News Article: News & Notes XXXV: You no help me now, I say f*** you Jobu, I do it myself

[Svechhammer]

I hope the helmet logos aren't stupid gaudy like some other teams' have been. The pnc ones were about as tasteful as possible, although I still just completely hate the idea on principle

Given the logo is just black text, it'll at the very least blend with our color scheme, so that alone won't make it nearly as gaudy as others.

 

[hblueridgegal]

This seems so bizarre to me for reasons I don't understand. I know the Canes have tons of sponsors and that isn't weird. The blurb just reads like idiocracy to me.

Like I expect Diehard battery to create a hfboards account and update us regularly on how the Canes are "charging their batteries this intermission" or similar tropes.

Advance Auto Parts are headquartered in Raleigh. So that might be why.

 

[DaveG]

Kudos to them.

Now i have a machine gun... Ho, ho, ho

This seems so bizarre to me for reasons I don't understand. I know the Canes have tons of sponsors and that isn't weird. The blurb just reads like idiocracy to me.

Like I expect Diehard battery to create a hfboards account and update us regularly on how the Canes are "charging their batteries this intermission" or similar tropes.

Thanks for giving me an idea for a meme account.

 

[Identity404]

All hail our corporate overlords...

I personally have never understood why a battery manufacture would want to brand themselves as DieHard. I know by definition it means strong, but the first thing I really associate with is the image that their batteries either die faster than expected or die unexpectedly... and of course the movie, which i guess is a good thing.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Some fun random stats, since the season is over and I enjoy looking at numbers:

Jaccob Slavin finished the season with one penalty. A delay of game minor for putting the puck over the glass. This has already been pointed out, but I think it bears repeating. Slavin played 23 minutes a game against guys like Barkov, Kane, Larkin, etc. and not once did he have to hook or trip a guy to break up a play. That comes to 0.05 penalties per 60 minutes of ice time. He was also on the ice for 60 even strength goals, which led the team.

When Martin Nečas was on the ice, the Canes had an even strength goals for percentage of 71.7%. This led the team, and is actually best in the league among forwards. He also played just shy of a minute per game on the PK, and was on the ice for 4 shorthanded goals scored. His shorthanded points per 60 came to 4.71, good for second in the league behind Marchand. He REALLY stepped up after Teuvo got injured.

Jordan Staal was on pace for 59 points over 82 games, which would easily have been his best total as a Cane. He actually managed to finish the year with more goals than Svech. If somebody had told me that at the beginning of the season, I'd have laughed in their face.

Ned finished the season with a 15-5-3 record, a save percentage of .932 and a GAA of 1.90, making him the league leader in both those categories. He won't win, but hopefully he winds up being one of the finalists for the Calder Trophy.


The team as a whole finished the season with a .714 points percentage, which ties Boston last year for the tenth best record by any team since 05-06. The powerplay finished at 25.6%, good for eighth best over the same timespan.


Man, what a great f***ing year, even if the last few games were stinkers. I have full faith in Rod and the boys to pick it up now that the games are going to matter again.

 

[hockeynjune]

All hail our corporate overlords...

I personally have never understood why a battery manufacture would want to brand themselves as DieHard. I know by definition it means strong, but the first thing I really associate with is the image that their batteries either die faster than expected or die unexpectedly... and of course the movie, which i guess is a good thing.

How was the brand name born? Sears designed the DieHard automotive battery to produce 35 percent more usable starting power than other similar batteries. Featuring a revolutionary tough, thin-walled case of translucent polypropylene plastic, which was 50 percent thinner than conventional black rubber-type battery enclosures, the design's extra room meant bigger plates, more acid and extra starting power. During testing, not a single failure was reported in over 26,000 starts in temperatures ranging from sub-zero to more than 100 degrees, hence the name "DieHard."

Definition of die-hard
: strongly or fanatically determined or devoted die-hard fans especially : strongly resisting change a die-hard conservative

 

[tarheelhockey]

If you're gonna have a sponsor decal on your helmet, DIEHARD beats the hell out of BALL or ZOOM.

 

[hockeynjune]

If you're gonna have a sponsor decal on your helmet, DIEHARD beats the hell out of BALL or ZOOM.

Yepp, Great Brand Great Message.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Some fun random stats, since the season is over and I enjoy looking at numbers:

Jaccob Slavin finished the season with one penalty. A delay of game minor for putting the puck over the glass. This has already been pointed out, but I think it bears repeating. Slavin played 23 minutes a game against guys like Barkov, Kane, Larkin, etc. and not once did he have to hook or trip a guy to break up a play. That comes to 0.05 penalties per 60 minutes of ice time. He was also on the ice for 60 even strength goals, which led the team.

When Martin Nečas was on the ice, the Canes had an even strength goals for percentage of 71.7%. This led the team, and is actually best in the league among forwards. He also played just shy of a minute per game on the PK, and was on the ice for 4 shorthanded goals scored. His shorthanded points per 60 came to 4.71, good for second in the league behind Marchand. He REALLY stepped up after Teuvo got injured.

Jordan Staal was on pace for 59 points over 82 games, which would easily have been his best total as a Cane. He actually managed to finish the year with more goals than Svech. If somebody had told me that at the beginning of the season, I'd have laughed in their face.

Ned finished the season with a 15-5-3 record, a save percentage of .932 and a GAA of 1.90, making him the league leader in both those categories. He won't win, but hopefully he winds up being one of the finalists for the Calder Trophy.


The team as a whole finished the season with a .714 points percentage, which ties Boston last year for the tenth best record by any team since 05-06. The powerplay finished at 25.6%, good for eighth best over the same timespan.


Man, what a great f***ing year, even if the last few games were stinkers. I have full faith in Rod and the boys to pick it up now that the games are going to matter again.

I think we all know it at this point, but Slavin should be the runaway winner of the Lady Byng trophy. Those numbers you mentioned for him are quite crazy, and he certainly seems like a nice dude. Without knowing for sure what is said, he looks like he says nice things to guys on the other team even all the time. Luckily, his name seems to be getting out there for that.

Necas took such a big step this year. I think he'll bring it in the playoffs with a little time to reset over the next few days.

I honestly thought Jordan would be lucky to hit what he did this season in a full season. Even when he wasn't on a tear, he brought his game back up a notch to match what he did down the stretch in 18-19 in terms of beast mode. I hope playoff Jordo goes off.

My hat is off to Ned for sure. Obviously, I've been a skeptic, and I still think he has some things to prove in a full, normal season or even as soon as these playoffs. But he kicked ass and he cleaned up many of the things in his game that I thought was holding him back. So I feel better about him proving himself against those lingering questions.

The team was great. The fact that they were in all but like 2 games the entire year just shows how good they were. Even though Nashville and any other teams we might face will be tough, I feel great about our chances.

 

[To Be Determined]

OD on marley drug call that die hard

dammit. i swear i didn't see this before making the same joke on the avatars thread.

 

[Tryamw]

Some fun random stats, since the season is over and I enjoy looking at numbers:

Jaccob Slavin finished the season with one penalty. A delay of game minor for putting the puck over the glass. This has already been pointed out, but I think it bears repeating. Slavin played 23 minutes a game against guys like Barkov, Kane, Larkin, etc. and not once did he have to hook or trip a guy to break up a play. That comes to 0.05 penalties per 60 minutes of ice time. He was also on the ice for 60 even strength goals, which led the team.

When Martin Nečas was on the ice, the Canes had an even strength goals for percentage of 71.7%. This led the team, and is actually best in the league among forwards. He also played just shy of a minute per game on the PK, and was on the ice for 4 shorthanded goals scored. His shorthanded points per 60 came to 4.71, good for second in the league behind Marchand. He REALLY stepped up after Teuvo got injured.

Jordan Staal was on pace for 59 points over 82 games, which would easily have been his best total as a Cane. He actually managed to finish the year with more goals than Svech. If somebody had told me that at the beginning of the season, I'd have laughed in their face.

Ned finished the season with a 15-5-3 record, a save percentage of .932 and a GAA of 1.90, making him the league leader in both those categories. He won't win, but hopefully he winds up being one of the finalists for the Calder Trophy.


The team as a whole finished the season with a .714 points percentage, which ties Boston last year for the tenth best record by any team since 05-06. The powerplay finished at 25.6%, good for eighth best over the same timespan.


Man, what a great f***ing year, even if the last few games were stinkers. I have full faith in Rod and the boys to pick it up now that the games are going to matter again.

1) Still won't be enough for Lady Byng recognition.
2) Necas grew this season
3) Go Moose!.
4) Agreed.
5) PP died as the season ended

 

[HisIceness]

Welcome to the party pal

 

[Roboturner913]

PP died as the season ended

look, man, it may be a little more wrinkled and gray, and there are times when it just doesn't want to do it's thing no matter how much I slap it around.

But "died" is a bit of an overstatement

 

[HisIceness]

"PP Died"

 

[spockBokk]

Seravalli thinks there’s a better than 50% chance Hamilton goes to ufa:



Can’t wait to hear about that all summer...

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Seravalli thinks there’s a better than 50% chance Hamilton goes to ufa:

Can’t wait to hear about that all summer...

meh, the cup celebrations will drown it out.

 

[Svechhammer]

Tripp weighs in the only way he can

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Necas took such a big step this year. I think he'll bring it in the playoffs with a little time to reset over the next few days.

I've just been so impressed by how much more confident he's been this season. He showed flashes last year, his goals against Arizona and Winnipeg come to mind. He's just turned on the jets so much more often this year because he knows he's capable of doing it, and he knows Rod won't bench him for trying to make a fancy move in the offensive zone as long as he back checks hard, which he f***ing does. I'd have to look up his split stats, but I want to say his game really went into overdrive after Rod put him on the penalty kill. Knowing that a guy like Rod Brind'amour trusts a young offensive minded winger to kill penalties has to be such a boost for the kid.

 

[Svechhammer]

I've just been so impressed by how much more confident he's been this season. He showed flashes last year, his goals against Arizona and Winnipeg come to mind. He's just turned on the jets so much more often this year because he knows he's capable of doing it, and he knows Rod won't bench him for trying to make a fancy move in the offensive zone as long as he back checks hard, which he f***ing does. I'd have to look up his split stats, but I want to say his game really went into overdrive after Rod put him on the penalty kill. Knowing that a guy like Rod Brind'amour trusts a young offensive minded winger to kill penalties has to be such a boost for the kid.

Remember at the beginning of the year when we all thought Necas couldn't defend worth a damn?

Things took a turn for him this year

 

[A Star is Burns]

I thought Necas had more to learn on defense but frequently commented on how he gave an honest defensive effort even if the proficiency wasn't there yet. I kinda thought he would figure it out. I'm glad he did so well and so quickly.

 

[emptyNedder]

Jaccob Slavin finished the season with one penalty. A delay of game minor for putting the puck over the glass. This has already been pointed out, but I think it bears repeating. Slavin played 23 minutes a game against guys like Barkov, Kane, Larkin, etc. and not once did he have to hook or trip a guy to break up a play.

Not to pick nits, but I have been in editing mode lately. Slavin did hold or hook Kane in one of the early Chicago games, but Kane being the magician he is scored anyway so it didn't become an official penalty.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

All hail our corporate overlords...

I personally have never understood why a battery manufacture would want to brand themselves as DieHard. I know by definition it means strong, but the first thing I really associate with is the image that their batteries either die faster than expected or die unexpectedly... and of course the movie, which i guess is a good thing.

We have a large tire retailer in Canada called OK Tire.

Never got that name either. I’m looking for something a little better than just ok.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Think I might’ve just found the ultimate team merchandise for the most hardcore of fans.

For only $450 Canadian (plus s&h) you can own your very own Carolina hurricanes table constructed out of two severed legs.

Get them while they last. I already ordered 3.

Carolina Hockey Table | Etsy

 

[tarheelhockey]

Think I might’ve just found the ultimate team merchandise for the most hardcore of fans.

For only $450 Canadian (plus s&h) you can own your very own Carolina hurricanes table constructed out of two severed legs.

Get them while they last. I already ordered 3.

Carolina Hockey Table | Etsy

The position of the stick is... suggestive.

 

[Lempo]

We have a large tire retailer in Canada called OK Tire.

Never got that name either. I’m looking for something a little better than just ok.

I just a week back bought a new set of summer tires. When asking "I need new rubbers", he guy automatically first offered me budget end tires, and I had to ask for a specific higher tier tires myself.

They actually had a fun ad in the local paper a year ago: "We got cheap and good tires", followed by two separate lists "Cheap tires:" and "Good tires:".

I assume that especially the people looking to dump their current car in near future are a big segment looking to buy for "cheap" and "OK" tires, because it's not economically sound for the seller to buy higher end tires to be effectively given away with the car.

I guess a micro-economy thesis could be written about the overall ineffectiveness tire markets.

The reason for asking higher end tires btw was, that I allowed myself be fooled with low end tires the previous time, and those goddamn Daytons they imposed on failed me one tire at a time. I paid the price difference I initially saved in visits to the tire repair shop and hassle to get the tire fixed or replaced with a used one that the guy sourced a piece a time from his used tires junk demountable.