tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post111404660563774590..comments2023-12-10T18:22:17.977-05:00Comments on red and black hockey: Canes report card .... part 2 of 5d-leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15772585727501344436noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14559994.post-87060957349242815692007-01-05T07:29:00.000-05:002007-01-05T07:29:00.000-05:00I thought the New Jersey game back at the beginnin...I thought the New Jersey game back at the beginning of the season set the mark for lousy 'Canes games, but the one you elected to miss last night was, hands down, the worst effort I have seen from them. Absolutely horrid. Good call on your part (though I gotta admit... the seats were completely sweet).<br /><br />Which leads me to theory number three for Eric Staal (who skated last night like he had emery boards on his skate blades): he's hurt. I'm guessing it's a mid-section injury (like an abdomen, or a rib) that's not bad enough to keep him out of the lineup but creates trepidition (and pain) whenever he builds up any speed or needs to deliver a check with any sort of leverage. It's also taken a bunch of zip out of his shot.<br /><br />Whatever it is, he really needs to snap out of it.Bill Purdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07551076588917664774noreply@blogger.com