Pre-Game Talk: CLINCHED: 2025 Playoffs --Seventh Straight Year!

[Anton Dubinchuk]

I like the kooky idea of celebrating the players that are, y'know, here.

You would.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

If some want to incorporate the Rantanen aspect, maybe we could do something like trade deadline winners and trade deadline losers.

Trade deadline winner: Logan Stankoven -> from Texas BBQ to NC BBQ (some don't agree, but whatevs)
Trade deadline winner: Mark Jankowski -> BBQ angle or just something about rediscovering being the best player in the draft
Trade deadline winner: Jack Roslovic -> trade number for a few weeks, get a fancy watch
Trade deadline loser/winner: Plenty for Rantanen along the lines of what have been said
Trade deadline winner: Dallas first round picks in 26 and 28 -> get to be Carolina Hurricanes or traded for two seconds
Trade deadline winner: Carolina Hurricanes -> Addition by subtraction -> Rantanen falling
Trade deadline winners: Jankowski and Stankoven -> United as Stanky and Janky
Trade deadline winners: Carolina Hurricanes -> Added more smurfs to roster

I think there'd be scenarios we could pull out for players that have been here the whole time and have had their lot improved by guys being traded or brought in, Brindy, Tulsky, etc. Let's people get some of the Rantanen stuff out but also defend Tulsky and the org some since we've been better than the experts expected after a tumultuous deadline.

I like the kooky idea of celebrating the players that are, y'know, here.

In this same vein, maybe something about "Transition year"? Skjei to Ghost, Pesce to Walker, Teravanien to Blake, etc.

 

[SlavinAway]

I want a picture of Stank and Jank that transitions to Tulsky saying I got my man

 

[Stanky and Janky]

In this same vein, maybe something about "Transition year"? Skjei to Ghost, Pesce to Walker, Teravanien to Blake, etc.

Yeah, I could get on board with this. Again, it gives some latitude for people to do the (IMO) weird Rantanen stuff, but also put some good stuff out there. Don't get me wrong, screw Rantanen, but I don't see the point in basing our whole theme on it.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

The other idea I had was a playoff avatar focused entirely on Jarvis and his many monikers.

Seth Jarvis - King of Naps
Seth Jarvis - Jarvard Alumni
Seth Jarvis - Honorary Finn
Seth Jarvis - Short(y) King
Seth Jarvis - Canadian Darkhorse (in reference to his 4 Nations pick)

 

[3CanesInTheBox]

I haven't caught up to all ideas/posts yet. I'll go with the majority. We have a while to decide what to do or not to do.

ALSO, ANYONE ELSE IS WELCOME TO DO AVATARS THIS YEAR. STEP RIGHT UP

eta: I'm happy to do them, but don't need to. I'm honestly excited to see other people give it a shot.

 

[3CanesInTheBox]

To further the Rantanen idea, I say 80% of us roll up one day with Rantanen in a Canes jersey in our avatars. 10% of us do something like Rantanen in a Stars jersey. 10% of us have an Antti Raanta picture but it's captioned Rantanen on the picture.

The entire appeal for me are the main board posters who will not understand the sarcasm. I guarantee you if we do this, a bunch of posters will reply to nearly every post we make and tell us that Rantanen no longer plays for the Hurricanes. This will especially be so if we make playoff-themed avatars like "the missing piece" with him featured.

Should we commit to the bit, it is paramount that we double down and remain firm in our (mis)belief that Rantanen still plays for the Hurricanes. "Obviously he does - dude signed an 8 year extension with us on the trade deadline!" "Dallas jersey? Dude played for Dallas before we got him in trade. C'mon now."

If people disagree on going AntiRantanen or not, we could just have a chaotic mix of themes and not explain them to anyone else LOL.

 

[Stanky and Janky]

I haven't caught up to all ideas/posts yet. I'll go with the majority. We have a while to decide what to do or not to do.

ALSO, ANYONE ELSE IS WELCOME TO DO AVATARS THIS YEAR. STEP RIGHT UP

eta: I'm happy to do them, but don't need to. I'm honestly excited to see other people give it a shot.

Yeah, sorry, but you seem to be the designated playoff avatar person like it or not. It's like the first time they called out for volunteers this happened and you were left with the job.

 

[MinJaBen]

If people disagree on going AntiRantanen or not, we could just have a chaotic mix of themes and not explain them to anyone else LOL.

There has to be a joke here about being a goalie.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Fine, I get it.

One of the last years the Panthers were good (Newton MVP year maybe?) and me one of my buddies just pretended that they were undefeated all year and any Panthers-related conversation involved how incredible a year they were having and how they could become the first undefeated team in history, well after they lost their first game. The Rantanen idea is more in that vein, as opposed to a jilted lover situation (I honestly don’t care now that he’s back out West and I like our team). Just something dumb that makes F26, F26.

Could we do the same but with Jack Drury? Just act like he’s single-handedly leading us to and through the playoffs? Same vibe but no jilted lover confusion?

Well you didn’t have to pretend that much lol that Panthers team started 14-0.

And would’ve been first 16 game season undefeated team but the Dolphins have already gone undefeated

 

[Derailed75]

Well I kinda wanted to keep my Chaos towel but I'm down with whatever. I am leaning towards nothing Ratanen though.

 

[stevewin]

Here are my ideas for Playoff Avs if people want to do some-- I didn't want to share them until we officially clinched. Doesn't matter to me if we decide not to do a theme as a group, but I wanted to get the discussion rolling, because we usually take a while and a few plot twists on this board to decide lol:

1. Tripp’s Breakdown / Tripp to the Stanley Cup, etc: Basically based on made up stories, exaggerations of crazy Tripp stories (e.g. Taylor Swift wrote Aho’s letter to the fans). With these, even people who don’t like to change avs could participate by just writing random short stories in their description/that space under their avatar.
2. Something like XYZ Character Cares, We Like It Here, some post-Rantanen theme [e.g., Svech is a PPG (Penalty per game player) → Svech Cares, We Like it Here, etc.

Bring back a classic - crude line-drawing caricatures of each player

 

[The Faulker 27]

New avatar

 

[LakeLivin]

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That's great, lol. My only suggestion would be to add at the bottom Featuring Taylor Hall.

 

[The Faulker 27]

That's great, lol. My only suggestion would be to add at the bottom Featuring Taylor Hall.

Taylor will be in the sequel.

 

[stevewin]

My initial vote is

My initial vote is for us all to use Rantanen avatars as if he were still currently playing for the team.

With him sitting on a Failboat

 

[To Be Determined]

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i love it, minus "Miramax"

Miramax is more of a blackhawks studio, to be honest

 

[baconandbread]

To further the Rantanen idea, I say 80% of us roll up one day with Rantanen in a Canes jersey in our avatars. 10% of us do something like Rantanen in a Stars jersey. 10% of us have an Antti Raanta picture but it's captioned Rantanen on the picture.

The entire appeal for me are the main board posters who will not understand the sarcasm. I guarantee you if we do this, a bunch of posters will reply to nearly every post we make and tell us that Rantanen no longer plays for the Hurricanes. This will especially be so if we make playoff-themed avatars like "the missing piece" with him featured.

Should we commit to the bit, it is paramount that we double down and remain firm in our (mis)belief that Rantanen still plays for the Hurricanes. "Obviously he does - dude signed an 8 year extension with us on the trade deadline!" "Dallas jersey? Dude played for Dallas before we got him in trade. C'mon now."

I can't speak for everyone else, but I am very Antti-Raantanen

 

[baconandbread]

The other idea I had was a playoff avatar focused entirely on Jarvis and his many monikers.

Seth Jarvis - King of Naps
Seth Jarvis - Jarvard Alumni
Seth Jarvis - Honorary Finn
Seth Jarvis - Short(y) King
Seth Jarvis - Canadian Darkhorse (in reference to his 4 Nations pick)

We have ALL the Short Kings!!!

 

[Tryamw]

Tryamw with the SKIP!

 

[Stickpucker]

I like the kooky idea of celebrating the players that are, y'know, here.

In this vein go with hyperbole and each player is the next _______

Nikishin - Russian Pronger ...duh
Stankoven - next Martin St. Louis
Slavin - the next Jacob Slavin

 

[AD Skinner]

Taylor will be in the sequel.

2 Jank 2 Stankiest

 

[Unsustainable]

The other idea I had was a playoff avatar focused entirely on Jarvis and his many monikers.

Seth Jarvis - King of Naps
Seth Jarvis - Jarvard Alumni
Seth Jarvis - Honorary Finn
Seth Jarvis - Short(y) King
Seth Jarvis - Canadian Darkhorse (in reference to his 4 Nations pick)

Big Kahunas

 

[3CanesInTheBox]

Bumping.

What do we have so far...?

• Off Year / Transition Year Theme
• Rantanen / Anti-Rantanen Theme
• Tripp Theme
• Trade Deadline Winners/Losers

Did I miss any?

We could also do some Big Brain Tulsky theme, with that viral pic of him on the computer lol.

DISCUSS.

 

[Discipline Daddy]

Bumping.

What do we have so far...?

• Off Year / Transition Year Theme
• Rantanen / Anti-Rantanen Theme
• Tripp Theme
• Trade Deadline Winners/Losers

Did I miss any?

We could also do some Big Brain Tulsky theme, with that viral pic of him on the computer lol.


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DISCUSS.

Let's not do the "Rantanen is still on the team" meme idea I mentioned earlier. If we aren't all 100% behind it, it's just not worth doing.

I'd vote Big Brain Tulsky as that's just about equally triggering to other fanbases how comically nerdy our General Manager is. My #2 vote would be for Tripp.