News and Notes XXII: Now With More Finnish!

[Boom Boom Apathy]

So Ward fell apart after we had to give him a bulk of the starts because we had absolutely zero confidence in our other goalie?

Lack started 18 games total last year and only 7 through February. Darling has already started 29 games this season.

 

[Lempo]

Countdown to TradeCentre: Why is Skinner Trade Bait? - Article - TSN

'General manger Ronnie Francis' is my takeaway.

 

[DaveG]

Lack started 18 games total last year and only 7 through February. Darling has already started 29 games this season.

I was gonna say, the other goalie last year was more often Michael Leighton or (for a callup) Ned then it was Eddie Lack through the All Star break last year. Darling's shaky but he's still a hell of a lot better then Leighton has ever been here, hell I'd argue he's really not even worse then Lack was until that hot streak at the end of the year that he had.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I was gonna say, the other goalie last year was more often Michael Leighton or (for a callup) Ned then it was Eddie Lack through the All Star break last year. Darling's shaky but he's still a hell of a lot better then Leighton has ever been here, hell I'd argue he's really not even worse then Lack was until that hot streak at the end of the year that he had.

Leighton started 3 games. 1 in Nov, 1 in Dec, 1 in January. Ned came in relief for 1 game in January.

So through February, the back-ups started only 10 games from October through all of February. Darling has had 3 times that many.

 

[MinJaBen]

From theAthletic.com's Thoughts on Thoughts article where they review Friedman's 31 Thoughts:

20. When I suggested last week a Justin Faulk trade with Detroit, someone pointed out that the Hurricanes’ defenceman entered this season shooting 6.8 per cent for his career. He’s at 2.6 this season, by far the lowest mark of his NHL life. An analytically inclined organization like Carolina would certainly be aware of that.​

How UNBELIEVABLY well-timed was this paragraph? And Elliotte, I’m happy to be doing a Thoughts on Thoughts today so I can highlight your (or maybe your prescient friend’s) clairvoyant observation that Faulk was having some tough shooting luck.

Faulk scored a natural hat-trick on five shots on Tuesday night, bringing him inside the NHL’s top 30 defencemen in goals scored (seven), one behind the likes of Drew Doughty, Victor Hedman, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Seth Jones … you get the idea. Faulk sits seventh in the league in shots, plays over 22 minutes a night, and is just 25 years old. I’m guessing the 'Canes aren’t in a hurry to give him a “fresh start.”

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Not sure if this was posted, and nothing earth shattering in here, but an interesting piece none the less. This was a bit of a surprise though.

For the ninth straight season, an NHL team is recording at least 53 percent of even-strength shot attempts with Williams on the ice, a streak matched only by Patrice Bergeron, Sidney Crosby, Anze Kopitar and teammate Staal.

Williams a leader in second tour with Canes

 

[RodTheBawd]

In media darling news...

Five Invaluable, Inexpensive Role Players Up For Grabs at the NHL Trade Deadline | The Hockey News

Always interesting to include 2 of your 5 rentals from a team that is currently sitting in a playoff spot and playing some of the best hockey they've played all year. Particularly interesting when you start it with:

This isn't the way Carolina saw this campaign going

Yes, dummy, Carolina expected to be competing for the President's trophy this year...

 

[Tryamw]

In media darling news...

Five Invaluable, Inexpensive Role Players Up For Grabs at the NHL Trade Deadline | The Hockey News

Always interesting to include 2 of your 5 rentals from a team that is currently sitting in a playoff spot and playing some of the best hockey they've played all year. Particularly interesting when you start it with:


Yes, dummy, Carolina expected to be competing for the President's trophy this year...

See they just can't stop talking about our 'Canes.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

The ‘Team Grandpa,’ Justin Williams Wants to Bring the Hurricanes Back to the Playoffs

Good article on Williams and his impact on the team.

 

[A Star is Burns]

The ‘Team Grandpa,’ Justin Williams Wants to Bring the Hurricanes Back to the Playoffs

Good article on Williams and his impact on the team.

Saw that earlier too. Definitely worth reading. Makes me want a hoverboard. And a bigger house.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

The ‘Team Grandpa,’ Justin Williams Wants to Bring the Hurricanes Back to the Playoffs

Good article on Williams and his impact on the team.

Is that the same article I linked 3 posts earlier? Seems like the same article, but the link name seems to be different than when I posted it.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Is that the same article I linked 3 posts earlier? Seems like the same article, but the link name seems to be different than when I posted it.

It appears so. I just found it floating around on Twitter. Didn't really check if it was already posted.

 

[CandyCanes]

This was such a great story last year, so excited to hear Chase is cancer free now!

 

[NotOpie]

This was such a great story last year, so excited to hear Chase is cancer free now!

And it is one of the great things about this organization....basically all the superstars (yes, I use that term liberally) of the team are in that photo.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Nice to see that.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Wait...false alarm

 

[NotOpie]

Any idea how often this happens mid-season?

 

[Dishface]

Damn I was hoping we traded the whole team.

 

[HisIceness]

Didn't that kid score 9 goals in the pick-up game? Clearly thats our future 1C right there.

 

[RodTheBawd]

Didn't that kid score 9 goals in the pick-up game? Clearly thats our future 1C right there.

Can't read too much into it, Darling was in net. 14 shots.

 

[Negan4Coach]

Wait...false alarm

My daughters will be there tomorrow. Brooks elementary was one of the winners of the reading competition. They both tore into books all year with the hopes of getting to see this in person.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Louder than some of the games I've been to.

 

[GoldiFox]

This is possibly the greatest Canes marketing tool I've ever seen put into practice.

Elementary/Middle school kids largely drive their family's disposable spending. High School and College kids have a million other things to entertain themselves and are largely independent. Younger kids getting excited about the Canes is going to bring casual fans to the games.

 

[JCLA]

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Not sure why it took them so lnog to do that with the practice though.

It's done all through out minor league baseball, but for games. I understand why you can't do it for games at the NHL level, but kids probably still, and from the looks of it, loved just being at the practice.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

This is possibly the greatest Canes marketing tool I've ever seen put into practice.

Elementary/Middle school kids largely drive their family's disposable spending. High School and College kids have a million other things to entertain themselves and are largely independent. Younger kids getting excited about the Canes is going to bring casual fans to the games.

And this was started before Dundon took over as it started in October.

They also have another initiative with middle schools (the reading one was Elementary schools) around fitness and healthy eating.

Canes and WCPSS Introduce Power Play Program