Kaberle is back, Conboy sent down

Frank Kaberle was taken off Injured Reserve today. By doing this we send Timmy Conboy the agitator, back to Albany. Kaberle has been injured for so much time this season (and pretty much all of his career), I don't know why we still have him.  The unfortunate thing about sending Conboy down, is his willingness to stand up for the team will be gone. I will miss him! Canes Country makes a good point on several interesting subplots here.  

Canes Recall Brett Carson

The Carolina Hurricanes have recalled Brett Carson to replace the injured Nic Wallin. He has 53 points in 163 Career games for the Albany River Rats. He is a great player and should be fun to watch. He joins fellow River Rats Borer and Conboy, Corvo, Pitkanen and Babchuk.

Well at least we looked good

Finally, this team had a sign of life. Jeff Carter, who seems to be the NHL's next superstar with 19 goals, struck in an OT winner with 1:26 left. The defense looked extremely good, forcing turnovers in the neutral zone and limiting their turnovers. Borer and Conboy had decent opening games. Pitkanen and Babchuk, probably the strangest line I've heard played 29 and 26 minutes respectively.  Michael Leighton looked  better than he did in the Pittsburgh game stopping 29 of his 31 shots against. My man, Wade B got in a little skirmish with Riley Cote. 

Now we talk, about Special Teams. Oh God! We suck at special teams. Our team looked completely scatter-brained when it comes to Power Plays, we hardly got a shot in a few of them. It was completely ridiculous. At least our penalty kill looked decent.

Back on the injury front, Wallin seems to have a lower body injury as he left in the third period due to a big hit. Why are we always the team that gets hurt. 

Borer and Conboy Recalled

So we have finally made a good decision. The Carolina Hurricanes have recently recalled Casey Borer and Tim Conboy from Albany.  This should breathe new life into the Canes because we have a roster change up. Turnover master Joe Melichar and likable, but expendible Pat Dwyer were sent down. Melichar does not have to clear waivers because he already had a while back. 

With this addition we have added more skill and toughness. Conboy, The hard-nosed, always wants to fight fan favorite, has come to do what he does best. FIGHT! He really came into replace Dwyer, whose penalty killing skills were no longer needed. 

Borer, a personal favorite, had 3 points in his 11 NHL games last year. He comes into replace the major turnover-prone Melichar. Now if we could just do something with Babchuk.