Canes take the ice tonight v Blueshirts

Tonight, the Canes will take on the Rangers in Madison Square Garden. Andrew Ladd has been called up to fill the roster void left by Erik Cole. He can't possibly replace Cole, but he's a great player anyway.

As this is the first game since Cole got injured, I'm sure the boys will be playing with a lot more determination. As if the Rangers didn't already have their work cut out for them, the Canes have a newfound purpose.

Just for good measure, I went in search of the Pittsburgh radio feed from the game. I found it here<edit-- this link is no longer connected to the game in question). I just wanted to see what their guys had to say as they had the live look and also had the Penguins bias. Click on the link, and fast forward to around 1:52:00 for the play where Cole got injured. You can hear the color commentator saying "Oh no! No, no, no, no. You can't do that" as the play-by-play guy was describing what had just happened. They both instantly had the same take, that Orpik should have let up. As the color guy described it "He came from downtown Pittsburgh, and just leveled Cole into the boards. Oh no! That's just bad". They both went on to repeatedly criticize Orpik for not letting up. Contrary to what Orpik himself says, the Penguins radio guy says : "Orpik put his hands up to deliver a blow at the end of that sequence. He definitely did that." That's certainly what I've seen from the hundred or so times I've watched the DVR of that sequence. I just think it's interesting to hear the guys with the Pens bias take off the black and gold lenses. It's a little refreshing, actually. Of course Orpik will try to plead his case, but he will absolutely be hit with a multi-game suspension tomorrow afternoon.

I did this same thing after the Bertuzzi/Moore thing just to see how the 'Nucks broadcasters called it. They also took off their Nucks-colored lenses.

Anyway, I look forward to watching the game tonight and to seeing the boys play the rest of this season with a little more intensity. Doing it "for Erik".

Puck drop in about 15 minutes.