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Originally Posted by Wolfpack
Blah. That's a pretty simple word to describe Carolina tonight, I suppose. NJ outskated, outshot, outhit, and pretty much out-everythinged the Canes over three periods. Aside from that brief blip of hope (and it was the definition of a "blip") when Whitney knocked in the goal to make it 3-1, Carolina was pretty lifeless for most of the game and deserved to get their butts whipped for it. The only consolation I can draw is that Ward seemed to be generally unaffected by the Buffalo game or the time off since then as it was pretty much his efforts alone that prevented this game from being an utter embarrassment. Even so, it isn't going to matter what he does if the Canes can't figure out how to match the ramped-up intensity New Jersey showed.
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Yup, the "flat" Canes decided to show up last night. It's performances like that where they aren't even trying that make it so difficult to follow them. They've turned in games like that with playoff appearances on the line before.
If they can get the intensity back, they should take this series, but if they decide they don't care like they did last night it's going to be a short series...