Bad Mojo at the RBC for Canes this season

I think the problem with the Canes and the struggles on home ice go back to game 5 of the SCF. You know, when Ryan Smyth dug up the coin at center ice. Maybe what the Canes need to do is bury something else at center ice to get their mojo back. Maybe they can bury last season’s memories so they can focus on the rest of the season. Maybe they need to bury the Stanley Cup itself at center ice so when they hang their heads after blowing a game, they can see what they played for last season and see what is slipping away this season. They could bury me there if they wanted to. I don’t think that I would bring them any luck, but man what a view I would have before I froze to death.

To trade or not to trade, that is the question. Jim Rutherford according to the N&O is that he is not going to trade because the cost is too high. Again, thank you Nashville for getting Peter “the not so great and most times injured” Forsberg from the Flyers. If the Canes were to trade, I would say why not with Philadelphia and get Kyle Calder. Now that would be a great pickup if Carolina could get him on the cheap, something like David “Wasabe” Tanabe. A defense man that I think the Canes can do without.

No Stillman, no Cole, big problem? I am not so sure. Yes Cole when he plays his style he is a bull seeing red on the other team. But he has not done that most or at least not half this season. Stillman – well he has only played a quarter to a third of the season – and other than the initial oomph for the pp, nothing special.

Lets just ride this thing out and see if the playoffs are in the cards this season.