Sixty-Five

I'd been wanting to make a sign for Canes defenseman Ron Hainsey for months, but few ideas that didn't involve underwear were coming to me. Finally, I worked with his number, 65. I noticed he taps the glass near my section during the second intermission after he stretches. I don't know what that's about, but I hope at some point he saw his sign.

Giving Up the Playoffs

This sign seemed appropriate for the Canes game on the Friday following Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. Especially given that the trade deadline was that same week and it seemed like Jim Rutherford had sort of given up any hope of the Canes making the playoffs this year. His only trade was to send Tuomo Ruutu, much loved by the fans, to New Jersey for Andrei Loktionov and a 2017 third-round pick. But I haven't given up on the playoffs yet.

New York/New Jersey

Made this during the intermissions at the Canes v. New York Rangers game on March 7, 2014, though I suppose it could work for Islanders games as well.

As I was walking down the concourse after the game with the sign slung over my back in a clear plastic bag, I realized some Rangers fans were trying to get a picture of the sign with one of them next to it. So I stopped and flipped the bag over to reveal the MORON --> sign, which I pointed at him while his friends snapped the pic. It pays to be prepared.