News & Notes XLV: Simply Having A Wonderful Canesmastime

[cptjeff]

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[hblueridgegal]

The Gov!
Nice done, Dave. I enjoy his quirky show.

 

[geehaad]

^^We need a Terry Tate Office Linebacker redux

 

[AD Skinner]

^^We need a Terry Tate Office Linebacker redux

Loved terry tate but was also reminded recently of the iron head Hayward zest commercials that were almost as funny and that I had completely forgotten about

 

[chaz4hockey]

Cory with a good article on a slice of Cane player stats:

NHL EDGE showcases speed | The North State Journal

RALEIGH — Last season, the NHL unveiled NHL EDGE, the league’s attempt to offer fans puck and player tracking information designed to give an in-depth look at the speed and skill of hockey. The technology has been in place in every NHL arena since 2021, but it wasn’t presented to the public other th

nsjonline.com

 

[hblueridgegal]

 

[HisIceness]

Thanks

 

[chaz4hockey]

Stats from Quanthockey re: first 33 games. I carved the analysis into 10, 10 and 13 game blocks.

Easy to see when goaltending was off (first 7 games of the last 13 game block was really bad) + team getting outhit and the opposition does a great job of blocking Canes shots.

Our shot % has been pretty consistent in each of the game blocks and face-offs improved since the first 10 and is good. I'd add, we had a huge shot differential in the first block of 10 but has cratered since then (and is apparent watching the games with sometimes lackadaisical effort seen).

Last thought: haven't compared the stat to previous years but this year unlike in the recent past I never feel comfortable with the team in keeping slight leads. My memory (Ok I'm old and perhaps wrong) suggests that previous teams could lock down the ice when ahead whereas I don't feel that way this year. We seem to be giving up too many Grade A chances in the 3rd.

 

[chaz4hockey]

This article from the Athletic highlights why Freddie was the Borg's selection as primary goaltender (key moments of misses aside). He is in the top 5 for High Danger and Mid-Danger shots. Our old friend Ned near the bottom of the list. No league wide individual stats in the article so Pyotr data is not available to show:

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6013458/2024/12/23/nhl-goalies-high-danger-shots/

 

[chaz4hockey]

Ah, went to NHL EDGE and found Pyotr's data. As you will see, his overall save % is down versus LY (and only at 50 percentile versus LY 74 percentile). On the positive side, his High Danger Save is much better and at 97 percentile. Mid-danger is slightly up Y/Y but below 50 percentile. Since his overall save % is down with high and mid up, that suggests to me that the "easy" save percentile is bad and down y/y. NHL EDGE link below if you want to inquire yourself.

NHL EDGE Puck and Player Tracking Statistics - Goalies

NHL EDGE Puck and Player Tracking Statistics for goalies including shot and save location, goal support and games above .900 save percentage.

edge.nhl.com