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Shane Willis says that @CARCANES4LIFE "puts out absolute garbage". I tried to warn you folks that he just makes up stuff. But hear it from Shane Willis on the Canes Cast at 1:09 #RaiseUp iheart.com/podcast/269-ca…

@moleafs07 @Sens_takes @LalimesMartian Unfortunately so. If I use the Ogdensburg suggestion, the options are limited on flights. In & out of dulles to O-burg has flight options but then it isn’t cheap getting to Dulles.

@Sens_takes @Ilikebigstats @LalimesMartian ^ not wrong

I actually expect Hurricanes fans to be pretty nice to deal with in this series, relative to what we're used to. Basically 0 rivalry history between the two teams up to this point. I have no beef (yet).

@JordanHigdon6 @JeremyWorrell1 @jackrichrdson Kooch would have a chance if he got to play vs the Islanders. I don’t see how you could trust a goalie who has played 3 periods of AHL games in the last 3 ish months

@Ilikebigstats @JeremyWorrell1 @jackrichrdson 💯 I’m not convinced Kooch isn’t ahead of Bussi

So is it Bussi or Andersen? Or Kochetkov? Feels strange for the top-seed in the East to not know who their Game 1 starter is. #CarolinaCulture

@jackrichrdson Its Andersen. He was the better goalie after the Olympic break.

@JeremyWorrell1 @jackrichrdson Its the exact reverse of that

@jackrichrdson Pecking order goes Kochetkov (if game-ready) -> Bussi (on a short leash) -> Freddie (god help us all)

@atmy_username @LalimesMartian ive havent experienced DRW fans. didnt have the money back when they came for the finals. Most of the Northeastern fans just arent worth dealing with, Buffalo especially. Pittsburgh fans are different. Washington fans suck. Edmonton fans I dealt with in 06 were alright.

@Ilikebigstats @LalimesMartian Detroit is pretty fucking toxic too. They’re fans have zero class

@moleafs07 @LalimesMartian them flights are rough. ill see what I can drum up

@Ilikebigstats @LalimesMartian No prob! If you can make it happen, rip it. The CTC rocks during the POs, and that’s coming from a leafs fan (bartended at CTC for 7 years tho)

@moleafs07 @LalimesMartian Appreciate the heads up

@Ilikebigstats @LalimesMartian If you don’t want to be stuck in a hotel in Kanata suburb, you can book a hotel downtown and shuttle to the game, there are plenty of them! Not a lot around the rink for post game, pre game they usually have festivities out front

@LalimesMartian Ticket prices aren’t terrible either. Flights will be the trip as they have gone up a good chunk in price. I’ll have to give this some serious consideration.

@Ilikebigstats haha nope. Just good clean fun and ice cold canadian beers.

@LalimesMartian So no trying to sucker punch for being an opposing fan like in NY? Or crazy insults because they hate themselves like Boston or Philly? Tempting….

@Ilikebigstats You will have 0 issues. Friendly jabs in passing at the most.

@matmoody as a non-baseball player. if you have any advice on offseason work outs to both improve while not over working the arm, it would be greatly appreciated. I usually let him sit for a month before throwing again. Then its 40 or so pitches off a flat surface, 1-2 times a week.

@matmoody I applaud this As a father who has a young pitcher, I fight very hard to maintain his pitch count, teach him how to pitch using his legs to create power, and make sure he doesnt throw hard / elbow intensive pitches. Travel ball tries to squash overuse but abuse is everywhere

I wasn't planning on saying anything publicly about last night's game. But when a parent from Concordia walks up after the forfeit and calls one of my 16-year-old players "cheap," I feel the need to respond. First, to that parent: if you had a problem with the outcome, you should have been brave enough to bring it up with me instead of a teenager. Now, let me paint the picture for why I brought up the situation during the game, because I'm particularly sensitive to this topic. When I was 17, I pitched in every game of the 1999 5A KS State Tournament. The only reason I came out of the championship game was that I ran out of innings. That was the only rule back then. Throughout my high school career I regularly pitched twice in the same doubleheader and always at least twice a week. I don't put any blame on anybody. I wanted to do it. We just didn't understand back then, what happens to a young arm when velocity starts climbing into the upper 80s and 90s. When I was 19 years old, as a freshman, in my very first college appearance at Fort Hays State, on my 16th pitch, my elbow dislocated, tearing both my Ulnar Collateral Ligament and Radial Collateral Ligament. Tommy John Surgery followed. I pitched three more years at Fort Hays, but I never threw as hard again, and never without constant, sometimes agonizing, pain. To this day, when I throw batting practice my hand swells and goes numb the rest of the night. I drive home from practice and can't use my right arm to steer. I sleep with my arm elevated or my hand swells up like a ballon by morning. That is what these rules are trying to prevent. Last night's game ended because Concordia used a pitcher who had thrown 78 pitches on Friday. Under KSHSAA rules, that requires four days of rest. Yesterday was three. It is not a gray area. It is not a judgment call. The rule exists, we are all forced to follow the same limits, it was violated, and the penalty is a forfeit. (And in my opinion, pitching a very talented pitcher like that after just 50 pitches on 3 days rest is irresponsible). No, we did not want to win that way. We were winning at the time and we were going to win anyway. We had our two best arms left and they were out of arms. That's how this works at the 4A level. You run out of experienced arms and the flood gates open. Which brings me to something I find genuinely troubling in my first year as a head coach, after two years as Wamego's pitching coach: the clear majority of programs push pitch counts to their absolute limit. Pull a guy at 75 pitches, bring him back on the minimum rest to throw 105 more. Repeat. At velocities that are sky-rocketing. We have 16-year-olds throwing 90 mph, and the current pitch count limits are not even close to restrictive enough. We are trading young athletes' futures for wins. It's being done openly and very proudly. I'm sure my opinions will be laughed at or disagreed with by most, but I could not care less. When you have to go to inexperienced pitchers, walks stack up, scoreboards get ugly. The team loses confidence and things spiral. It's a gut punch that feels like it's never going to stop... and when you look at the board there's still just one out. But that's what we signed up for. To coach young kids. To develop players. To give young kids opportunities. Build depth the right way. Not to exploit the talent that showed up. It's not always pretty but it's better than winning at the cost of kid's futures. And yes, there's an ABSOLUTE systemic cost too. Last year we had two pitchers who deserved All-State consideration, but because we don't run them on short rest, their accumulated stats don't compete (IP and Ks). The sport media doesn't pay attention because there are jaw-dropping, accumulated stats all over the place that make for better headlines. When all-league and all-state accolades are built on accumulation, programs who are cautious about arms get penalized. That system needs to change (but it won't). There's a lot of nuance, but if a pitcher throws more than 50 pitches they should get at least 5 days off and coaches should be allowed to work with pitchers in the offseason so that there are more developed arms ready for the season. There are all kinds of flaws in this system. We will keep doing this the right way. It costs us wins and it's not fun sometimes, but I have a permanent reminder of what happens when you don't.

supposed to say aren't eye popping.

Ran some goalie numbers. Andersen's numbers are eye popping. He is consistent. There are 2 games in the middle 10 games (-4 GSAx) and 1 game in the last 5 (+3.24) that pushed his GSAx away from near 0. Generally he performed as the team did all season. #carolinaculture

Now Bussi. Bussi's numbers are great the 1st ten games and then good the 2nd ten. The trend has been downward all season. The last 2 games of the year moved his GSAx up 3.6. 1st 15: 11.14 GSAx, next 22 -8.4, last 2 3.62. Up & down season for Bussi. #carolinaculture

@HunterHodies Canes are a better team than their record indicates as well. A ton of injuries to start the season and still 2nd best in the league

I'd be a bit nervous if I were a Carolina fan. That Sens team is better than their record indicates.

Comparing the @canes and @Senators C group- Sens Wingers- canes Depth as whole- canes (+19 GF) Defense: canes (8 fewer GA) Goalies: a wash PK: Canes (+5%) PP: Canes (+1.5%) The Canes should win in 6 but its hockey and hockey is funny, even in a 7 game series. #carolinaculture

I get the @canes don’t have a top tier goalie and haven’t for 8 years. They still haven’t lost a series because of goaltending. Have they lost a game here and there, sure. But STs and 5v5 scoring has hurt them far more. Its a poor narrative really #carolinaculture

90 seconds left. Not one playoff player should be playing. Almost really bad with Ehlers there. #carolinaculture

@caniacally MLB would be a KC level team due to the market and general lack of financial support. Triangle fans and companies will put a lot more money into their colleges and then the Canes until may or june. Then the baseball team has 2 months before football starts.

MLB baseball in Raleigh would hit at critical mass kinda levels.