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.