Tampa Bay vs. The Canes

We'll try a new format for how I preview an upcoming game.



Malts to add:



3.3 pounds of a Tampa Bay team that is on somewhat of an upswing lately. They've won the past 3 in a row, 7 out of the last ten, some of them against some good teams. Their team seem to be finally gelling into form, but will it be early enough to make a push for the playoffs?



3.3 pounds of a Hurricanes team that streaky at best lately. Every time they start a win streak they almost immediately negate it by a losing streak of equal negative value.



Hops(Who's Hot):



Lightining: Just about everyone right now. St. Louis has 21 points in 14 games. Wow. Vinny has 7 in 4. There are 9 other lightning players who have at least a 2 game streak running.



Canes: Amazingly Roddie has 3 points in 3 games. Ruutu has 2 in 2. And the Camster isn't doing too bad. He's .960 in the last 3 games played, with a record of 2-1-0.



Trub(Who's Cold):



Tampa: Not really anyone. Not even Stamkos.



Carolina: Ugh, so many. Eaves (please trade him!) has 0 in 12. Samsonov has 1 in 7, and Staal has 1 in 4. Not good statistics.



Tampa has more injuries than the Canes do, but it hasn't seemed to matter much lately. However, I'm feeling somewhat optimistic for this game, as the Canes normally do fairly well against Tampa. 3-2 Canes in OT.







In beer news, I'm going to try one of my Porters tomorrow evening!! Yeah, it's a bit early. Only 13 days of bottle conditioning, but I want to see how a kind "green" beer tastes and how it gets better with more aging.