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Canes win their second straight on their divisional road swing in FLA tonight, but Erik Cole gets taken off on a stretcher after suffering a head/neck injury getting knocked down from behind charging in on net and colliding with Vokoun. When the good news is that he's "moving his extremities", that doesn't bode well for a quick return to the ice. Given he had a similar severe injury two years ago, it does become concerning whether he should even come back and risk further injury to his neck that could be irreversible next time.
On a more positive note, congratulations to Canes assistant GM Ron Francis on making the Hall of Fame tonight. Well deserved for one of the class acts in the NHL and the man who was the face of the franchise in the years after they moved to North Carolina. My favorite memory of him is that OT goal he scored in game one of the '02 Final in Detroit which just left the entire crowd in Joe Louis stunned.
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