GDT: Wednesday, November Twenty Seventh, Two Thousand Twenty Four: National Hockey League Eastern Conference Number Two Carolina Hurricanes (Fifteen Wins,

[Porvari]

Kiprusoff?

That would be Miikka. Not to be confused with Miika Elomo.

 

[Stickpucker]

That would be Miikka. Not to be confused with Miika Elomo.

Is one of these first names the spelling of some hipster parents akin to something like Jaxyn instead of Jackson in the states?

 

[Porvari]

Is one of these first names the spelling of some hipster parents akin to something like Jaxyn instead of Jackson in the states?

Not really connected to hipsterism, I think. Finns are just savants when it comes to vowel and consonant length, and I guess they love to mess around with them.

But in terms of "trying to be different for the sake of it," the progression probably goes from Mika (just about every Finnish man my age is either a Mika, a Jari, or a Pasi) to Miikka to Miika.

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

For those of you keeping score at home, the canes have now scored 4+ goals in 17 out of 22 games this season.

 

[Tryamw]

The Hurricanes are 54-3-4 in regular season games when Seth Jarvis scores a goal.

So 7 games under perfect... Obviously good but not great!.

 

[Lempo]

Not really connected to hipsterism, I think. Finns are just savants when it comes to vowel and consonant length, and I guess they love to mess around with them.

But in terms of "trying to be different for the sake of it," the progression probably goes from Mika (just about every Finnish man my age is either a Mika, a Jari, or a Pasi) to Miikka to Miika.

The obvious starting point is Mikael the archangel, and I would guess the olden people occasionally did this as Miikael or even Miikkael probably to simulate the pronounciation of more civilized people of other languages, and the shorter ones have probably come from the -el dropping off, respectively. Nobody got time for the third syllable.

 

[Tryamw]

Martin didn't do this..

Are we allowed to blame the goalie on this one?

 

[Lempo]

But had someone tried being Mikeal, he would've been beaten up until he stops that.

 

[Tryamw]

I don't know how y'all have time for this.

Well Hank,

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[CandyCanes]

Are we allowed to blame the goalie on this one?

Absolutely not. The D coverage should have been better, you can’t let the shooter wide open like that. Just an impossible shot to save.

 

[Porvari]

Absolutely not. The D coverage should have been better, you can’t let the shooter wide open like that. Just an impossible shot to save.

Every time I see the David Ayres highlights, I start thinking "man if he'd mishit that dump off his own end boards..."

 

[Svechhammer]

For those of you keeping score at home, the canes have now scored 4+ goals in 17 out of 22 games this season.

For those keeping track, the 4 goals last night sadly dropped our goals per game average this season

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Prior 3 seasons the Canes SH% was 9.73 which was 22nd in the NHL Top 3 teams were TB: 11.12%, STL: 11.15%, Tor: 10.92.

this season the Canes SH% is 11.91% which is 6th best in the NHL. Top 3 teams are WSH: 14.13, TBL: 13.61, WPG: 13.24%.

Is it due to regress to the mean? Or has defense and goaltending just gotten weaker?

Average SV% has been dropping year over year in the NHL.
19-20 season it was .910.
Last season it was .903
This season to date it's .901

If this trend continues, we could see the first league average SV% drop below .900 for the first time since the early - mid 90s where it was a regular occurrence.