired of watching them show the same thing over and over. It's less against dancin' granny, more against Pete Soto and the Canesvision staff for repeating the same shit over and over. Everyone around us (save those 2 drunks) either thanks us or doesn't give a fuck.

I bet you support Linda Craft rubbing the children.

5/7/2009 2:43:08 PM

n/m, fail.

[Edited on May 7, 2009 at 2:48 PM. Reason : -]

5/7/2009 2:47:04 PM

That Linda Craft shit needs to go away too. Oh you didn't get the right answer? Well here's the prize anyway. Just announce over the PA who the "Linda Craft gift winner" is and say that it was sponsored by Love That Joker realty. That way the kid gets a prize, and we don't all have to look at her fondle the kids.

Also of note, do they find the dumbest assholes in the building to play Moe's Family Feud? The 4 most memorable goals of our opening round. Jokinen's game tying goal in Game 7 was wrong the first time the other guy guessed it, so I'll be a dumbass and guess the exact same thing. Both contestants also used "the opening goal of Game 6" as one of their answers. That was a stupid answer the first time, and borderline handicapable-qualified when guessed a SECOND time.

5/7/2009 2:48:14 PM

^^^I don't care what you, or anyone else does.... just keep doing it!!! Along those same lines, I saw a couple pages back that someone besides Vulcan91 posted the updated Mo-Meter. Is that acceptable? My first reaction is NO, but I don't want to make any assumptions, and just wanted to make sure everyone was aware of it.


[Edited on May 7, 2009 at 2:59 PM. Reason : \/Gotcha. Maybe I'm overly superstitous but it's the playoffs and we are talking about the Mo-Meter]

5/7/2009 2:49:05 PM

^ It was some random guy who hasn't made a post in a month, has never posted in a hockey thread on here, and obviously made and hosted the picture somewhere else besides Vulcan's site. I'm not an overly superstitious one, so it doesn't bother me. It is however random as fuck.

5/7/2009 2:55:45 PM

This is the same Bob Ryan that said Jason Kidd's wife, in the wake of Jason Kidd beating her, should be smacked.

He has a history of not being able to separate his love for Boston sports and his opinions. I am sure being on the losing end of last night didn't help his opinion.

I've never given a shit about anything anyone who has been on Around the Horn has ever said. I won't start now.

5/7/2009 2:57:05 PM

I know it's TECHNICALLY more suited for classifieds, but if anyone has an upstairs seat available for tomorrow, please PM me!

5/7/2009 3:25:00 PM

http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/05/04/daily53.html

Game 3 victory over Bruins guarantees Hurricanes of breaking even this year

5/7/2009 8:26:43 PM

i don't think it matter who posts the win-meter

it has its own mojo that should protect against any reverse-mojo. it simply exists, regardless of who posts it. i do not doubt the power of mo-meter.

5/7/2009 8:32:13 PM

The guy yelling about not watching dancing granny has nothin' on the guy who called the cops on us because we told him not to do the wave.

5/7/2009 8:48:33 PM

haha he called the cops??

hahaha

5/7/2009 9:14:41 PM

I'm just gonna retype the 1C article form my morning paper:




Raleigh - The Carolina Hurricanes' overtime hero, Jussi Jokinen, scored yet another big winning goal. Jokinen's goal gave the Canes a 3-2 overtime win over the Boston Bruins and a 2-1 series lead on Wednesday night at the RBC Center.

At 9:03 in the third period, Boston forward Mark Recchi tied the score at 2-2, after Chuck Kabasew's shot from the right circle touched Recchi on the way in.

It was Recchi's first goal of the postseason and defensemen Steve Montador was also credited with an assist, after passing to Kobasew.

Just like that, the Hurricanes scored a pair of quick goals near the end of the second.

(blah blah blah skipping ahead)

The Hurricanes hada 27-15 shots on goal advantage after two periods. ...

At times in the first period, the Bruins outskated the Hurricanes. Carolina still had more scoring chances that its opponents and outshot them 12-8 in the period


Written by Javier Serna, who is the usual North Raleigh news columnist. It ends just like I typed it, no punctuation and no continuation on a back page. The second to last paragraph also did really have 'hada' and the ... after the end of the sentence. It's like he twittered it into the office or something.

5/7/2009 9:27:43 PM