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Kat from The Surge Cast joined us today to talk some Canes puck.

We talk about what she's been up to since season 2, what's going on with the Canes before the big break, we do a Storm Report, and after Kat has to leave us Ray and I talk a little 4 Nations Face-Off and Toronto away day.

Linnea, one of our wonderful Finnish friends joins us to talk about the new look Canes, the weeks behind us and ahead of us, and especially, the upcoming 4 Nations Tournament being held in Montreal & Boston.

It's the Mikko Rantanen show, I mean Storm Cellar (featuring Taylor Hall)

Massi joins us today as we talk about his Caniac journey from Italy to Texas to NC, the biggest trade in NHL history since 1996 featuring Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall, memories of Drury and Necas, why did Chicago make that deal, and more!

This week our guest is Mike Steele, a Whalers / Hurricanes fan formerly of CT and we talk about his Caniac story, Don Quixote and the Hurricanes, Burns/Blake/Carrier/Andersen, and take a look at the week ahead.

We have 2 Caniacs on today's podcast, Jamie and John who have a really cool and unusual hockey story, if you're a techno nerd you'll love this one.

We talk about how they became friends and Caniacs, recap the last week, ask if leadership is an issue, and look ahead to this week's possible 8 points.

A fun episode to record, and 2 great Caniacs as well.

Ches joins the Cellar today as we recap the last week's game, try to define the 2024 calendar year for the Canes, file a Storm Report, and look at expectations for the week.

Also takes like Martinook for the next "C", who is playing better overall Aho or Necas (might surprise you), and what was the worse hit Meier or Haula?

This was a goody so tune in!

Without the technical difficulties!

Recorded before he Rags game.

We recap the last week, give our short Christmas wishes, and look ahead to Rags, Preds and a B2B with the Devils.

Brad and Ray ask some questions and want some feedback in a new game, "Are we wrong?"

We talk about the annual malaise weeks, still 3rd in Metro, toss out some hot(?) takes in "Are we wrong", do a Storm Report, and add some names to the NHL hotseat.

Ray and I welcome host of Locked-On Hurricanes and co-host of The Surgecast, Zach Martin to the show.

We talk about Zach's hockey journey to being a credentialed media member, the Canes line swaps, who in the league is on the hot-seat and more.

Ray and I just briefly touch on the 4 Nations Faceoff rosters.

Congrats to Sebastian Aho, Jaccob Slavin, and Seth Jarvis for making their respective country rosters!

To paraphrase Meat Loaf, 2 out of 4 ain't bad with a 3rd string goalie in net.

The Canes drop back to backs vs the Kittehs, but came back and beat both the Rags and Stars so it's not a bad week at all Caniacs.

Ray and I talk about the weeks' games, goal tending options, what could we steal from Nashville perhaps, and why we need to see the forest and not the trees.

I mean, it's Shane Willis, what more do you want!?

We talk with Shane Willis about how hard it is for your guys like Jarvis and Blake to break into the league, including some of Shane own journey. We also talk about what it's like to walk into a locker room with the likes of Ron Francis and Rod Brind'amour, we look at Carolina's draft and player strategies and how they have set Carolina up for long term success, and Shane joins us in doing the Storm Report - a look at what isn't quite working and what is.

Please consider donating to the Hurricanes $1M raffle to support our western NC communities!

https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/community/raise-up-1-million-raffle

This is a can't miss episode.

This week Ray and I are joined by Caniac Carolyn, former Canes Country contributor and aggregator of Canes information.

We talk about her Caniac story, that Aho's shooting is not down but we know why it feels that way, we recap why the roadie wasn't all bad, and what to expect from the new week.

A special shoutout to Zach from Locked-On Hurricanes (great daily podcast!) as well.

Tom Ray from the StormTracker podcast joined us this morning to talk about how a guy from all of Canada ended up being a Caniac. We also talk about the big Metro week the Canes put together, the loss to the Avs, and our projections on the week ahead.

This one was a lot of fun so tune in and enjoy!

Ray and Brad talk about the Northwest part of the roadie, coming home and spanking the Bruins, and how the team looks 10% of the way into the season.

We talk with Kat Whetstone of inside_the_rink and offside_news about her Caniac / Blue Jackets journey and the Canes first weeks or the season.

How are the Canes at 2-2? Who's off to a good start? What does the West Coast roadie look like?

We do a Storm Report to see who's a hurricane and who's a depression, and we wrap our up our episode with Kat's phenomenal article on Laine and mental health.

Nick from the Canes Prospects Twitter account joins us to go down the list from FUS, Nadeau, and Blake to guys you maybe haven't even heard of yet. Lots of Wolves on this list, the Russian pipeline is BOOMing, and more

We also do a lightning round of predictions on the season, so don't miss our opening night episode so let's #RaiseUp!

AHL reporter and all-around good dude Andrew Rinaldi joined us to talk about the Chicago Wolves / Carolina Hurricanes situation.

As we start season 5 of the pod, we welcome in one of Ray's best friends, Andy to the show. A Flames/Oilers guy through and through, Andy joins us to talk about his job in the NHL, to remember Johnny Gaudreau, and to talk about how the Jarvis contract could impact his beloved Oilers.

An emotional episode for sure.

Quick update to answer Daniel Wagner's question, Drury signed but Necas and Jarvis aren't (but they will be so don't worry), and we play match the Hurricane to the Ted Lasso character as a little timeline cleanse.

We hope you'll give us feedback on who you think we got right or wrong, and we'd love to hear your answers!

After a few weeks off Brad and Ray roll into all that's happened.

Congrats Florida Panthers!

Canes draft well.

NHL Rule Changes

Free Agency: Who's gone, who's staying, and who's new?

Also info about GMDW's departure, TamperBay, and more!

Straight to the point, we hand out letter grades. Who gets an A and who gets an F?

How will the SCF go? We'll see you back here in 2 weeks to congratulate the winner and start talking draft and trades.

Our penultimate episode of the season. A lot to unpack here so we went over:

The Canes / Rangers series

The remaining playoff teams and series

Don Waddell is out, Eric Tulsky is in

Top 3 priorities for the offseason and why

and more.

Our good friend Paul joins us from Scotland to talk about Round 2 of the playoffs, and the matchup against the NY Rangers.

The perfect episode to listen to in your work van.

A short recap of Brad's trip to UBS arena, what happened in game 4, what to expect in game 5.

We had Spectrum News 1 Chartlotte Sports Director Mike Solarte back on to talk playoff hockey!

We deep dive the game more-so than usual to get going.

Top line woes, secondary scoring, special teams, dedaline pickup Kuznetsov scores. and more.

Who do you start in net in game 2?

Does Freddie Andersen have to win a cup to prove the haters wrong?

Kuznetsov interview - how will the team take it?

Coyotes relocation - having empathy for the Yotes fans.

Does Meruelo deserve another shot at an NHL team? And what went wrong in the desert.

Mike shares a great story about the Hurricanes first captain Kevin Dineen.

This special episode is dedicated to the Canes vs Islanders 1st round matchup.

We have special guest IsleGirl3 who may be the biggest Islanders fan on the planet. She shares her story of how she became an Islanders die-hard.

Then we get into the matchups and what each of us thinks our strengths and weaknesses are for round 1.

(TW - There is a brief mention of suicide that I left in as an integral part of a compelling story)(There are a few "damn"s I left in as well)

This week, Ryan Henkel from The Hockey News joins us as we talk about what it's like to be a Canes beat reporter.

We talk about Ryan's intro to journalism, his beginnings covering hockey, the transition from fan to reporter and more.

We also discuss the Canes new signings and Ryan's initial impressions of them, along with Scott Morrow's performance against the Blues.

We wrap this one up looking at the playoff picture again as it's still anyone's WC2 in the east, and the President's Trophy and Metro Championship are both up for grabs.

With 2 Bruins games within a week we have on infamous Bruins fan Bobbie Brewski from the Only Bruins Podcast.

We talk about how Bobbie got into the hockey, how he became a Bruins fan from Winnipeg, and get his answers to the 3 questions.

We also talk about the Canes/Bruins rivalry since 2019, and how it's evolved.

Is Kucherov the best player in the NHL? One of us says probably.

Why don't the Eastern Conference teams wants to make the post season?

Who would you not want to face in round 1?

...and more!

No guest this week! Skip ahead to 12;45 to avoid Basketball talk if you'd prefer.

Ray and I walk through the playoff picture: Wings and Flyers seem to want to miss the post season, Western Conference playoffs seem to be set, East is still up in the air.

New lines last week and a much deserved break this week.

Who starts in goal in the playoffs?

Andersen's playoff history

Kochetkov pitches another shutout

Upcoming guests include Mike Solarte for our playoff previews and Bobby Bears for our Bruins preview!

Beth joins us in the Cellar as we talk about her worldwide adventures landing her in Raleigh as a Caniac, Marty Necas gets some love, Guentzel and Kuzy are fitting right in, and the playoff picture is becoming more clear.

All this and more this week in the Storm Cellar!

ComputerAndCoin joins us again to fill us in on some of the aspects of her first full year of hockeydom. We talk about some of her away game experiences, what she focuses on, and how hockey is fitting into her life.

We also look quickly at this past week's games and the playoff picture as it starts to take shape in the West, and the narrowing down of contenders in the East.

Just Brad and Ray today!

We recap our first look at Kuznetsov and recap the Devils and Habs games.

We summarize our trade deadline thoughts (check out the full episode - it's only 30 minutes!)

We enjoy watching Torts refuse to leave the bench.

and we breakdown what we think will happen to the Wildcard races.

Join Brad and Ray for their initial thoughts on Guentzel, Kuznetsov, & Smith.

TA, Lemeiux, and Raanta clear waivers - Raanta to Wolves

What might the forward lines look like?

This week Ray and I were joined by Aerin! We talked about:

Aerin's hockey and Caniac origin story, including the fact that Aerin is a sled hockey player.

We recap the week's game including some bright spots even in the Winnipeg debacle.

We talk a bit about the looming trade deadline and what we're looking for there.

Kerttu from Finland joins Ray and I to talk about:

This week's games (That Florida game was epic)

Canes/Stars

NHL Refs

Playoff picture shaping up

Trade deadline looms

4 Tendies is good for Chicken, bad for NHL team

and more!

Had to reschedule with our guest so it was Brad & Ray.

We talk more in depth than usual about this week's games.

4 goalies, where do you go from here?

(To trade or not to trade, that is the question)

The Storm Report

Playoff Picture

Stadium Series in NY not sold out

Whaler's Night!

Shoutout to ComputerandCoin who joins us next week to update everyone on her hockey journey

Whalers v Devils

Money grab? All 41+ home games are designed to separate you from your money

Feast or Famine? Jekyll or Hyde?: Kochetkov & Necas

Kotchetkov and the Goalie situation & Was it right to pull him vs. the Avs in the 2nd

Marty Necas

Is 0-1 in Overtime RBA's perfect game?

West Conference Roadie

Canes vs Philly in the playoffs for the first time ever?

The TO Reilly situation - Unwritten ENG rules / Hunter & Turgeron

Stadium Series games are not sold out as of the recording

Mike Jones and the Black Excellence jersey

A listing of all the Whalers/Hurricanes black players

Huge thanks to everyone who listens to us, we've had an amazing 100 episodes over the last 3.5 years.

Our guests this week were 2/3 of the SurgeCast (Zack and Bailey) and we do a full team Storm Report - grading every player who has played a game for the Canes this season.

Thanks also to all of the amazing guests we've had over the years, you are what fuels our podcast.

This week we chat with Aaron and talk about:

Greensboro hockey

2002 vs 2006

return of Marty Necas

Spencer Martin

J Willy HoF game

Roy coaching for Lou? Is this the Onion?

and a Storm Report

We had a lot to talk about today.

Jules's story - 2nd generation fan

Are we missing Necas?

A little talk about gatekeeping - Brad doubles down on what?

Caniacs vs fans

ComputerandCoin and hockey superstitions

J Willie HOF Game

and much much more!

Great episode this week, just Ray and I.

We talk PWHL Boston

All Star Sebastian Aho

Connor Bedard's face

Give you a Storm Report

and more this week!

We had Canes Stats in this week to talk about how they went from video games to Caniac.

And there was a lot of discussion around the issues that resulted in the Raanta being put on waivers. Whose fault was it? Was it the right move? How does this affect Raanta? How does this affect the team?

This might be our most in depth episode in a while, be sure to give it a go!

Thanks to Erin for joining us this week. It could have been kind of a downer episode but Erin was great as both a guest, and with her perspectives on the team right now.

Lots to unpack in this one and it's not all fun & games, but we try to cut to the heart of the concerns while being optimistic that the team can rebound and pull through this funk.

With the Canes about to start their west coast roadie, we had Collin from Home Ice Advantage on the show to talk about the week, and the change in his podcast format.

HIA is a daily 10ish minute look at the Canes, it's one of my top podcasts because it's easily digestible and Collin does a great job stepping back and getting to the heart of things. If you don't listen to him, give him a chance for sure.

We also talked about the 3rd pair and "4th" line, as well as the tendie situation. (Not Bojangles vs. Raisin' Canes) and our expectations as the Canes take on some solid teams this week.

This week we talked to Caniac Annie and her story: coming down from Long Island, transforming from Annie to Caniac Annie, STM, loves the team more than any player.

We also talked about last week's games/issues, and where we think the Canes will go from here.

This is a good one with an amazing Caniac.

Just Ray and I this week, we kept it short(ish) and sweet.

1) Whalers Jersey controversy

2) Guys not buying in? What does that mean?

3) 777 - This isn't the only problem, but this pairing is atrocious, especially at almost $10M. We talk about the pairing, as well as TA and Orlov separately.

We talk with Wade Minter AKA PA Guy AKA Mr Voice AKA Gina's good luck charm!

How did Wade get into hockey? How do I have a photo of Wade in my truck bed? How did Wade become the voice of the Canes? How did we have a Dusty Rhodes cameo? Why shouldn't we call it the East Coast Hockey League?

All this and more on this week's Storm Cellar!

Steve Kiesa joins us. An in-game Director for the Hurricanes, Steve is one of the folks who brings you all the entertainment that happens off the ice for the Canes.

We talk about Steve's transition to Caniac being from upstate NY, his job with the Canes, his favorite player, and more.

We also do a quick roundup of the roadie, and prepare to finish it up in Tampa before hopefully seeing Svechnikov at home against the Kraken.