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.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I think players have simply gotten so skilled that even the 4th line/AHL guys can pick corners with the best of them. We saw it last night with the Rangers 4th line, as well as with Blake.

In addition, top end talent seems to be higher than in quite a while as well. As good as OV and Sid were in their prime, I'd argue in terms of pure hockey skills, McKinnon and McDavid have them beat.

As for why our individual SH% is better, I'd chalk it up to Necas' hot start and Roslovic's unsustainable SH% more than anything. But I'd love to be wrong

 

[Porvari]

My uneducated eye test also tells me that current players are just absurdly good at setting up and executing tips and redirects when compared to the 90's. Not much the goalies can do against those.

 

[Derailed75]

These things you guys are saying can't be true. Canadian fans have assured us that expansion has water down the talent.

 

[bleedgreen]

I don’t thjnk the change is as pronounced as people think it is. I’ve always been a big fan of warmups and one thing that struck me even as a teenager was how talented even the goons were. Jim Mackenzie could snipe a puck on the crossbar from 50 ft in warmups. So could Chris Dingman. AHL players could always snipe corners. Of course there’s improvement with each generation. Today’s fourth liners never would’ve made it in the earlier generations because the expectation would be that they could physically dominate, grind and fight when they had to. That’s the shift. We put skill players that never would’ve made it before on the fourth line, because today’s game has almost no physicality and now everyone has to be able to skate. These guys were always there, they just didn’t get a chance. Now they do. I think for stars we’re in a good time because we have elite players during a time where once again they can be elite. This is kind of like the pre-trap mid 90’s era. I do think the league is watered down. Elite players can tear up a league as it waters itself down. We elevate players like Mack and 97 but to be fair stars have never had it easier. People try to dismiss Mario and others because they say THAT time was watered down, but having watched both I don’t see a huge difference. Mario and co. played in an era where you could slash/hook/hold/interere all you wanted. If you couldn’t stop Jagr you could hold up his linemates so he didn’t have anyone to pass to.

To me it all evens out in the wash. I’m a huge proponent for saying Mcdavid should be amongst the greatest to ever play, yet I know he wouldn’t do half of what he does back then because they’d never let him or his teammates near the net. The times are different obviously. Skill is rewarded much more now, which I love. I think there’s always been minor leagues that could play in the bigs if it was ok to be a skill player on the fourth line. Chicago the last couple of years is no worse than many of the expansion teams stars in the 90’s supposedly ran their stats up against.

Except for that first Ottawa team. Woof. That was tough to watch.

 

[3CanesInTheBox]

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

Filthy casual.