Eastcoastcane

My first reaction, I like them.

Completely agree with you @yave1964 , was hoping the Canes were gonna take Monahan at the draft.

@LuckyTony Hello! A big topic, at least with the people I talk hockey with, involves the new realignment. There are now 4 Divisions (two in the Eastern Conference and Two in the Western Conference) and a new setup to make the playoffs. The top three teams in each division are guaranteed a playoff spot (before there was three divisions in each Conference and only the top team in each division was guaranteed to make the playoffs.) The remaining teams in each division fight for two "wildcard" spots, which goes to the teams that finish with the most points regardless of division. This means one division could have three playoff teams (top three make playoffs in each division) and the other division could have five teams in the playoffs. The wildcard team with the fewest points (so the 8th playoff team) faces against the team with the most points regardless of division. So much like before 1vs8 2vs7, then the team that finishes second in their division will face the team that finished third in their own division. (Hope that helps)

I'm not going to disagree with the rest of you, Taylor Hall gets my vote, but it was a toss up between him and Eberle for me.

@JR Ewing Hey pal! always nice seeing familiar people. @ruxpin Thank you for the Welcome, I'll try to get around to giving my two cents in the GM challenge thread sometime soon.

@flyercanuck & Jammer2 - Thanks for the Welcomes, I look forward to getting to know everyone around here, and contributing the best that I can. @hf101 - Again thank you for the welcome (I've recommended this place to a few people), and with a healthy Cam Ward and improved pieces on defense (Sekera and Komisarek) hopefully this team can make it back into the postseason.

Hurricanes fan here! Been cheering on the Canes since 2002-2003, living on the east coast of Canada made it a bit hard to do, but in the era of Game Center/ Center Ice I catch almost every game now. I look forward to contributing to this site and have the hopes of sticking around for awhile.