No easy way out for Canes

A clip from "Rocky Balboa" played on the jumbotron during the second period of Game 3. Cardinal rule of jumbotron management: Never motivate with a Rocky movie made after 1985. For tonight's Game 4, the CanesVision crew should consider the more appropriate "Rocky IV," aka the movie that single-handedly toppled the Soviet Union (perhaps it will have the same effect on Evgeni Malkin). Specifically, the best four minutes of cinema in the entire Rocky catalogue. Of course, that would be the "No Easy Way Out" montage. Win or lose, the Canes have never done anything easy. They even took two moves to relocate the franchise. "Things just don't come easy in this sport," Canes forward Chad LaRose said. "We know it's not going to be easy this way either." Cue Roger Tepper, and thrown in Adrian's lack of faith — "You can't win!" — to set the mood. Here's a brief history of the Canes' not so easy way...