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I thought Tanabe actually played a great game. Why is everyone on your boards bashing the guy? - he was plus 2.

 

It's kind of habit at this point -- there are definitely people sticking up for his performance last night.

 

Q: Please name for me the Hurricanes' #7-10 defensemen on their depth chart last year.....

 

You might be referring to my post. First of all, you might notice that nowhere do I say that we were deeper, or better. But that aside:

 

Commodore

Hedican

Kaberle

Ward

Wallin

Wesley

Hutchinson

Tverdovsky

Babchuk

 

All 9 of those defensemen played 20+ regular season games for Carolina last year. #10 on the depth chart was Chris Hajt, who with only 6 career NHL games would have been indeed scary to see.

 

This year's top 9:

 

Commodore

Hedican

Kaberle (maybe in January)

Wesley

Gleason

Wallin

Hutchinson

Babchuk

Tanabe

 

And #10 on the depth chart this year is Derrick Walser, who I would not mind at all seeing in red this year. 82 career NHL games and not a terrible player, especially offensively.

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Nice win, Sabres fans. It would be pretty sweet to have a playoff rematch come spring -- 4 regular season games is not nearly enough because these games are just fantastic to watch. Mair, Gaustad, and Peters were indeed a beast of a 4th line in the first. I kept waiting for us to expose them with speed but they really controlled play physically. What happened to their ice time as the game went on?

 

http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreports/20062007/SC020101.HTM

 

Mair had 1 shift in the 2nd and none in the 3rd, after 4 what looked like good ones in the first. Peters didn't see the ice after the 1st. Is that normal for you guys?

 

-Canes fan