The Drive with Tim Donnelly Live 04-30-2024 | Carolina Hurricanes | Carolina Panthers | NFL Draft

The Drive with Tim Donnelly LIVE on 99.9 The Fan in Raleigh, NC from 3:00 to 6:30 PM at PNC Arena

3:00 – Carolina Hurricanes vs New York Islanders Game 5
3:15 – Carolina Hurricanes – players that need to step up
3:30 – Carolina Panthers – what’s Xavier Legette’s role?
3:40 – Walt Ruff, Hurricanes.com reporter
4:00 – Football at 4 – David Tepper seems to be stepping out of the way
4:15 – Carolina Hurricanes Cup Check-In
4:20 – Cop or Drop
4:33 – FIRST GOAL SCORER CONTEST
4:45 – Feedback Frenzy
5:00 – Starting 5: UNC transfer portal, Carolina Panthers, College Prop Bets no more?, Jaycee Horn, Canes-Isles Game 5
5:45 – Make your picks
6:00 – Drafting Carolina Hurricanes players for Game 5 in first round of Stanley Cup Finals
6:15 – Game 5 preview

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to win a Stanley Cup up to three let’s get number four tonight let’s get number four tonight how great would that be uh that voice just heard Dennis Cox he’s out here at PNC Arena with me uh Graham Hill back at the studio keeping us up and running and and you know what is like let’s just quickly set the stage here we’re outside long before the game so the the tailgating and everything is going to fill in the the plaza is going to fill up and everything’s going to happen already see it already already see it they’ve been here for about as long as we have which is an hour and a half ago when we got here um but also like like playoff runs are literally what you need to create new fans we’re we’re sitting right by the eye that the team store here at PNC Arena which is open now just saw a uh a dad and a son go into the eye come out both with a bag full of gear and it’s it’s like quite literally you feel the the playoff run creating new fans as uh as it goes on so so we’re here for the Vibes we’re here to raise the we’re here for the game but also we’re here to watch the canes shift into gear the last game of the series can set the tone for the beginning of the next series even with a little bit of a gap and the Rangers they’re already waiting so if if if if we’re looking for the next level at the start of the next series it it would really help if you close things out with a bang in front of your home state uh home fans home stadium uh capitalize on that energy and level up here’s Sebastian AO on taking their their style of play to the next level like I said I don’t I don’t really want to think too much ahead of us I mean you just you try to get to all you think about start at the next game right and and how to how to prepare for that and yeah we are aware that you know could have uh obviously we have another level we uh and we need to get to that but um yeah it’s just uh just try to try to Win Hockey games and that’s that’s the whole deal deal out of here I mean just the I don’t know tomorrow we come in and we try to do our best and that’s that’s that’s the mindset listen we all know there is another level for the Carolina Hurricanes we also know the level they’ve been playing has gotten them to a 3-1 lead in the in the the first round Series so it’s not all bad it’s it’s you know if you you squint with one eye and close the other you might see it as a positive and and say they didn’t play their a game they may have played their B minus game and they’re ahead 3-1 over a a playoff team I get that but the the game tonight is the way you turn losing game four into a positive right the game tonight is how you flip the script on him and say uh if you use it as a launching pad into the next series if if gensel scores early if if they pick up the faceoffs uh which which were at a kind of a weird low in game four if if you correct those things and launch into the next round out of game five then you might have been looking and saying well if they squeaked out an overtime kind of ugly gritty game in game four they wouldn’t have had that Launchpad they wouldn’t have had that springboard tonight can be the springboard towards the next level that’s that’s part of what tonight can be but the only way that happens is if you take advantage of the opportunities you play better you keep eyes on Matt barzel you do the things you have to do to uh to to find a way to win and by the way do it at home because the energy it’ll be unmatched again Sebastian AO this time on the motivation to clinch the series at home yeah it’s a big opportunity obviously uh want to play a good hockey game obviously we just uh we don’t think anything but winning a one hockey game right and and uh start starts with the Good Start starts with the you know uh just be come in and uh have that you know Killer Instinct Instinct and uh just uh yeah just play play our G he said my favorite phrase Sebastian AO said Killer Instinct Sebastian noo is lowkey and may like there’s actually a lot of players on the canes that are just kind of lowkey right they’re going to give you the coach speak uh especially in the locker room talking with the media or or when they’re presented publicly off the ice they have like kind of low resting heart rate right but I’m glad that they are thinking Killer Instinct within the game because that that I mean we’re we’re nitpicking right you’re up 3-1 but that was something in game four you know we we just heard Mike Maniscalco say it to uh Adam Gold not long ago if you would have just you know been in the bathroom when the the Islanders scored their goals in game four and and you weren’t looking at the scoreboard for the rest of it you would have assumed the canes won 5-1 right they they played so well but you need that Killer Instinct to to to ready for this you need the Killer Instinct to kill him right that’s why it’s called what it is you need you need that last second that that final thing to get you over the finish line and that’s the only thing that was lacking let me correct myself that’s one of the things that was lacking in game four you heard me allude to it early uh earlier another thing that was lacking faceof wins yeah last two games really it’s it’s really kind of weird uh they haven’t been atrocious at it this year but no they’re one of the best in the league but it’s one of those things that is popping up at a weird time um Sebastian AO again you hear from the best player on the canes on what they need to do differently on faceoffs personally it’s just uh sometimes it’s almost like you try too hard it gets uh you got to get in there in the circle and just be confident about it and just do you know obviously all the centers have done it you know enough times to know that you know sometimes it’s goes like that but uh obviously got to be uh got to be better and then in that department it is it is a weird thing because you know faceoffs they they can be kind of like a baseball player in a slump where you know you don’t really want to change anything so sometimes it doesn’t go your way some sometimes the the you know the puck bounces in funny ways uh but at the same time I do think it’s worth paying attention to and it’s worth you know just that extra half beat before each each face off where where you lock in and you maybe get a little bit more focused than than you’re used to doing or than you traditionally do out on the ice because uh you know so much of what the canes do is about possessing the puck being in control and and you don’t want to give away possessions uh you know especially when and we’re going to talk about this later on the show The margins of victory in the the uh post are so small they’re so Raisor thin and and Rod brendam more talks about it it it could come down to a couple possessions and you don’t know right the difference between winning 60% of your faceoffs and losing 60% of your faceoffs a couple possessions right if if that’s all it takes to change a game that’s all it takes to change a game so we’re going to be looking at this from from you know this game obviously from I would say two angles throughout the show one is right the the you you can win and lose games on the the real estate right between your your your ears shout out to Kevin Keats by the way NC State headman’s basketball coach come over here uh come on over here he’s got two he’s got two minutes for got two minut Kevin Kat and how great is this we just talked about how a postseason a postseason run builds Kane’s Fans Phoenix coach Keats is actually walking out of the eye where he just got himself some some Kane’s gear so so he’s all in coach uh first of all this is our first time seeing you in person congratulations on the Run go thank you uh I know this is um you know I just I want people to know that we didn’t prepare literally just walk right by that’s right I’ve got a recruit I want to say hello to you guys I appreciate you even you know spending a little time talking to me and of course I’m still pumped up from the run that we had and it was a tremendous run sure all right I got a question so we’re talking about keaki and stuff you’ve been in that pressure situation of like it’s winter go home now I know the canes are in that situation but it’s a mentality as a coach you’re in that situation like win or go home tell us a little bit like what goes into that well we won nine elimination games and what we had to do is we had to focus in on us and uh this is when you know you really need your teammates and you really have to trust one another in order to win those type of games and you know I know the kings are not going to be in that situation they’re doing a tremendous job uh but if you’re ever in that situation one of the most important things is you got to trust the man beside you and and then the the other thing we have to ask is uh college basketball the portal is in full effect I know I know the names and everything you can’t exactly mention but how do you feel your programs doing and obviously the nil support and everything is going towards the portal well it’s been a little extra work for us um we played a little longer by going to the final four you’re not going to playing right first class problem right there my private jet takes too long to refuel I I don’t get to hit the portal soon enough because I was playing in the final four and and that’s a problem that I will take every single year if we can uh but it’s going well for us I cannot say names but you know the the one thing about what the portal is be you can go out and try to find guys who fit your style and what you’re looking for and and I think we’ve been early on we’ve been able to identify some of the guys uh we’re losing great players I mean three really good singers that played and um mo mo Hamed is was a good player for us but you got both DJs you got Casey Morel that meant a lot to the program and you know you think about DJ Burns and Casey backto back uh NCAA tournaments which has really been hard because acc’s only got five teams in the last couple years and and have you have you felt maybe transfers that you reach out to and recruits reacting to you differently since this this you just brought up nine elimination games that is a run that that we haven’t seen in a long time well recruiting is so different yes the Run hurt I mean yes the Run helps um but at the end of the day it’s it’s about fit and it’s also about you know I hate to say a lot of this stuff has turned into nil and so it’s a it’s a you know you go between both that do they fit you know it’s nil play and you know we we love I’m a coach that believes in nil but I want them to be able to want to play for NC State first and then we’ll talk about the nil Su and then uh last one before we let you go I know you said you have some places to be uh saw you picked up some canes gear you got Cane’s fever I am on I’m doing the sirene tonight and I I um I do not want to walk in that place I do have I do have colors the colors are the right colors yeah the colors are the right colors but I want to you know the Kings have done a tremendous job and I do have Kane’s gear from um you know the previous year but you know me I like to stay fresh and so I can’t come in here with last year gear on that’s fair I respect that oh by the way uh when can when can I get a pair of those shoes that you have with all the ice cream cones he’s our our resident shoe sneaker head yeah and you know what I hate to tell you that that shoe is one of one I don’t know that we’re ever make2 I I’ll another final four run right that’s that’s how you get this the two of two I had a guy who walked up to me to um today in lunch and this is the same thing last thing I was said he was unbelievable he shook my hand congratulated me he said coach because of the final four run I just bought four tickets and I was like wow he said if you if you go back next year I’ll buy him for life I was like what kind of pressure is that all right no pressure at all the stakes are out there coach uh congratulations on the Run once again and thank you for for stopping by yeah guys thank y’all thanks once again that is that is Kevin Kats the head coach of the NC State men’s basketball program just happened to be walking by and and anytime coach walks by we’re going to do what we can to get him on air uh so yeah Kei is sounding the siren tonight coach ke say apparently DJ Burns is also going see that that’s smart that that’s leaning into the whatever uh hot streak you can get in in potential closeout games that’s that’s a good one to lean on uh so so uh solid solid uh deal there by by coach Keats being willing to just stop in unprompted as he was making his way out of the uh out of the eye with with the gear for tonight yeah he was just walking by just saying hey it’s likey hey come on over gave us you know gave us a few minutes I’m very gracious of his time for sure uh Dennis you have something for us 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you never know who’s going to swing by you never know who’s GNA be tailgating uh you never know who’s GNA be heading into the eye the team store or just getting ready for the game uh Kevin Keats head coach men’s basketball NC State just was walking by jumped on the show so uh you really you never know yeah he’s gonna be ringing the sounding the siren uh to to get the crowd into it later today along with DJ Burns yeah two the siren Sounders today so it it should be a should be a fun atmosphere and there’d be a fun atmosphere uh for any postseason game but that’s just going to throw some gasoline on the fire oh you mentioned people tailgating and Grilling out I’m getting SW like just the waft smell of a grill right now and I’m like where is it coming from there there there are certain parts of tailgating that are awesome the the temptation of like if you just go walking around and everybody’s got the grills and the BRS and everything fired up uh it’s it’s pretty darn good uh speaking of the the game tonight one thing we’ve been kind of falling into uh going into each postseason game is picking our two kind of key players two players for the canes or for the opponent for the Islanders uh who the game kind of hinges on right if they do something Everything Will Change up if they if they don’t do something everything could go the other way for their team uh I’ll get it started okay this is a player who is playing well but I think can play even better okay Jake gensel that’s one of my two let’s go with and and I kind of have a simple mandate for him I want an even strength goal that’s exactly what I town I want a I want a pop one five allall five scores on the power play I won’t hate it either but I want five on five well I know he’s been like empty Nets have become a thing for him obviously the the the Kane’s power play has been uh pretty darn pretty darn good for for a while now but but I want and I’ll even get more specific I want even strength goal in the first two periods oh okay right I I want him and part of it is just I want him to be aggressive it seemed like during the regular season he was uh hunting for his own shot a bit more now that he’s in the postseason it’s it’s the thing is he’s still playing well and that’s why I prefaced it with it like he’s still coming away with points or a point at least in most games he’s still setting his teammates up he’s still making the right pass a lot of the time I just want him to be a little bit more selfish because I think he has the ability to kind of turn a game with you know a well-placed shot or you know even just just getting it into to the the net front where maybe someone else finishes it I want him to be more aggressive and force the issue so just looking at the four games of this series as a goal and three assists all three all those four points have come in the last three games the goal being an empty net or in that game two comeb back that that really seal little extra sauce on they matter believe it or not they still do matter but only five shots on goal during the during the series just five shots onal I didn’t have the stat but I could feel it yeah just five but here’s the thing I understand that the line that he is on with Sebastian AO and Andre fesov I get it you’re drawing the top defensive assignments from from the Islanders every single night and they’re going to guard you as tight as possible and those guys are gonna get their opportunity exactly but here’s the thing I want to see more of those even strength opportunities be that higher gun that you that you’re brought into to be again AO fetch gensel they’re not playing bad they’re playing good but they can be great like play to that great like and do it here today take the game to the next level if you do that the team takes it to the next level and a lot of times in closeout games I do think it’s your your best players kind of leading the way yeah just over that that last little burst to the finish line so so yeah I’m looking for that line and and more specifically gensel to be a little bit like you know it’s the good kind of selfish you know how like like in diets there’s like the bad fats and the good fats oh yeah Health F yeah you you start going like oh you know it’s all fat you’re like avocado it’s it’s the good F healthy fats these are high density lipo proteins in uh know these ldls in in in sports and and many team sports and definitely in hockey there’s like the bad selfish and the good selfish I want I want him to be the avocado of selfish okay I want him to be the good selfish and hunt for his own shots within within the offense and and not be a ball hog or a puck hog but but be selfish in his own way uh give it you piggybacked or we piggybacked off each other yeah uh who’s your your second key player uh K nuts off actually getting Nets off so you just look at like the new guys I want the people that weren’t on the team a month and a half ago to step the heck up well again it’s the reason why you’re brought in right game one he had the goal just kick things off had an assist to go as well it was nice to see him put those points up especially because he had gone 13 games to close out the regular season without any points I’m sorry with without any goals just to assist or in that stretch but if you look over the last two games just one shot on goal you look at faceoffs talk about how Dreadful the Kings have been faceoffs he’s 25% in B off over the last two games he’s won four he’s lost 12 like that’s not good and he’s only this is again including double overtime in game four he’s only played 21 and a half minutes so he’s had his ice time cut drastically he again he had the Great Moments in game one but only two shots on goal since game one that’s it no points defensively he’s not the strongest player they knew that when they got him but if if you’re not going to if you’re going to be a defensive liability you have to balance it out with constantly being a scoring threat when you’re out there on the ice and at least be 50% on faceoffs otherwise you’re not doing anybody any good because if you can’t win faceoffs means you’re stuck playing defense and if you’re not good on defense that doesn’t help either and and yes per fos is expected to be out for the the entire run here so there’s nowhere to hide like you’re like Koozie has to be dependent on because there’s there’s you know other factors at work unless you insert Lemieux into the lineup you put Kook YY back at Center which changes everything up which changes a lot of stuff uh I’ll give mine quickly here uh Andre snov all right uh specifically looking for physicality of of the the top guys he’s he’s one of the top guys that can fight back he’s he’s got a little bit more size he’s got a little bit more physicality uh brought up yesper fost out I I do feel like they’re missing kind of a little bit of the dirty work okay and I don’t want fetch necessarily doing the dirty work but I want him to to play that line between what we saw earlier uh where he was getting frustrated and picking up penalties and and frustrating the heck out of all of us but still understanding like you know part of your gift part of the reason why you were the prospect you are and you were the young player that you are is is because you’re you’re big strong tall fast and people bounce off you and you can deliver hits so uh in addition to again I’m kind of being uh very demanding of the top line here with my two key players I want them to to step up a level them specifically because it it you know you’re the top guys for a reason top guys got to play like top guys uh those are two key players for the canes for for each of us going into tonight’s game five when we come back key player from the Panthers draft Xavier liette what’s his and uh and before we do that win donation I need to tell you all about window Nation uh my partner’s over at window Nation if you’re here uh if you come to PNC tonight 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we had Kevin Keats head coach men’s basketball NC State stopped by he was just in the area now we turned around and we saw cat Campbell who we talked to on most game days anyway uh W she brings us the weather but uh but she was walking by we sit throwing on a headset and jump in so so welcome you guys can’t compare me to Kevin Keats though you know you’re sting bar High you can’t put me on the same playing I don’t know if he would be as good giving us the weather so so there you go um beautiful day today are can we expect more of this it’s going to be gorgeous for tailgating you know it’s warm temperatures are in the 80s but you know there’s some clouds you don’t have direct sunlight and the breeze is just Heavenly out here today it makes it really comfortable so I’m comfortable in my long sleeve jersey so I think most people should be fine and t-shirts or jerseys as they’re coming out to tailgate as you leave the game tonight we have a chance of a shower storm but I don’t expect that for tailgating okay what I like about the breeze is we were talking tailgates before we we came on air you you you get the full array of all the smells and all the the different Grill options just depending on whether the breeze is coming or not right you gotta situate yourself where you’re where you’re to the northeast of the best tailgate to get the best smells there we go um as always we we need your prediction how does today’s game go for the canes I think it’s going to go good you know we were hoping for the best this past weekend but I think it’s going to be good that means we get this this game on home ICE tonight they’re going to be playing with their people with their fans and I think all the fans are going to bring the energy my sister’s coming out here tonight for her birthday shout out to her um and I have a lot of friends coming out here to the game tonight so I think it’s gonna be packed in there a win sounds like a lovely birthday present yeah I think I think they’re gonna take it home tonight uh and and then anytime we’re doing these old pregame shows one of the things we do is we ask for uh the first goal scorer for the can we need a a player and what period they’re going to score it in who gets the first one for the canes okay first period we’re going we’re going good we’re going optimistic okay this is where I’m gonna get a little crazy and I am gonna go with KK may not be the most uh the most popular answer but I’m wearing his jersey so I gotta go with him gotta go with him that’s osmosis right just by way of wearing the Jersey uh well actually I think that would be great for the canes if if Camy gets going early and puts one in the back of the net yes absolutely he hasn’t scored in a minute he needs one so there you go it’s it’s a little bold it’s a little off the beaten path but but I I respect it so cat thank you for stopping by thank you for uh handling the the weather Forest and you have some live hits coming up where can people find all the all the info oh that’s gonna be on WL thank you guys for having me in Gaines perfect once again that’s cat Campbell W giving you the tailgate weather report here on 999 the fan um as we move towards a little uh Little Panthers conversation here uh the the the story of the week for the Panthers is um is the draft obviously as c as cat makes her way out um Xavier liette they traded up for him he was so good that they couldn’t risk waiting he was so good they needed to have the fifth year option he was so good that they had to they couldn’t wait apparently the Patriots were trying to get to that spot apparently the he was so good the Patriots were wanted to get up to that spot I’m hearing a lot I don’t know if this new Patriots Group by the way isn’t just leaking that they wanted to go everywhere well yeah apparently they wanted uh Drake May at number three and and offered the 11th pick the 23rd pick and next year’s first pick uh and something else I like oh I mean the Vikings oh oh the Vikings off that yes yeah okay got I think the Patriots are just leaking all kinds of like we wanted to move here they wanted to move here we wanted to move there there they a new regime up there similar to the Panthers and maybe a little less tight lipped uh the Panthers meanwhile I don’t know if they’ve had to to like keep their their lips tight like withhold Secrets because they just seem honest I think they’ve lied to us once and it was when Xavier liette uh told everyone that the Panthers said they’re going to take me at 33 and they made up some story about we’ve told that to 50 different players uh which is which is a hilarious move looking back on it uh but my my question is like when you trade up for Xavier Legette you know there now is an added amount of value that you have to get from him to make that move make sense right you’ve prioritized him in a way that you have to uh Advance it and uh and how are they going to do that this ladies and gentlemen is called the tease because we’re gonna answer that question later in the show because our next guest Walt Ruff is looking sharp over here I know Sharp Dressed Man Walt Ruff is and he was uh we we don’t keep somebody dressed this sharply waiting so we’re just going to bring team reporter for the canes wall Ruff straight into the uh the guest chair here okay speaking of of of what you’re wearing all black here the mock turtle and everything literally all black head to toe are are we the funeral for the Islanders season tonight is that what we’re preparing for is that what we’re doing yes okay all I need to know that’s all right that’s a perfect smooth answer hurricanes.com uh I see all that black and I just think I’ve got a dog with white hair that sheds and I’m like goodness gracious so stay away from me and you’ll keep looking fresh it’s all good you look good too you got a black shirt on you’re right I don’t see a hair thank you there there was some uh some some tape used to get the hair off anyway uh speaking of it being kind of the the the funeral Vibe right the closeout game how frustrating was it that game four wasn’t the closeout game yeah there was some frustration especially because so much of the game it felt like the kanes were playing the the better team the better hockey on the ice right um it’s it’s tough because in a situation like that you obviously want to close it out but the guys are cognizant to New York’s played some pretty good hockey I know that it’s 3-1 series but you could make a strong argument that they deserve to win game two I mean yes they didn’t have the appropriate strategy to close that one out um but don’t take that from us that game was toool right right yeah totally agree um but it seriously it could be a two two Series right now coming into tonight so yes I think there was an element of frustration specifically within the faceoff dot but you have a 3-1 series lead you’re back on home ICE tonight you know what you’re going to try and rectify or improve on and try and close out tonight you brought it up what the heck is going on with faceoffs yeah seriously guys like yper kokami I felt like he was getting chucked out of the face off thought every time he stepped in it felt kind of weird but um to my knowledge it probably will not be that same crew again tonight you’ll have to forgive me I haven’t looked it up yet but I would be shocked beyond belief if we see another 32% from the canes in the dot tonight it’s weird because it seems like especially with the kanes games I’ve seen across a lot of the Stanley Cup playoff games like a lot of guys on teams are just getting booted from Face Off seems like more than the regular season and I’m not entirely sure why like are they getting more strict with like you got to have be set in five seconds or like whatever it is like are they just being more strict I don’t know it just seems like it’s we’re seeing more guys getting kicked out of the face off dot yeah and of course as you guys know like we don’t get told any of that right like the officials aren’t made available so you just hope that behind the scenes there’s a level of transparency to whether it be the front office the head coaching staff like there’s got to be some form of messaging there um and Rod brinmore said during Sunday’s press availability that you know every time a guy was taking a face off he was coming back to the bench frustrated about something and seemingly something different so um again hopefully not a factor tonight hopefully something we don’t have to touch on again and and I said this earlier on the show earlier this week it passes like what I call the non- hockey fan test I was watching with my wife who who doesn’t know the rules and she just kept looking at me going why do the canes keep getting have to replace when they do this right even though it’s it’s something that stood out and uh then you look at the face off win l numbers and it’s it it just feels kind of like they had to be uh causing it somehow because they were so unusual um looking elsewhere out outside of faceoffs um one thing we were just talking about you know we set our two key players and both that we wanted to step up both of us had Jake gensel which feels very demanding because he’s been playing extremely well but uh what does he have to do to kind of get a non-empty net maybe even an an even strength goal in the postseason you know knowing he is that hired that’s been brought in to do just that yeah I think everyone enjoyed his hot streak going into the postseason right points and eight straight games there are a lot of people forgetting that he’s got points in three straight games here in this series but you’re right everybody’s waiting for that pop right that Big Goal um we saw it in game two with Sebastian AO in the game tangle Jordan martinook with the game winner he’s been around it but you’re right for him to reach the back of the net tonight would be huge it would go a long way that top Line’s been really good especially when you consider that it’s been really app pairing in gentel and AO the first little bit it was with Seth Jarvis now it’s with Andre fenov and the fact that they’re seamlessly working no matter who they’ve got on the right wing alongside them that’s when you talk about the underlying stuff going your way I think it’s all right behind the scenes for sure W rough team reporter for the canes joining us here outside PNC Arena ahead of game five between the canes and the Islanders kan’s obviously ahead 31 um that Top Line playing extremely well you just brought it up is it is it wrong for me to want more because because there like closeout games are when your best players kind of have to get you over that that that finish line as we’ve been talking about uh what more can they do and and how do they step up even further well what I think goes hand inhand with that is that the fact that the canes as a whole haven’t played they’ve set it themselves up to their standard in this series it’s kind of crazy to say with the 3-1 series lead but for those of us like who have watched all 82 regular season games this team really has not played the way that they played in a lot of those games and I think what a lot of people are sitting and waiting on for that I’m not going to say it’s going to be like a 5 nothing blow you out of the water type performance that everybody’s waiting on because we know we don’t see that really often this team but it’s kind of like that suffocating two nothing three nothing give you absolutely nothing a lot of what we saw in the back half of game two for a whole 60 minutes that’s what we know this team is capable of and that’s what I think a lot of people are waiting on hopefully maybe we’ll see it tonight yeah it doesn’t have to be 61 but it feels 61 sometimes when it’s when it’s 2 yeah um this goes back a couple weeks now but one of the things this is my first year covering the canes Dennis would would say you’re going to love playoff jarvey you’re going to love playoff jarvey and then turns out four games in I absolutely love playoff jarvey how is playoff jarvey different than regular season Seth Jarvis I he just takes it to a new level um he’s a bit let’s talk about the Casual hockey fans or the non- hockey fans again right you see this little 5 foot 10 he’s probably listed that maybe 170 kid skating around out there he looks young you think okay he’s he’s probably talented but then you watch him play he’s on every Jumbotron playing games and and quirky little you know what what’s your favorite artist on your Pregame playlist and he’s endearing yeah but but then the other side flips exactly and that’s a great point to touch on because he’s the same guy going hard into the corners like he’s 6’5 240 he’s taken it as he likes to call it to the hoop he’s got no fear in his game he’ll lower his shoulder whether it be on the attack with the puck or going into the corner to win a Puck battle he doesn’t play like he’s 510 180 and I think we know what that means in the sense of he will wear it there was a couple playoffs ago Dennis maybe you’ll I think it was in Boston two years ago where he blocked that shot oh yes and just sold out for it little things like that the intangibles that you don’t expect to see uh he just does so well and I think that’s what makes him even more effective this time a year it’s amazing because Rob rore trusts him on the defensive ENT for such a young player like he trusts him out there like when the PK when kan’s got to go on to penal kill it’s him install to start things on the PK which again for a guy who’s just 22 years old so we said a lot yesterday pretty remarkable for a young guy massive step forward this year especially on special teams that’s a really good point to bring up and and anytime you talk about uh Jarvis or a few other guys um you know Chatfield amongst them you start talking contracts and and one that doesn’t get talked about enough how often like throughout your day does it randomly pop in your brain that Rod bremore is on an expiring contract this postseason well within the last 24 to 48 hours and uh some of the news coming out of the Pacific Northwest probably more frequently than not but even if that that like I think we can all agree that probably doesn’t affect the situation what’s going on in the Pacific Northwest but with that just kind of bubbling it to the surface that I mean brymore is actually on an expiring contract he is he is it’s an incredibly important piece of business to tackle because think about it you put the average NHL head co I’m obviously biased I think Rod bremore is well beyond the average NHL head coach if you replace him with even just an average NHL head coach does this team has the have the amount of success it has I don’t think so I don’t think it has anywhere close to the amount of success Rod brinmore is a leader through and through we saw it when he was the captain of this team we see it now with the way he motivates his players behind the scenes it’s an incredibly important business piece of business to tackle I’m of the school of thought that he is one of those guys and he he’s made it known throughout the season he wants his people to be taken care of first so it’s entirely possible that something is done behind the scenes I don’t know that for a fact or not but that’s what a leader does right so it’s possible we’re talking about nothingness right now something that’s already been taken care of but it is at the end of the day as of right now for the public knowledge he’s on an expiring contract and that is a little worrisome and and there’s there’s when it comes to that situation everyone I talk to they kind of talk out of both sides of their mouth he loves Raleigh they love him he’s been here since has so much his hand in this and everything I’m going like that all sounds great but then why isn’t it done already right it’s it’s there’s both sides of that and and not to mention right if if anything happens there I don’t think it will but you could have a mighty upset group of players who who are really loyal to that guy yeah totally agree and look at the other side of the coin that we were just speaking on if you replace this team with an average NHL head coach well there’s probably 31 other teams out there looking at it like hey if we can get that guy imagine where our level of play goes to so um yeah I’m I’m gonna be optimistic and hope that uh something gets announced here soon but also like let’s not kid ourselves Rod bremore is he wakes up this first thought in the morning is how do we win that day how do we win that night so it may not be until this run is all said and done hopefully not going to win another six weeks from now but until then we’re probably going to be talking about it right we hear about Kane’s culture like he’s the one that set that I mean I know that slaven and stall and these other guys AO have been around for a long time but he’s the one that set that I it the canes are the only franchise if you if you count the bubble in 2020 the only franchise last five years to actually win a series in the postseason and they’re about to make it six straight years tonight so that’s the thing it’s like they’re the only franchise done it that level of consistency he’s been the top guy I mean there’s been turnover in so many coaching spots across the entire NHL and they have not had the level of consistency that Carolina has outside of maybe Tampa because of the cups that they won Under John Cooper but that’s it that’s really all I can think of it starts with that guy like that’s the guy want to keep around and and and he has to make the tough decision so we’ll we’ll lean on one of those Freddy in all four thus far uh are you surprised by that and do you think it continues yes I am surprised and yes I think it will continue um rod always cautions us to not read too far into practices but based on yesterday’s skate and the way he spoke on Sunday said listen we’ve got an off day and then a light workload the only thing different at yesterday’s practice from any other practice day in this series was that Spencer Martin the third goalie was on the ice which you can put two and two together that is to give Freddy a light workload uh so I would be very surprised if they went away from him this evening he’s been really good in all four games performance is never the question with Frederick Anderson right it’s just a matter of do you feel like you’re playing a lottery ticket when you’re sending him out there five games in a row um he hasn’t gone five in a row since round two of last year May 3rd through 11 of course he missed quite a bit of a time you never know during the regular season he could have gone five in a row if he were healthy and not in the sidelines but um I think perform forance wise it’s absolutely the right call and then uh the other kind of change up in this one forced by injury uh give tony D’Angelo a grade for for the the Run he’s been on since being forced in in for peshi oh great I was always terrible at school um it be right I mean listen we’re all well aware it could be going much worse uh we’ve seen the good of Tony D’Angelo we’ve seen the bad in toy D’Angelo um and so far s like like maybe at least me as a student right it’s like you turn you turn be it’s like could be worse exactly that that’s probably where I’m coming from there but um a lot of people who I spoke to thought he was one of the K’s better players in game four on Long Island and so that’s totally fair to say and that says a lot given that his bread and butter is the offensive side of things right and he’s not called upon to quarterback a power play right now so you just hope that his defensive end of things can hold a bet five on five and it has so you’re right credit to him Rod bmore spoke highly of him yesterday and Rod bmore is not afraid to tell you when things aren’t exactly going great so I think that speaks volumes Walt Ruff team reporter for the canes before we get your first goal score uh uh that’s a little little you can crank that away in the back of your brain yeah um how much is the physicality of of jper fos being missed you feel for him right speaking of things you think about on a daily basis I mean just a basically meaningless regular season finale and he blows a tire going to the net and now he’s dealing with a neck injury that you just feel terrible for him because he just such a staple in this lineup night in a night out and doing the team veteran thing out there you know giving it a good go when so many of the veterans were were in Street Clos Jarvis was in the broadcast Bo yeah yeah that’s tough that’s really really tough to swallow you feel for the guy um he just does it all right like you said he’s consistent every single night he’s another guy who goes hard in the corners he’s aggressive on the for check when you reference players who know the exact identity of this team yes peros is one of them and you just feel terrible that he’s not out there right now give us your first goal score player and period Kane’s first goal score okay so I went with Brady Shay I believe that was before game two game one correct don’t think I was right but so probably not going to be right again but thankfully this is not legal gambling or waitering advice but just entertainment purposes only that’s what we used to have to say before it was legal we used to have to go entertainment purposes only that’s good because I don’t know the odds on this either but probably pretty good return value uh first guy that came to mind for me is Demetri orov all right I like it yeah I think I think he’s from distance right just just a hammer yeah I exactly I think that’s what everybody thinks of when they think of Demetri arov it’s we probably should think of that goal he scored just before the All-Star break against Arizona to win it in the final minute right like that was sweet but um yeah I was actually thinking that it just wind up from the point just an absolute bomb get through traffic and uh first period why not all right all right so you have orof in the first cat Campbell gave us kemy in the first we actually have Brandon online said Jarvis in the first we have a Terrain from Tommy in the first period we also have from from elely NIS in the first period as well so we’re covering the whole Rost covering the entire roster before you know we’re gonna get Freddy and hey hey you talk about good odds you’ll get a nice nice on that one if you can find anyone who take the bet uh 433 we’re going to take three callers for the official contestants to win a signed Puck on predicting the the first goal score well unfortunately you are you are not eligible so that’s just for fun makes sense but uh I’m sure you could find a way to assign Puck if you really need to probably while we appreciate you for hanging out of 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know from the right shoulder down like to your left hip that’s the jersey signed by multiple canes including head coach Rob rore but scan the QR code andent ref for a chance to win it’s right here at our uh at our tent and also if you want to win a signed puck in about 30 minutes almost exactly 4:33 We’ll be asking for callers and the first three callers we have on air will be entered to win a signed Puck all you have to do is predict who scores the first goal tonight for the if you get it right you get the sign Puck by one of your favorite canes uh we need a player and a period for the the prediction that’s coming up in about a half hour right now though it is football at four and I’m gonna I’m gonna say something that I think Kane’s fan or sorry Panthers fans I’m gonna do that all day both uh actually both both uh fans of the Panthers and also other teams uh will be happy to hear we are a couple days after the draft right so so you’ve had enough time to let it sink in look at it from different angles talk about it with your friends for the first time since David teer took over as owner it feels like a draft took place and he was out of the way at least it feels that way feels that way you never know like he still broken stuff behind the scenes but feels like he stepped to the side at least a little bit at least this team feels like it’s built by Canalis and Morgan they they the things they’ve said along the way showed up in the picks made right yeah the the explanations that they gave at their post-draft presser seemed genuine it didn’t seem like they were going I wanted CJ stoud but uh Bryce young was forced upon me yeah like it didn’t seem like they were saying something and thinking something else it seemed like no we were convicted to go up and get zavier liette we were convicted to go up and get Jonathan Brooks we made those decisions and we were enabled to to have the power to do so the actions and the words lined up and there’s alignment we’re going to say alignment we’re going to break the record for a radio show saying the word alignment between now and game one for the Panthers next year um but it that that’s like this is big if that is true that is not a small development the the the fact that teer and I know he made headlines because he took a hat off the head of a guy at a restaurant and and there was a whole thing but if those are the headlines he’s making fine okay right I I mean I don’t like it but I don’t I would like it much less if the headlines he was making was he went running down to the war room and stood on the table to make sure they drafted Keon Coleman or whoever was in the running for the 33rd pick yeah instead of liette like or or we need an offensive lineman or whatever like I I I would much much rather get the vibe that he’s not meshing with somebody at a bar somewhere then then get the vibe that he’s not meshing or not agreeing with what his GM and his coach who he just hired want to do that is is the more important part uh now the the onus is on Morgan and Canales right if this is happening if if David teer is actually going fine I guess I have to get out of the way a little bit now it’s on Morgan and Canalis to make it work if Morgan and Canalis burn that trust terer will never do it ever again every coach in GM to ever work for him will have to fill out like daily reports on everything that they’re doing and and minutes of every meeting are going to have to be sent to him and and he’s going to have final say on everything like if he truly is giving some leeway gosh I hope it works I hope Le get turns into the next musen Muhammad I like I I I hope I hope it all comes true I hope Jonathan Brooks is the ne next D’Angelo or or Jonathan Stewart like like Steven Davis somebody Steven Davis he CMC I was gonna say I I’ll settle for uh quite quite a few steps below that uh it just it like if the team shows signs of success and Improvement I think that goes a long way towards earning the trust or or um reinforcing the trust that they were allowed in the draft if it does truly play out behind the scenes the way it feels like it played out behind the scenes and and something when when Canalis and Morgan were introduced their introductory press conference I forget who it was went up to terer on the side and was like are you talking today he’s like are you GNA be available according he says I’m in the background now it’s like but he he’s never done that like I’m in the background now it’s like huh okay it’s like maybe maybe you are starting to figure it out a little bit again there’s probably still some middling in some way shape perform it’s his team it’s his money I totally get it but it seems like yeah he’s starting to again phase into the background a little bit and like you said let the two guys Morgan and Canalis do their thing I’ll illustrate it this way uh by all accounts David teer is an analytics guy right he likes the numbers he likes the spreadsheets he likes the uh can you show me how much value this player or play is adding and not just say like you know the the old like I heard the crack of the bat and I know he’s a good hitter like I don’t want that I want exit velocities and spin rates and everything else um I can tell you right now there are very few analytics gurus out there that suggests taking a running back in the second round however since Dave Canales has taken over he’s been pretty darn adamant that the way he wants to play football is run run run have the the the everything come from running back uh have everything come from Touches for your your big guys and lean on the offensive line so that’s what I’m talking about when I say coming out of the draft it feels like uh the the kind of onus the the decision making is made by the football people rather than the owner because it goes against what we believe the owner prioritizes but goes in favor of what the coach and the GM have been telling us they want throughout the the runup of this off season and if that’s the case that’s what everybody’s been asking for right I mean they’ve been we we see the the comments on YouTube we’re about to get to our our feedback frenzy later this hour where we we read a lot of your comments we’ve seen them all right teer needs to butt out until teer gets gets his uh you know gets himself out of those conversations nothing’s going to change it doesn’t matter who the GM is if teer meddling and everything like we see your comments we read them we hear them in a lot of ways I agree with them uh this feels different and now it better work or else he’s gonna go I tried it your way it didn’t work we’re going back to my way Tepper rules and that is you know I think we’ve seen a a dangerous way and by the way I would say not just for terer that’s a dangerous way for Ev any owner sure who quite frankly your expertise is in something other than football if if if your expertise is in something else when we need that expertise we’ll ask you 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Tavern and Grill apex’s Premier sports bar official member of the canes bar network uh for the cup check in today Adam Gold was joined by Mike Maniscalco earlier in the day the voice of the canes and we wanted to to make sure you heard some of that Insight so here’s Adam and Mike where do you think Carolina’s overall game can go to another level oh it um in almost and I hate to put it in these terms but in in almost every level although the funny thing is game two Adam go back and watch game two from start to finish and blink when the Islanders score and then look back up and you would have thought that that game should have been s nothing Carolina yeah I mean they were they were good from the opening faceof until the final whistle you know they just hockey can be funny where bounces or certain things don’t go your way and and you can find yourself down on the scoreboard but they were they were great uh I go back to that game and and that was they did everything that they want to do uh they can be I think a little bit more what’s the word that I I’ll use the word determined to get in front of seman varlamov and and take away his eyes they can do a little bit more on that uh you know clearly starting with the puck in the face off Circle but you and I just rather esoteric discussion about what’s going on in the face off Circle at least with game four uh they could certainly be better there I I’ve liked them on special teams there’s not much that I would change on the Special Teams except uh they they’ve really gotten the opportunities you cannot complain if you’re a hurricanes fan about Power Play Chances in this series The canes have had the majority of them and uh the funny thing is the percentages are the same while the canes have double the opportunities of the Islanders uh for this postseason when it comes to playoffs uh when it comes to power plays and special teams so wouldn’t change anything there uh but it it’s honestly you’re just talking about little things Rod’s talked about it all during the season you know taking a breath here and there but you also have to remember the other team is going to take advantage of it when you get to the playoffs you know that the Islanders for all of the things that we like to talk about that the canes are are so Superior for it they have good players and when a guy like Matt barzell wakes up like he did in game number four you give him an inch he’s going to find a way to to make you pay for it so uh really it’s just those those moments where you know you get a little loose you know you get a chance to clear a puck and you don’t do it uh that that’s really been the can’s worst enemy in this series and and I mean we’re talking about you know what can the canes do better they they’re still one win away from eliminating the the Islanders in five games which is pretty darn good if you ask me yeah in in game three uh the Islanders I I think it was the first goal I I mean I thought they Carolina did everything right Tony D’Angelo won a defensive battle was had gotten the puck out of the zone and I think it was o teravan uh who just didn’t make a play on the puck and it ends up coming right back in and that cycled around and it ended up being a uh being a goal but going back to game two I thought the Islanders played nine good minutes and got three goals out of it like the last last four five minutes of this of the first period of the second period of of the first into the first four or five minutes of the second and it was three nothing and from that point be before then it was all Carolina cuz it was at one point 11 nothing in shots on goal Simon Holstrom got it the first Islanders shot on goal in game two with like 6 and a half minutes left in the first period and all of a sudden it’s three nothing and then Carolina just I mean it was like men versus uh boys the rest of the way but yeah it was it was the varsity versus the JV the rest of the way in that game uh and look it it’s that’s the weird thing about hockey Adam when when we try to explain this to folks like that nine minutes that can be the game yep uh the the amazing thing is what Carolina did for 51 as I go back to it it it should have been worse on the scoreboard that’s one of those games you look at uh that’s why I thought this series was probably going to be over in four you know now I can do the the revisionist history and Hite being 2020 game one was not the Kane’s best game they win at three to one and if you’re the Islanders you’re sitting there going we had to win that game yeah game two you go up three nothing but the canes play their best game and you’re like God we can be up three nothing and we can’t beat their best game so now it’s two games to none then the canes win you know a pretty even game three you knew the Islanders would push back this would be everything that they have but the canes win game three because they do all the little things that they need to do special teams go to the Carolina Hurricanes in that one you’re up three to nothing and then you survive the first five minute push in game number four and you get the first goal right and that’s where I’ll give the Islanders credit I thought that you know that could be the all right guys what time do our flights arrive in Cancun kind of game you know the rest the way for for New York they didn’t and you know Patrick W is not going to have them play that way and varlamov was really good you know he made he was the differen meaker as it goes into there’s one thing that I’m gonna watch and I don’t know how big of a factor it’ll be here tonight Adam in game five but the Islanders really just ran their top four defensemen and with the two days in between games I don’t know how big of a factor it will be here tonight but you had the Islanders top 4D over 30 minutes Carolina’s number one player with time on Ice was Demitri orov in in game number four so you know there there’s not going to be a tired legs conversation for I think the Hurricanes when they hit the ice tonight and I think really tonight Adam comes down to if the canes throw their game at the Islanders in the first period and say this is how hard tonight’s going to be it’s going to be really hard for the Islanders to find a way to win without getting the matchups that they want Even though Patrick W is not a big matchup guy once again that was Mike Maniscalco joining our very own Adam Gold earlier today as our cup checkin for the day on 999 the fan served up by The Dugout Tavern and Grill apex’s Premier sports bar and an official member of the can’s bar network uh now that the cup checkin is in the past it’s time for copper drop this is how it goes Dennis throws everything he can at me predictions guesses ideas Sports takes and I tell them whether I’m copping or dropping Dennis take it away all right so before we’re going to get back to kan’s cuz obviously in 10 minutes we’re going to get your your calls for our first goal contestant that’s 33 think about who your who’s going to score the first goal for the canes today what player and in what period in 10 minutes a little bit less we’re going to ask for for callers and the first three callers if you get it right you will get a free signed Puck we’ll give you a signed Puck of one of your favorite Canes All right so I’m gonna shift gears over to the Caroline of panthers right real fast cop or drop they signed Stefon Gilmore cornerback bring him back to the Carolina Panthers since they did not draft someone really fit for the outside I’m I’m actually copying this okay I think I think he was a a fallback plan where if the draft breaks in a way that maybe they were able to get one of their uh targets at at at corner or they didn’t have to use certain ass assets to move up or down as as they did um for example if I I think if they didn’t feel they had to move from 33 to 32 I’m not sure they trade back from 39 and then at 39 they might take Cooper Dee uh or or kolade McKenry but that’s not the way the draft went they felt like they had to move up so they needed to regain some some draft Capital uh moved back so uh I think Stefon Gilmore is an excellent Ace in the Hole an excellent like oh didn’t go that way guess we’ll have to go get Stefon Gilmore will he be a little bit more pricey sure but uh but his veteran leadership will be good in that in that locker room uh played with with Devi on Clowney going all the way back to high school and college uh so I think I think they bring him back and I also think it’s one of those deals where it’s like your fallback plan but you kind of wanted it yeah it’s it’s like all right we we can if we get to the Italian restaurant by six we’ll get Italian but if not it’s too crowded we’ll go to Mexican and then like you’re dragging your feet hard and you’re like oh man we got to Italian food at 605 but you wanted you wanted uh quesadilla the whole time anyway you wanted the nachos I think they’re like oh if we we get one of our Corners we won’t go Stefon Gilmore and then they they made sure they didn’t get one of their Corners by trading back we had other things yeah well we a darn so close guess we’ll have to go to Stefon Gilmore I think that’s kind of how got to put the put dog food in the bow just all these other things I knew I needed gas I hate driving around with less than three4 of a tank yeah anything less than full I’m not can’t do it all right so speak uh sticking with the Carolina Panthers that is with the drafting ofn Brooks that they drafted in the second round 46 overall Carolina Panthers release my sanders running back one of their top free agent signings of last year release of copper drop uh dropping it okay I don’t think they drop them I don’t think they get the cap savings that they’d be looking for um but also I think there’s going to be carries to go around uh and Jonathan Brooks is coming off in ACL so while he’s supposed to be ready for training camp I’m not sure you want to throw him into 20 carries or 20 touches you know week one uh so I think I think hubard and Sanders may even be like there may be some frustration from fans over the first month going we traded up in round two to get Brooks why isn’t he getting the ball and it’s like give him a minute about week eight all of a sudden he’s getting the ball more it’s it’s a marathon not a Sprint uh so I I think there’s a rooll for Sanders I think there is a roll for hubber I think there is a role for Brooks they just might all be a little bit smaller after the draft than than they were before all right next one here Coppa drop Carolina Panthers win six or more games this com season that’d be a that’d be a boost that’s that’s a lot more wins than they did last year his roster is far beyond better than it was just looking on paper far beyond better than it was last year where they fired their coach in one two six or more six is interesting yeah um I think that the division is better I think the Falcons are much better um yeah wait for Michael pennx to roast them right yeah can you imagine how much better they’d be if they would have took a good pick at number nine overall what eight overall whatever that was um six is it six or more six or more then I I’ll I’ll I’ll cop it yep I think they win six okay if you ask me today I say they win six which is not I’m not being negative there I think I’m being positive there that’s that’s a boost and he’s probably still picking the top five and and you get to bring in another impact player next year when you actually have your first round pick all right I’m gonna throw an easy one out here lobin softball’s out here for you Tim here on copper drop copper drop can’s win tonight cop exactly knock that one out of the park come on that’s uh that’s like uh earlier when you um uh when you asked Walt Ruff if he was dressed in all black for the Islanders funeral and he just went yes yes there it is uh yes I believe the canes win this one um I think probably after losing this might be the most confident I’ve been in them in a game because of losing game four and and you know they’re locked in they don’t want to go back back to to Long Island they want they want to stay here finish it out get ready for the Rangers all right cop or drop Jake gensel scores a goal tonight five on five five on five no mpets five on five Jake gensel scores a goal tonight I will let you in on a tease uh in about four and a half minutes we’re going to open up the phone lines for for first goal scores um and I might be tipping my hand in this one when I say yes J Kel will score and it will be five on five okay next one up here so the cop I don’t know if I said the actual word cop uh it’s actually interesting because uh Jeffrey on uh Jeffrey on on YouTube live stream says gensel gets the first goal today we we may we may be thinking alike Jeffrey maybe you’ll have to stick around for another six minutes to find out C drop Carolina hurricane sign Rod berore to an extension I’m copying this um I I I think I think it’s gonna happen I think it’ll probably be messier than it needs to be uh and by messy I just mean it’ll drag on a little bit longer than you should we’ll have more conversations about it than we should need to uh because that’s seems to be kind of how Dundon operates um but that’s Tom Dundon the owner but but at the same time I think I think Tom Dundon also understands what wadell and and brendam Moore have meant to this this bill and and I give them uh a lot of credit for not messing up a good thing so I think I think Rod brind deore will be signed to an extension I think it’ll be lucrative I think it’ll be longterm and I and I think uh everybody in in Kane’s land will be happy okay uh actually I have another one over here uh going back to the Carolina Panthers actually uh we have seen Z Jones get released from the Jacksonville Jaguars there’s also rumor that James Bradberry former Carolina Panther with the Philadelphia Eagles being released since they got two of the top corners in the entire NFL draft uh this coming week uh copper dropped that the Carolina Panthers will still sign veteran free agents here in the next couple months before training camp cop I’m coping a veteran free agent the I’m not going to say it’s going to be Z Jones Z Jones intrigues me though um a player with with ties to area all over the place uh and and meaning to the state of North Carolina and and he brings a unique skill set and and one thing that I really like about Z Jones is he’s been kind of the the other guy if that makes any sense okay he’s he’s operated as a wide receiver three a wide receiver four in his career and and made plays in that role uh sometimes right you get a veteran wide receiver if they’ve been like a wide receiver two or better their whole career they’re not super jacked for like hey you’re only going to be in when we have four wide receiver sets or you’re only going to be in when when one of our young guys needs needs a breather uh but Z Jones can be effective in that in that situation probably wants to extend his career I I don’t hate that move at all so I think they’re gonna sign veterans they need to fill out their roster Z Jones is an intriguing one a little banged up last year only played in Eight Games but the year before that in Jacksonville uh 16 games had 82 catches 823 yards five touchdowns pretty productive as like a third receiver uh by the way if you heard the name Z Jones before he played at East Carol played four years at ECU and put up a lot of Big Time numbers second round draft pick if I remember correctly Buffalo Bills let’s see he was the uh pick 37 overall yep actually so early second round pick um all right before we actually start taking callers do you want to give us your your goal scorer I will then I’ll give you mine so we’ll open up the phone lines here in a second uh but but what we’re looking for is a player and a period so we need a player and what period they’re going to score the first goal for the canes uh I’m going in the first gel in the first okay I’ve I’ve been challenging vocally on this show Jake gensel a few times I think he answers the challenge I think he recognizes he was brought in to be the sniper to send teams home to win in the postseason and I think he’s a little bit more aggressive Okay so we’ve actually had a lot of people submit stuffer so when cat Campbell SW swung by here WL TV uh meteorologist she said CMI in the first uh we actually have Brandon online said Jarvis in the first Tommy online said teron in the first we actually had say first Jack said Jack sto said Burns in the first period uh we also had someone uh Jeff said gensel in the first uh so we actually have had quite a few people offering in who they think is going to be uh beat tonight so I’m actually gonna go I know as we start taking calls I’ll give up the number 919 860 5326 call in now 5326 again we’re gonna take three callers Jason win a signed Puck by Carolina hurricane I’m going with I’m going to go off the beaten path here this feels like early on in this game tone setting play Jaylen Chatfield first goal theight first Jaylen Chatfield on the first on the rush Kane’s calls a turnover on the defensive end he jumps up in the play three on two he’s that trailer guy buries one give me Jaylen Chatfield in the first nobody would be be more excited for chatty than I would I’m I’m a big chatty fan I I love his game talking about someone who needs a contract extension oh yeah Jaylen Chatfield it massively needs cont it probably goes brendam Moore Jarvis yeah chatfield’s not far after that I I I really do think he’s he’s that kind of player that can be good in Carolina for a very long time uh all right let’s go ahead and open up the phone lines as as we mentioned uh the number is 919- 860- 5326 the first three callers are the ones eligible for the the the signed Puck if one of the first three callers get it right they get a signed Puck uh Nate the Great and Raleigh Nate and Raleigh got right during during our last game the got a signed Puck uh so the first three callers will have a chance everybody else you can call in for bragging rights uh by the way if you swing by our tent again we’re here at the plaza uh outside of Carter Finley in PNC Arena um if come over here you could tell us who you think’s going to score first as well again a bragging rights thing we’ll definitely keep track of that for sure but you can swing by our tent let us know who scores first and when you could even say for example might be like Shay in the second if he w to if you feel like hey it’s going to be low scoring nothing nothing after the first If This Were 2006 you’d probably say Eric stall in the first you could or Justin Williams Justin Williams in the first or Brenda Moore in the first you could have gone uh chadler Rose in the second if you wanted to uh that’s just obviously we’re doing it for today’s game the phone number 919- 86053 26 go ahead and call in uh looks like Mia and Raleigh is on the line first here uh Mia thank you very much for calling in who is the first scorer in what period and why uh first period s Jarvis because that’s what happened last game I like it first period Seth Jarvis I like this stri twice uh I like it thank you very much Mia you are entered to win the signed Puck if you get it on the nose if you hit it you win the signed Puck so uh so welcome to the competition so yeah stay on the line there make sure you gets your information all that kind of stuff so yeah right Mia Jarvis in the first I like that call in if you want a chance at the sign Puck 919 860- 5326 Graham Hill back at the studio Hill Field the calls uh playoff jarvey man like I I I’m uh I I’m a huge fan of playoff jarvey as I said during the Walt Ruff interview yeah I’m gonna start only during the regular season only referring to to jarvey as Seth Jarvis yeah Seth Jarvis and and then in the the playoffs he becomes jarvey I think it’s it’s a different person I told you you were gonna love playoff jar and I do you love playoff Jarvis I also love John and Wake Forest next up on the line John uh who scores the first goal for the canes and in what period I would say Brian Burns and the the first period Brian Burns crowd favorite Brian Burns yes coming off the edge you’re you’re allowed to make this call because uh Dennis called Brian Burns in in game one and you mean Brent Burns sorry Bren Burns Bri that’s I said coming off the edge all the straight from New York this week I’m allowed to do it I’m allowed to up football and hockey but John thank you very much for the call you’re in for Brent Burns in the uh in the first maybe met DJ Burns who’s supposed to be sound of the siren today at some point he and Kevin Keats actually now I’m I’m all in on Burn scoring in the first yeah because DJ Burns will be in attendance and that’s just that’s just burns Vibes do you think DJ Burns wears the Brent Burns Jersey while he sign sounds the siren he should it still disappoints me that we never got a photo of Brian Burns Brent Bur and DJ Burns together all weing like their respective jerseys or whatever like I maybe we maybe we can settle for two of the three tonight I hope so that’d be awesome uh Chad in Hillsboro you’re up next who scores the first goal of the game for the canes and in what period I say AO in the first AO in the first safe pick it’s it’s right down the middle but it’s right down the middle for a reason uh Chad we we appreciate you for calling in sit on the line uh gram has some info we needs to get from you to make sure you you get the signed Puck if you you get it right uh AO in the first I I will be surprised if we ever do a game and don’t have at least one of the three go AO in the first like if the if you’re third caller and the first two go elsewhere it’s like $ one Bob you’re just coming in with AO in the first because I mean he’s the leading scorer you know he’s gonna uh get power play shifts you know he’s going to be out there on the ice quite a bit uh and he’s pretty darn good he’s basan AO it’s it’s one of those it’s a safe pick it’s if you’re just trying to get the Puck it’s probably your best pick you know it’s like you’re you’re you’re picking 27th in the NFL draft there’s a really really good offens alinan that’s sitting there you know what safe pick that guy’s gonna start for me for the next 10 years may not be a star but he’s gonna start for me for the next 10 years safe pick except except AO will be a star exactly is he like picking a pro bowler at 27 basically um so there you go MIA John and Chad are contestants for The signed Puck however the rest of you there’s still plenty of opportunities bragging rights which you might argue are are just as if not as important uh so you can comment on our YouTube you can comment on Twitter send them to me at Donell Sports send them to Dennis at thean rookie or send them to the station at 999 thefan uh we need a player and a period and and get those those online submissions in before the game starts that way if you hit we will give you your your du we’ll give you your props your your bragging and everything uh on the show tomorrow so on YouTube lightning NC says it’s going to be z00 going into the third he has AO in the third so I like all right we got apparently he think specific prediction exactly well hey you know what I like specificity here uh Xbox the Head Hunter says fetch in the first uh again jack uh we actually have I’m sorry Jane do says Jarvis in the first uh so yeah there’s definitely trip on Twitter tweeted at me stall in the first okay stall hasn’t been I mean let’s get real he’s still Jordan Stall hasn’t been as aggressive looking to score but uh but it would be lovely you know what would be even better stall wins a face off okay go on Puck comes right back to him fairly quickly goal which would kind of exercise a whole bunch of demons right it would get the face off from yesterday into the rearview mirror all the the losing stats uh and then also it’s just all scoring a goal which is is always fun in a closeout game the captain there’s a lot going on there uh which could be a very fun which I think the way the lines are going to shake out today I think a stall is going to be playing with terrain and Jarvis based off what practice was yesterday so may have a little bit more of that offensive punch because I think it’s gonna be Drury skating alongside uh are we looking at cenami are we looking at I think actually jury was skating along with martinook and NIS okay so yeah it’s balancing out that little uh little bit of the scoring I would say there a little bit that’s scoring to our good friend Walt Ruff from yesterday’s practice how things look today we don’t know we’re going to have to wait and see until the lines actually get out there but my guess is is that if you’re going to practice that way it means like you might be looking to make that change so 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Nook in the first so keep those coming even if we don’t read yours on air if we get it and it’s before the game starts we’ll give you your credit tomorrow if you if you get it right another Jason on YouTube live uh said Stephan n in the first uh another one had NIS in the second so we have n in the first a NIS in the second a martinook in the first period a Brady Shay in the first fetch nikov someone actually said Nate Lee this is how specific we’re getting here Andre sikov in the first at the 936 Mark I love it I love from the left wing one Defender will have uh lost a stick let’s combine It Lacrosse goal at 9:36 to the first see that’s what we got to have uh so that’s all part of the feedback that we get from you guys so keep all that coming again we’re on YouTube live so subscribe there that way if you’re not able to listen on the radio maybe you’re at your office or at home you can still stream us and interact with us and leave the comments and interact with other listeners as well but we do get your comments and stuff online including this one uh from clay talking about the NFL draft Carolina Panthers said got a number one running back in the draft the number one running back from the draft yep the number two tight end from the draft the number seven wide receiver not a single excuse for Bryce next year I less excuses than last year maybe not not a single excuse um because remember like tight ends are notoriously slow starters for rookies outside of like Sam leaport and that’s about it um but there’s also a bunch of other guys around the pter that allow him to be open yes um the seventh wide receiver in the draft granted it is a strong wide receiver class but seventh wide receiver in the draft does not mean wide receiver one on an NFL team right out the gate Deontay Johnson like the wide receivers are better the running backs are better the the tight ends I would say are better the offensive line is better than it was last year so you do have to look at the the front office and say hey you’ve taken away some of the excuses of your Young quarterback I’m not ready to say they have like you know who has no excuses Caleb Williams Caleb Williams has uh Keenan Allen on one side has DJ Moore on the other side and has Roman dun the number nine overall pick who is the third wide receiver in this draft like that’s more and you’re the number one overall pick like there’s there’s more no excuses there than there is in in in Carolina all right next one here this one comes from uh copy paste dates Great Name on YouTube uh Panthers got nothing to lose terms of like the draft they got nothing to lose I like the philosophy of bringing competition to every position also says Brooks was a great pickup Jonathan Brooks the second round pick out of Texas um they they have something to lose right I mean you’re two and 15 I guess what two more games I guess you couldn’t get worse but but you can lose progress right you can lose the opportunity to get better um I don’t want them operating as if there’s nothing to lose I want them operating as if every pick is precious right don’t be like ah let’s just take a guy like no like to me I hear nothing to lose I hear like I’m throwing it into double coverage I know it might not be the best decision but hey I’ve got nothing to lose we’re down three scores uh like I I want them treating it as if they’re they’re trying to get back which is what they I do believe they did I think they they made the the decisions that they think increase their chances of winning the most so I’m I’m not I’m not like I’m disagreeing with the premise that they have nothing to lose I’m not disagreeing that I dislike the drafter that I you know it’s not like I think Brooks was a bad pick I just think I would have gone elsewhere with that pick all right speaking of someone who may might slightly agree with you on that uh this comes from Mr Mega gamerman Mr Mega gamer man what’s up Mr a great one on YouTube uh I would have preferred Jin talking about Cooper J the defensive back from Iowa since horn can’t stay on the field can’t believe they picked up this fifth year option referring to JC horn said Also let’s give the new guard talking about Canalis and d and Dan Morgan Oh I thought about thought I was talking about Robert hunt like the new guard like the new offensive guard so let’s give the new guard again the the Canalis and Morgan let’s get them some breathing room though they seem to have a plan and stuck to it I would love to think they’re gonna get Breathing Room unfortunately with David terer at the helm meaning the ownership I think you have to start like showing results I’m not saying got to be you know a playoff team next year but I think you know I don’t think there’s time for like oh let them get their feet under them they have to start showing flashes or Improvement or making it look like the picks were the right picks fairly early or else the the ownerships and patience might may get really annoying so that’s that’s I agree I would I would give them all uh I I would give them all some kind of um uh uh you know Long Leash once I hire him as as a coach or a GM I just don’t know if they they have that luxury so again this is uh regarding uh your reaction to the Carolina Panthers draft um what awesome name do we have on YouTube this time uh Charles Robinson okay oh uh is that a play on the the NFL reporter Charles Robin I I don’t know I was actually thinking more of the uh the pro wrestling referee uh Charles Robinson but that’s fine that’s a little bit different for those you know uh hats off to Dan Morgan my guy literally made chicken salad out of chicken chicken po blank uh addressed a ton of need and free agency and through the draft which I guarantee we will see significant difference on the field this year I I agree with most of that I agree with most of that what I will say is uh the the free agency in draft for the Panthers this year it was a bit like um you know this is a reference for you you know when you go to Carnival they give you a dart you got to throw to balloons yeah pop and balloon and and every once in a while they go through and they put like replace all the balloons that had been popped so it’s a completely full board of balloons yeah that’s a bit like free agency for them it’s like you couldn’t bring in a player who didn’t address a need yeah if you would have brought in a tackle perfect they need a tackle you brought in a guard perfect they need a guard you want to bring in a running back perfect they need a running back you want to bring in a edge rusher perfect we just lost Brian Burns you want to bring like every POS like there weren’t many players outside of quarterback like if you would have brought in a a high price quarterback I would have G some people would say they still need that some would but I would have been like looks like you spent money in the wrong spot pretty much everywhere else was a need so I agree the expectations are higher I agree the players need to be better uh I agree there’s less excuses I don’t know if it was like oh he threaded the needle and got exactly what they needed because I’m going like yeah they needed everything it was kind of a grab bag of needs well I think as well as that it’s again they had a plan every balloon was on the board hey and you know what some people miss the board some people miss the board let’s call it what it is I’ve seen people miss that board I just put a dart board up in my I’m waiting for the first person to put a hole in just the wall so but here’s the thing as well that Dan Morgan’s a first time like head general manager he’s been assisted GM worked in front office as like a number two or three Guy this is his first time as the actual GM making the final call I think overall did pretty well I agree for the first time overall I think he did pretty well with he what with what he had to work with going in and what he’s walked out with so far steps in the right direction which is the only thing you could really ask for from this franchise right now steps in the right direction every step’s not going to be perfect as long as you’re making progress if it’s pass fail it’s an obvious pass yes 100% a pass we’re going to take a break but first Dennis okay actually one more real fast this one comes from DW Muller uh talking about the kanes kanes are clearly the better team down three games to one nobody will be surprised if it ends tomorrow or referring to today actually um that being said let’s go Islanders so this Islanders fan is saying one shocked if the kan’s Clos it out here tonight that’s that’s that’s an argu I was goingon to say that’s how that’s how you know you you’ve got the the the series obviously like in your the palm of your hands when the other team’s fans are going like you know what you’re probably gonna end it I hope you don’t but you probably will like that’s that’s a self-aware fan for the Islanders I’ve 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I am sitting there’s an obstacle course there looks like some kind of bounce house uh stormy thing uh and then you can also in a little smaller bounce house fire pucks into a goal uh so so we are outside PNC Arena in case you couldn’t tell by that description uh getting ready Tailgators are are in full force the game for the canes and Islanders coming down quickly uh right on our our doorstep here and it’ll be about you know couple hundred feet from where we’re sitting right now uh 730 puck drop 6:30 storm watch with Adam Gold and we will take you live all the way up to it so we’ll be going all the way up till 6:30 here outside PNC Arena uh with that being said it’s time for the starting five let’s get to number five uh North Carolina meaning the Tar Heels a bit of transfer portal news uh jacobe chrisell is back in the quarterback room for the Tar Heels after a year at Arkansas yes so he was a former uh top dual threat one of the top dual handful of dual threats in the country uh went to UNCC battled with Drake May for the starting job before Drake May’s first year as a starter it’s a tall task to uh to to compete with with a guy that goes on to be the number three pick in the NFL draft he transfers to Arkansas plays sparingly hits the portal again coming back to Chapel Hill uh I thought it was this was funny Brian Murphy WL investigative reporter tweeted out or retweeted out the news and the caption he added said tell me you’re not satisfied with your quarterback situation without telling me you’re not satisfied with your quarterback situation uh just bringing in a transfer at this point in time I see why you would say that I’m not arguing with him but I do think it’s also you just want depth at the quarterback spot and it’s really hard to find depth without you know having an obvious way to playing time in the transfer portal most guys that come out of the portal are leaving somewhere because they’re not playing and they want to go somewhere where they will play and and telling somebody like that hey you know what we’re actually gonna you know we have these two guys uh you know competing to start and you’re going to be the third guy and maybe you get a chance it’s going to be tough to sell that unless it’s somebody that really enjoyed their time in Chapel Hill as a person really like the school really like the area went somewhere else it didn’t work out there and maybe they just you know grass isn’t always green or they want to come back I that might be what the the chriswell transfer back to UNCC could be about also Kade Tyson committed to UNCC on the basketball court I don’t know if this is exactly what you know the doctor ordered for UNCC I still think they need better down low presence better rebounding better defense but if you can get a 100 Cade Tyson you bring him in he is 6′ 7 in tall and for Belmont shot 46.5% from three yeah that sounds like uh yeah good pickup I I say this all the time it’s Lefty relievers in baseball it’s it’s goal Tenders in hockey it’s three-point Shooters in basketball modern basketball you can’t have too many and if you tell me he’s 67 and he provides spacing for RJ Davis I’m with it and by the way he’s a sophomore so he’ll provide spacing for whoever replaces RJ Davis as the main usage guy for UNC the the the following few years if you can keep him out of the portal that is so basically Harrison Ingram’s replacement kind of little a little bit less versatile I would say but much better three-point shooter uh so so brings a different different Beast there or or you say quarterback Ryan’s replacement yes that’s pretty more like because quarterback Ryan was like 65 was listed as okay so you bringing in a little bit taller but that’s still the outside shooting yeah exactly and and probably similar role with kdo being the guy bringing the ball up the court and and him being the spacer and I mean as UNCC fans saw when cor M Ryan was was hitting it from Deep uh you know a shooter on that kind of a a run really changes the game just look at their last game in uh Cameron indor remember that one oh yeah cor M Ryan big game that’s number five let’s get to number four we are the four the NFL draft is now coming G we look forward to it so long and and it just comes and goes um but one of the vibes okay and this is a vibe that is different than I would say the last five for the Carolina Panthers it doesn’t feel like every single pick has David tepper’s hands all over it it doesn’t feel that way it feels like David teer may have finally allowed some someone else to I don’t want to say the final say but be the driving force in most of these uh conversations uh the the example I used earlier and I think it’s a good one to illustrate this point is they took a running back in the second round David terer is very much a analytics based thinker at least that’s everything we’ve heard he comes from the finance World guy loves a spreadsheet right all the numbers uh running back in the second round is not what the numbers are going to tell you the advanced analytics gurus is are going to tell you you can impact winning more with at other positions yet they took they traded up actually after trading down to bring in Jonathan Brooks the first running back off the board I think that is a very interesting decision because to me that’s Dave canala saying I want to run the ball I want to be old school I don’t want to be uh necessarily making every decision with a binder I don’t want to be you know having the calculator tell me who to draft and Dan Morgan sided with Canalis maybe over the thinking of Morgan or sorry over the thinking of terer again that’s all inferring we’re just kind of reading the tea leaves here from the outside but if that’s the case that’s what everyone was wishing for right yeah getting David terer out of the hair of the football people and letting them make the football decisions if if that’s what they’re going for that’s what they’re going for and and I don’t think anyone’s gonna complain about that no no one’s should complain about that that’s a big complaint about him being a middling owner and yep and now the hard part is they have to make good on that trust right if Jon Jan Brooks ends up going busto and not impacting the offense and not being a premier player I have a feeling you’re going to hear David terer go I told you I’m never listening to you again or any other coaching GM I’m making the decisions give me my calculator and as as soon as you hear that it’s it’s it’s a wrap ski well I think also as well is that you hope that’s the case again this is like maybe it’s yeah maybe it’s us maybe it’s it’s wishful maybe it’s wishful thinking maybe we’re just projecting we’re looking at the clouds going that one looks like a teddy bear yeah exactly hey little buny um you never know but time will certainly tell if it’s a step in the right direction good keep taking those steps that was number what was it four let’s get to number three one starting five continuing here on the drive with Tim Donnelly we are live outside PNC Arena uh Dennis what’s the latest when it comes to prop bets right Sports gambling’s been been mobile Sports gambling has been legal in in North Carolina for 11 days 11 days less than uh two months okay so that’s one way of putting do some math do the math I was try six weeks let’s say roughly six weeks there we go uh and and there’s G to be Kinks worked out there’s going to be uh wrinkles ironed out what’s the latest so a a lawmaker uh here in the state of North Carolina I forget which one it is is going to be uh it’s actually uh Marcia Mory uh a state representative Marcia Mor is a Democrat from Durham uh who’s a former Olympic swimmer is uh going to submit a bill by the filing deadline of this Thursday in a couple days from now to ban college player prop bets on people who may not do any sports betting or gambling what is a prop bet for example we’ll use the Carolina Hurricanes game for tonight um number of Saves by Frederick Anderson over under 20 and a half so it’s basically more or less that’s a prop bet because you’re not picking the game specifically you’re doing a individual player stats those are what’s known as prop bets so for example college basketball game uh uh these are player props player props so it could be RJ Davis uh over under 13 and a half points in a game you think he’s going to get over that or SM over if that’s the line Hammer that thing but that’s what a prop bet is they’re looking to eliminate that and I think the reason is because they want to try and make sure that we don’t have players do like we saw with javante porter porter jont porter who now formerly of the NBA because he’s been banned for life from the NBA for basically taking money betting on himself to like hit the under on his point totals basically like I’m going to make sure that I alter my stats in a game so I can win money so basically what happened with jont Porter is somebody bet $80,000 on a parlay of his player props of under so under three and a half threes under four and a half rebounds and under uh two and a half assist assist whatever the numbers were uh and and the BET was to win 1.1 million which is quite a bit of money and he played four minutes and then took himself out of the game saying he was sick had an illness and obviously all the unders hit and that is very very suspicious it opened up an investigation he’s no longer allowed in the NBA uh the idea of taking out player props is it’s it seems a bit easier and maybe a bit more morally gray to to manipulate and essentially cheat and and do a whole bunch of illegal things on individual player props rather than on team bets because right you could be jonte M jonte Porter and just say I’ll say I’m hurt and then we’re going to still go try to win the game and we still may maybe will and I’ll still make my money so uh eliminating those from college could could take some uh pressures off of kids uh to to do some nefarious things and I’ve also heard stories of uh players athletes being like bered like online or things like that because they did hit an over they didn’t get you a certain point total or number of rebounds or whatever it might be and it’s like you can eliminate you hear a lot of uh like you know in a game that’s a 40 Point blow out the benches get emptied and like some walkon who hasn’t played at all this year will grab the ball and he’ll do the uh he’ll do the The Classy thing right dribble out the clock rather than launching a three and then it’ll turn out that they were one and a half points under the the team total or whatever it is and all of a sudden that that player is getting berated in their DMS and they’re not that used to it and it’s and it’s it’s a thing so uh so that’s why the the bill is being proposed we’ll see if it passes uh that’s number three let’s get to number two earlier today we were sitting right here outside PNC Arena on the Plaza uh everything was getting set up and and the I is the team store right behind us get it the eye of the hurricane uh right behind us and and we were talking we were we were talking I think Panthers at the time whatever it was and all of a sudden a guy comes out of the corner of our eye and he waves to us and he and he looks familiar like H it was Kevin Keats the NC State head men’s basketball coach we said hey why don’t you come over and talk he was gracious enough to do so this is what it sounded like coach Keats is actually walking out of the eye where he just got himself some some Cane’s gear so so he’s all in coach uh first of all this is our first time seeing you in person congratulations on the Run guys thank you uh I know this is um you know I just I want people to know that we didn’t prepare literally just walk right by that’s right I’ve got a recruit I want to say hello to you guys I appreciate you even you know spend a little time talking to me and of course I’m still pumped up from the run that we had and was a tremendous run sure all right I got a question so we’re talking about Kane talki and stuff you’ve been in that pressure situation of like it’s win or go home now I know that Kane’s are in that situation but a mentality as a coach you’re in that situation like win or go home tell us a little bit like what goes into that well we won nine elimination games and what we had to do is we had to focus in on us and uh this is when you know you really need your teammates and you really have to trust one another in order to win those type of games and you know I know the kings are not going to be in that situation they’re do a tremendous job uh but if you’re ever in that situation one of the most important things is you got to trust the man beside you and and then the the other thing we have to ask is uh college basketball the portal is in full effect I know I know the names and everything you can’t exactly mention but how do you feel your programs doing and obviously the nil support and everything is going towards the portal well it’s been a little extra work for us um we played a little longer by going to the final four you’re not going toing right that’s that’s a first class problem right there takes too long to refuel I I don’t get to hit the portal soon enough because I was playing in the final four and and that’s a problem that I will take every single year if we can uh but it’s going well for us I cannot say names but you know the one thing about the portal is be you can go out and try to find guys who fit your style and what you’re looking for and and I think we’ve been early on we’ve been able to identify some of the guys uh we’re losing great players I mean three really good singers that played and um Mo moamed just was a good player for us but you got both DJs you got Casey Mel that meant a lot to the program and you know you think about DJ Burns and casy backto back uh NCAA tournaments which has really been hard because the acc’s only got five teams in the last couple years and and have you have you felt maybe transfers that you reach out to and recruits reacting to you differently since this this you just part of nine elimination games that is a run that that we haven’t seen in a long time well recruiting is so different yes the Run hurt I mean yes run helps um but at the end of the day it’s it’s about fit and it’s also about you know I hate to say a lot of this stuff has turned into niil and so it’s a it’s a you know you go between both that do they fit you know it’s an nil play and you know we we love I’m a coach that believes in nil but I want them to be able to want to play for NC State first and then we’ll talk about the nil Su and then uh last one before we let you go I know you said you have some places to be uh saw you picked up some can’s gear you you got Cane’s fever I on I’m doing the sirene tonight and I I um I do not want to walk in that place I do have I do have the colors the colors are the right colors yeah the colors are the right colors but I want to you know The KES have done a tremendous job and I do have K’s gear from um you know the previous year but you know me I like to stay fresh and so I can’t come in here with last year gear on that’s fair I respect that oh by the way uh when can when can I get a pair of those shoes that you have with all the ice cream cones he’s our our resident shoe sneaker head yeah and you know what I hate to tell you that that shoe is one of one I don’t know that we’re ever make I I’ll ask another final four run right that’s that’s how you get this the two of two I had a guy who walked up to me to um today in lunch and this the same thing last thing I’ll say he was unbelievable he shook my hand congratulated me he said coach because of the final four run I just bought four tickets and I was like wow he said if you if you go back next year I’ll buy them for life I was like what kind of pressure is that all right no pressure at all the stakes are out there coach uh congratul another run once again and thank you for for stopping by yeah guys thank y’all once again that was earlier today Kevin Keats just happened to be walking by outside PNC Arena and uh this is a standing rule for all uh all the head coaches in the area if you walk by when we’re out on location you’re gonna have to sit in the guest chair and give us some insight so simple as that uh we appre no in all seriousness we appreciate Kevin for uh for stopping by and chatting a little bit and uh you know because he was so nice hopefully things are going well with that uh recruit I it seems like they are I mean just in general seems like they are going well for Keats and you know what when when you make a run like that there’s always that boost think it’s on him now to ride the wave that’s number four sorry number two let’s get to number one one game five tonight canes Islanders uh I do have a bit of news here okay uh Rod brinda Moore according to Walt Ruff who joined the show earlier today team reporter for the canes uh Brenda Moore the head coach had shared pregame that the canes will once again go with Freddy Anderson for tonight’s game five this is my shocked voice in face not surprised one bit by this he is 121 in one with a 94.2 save percentage in 14 games regular and postseason since returning from the blood clotting issue that’s pretty darn good I will say this I think it’s the first time it’s dipped below 95% yeah I think the game that actually kind of hurt him was actually game two because he didn’t have to make a lot of saves because he only had to make one save over the last like 37 minutes of the game because Carolina was that dominant in that comeback win in game two last week which feels like forever ago um but nonetheless I think I think he only made nine saves on 12 shots that day I mean granted not like they were all like soft goals or anything like that I mean the third goal was like off of Brett peshy skate and in so you know those kinds of things happen but nonetheless that’s still a pretty darn good save percentage and he’s playing well if our big complaint is it dropped below 95% oh no I don’t think we’re uh we’re shaking in our boots over here I mean look I mean look around the playoffs I mean gosh the the wiip pick Jets have Conor hbook as their starting goenda finalist for the vzna trophy for the top goal tender in the entire league that guy can’t stop anything right now sokin got ran yeah and he’s one of the top he’s been one of the best gos got a contract that says he should be yeah it it’s just so you never know what you’re going to get come playoff time um the the interesting part is with when it comes to fredzilla and again we talked with uh Walt Ruff about this it’s never about ability it’s not really been about how he plays it’s about availability and it’s about can you play him this much and avoid the the the uhoh um the the AIS I think it’s important for Fred if you’re G to play him every game that you win tonight and get that nice big break before uh round two against the the New York Rangers who are already waiting and you know what they bring between the pipes as well so so there’s a a lot going on as far as maybe adding obviously I’m big on not saying must-win when it’s not a must-win right like it’s this is a must-win for the Islanders this is for the Islanders this is not a must-win for the Kings like I’m I’m big on not overusing that I don’t want to turn must-win into like all right it’s you know you have a backtack December 13th but uh you lost your last two it’s a must-win I don’t like doing that I like must-win to actually mean must-win this is not a must-win for the canes but there are Stakes on it this why I say Gotta Have It yeah it’s it’s whatever the tier below must win is it’s got got got to have it that’s like the uh the the uh what’s that the ice cream bowls right Gotta Have It Love It Whatever It Is oh yeah um yeah gotta have it I’m I’m with that one uh let’s hear from Rod bremore on uh this was something we we talked about earlier the margin of victory in a series like this the margin of error is so small it’s every game and you watch every game in the playoffs just comes down to one play here or there you get it or you don’t you know we we could be easily talking about you know KK shot the one off the the goalie knob that goes in that we’re not even having this conversation when they they can pull up three or four in all their games and it could be a totally different series as far as where the wins were so it always comes down to one play here there it’s just a matter of you pushing to find those more opportunities to get those plays that’s Rod bremore explaining that even against the Islanders he didn’t say it that way but I will even against the Islanders sometimes the the margin of error is just so small and it’s why all those little things matter it’s why we’ve made such a big deal today about faceoffs right all the little things 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placed John Williams thrilling score live this Thursday at 7:30 and Friday and Saturday at 8: at Mandy Concert Hall in Raleigh tickets at NC symphony.org [Music] competing um grah if you can hear me you may have to uh step in and pinch hit for the uh the numbers game or at least have somebody around the office come in and help you out I don’t know who’s back there uh so with that being said I’m just going to keep talking uh we’re outside PNC Arena uh in all seriousness the game tonight it is a hockey night in Carolina it is a game five uh and and it is a close out opportunity and as the energy ramps up here you know that as the playoffs go along the fan support’s going to become more aggressive uh the the crowd is going to become more more en raptured uh more enraged uh we we uh made this I I did hear something in my headphones there a little bit I don’t know if that helps the engineers um [Music] uh we made this this kind of analogy earlier this observation earlier we’re we’re sitting Team Store directly behind us so we’re seeing everybody and that’s been open all day right the team store is open uh even when the the stadium is not the arena is not so we’ve seen people going in and out and the amount of like parents and small children going in there getting some gear they walk out with a bag full right a little Jersey a little hat little playoff runs literally make new fans right playoff runs quite honestly give you a an opportunity to build your new fan base and when you are a uh you know the canes have been here now 25 plus years but you’re you’re still relatively new compared to obviously some of the older uh hockey teams out there the the the building of the fan base the generational pass down of fans it’s starting to happen now pretty aggressively right it’s starting why are you a my dad my mom my grandfather was a and I grew up watching now you have story so everything is kind of growing here a little bit and it’s uh it’s happening uh right in front of our eyes so take it in right when if you’re at the game today if you’re out tailgating uh first of all you can swing by scan scan our QR code on the Plaza and be entered to win a signed can’s jersey signed by a whole bunch of your favorite canes and including rod bremore um but you can you can watch like this fan base you know it’s going to be a little bit different of a of a run if they make the run all the way to the finals than it was in ‘ 06 uh as we continue to work on some of our technical issues here make it so I can hear oh wait a second I just heard Graham yep all good here all right we’re all good let’s do the numbers game hit the music I can’t hear the music I don’t know if I can get to play again uh we I can’t get the numbers to get play again we don’t wait we don’t need the music as long as we have the contestants can can the contestants hear me Graham yes you’re good all right Andrew and Raleigh there you are um I hate to do this to you normally we ask a question to see who goes first actually we’ll make a quick one uh Andrew uh who wins the can’s game and describe it for us oh the canes are gonna blow it out they’re using the momentum they know they should have put the last one away and they’re going to come out fired hot they’ll be lucky to put up Islanders will be lucky to put up one I’d say it’s 4-1 all right perfect John and Raley same question to you describe how you think this Kane’s game is going to go I I got the ks to win 3-1 I got goals by Seth Jarvis Sebastian AO and Brady Shay I like the specificity of both predictions um unfortunately John and I don’t know if you were listening earlier today uh we made our first goal scorer predictions and mine was Jake gensel if you would have had gensel in there I would have gone with you just as a a brown-nosing situation instead you’re going to have to go second but don’t worry you’ll have your opportunity to uh to to win the the gift card Andrew and Raley you get to go first are you there yes sir all right you got to pick out of these categories NFL all seventh rounders NFL all number three picks NBA current players only or NHL canes and Whalers only uh let’s do NFL third round okay well we have NFL all seventh round picks we have NFL all number three meaning third overall picks did you want number the third overall picks uh yes they’re are all overall all right these are all players that were drafted number three in the first round I’ll give you the team and the player you give me the jersey number as quickly as you can um there is one pass if you want to use it and uh that’s about it 30 seconds on the clock any questions no sir all right your time will start when you hear the horn Andre Johnson Houston Texans uh number 80 80 cor correct Sam darnold New York Jets uh 12 incorrect Larry Fitzgerald Arizona Cardinals 49 incorrect Sam darnold New York Jets uh 10 incorrect Larry Fitzgerald Arizona Cardinals 36 incorrect Sam darnold New York Jets correct all right you got you got Sam darnold right under the wire uh Larry Fitzgerald wor number 11 I don’t know why but it was almost making me giggle you were guessing like fullback numbers for a a future hall of fame wide receiver uh but you got two solid showing you’re the leader in the clubhouse sit on the line we’ll see if it uh if it holds up uh that brings us to John and Raley John are you there um I want to go with the NBA okay I like it didn’t even make me read the categories I like it uh all current players in the NBA I’ll give you the team and the player give me the jersey number as quickly as you can 30 seconds on the clock you have one pass if you need it you need three to win any last second uh clarifications or questions I’m good all right your time will start when you hear the horn Jaylen Williams Oklahoma City Thunder 11 incorrect Obie toppen Indiana Pacers 33 incorrect Jaylen Williams City Thunder Uh Kevin Love Miami Heat 11 incorrect Obby to and Indiana Pacers 30 incorrect Kevin Love Miami Heat unfortunately that isn’t oer John just hung up John just hung up is what I was told he raged quit is that what he he tried to hang up or he hung up the game said are you sure you don’t want save your progress will be lost and he said yeah it’s fine uh that means that Andrew and Raleigh is our winner Andrew congratulations let’s go there we go much better vibe from Andrew although John was was solid Vibes right up right up until he lost uh Andrew you get the sharies sharies plays gift card congratulations best wings in town baby hey I don’t disagree with that by the way Andrew real fast who scores first for the Carolina Hurricanes tonight in what period now I have to say Jen Jay gensel obviously see there it is right see I am completely susceptible to to brown nosing uh congrats on congrats on the win stay on the line uh Graham has some info he needs to get to make sure you get your your prize thank you sir Gaines indeed excellent excellent call uh also excellent excellent suggestion by 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falling but it is strange to me that Rod bore is coaching this year in this postseason without a contract even for next year and with that here’s rod brendor on trying to stay level-m minded throughout the playoffs it’s certainly you live and die every day and then you have to kind of regroup and then get perspective and um understand I mean we know we we we have a pretty good feel in the room we know how hard it is and so you can’t expect to go and win every night like you expect to but it’s likelihood as it’s doesn’t happen I don’t know any team that’s won every game maybe there has been but it just this time of year everybody’s good and so it’s about bouncing back it’s about getting better vote how do you win the next one you you know I think Walt Ruff put it well earlier today when he said we know when Rod brymore wakes up in the morning his first thought is how am I gonna win this game yeah uh the only thing I might change is I think that might be like thoughts first one through eight thoughts for Rod pretty moreas are how are we gonna win this game so I don’t like you know the distraction of the contract I don’t think is going to be as impactful as maybe it would be for other teams with other coaches but I also want to make this clear I want Rod bremore to be the head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes for a long time like I I want that to be a priority also because of what he brings to the table because of the impact he has on the roster because of how much players want to play for him and how the culture uh is is so highly thought of I want all of that to continue and he is a big part of that a massive part of he’s the guy that that drives the ship so yeah so it’s like I I hear Carolina loves rod rod loves Carolina he doesn’t want to be anywhere else they don’t want anyone else but it’s hard to hear that in KN then why didn’t the extension get signed last offseason right if if it’s that obvious if it makes that much sense what am I missing as to why it hasn’t already happened I know that Tom Dundon is a uniquely businesslike kind of negotiator in these situations and one of his strengths is patience Tom dunon being the owner of the canes and he doesn’t mind taking these things down to the wire no he doesn’t which I’m sure is an advantage like in the negotiating world but it it puts a little bit of stress on your fan base Tom it we’re not all as patient and as calm cool as collected as you you are um like it it just it makes me wonder why a deal hasn’t gotten done I’m not worried but I don’t want Rod to go anywhere like I I go back to uh um oh now I’m blanking on her name uh Jamie hirs yes there we go we had Jamie hirs on on the show she is NHL network uh about a a month maybe six weeks into the the the season when quite frankly the Kan hadn’t quite lived up to their uh you know High preseason expectations as of yet there was a downturn there at one point in times there were four straight losses to different teams in Canada and and we were doing that was in like mid December and we were doing uh cons and cons so I asked Jamie what she is most confident about in the Hurricanes even at that kind of low moment in their season and the first words out of her mouth were well they’re still coached by Rod bremore yeah and and that is such a luxury to have media fans followers not panicking and I’m sure players not panicking because they’re like no Rod will figure it out right oh yeah we know we have talent in this building Rod will figure it out he’ll you know maybe shake up some lines maybe play a guy in a different way whatever it is and and maybe just trust the process and let it play out but Rod will figure it out that is worth its waiting gold yeah Rod will figure it out so part of me wants to go Rod doesn’t have a contract Rod will figure it out Rod will figure it out but but part of me also goes like well no actually just figure it out now get it done and he’s that respected around the league he’s that respected by his players he’s respected by players on other teams if he hits the open market oh gosh the the it’ll be like like being recruited by SMU football in the 70s yeah there about 31 other head coaches Mustang GTs appearing in his in his driveway like I don’t know where it got there could have been from anybody there was a note inside saying go Alabama like what it’s it’s like that that kind of stuff would just happen I and and something to keep in mind with that as well is that I my guess is they’re going to get a deal done my guess is the reason why it hasn’t maybe it’s already been agreed upon we just haven’t heard anything yet because the Focus right now is on the care of his assists he wants to take care of players but also he I’m sure he wants the focus to be on what’s on the ice with the players right now once their season’s over we’ll probably hear something uh at the end of the season but if him if he does let’s say if we throw the hypothetical if that will impact your free agency 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problem I believe my total number of points was five you had one you had three on the first goal so it wrapped it up right there it it was stacked against me yeah so we’re going to turn this bad boy into a series okay uh uh we still need to figure out who loses what they have to do or what they at stake here uh I don’t know we’ll figure it out if you have a good idea for us tweet it at us at Donell Sports thean rookie for what the loser has to do uh in the meantime though we’re going to do it again for tonight Dennis how do we decide who goes first well I picked first that last draft I’ll let you pick first this one we we’ll go snake draft again snake draft in the first round I’m not I’m not going to get cute this time I tried to go for some long shots last time yeah Sebastian AO okay the best player on the team the leading goal scorer leading assist guy he’s Sebastian AO for a reason uh I’m going give me Sebastian AO to tally multiple points and make me look less foolish than I did last time okay well my pick first I’m GNA go with Andre sikov Fair okay and then uh since we’re doing snake draft I’m gonna go Jake gensel fair so I am taking ao’s linemates so that you’re just playing defense here you’re figuring if AO scores one of them gets the assist yeah exactly and you’re just you’re playing defense it’s a boring brand of of it’s It’s a boring brand of draft or or I could sit there and say what if AO scores and gelo and fetch both get the assist that’s two for one that’s defense because AO scored that’s uh that’s putting points up on the board sir you took you took the top forwards and somehow you’re playing defense I don’t like it uh I have two picks here okay um I think the next one’s obvious playoff jarvey okay it’s a good pick it’s it’s a real good pick it’s not uh it’s not Seth Jarvis it’s playoff jarvey uh and and he’s active I I I think he’s due even though he’s been producing at a high level somehow he’s also do yeah uh so AO and Jarvis love the way I start I get another pick here um give me Tavo tervin terbo all right give me turbo by the way we’re drafting five players so so uh that’s that’s where it stands I AO Jarvis terrain I will take martines give us some some justification for your pick here Martin NIS because talking about a guy that’s due to score a goal here in the playoffs it is Martin NES uh is definitely due to score a goal here in the playoffs as well and I think the way the lines are going to be jumbled up a little bit with uh with Jordan martinook and Jack Drury I think that Line’s going to have a like good scoring opportunities those guys are going to do the Dirty Work Nate just going to be there to clean things up uh and bury one in the back of the net today or at least get some points this also gets a lot of power play time and also going to go with Brent Burns you know what happens when you pick Brent Burns he scores did he he no you picked him in game one to be the first goal scorer and he darn short did I did but I drafted him last game and it was perfect that is true he scored the first go that is true uh all right that leaves I have two more and I have two more guys on my board um give me Brady Shay Shay okay figure figure I’ll match your defenseman with a defenseman uh and then you talked about some lines being shuffled up this guy kind of part of that uh 1 two 3 for my fifth guy Jordan martinook Marty okay so the team as it stands right now AO Jarvis terrain and Shay and martinook I like the way this Panda all right I have fetched gensel Martin NES Brent Burns and I need to take one more floating around out there pretty much the whole top six is taken in terms of forwards just about um take your boy take your boy who Chatfield no ah that was one we had a we had a you’re so known for liking this guy I had I had somebody tweet me that they’re picking jury jury in the first you’re trying to uh you’re trying to entice me in order to uh to uh got a let’s go Can chant going on over here someone pounding a drum you’re trying to entice me to take Jack Drury I see what you’re try trying present you’re known as the Jack Dury guy Levi tweeted at me give me Jack Dury in the first this one for Dennis I’ll take Jack Drury and I hope he has the deciding point today Jack Drury for you yeah Jack Drury that was uh I’m gonna start doing my Shawn Payton where everyone that’s drafted above Shawn Payton he just goes I’m so glad I talk to them into drafting the person ahead ahead of who I wanted I you know who was number one on my draft board whoever is best in this draft 10 years from now I’ll tell you then uh that’s that’s what I just did I just I just incepted you I I Inception you I put the thought into your brain that’s that’s that’s pure Matt rule be like you at the end of the day I I actually have Brock p on my draft board I was told no and you look at him he’s in the Super Bowl I I mean if you if Jack Dory ends up being the deciding goal I’m taking the credit because I told you to draft him yeah but my team if he’s and if and if he’s not the deciding goal then I’m gonna say I tricked you into taking him you shouldn’t have listened to me and I’ll be up two nothing in the series I don’t know you’re you’re 0 and0 when you don’t pick first but I have never picked second though exactly we’ll see today we’ll see today we’ll see today uh again the the teams are for myself Sebastian AO Seth Jarvis uh Tavo terrain Brady Shay Jordan martinook uh for for Dennis he has Jake gensel Andre fetch nikov Martin nus Brent Burns and Jack jury Whoever has the most points so goals and assists combined uh that is how we play this game that is how they win also speaking of winning we’re gonna be a Top Golf on Friday um and and and that means this show picking up just like we picked up and moved to PNC Arena for tonight to be out here on the the plaza Friday we will pick up and we’re going to head on over to uh Top Golf in Durham it’s it’s brand new the place is is awesome they 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their afternoons and early evenings um do you know what I really like about this game like tonight’s game not like about hockey and general yeah tonight’s game game five is sometimes there are games where like you know the the do you know hockey people have real specific thoughts and opinions on it and then the Casual fans may not see the same thing that the the in-depth people do and the media or the experts have a different view tonight’s game seems like everybody’s align right we we talk we talked to a team reporter we talked to the voice of the canes we talk to an analyst we talked to a fan we talked to to a kid who we were just chatting with some uh who said a in the first who said AO in the first for the first goal seems like everyone’s like the Cane’s just gota they got to close it out tonight just go get it done it it doesn’t matter if you like played hockey your whole life if you’ve been commentating on it it’s just like you know this is a close out game and the reason they call it a close out game is because Kane’s got to go close it out it it’s it doesn’t have to be more complicated than that on a night like tonight you’re you’re the better team you have more talent you have more experience you have uh more momentum you have a 3-1 lead you’re at home right the the the Rangers have already taken care of business on their side of the bracket so you don’t want to play too many games and uh let them have a huge rest Advantage it’s like everything kind of points towards tonight you had your one in game four right you didn’t win didn’t get it done in overtime game five it is truly just kind of Simply a closeout game to go close out take care of business you know you don’t want to go back to Long Island for game six you had that last year you’re going to have to go back to New York anyway exactly when you go back to New York it should be to go to Madison Square Garden not go to Long Island you want to go to Manhattan you’re flying into LaGuardia whatever it is and you’re going to right to MSG for game one against the Rangers that’s the time you should be going back to New York not to go to Elmont or Belmont Park whatever they decide to call themselves whereever UBS arena is for all these poor Islanders fans that are walking around right now I’m sorry you’reall going to be going home drinking tears tonight but that’s fine because Kan are going to take care of business this evening but yeah you don’t want to do like what you had last year where you had a chance to close out in game five and you didn’t and you had to go back up to Long Island yes you got it in game six with the pul nity overtime winner you don’t want to be dealing with that kind of stuff again that’s actually a great point right going into the the postseason one of the questions we asked repeatedly was how is this year different than last year how is this year different than the last three or four years because the canes have essentially done everything except get to the Stanley Cup finals right yeah they’ve they they’ beaten good teams they’ve won in overtime they’ve had really cool really entertaining playoff runs but they haven’t gotten over the final hump so what’s different about this year that’s going to get him over the final hump one way to show that this year is kind of different is to do exactly what you just said when you have the opportunity in game five to close it out at home and not go back do it close it out get it done don’t go back uh earlier today we gave our our kind of key players this is where you get down into the the more the weeds of it I thought it was interesting because uh Dennis and I we we do not compare notes on these things right during our prep process we’ll say like hey let’s each come up with our two key players uh and then we’ll just do it on our own desks and and we’ll we’ll come up with our own and our own notes uh we both had gensel as our first key player yeah which I think is interesting because it’s not like he’s not getting points it’s not like he’s not impacting the game positively but both of us independently see something higher for Jake gensel uh and I think a lot of that comes with scoring goals himself I want to see the goal scorer Jake gensel this is Jake gensel Who coming into his time with Carolina in 58 career playoff games 58 points with 34 of them goals now here in 4 34 is the number I I care about most no you you were saying it right I’m just saying that is the number that I want to see yes so in in four games here yes Four Points go in points and three straight because he had a goal and assist in game number two but that goal was the empty Netter which I will say this empty Nets matter especially when it’s a one-goal game because you never know one one crazy bounce before you know what it’s tied the empty Netter does matter but he has the empty Netter and he has three assists in this series so far I want the goal scoring Jake gensel I want a five on five goal from Jake gensel because in the last game in game four both the Carolinas goals came on the power play I want to see more five on five production they they can tilt the ice in their favor really at will sometimes but they got to be able to convert five on five and that’s what Jake gensel was brought in to do to be that goal scor and that difference in games like this where you can close out a series this is where Jake gensel pots like two goals and and and I’ll put it this way part of the reason why I’m kind of using him as a as a call out is because it’s not just that the goal scoring hasn’t been there he hasn’t really been firing away no he only has five shots on goal this series that’s it like it’d be one thing if it was how hard luck right you you put a bunch of shots on goal and the the goalie makes a couple circus saves or maybe even you get a couple goals off the rebound and you force the issue then then it’s a different case the fact that he’s not getting the shots on goal is where I’m like no bro bro why why why do you think you’re here let it R man why do you think you were you were the guy that they finally decided to rent at the trade deadline it’s because in years past again what’s different this year than years past they didn’t have that sniper to go out there and get that one goal to to change things that’s Jake gel’s goal that’s what it or role that’s what it has to be uh so I thought it was interesting that we both came to that conclusion on our own and again maybe it doesn’t have to be more complicated than that yeah maybe it’s the canes need to close this out because they’re the better team and it’s their second opportunity to close it out maybe it doesn’t have to be more complicated than you brought in Jake gensel to be a goal scorer in the postseason score goals in the postseason it doesn’t always have to be very complicated uh I added Andre fnof in there who by the way uh Chris Lee W he stopped by during one of the commercial breaks we asked him for his first goal score he said he thinks it’s gonna be a big Andre fetch nikov night uh he said Andre in the first and then he just to give you the full context he locked in Andre fet nikov in the first then the full context was I don’t know if he scores the first goal but he’s goingon to do something big I I like the sound of that I don’t hate it like if it’s if he you know takes somebody off there skates and gets the crowd into it if uh you know sets up a a harlem glob troter pass to to gel AO to get get him a wide open net if ifetch does something great early I think that’s good for everybody involved um who was your other key player I hadu Nets off uh and the reason being for that was we we talked about it earlier today with Walt Ruff we’ve heard other guys talk about it about how the last two games the the faceoffs are for Carina not good and this is a team that Prides itself on winning faceoffs but also their whole their whole offensive mindset their whole offensive system is about Puck possession controlling the puck and Rob Bren Moore emphasizes so much about winning faceof because if you want to be a puck possession team you got to start with the puck um so that is something that is imperative if genus Nets off in the last couple of games just 25% from the faceoff Circle 25% and for someone who’s not great defensively he’s an he’s a talented offensive player super skilled as skilled with it with a stick and Puck as anyone on the Kane’s roster but if you are a defensive liability you can’t be starting shifts when you’re taking faceoffs playing defense like you have to balance that out with Puck possession and those kinds of things outside of game one where he had the goal and the assist he just has two shots on goal in the last three games that’s it no points just two shots on goal he has to be at least 50% in the faceoff Circle at minimum and I’m not saying this is going to change anything but it might uh I saw a report that his uh parents are in town okay and that he’s eating some homecooked his mom is making him some Russian dumplings P coov was over there so maybe maybe the literal home cooking gets him back on track uh by the way tomorrow we’re we’re we’re nearing the end of uh nearing the end of overtime here we’re going to be passing things off to Adam Gold for stormat uh this Friday we’ll be at uh Top Golf in Durham we’ll be taking over a bay we’ll be eating the food be playing the golf we encourage you all to come uh check it out say hi we’ll chat we’re going to be there for the entirety of the show from 3: to 6 the Durham Top Golf uh we’re gonna have a great time I’m really looking forward to that just like I’m looking forward to the game tonight yeah great times all week here hopefully we don’t have Kane’s games for the rest of the the the week uh because that means they won the fans here the the energy is is ramping up if you’re watching on YouTube you can see all the fans going behind us and uh you know clapping and waving and getting ready for the camera uh that’s that’s a good omen for what the crowd energy is going to be like inside PNC Arena for the game uh I think everybody wants them to to close it out and and I’ll be looking forward to it when they do uh 30 seconds or less score prediction 4-1 kanes I’ll go 42 okay but they give up a late late cheapy all right because I was going to go 4-1 uh but still kanes win uh we we have all our predictions they’re on the record we have all your predictions they’re on the record uh with that being said enjoy stormat with Adam Gold coming up next enjoy the game it’s a hockey night in Carolina we’ll see you tomorrow at 3 until then have a great night everybody hey it’s Adam Gold and do you have a late night craving for in-depth analysis on the Carolina Hurricanes and their latest game their latest win their pursuit of a Stanley Cup well I can quench your thirst I can feed that appetite on The KES Corner podcast the morning after Edition which drops the morning 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