The Carolina Hurricanes vs NY Islanders coming soon and the Duke Bule Devils are keeping THESE guys for next year

The great philosopher Yogi Berra once said about something he felt had happened before…”it was deja vu all over again”

-No one goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.

-When you come to the fork in the road, take it.

-It gets late early out there.

-Half of baseball is 90% mental…

Well, embrace your inner Yogi because the Carolina Hurricanes will be squaring off with the New York Islanders in the opening round of the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

-The Isles won at New Jersey last night and the Rangers shut out Ottawa so…the fishermen clinched 3rd and the blue shirts won the presidents trophy…

-Carolina went 2-1-1 against the Islanders.

-Each team won both games on road ice.

-Canes scored 16 goals, Islanders 14…

-Frederik Andersen has not faced NYI this year.

-Tonight the season finale in Columbus with it appears a skeleton crew for the Hurricanes…

-Protect your top players from freak injury or let them roll out there because you’re looking at at least 3 off days, maybe as many as 5 before the playoffs begin…

-Then again….the regret IF something were to happen….but who?

We are 9 days away from the NFL draft….

-ESPN and others have produced more mock drafts over the last few days and there is a common theme…

-Panthers TRADING the 1st pick of Day 2…

-Can you get enough value?

-What is the area you HAVE to address first?

-ESPN has a mock draft simulator….

Duke basketball still waiting on a Jeremy Roach decision…

-I have a source who says he’s coming back…but I also have a source who says he’s going to play his final season somewhere else (probably for less money than he could at Duke)

-Brendan Marks has a great write up on the Duke roster and thinks either could happen but he expects JR3 to portal out of Durham.  Proctor and Foster returning and a scholarship crunch with at least a couple of vets transferring in.