Johnny_rudeboy Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Carolina Hurricanes Division: Southeast Captain: Rod Brind'Amour Head Coach: Peter Laviolette 2007-08 Record: 43-33-6 = 92 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_rudeboy Posted September 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 TSN Preview http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=248861&lid...os=topStory_nhl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koreysecord1992 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 TSN Preview http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=248989&lid...s=headlines_nhl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_rudeboy Posted September 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 Staal inks seven-year extension for $57.75 million http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&a...rticleid=381719 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_rudeboy Posted September 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Brind'Amour Undergoes Knee Surgery - Out 4 weeks http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?servic...rticleid=382104 Williams out 4-6 months with torn Achilles' tendon http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=38228...mp;service=page Not a good start to the season for Carolina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_rudeboy Posted September 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 First Cut - Canes Trim Training Camp Roster by 7 Forwards Justin McCrae (Spokane – WHL) Samuel Morneau (Val D’or – QMJHL) Robert Slaney (Cape Breton – QMJHL) Chris Terry (Plymouth – OHL) Brett Theberge (Peterborough – OHL) Defenseman Micheal Jordan (Plymouth – OHL) Goaltender Mike Murphy (Belleville – OHL) http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app?article...mp;service=page Second Cut - Hurricanes Trim Camp Roster by 11 Players joining the AHL Albany River Rats training camp: Forwards Mike Angelidis, Nicolas Blanchard, Stefan Chaput, Nick Dodge, Patrick Dwyer, Bobby Hughes, Harrison Reed and Ryan Weston; defensemen Ryan McGinnis and Benn Olson; and goaltender David Leggio http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app?article...mp;service=page Third Cut - Canes Trim Training Camp Roster by 9 Forwards Matt Murley, Jakub Petruzalek and Jerome Samson, along with defensemen Noah Babin, Brett Bellemore, Casey Borer, Brett Carson and Mark Flood, will join the Hurricanes’ top minor-league affiliate, the Albany River Rats of the American Hockey League, as the River Rats open training camp this week. Also, forward Drayson Bowman will re-join his junior team, the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League. Source: http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app?article...mp;service=page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott92 Posted October 21, 2008 Report Share Posted October 21, 2008 Canes return Boychuk to juniors RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)The Carolina Hurricanes have returned their No. 1 draft pick to his junior hockey team. The team said Monday that forward Zach Boychuk would return to the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the Western Hockey League. Carolina took Boychuk with the 14th overall selection in the June draft, and he had hand surgery before the season. He made his NHL debut at Los Angeles on Friday and also played Sunday at Anaheim. General manager Jim Rutherford said Boychuk will benefit from another year of development in junior hockey. Click link to view article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott92 Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 EDIT: Delete post. Wrong thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne-1 Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 huge night for Cam Ward, 57 saves against the Islanders in a 4-3 Canes victory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenderjetta Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 huge night for Cam Ward, 57 saves against the Islanders in a 4-3 Canes victory How in God's name did the Islanders manage 57 shots??? Is it just me or is there tons of high-shot games lately? Maybe it was just last night with the Habs and Islanders both putting up 50+ shots but I've seen 40+ shot games as well this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne-1 Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 How in God's name did the Islanders manage 57 shots??? Is it just me or is there tons of high-shot games lately? Maybe it was just last night with the Habs and Islanders both putting up 50+ shots but I've seen 40+ shot games as well this year. you're right the more amazing thing wasn't Ward's 57 saves, it was the Islanders 60 shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny_canuck_21 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Carolina beat Montreal 2-1 last night, and guess who scored after going scoreless in his first 18 games of the season. Samsonov had the tying goal, played 15:53, had 6 shots, 2 hits, 1 takeaway, and was named the 2nd star. Can you imagine where he would be last night if he were still a Hab, after going 18 games without a goal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_rudeboy Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Hurricanes recall goalie Justin Peters from minors as Cam Ward has a Groin injury http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=395711 It is unclear how long Cam Ward will be out but it is definitely a big blow to Carolina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_rudeboy Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Hurricanes fire Laviolette and replace him with Paul Maurice http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=395857 Given the rash of injuries to key players this season I do not see how the team's woes can be placed on Laviolette's shoulders. Now their #1 goalie Cam Ward is injured. If the owners think that Paul Marice will do any better they should look at his record in Toronto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innis_Mor Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Slapping this here (from the Dec 21 game thread) for posterity, or 'till I decide to dedicate some more time to analyzing the anomalous stat. __________________________________________ There has long been a pro-Canes reffing thing going on (apparently). Review NHL.com year-by-year for team PP-opportunities: Hurricanes are generally #1, and always top-4, year-after-year. PP to PK time is virtually off the charts compared to the other NHL teams, including perennial juggernaut Detroit. I've never figured out how or why, but always wondered what is going on, because statistically speaking, it is bizarre / unexplainable. The coach changes (but not too much there!), the players change, the depth and general strength of the team changes (from winning the Cup, to missing the play-offs), but that one stat just never changes. http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm?fetch...wName=powerPlay Take last season, for example: 420 PP opportunities for the Canes, or 20% above the League average of 351. Detroit, far and away the best team in the League last season, only 'earned' 391 PP opportunities, only 11% above the mean. All but 4 teams were within 10% (+/-) of the mean. The 4 teams: * Carolina: 420, +20% * Detroit: 391, +11% * Florida: 316, -11% * Tampa Bay: 296, -16% Detroit: best team, best skating team, etc., etc. Florida and Tampa: league doormats, very much lacking any depth, lacking skating, lacking puck possession Carolina: Didn't even make the play-offs Are they far and away so good, such a strong skating and puck possession team that they "earned" (by far) the most power play opportunities in the League? Ahead of, in order: Detroit, Philly, Pittsburgh, Montreal, San Jose, NYR, Vancouver? blink.gif -- (which teams all make sense to be near the top). Happens year after year, for Carolina. Just an amazing stat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteenIsThaFuture Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 What about penalties taken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innis_Mor Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 What about penalties taken?Not intending (at this time) to do any more analyzing. A quick comment though: I've never noticed Carolina being overly favourable in "penalties taken" stats. For example, last season they ranked 19th (only) in fewest penalty minors taken, the season before, 8th. It's a different stat in that even a poor team can consciously work to keep their penalties down -- for instance, I have always noticed NJD (over the past half dozen seasons, at any rate) being amongst lead leaders for lows in taking minor penalties. That comes primarily from (I assume) a real commitment from the Coach, bought into by the players, not to be playing short-handed. Case in point, how many minors has SK74 taken ("earned") for Montreal since his return from the pressbox. "Behaviour management" was exercised by the Hab coach to reduce penalties taken by a certain player. On the other hand, getting the other team to "earn" a penalty is clearly more team strategy-independant -- there are 29 other teams you face -- they're the ones that have to do something to earn the penalty. And yet Carolina is consistently amongst the most "fortuitous" teams, year-in and year-out. This consistent result has always struck me as really rather "fishy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteenIsThaFuture Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Not intending (at this time) to do any more analyzing. A quick comment though: I've never noticed Carolina being overly favourable in "penalties taken" stats. For example, last season they ranked 19th (only) in fewest penalty minors taken, the season before, 8th. It's a different stat in that even a poor team can consciously work to keep their penalties down -- for instance, I have always noticed NJD (over the past half dozen seasons, at any rate) being amongst lead leaders for lows in taking minor penalties. That comes primarily from (I assume) a real commitment from the Coach, bought into by the players, not to be playing short-handed. Case in point, how many minors has SK74 taken ("earned") for Montreal since his return from the pressbox. "Behaviour management" was exercised by the Hab coach to reduce penalties taken by a certain player. On the other hand, getting the other team to "earn" a penalty is clearly more team strategy-independant -- there are 29 other teams you face -- they're the ones that have to do something to earn the penalty. And yet Carolina is consistently amongst the most "fortuitous" teams, year-in and year-out. This consistent result has always struck me as really rather "fishy". Yes but if a ref favors them so to speak, wouldn't they just turn their head the other way at times on taken penalties? While you make a interesting case its flawed to some degree, what about the other small market teams? How many years has this ben going on for? Is there a distinct difference in calls between small-market vs big-market then small vs small? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_rudeboy Posted February 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 I think it is a safe bet to say that the honeymoon is over for Maurice. As I expected the coaching change has not made a difference in Carolina. Laviolette had a 12-11-2 record with an injury riddled team before being fired while Maurice with a healthier line up has a 13-11-3 record. Now onto more injury news: Hurricanes send injured Brind'Amour home with "Lower Body Issue" http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=407810 I would not be surprised if it is a groin injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_rudeboy Posted February 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Staal injured in game against San Jose "The call was that if (Staal) played in the third, he had a chance to make the injury worse," Carolina coach Paul Maurice said. "If he didn't, there was a good chance that he could play on Saturday. ... For our goaltender to play as well as he played, it was big. We understand that this has only happened a handful of times in this building this year, and that it should be good for our team." Source: http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020771 Looks like Stall will be playing with a minor injury for the next few games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_rudeboy Posted February 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Hurricanes acquire Jussi Jokinen from Tampa Bay "Jussi is a skilled, two-positional player that can be used in all situations. He will add depth to our team at an important time of the season." -- Hurricanes President and General Manager Jim Rutherford Source: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=408243 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_rudeboy Posted February 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2009 Glen Wesley: The Player: Hall of Fame Worthy? http://hurricanes.nhl.com/team/app/?servic...rticleid=409523 Some comments from the article: “Winning a Stanley Cup really beefs up his resume,” Carolina general manager Jim Rutherford said. “There are a lot of great players the Hall of Fame committee has to choose from, but as an organization we are making our statement by retiring his jersey. “The biggest thing about his game was he was so consistent,” added Canes Hall of Fame radio voice Chuck Kaiton. "Rutherford thought so much of Wesley’s talents – on and off the ice -- that he created a new coaching position for him upon his retirement last season --- Director of Defenseman Development" Hmm......... let me think ............. Retiring his jersey, He was so consistent and Rutherford thinks highly of him (So much so that Wesley was traded to Toronto in March 2003 nearing the trade deadline). If these are 3 valid reasons why Wesley should be in the Hall of Fame then I wonder at how watered down the Hall of Fame entries are getting. I don't think he was a premier defenceman in the league over his 20 year career. His best seasons were with Boston 14 years ago (7 seasons worth). When he left to go to Hartford in 1994 and then Carolina he never played to the same level. After Boston he was a good solid defenceman to compliment a defence core but definitely not in the same league as those already in the Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_rudeboy Posted March 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 Staal ties franchise record with four goals and six points http://www.nhl.com/ice/recap.htm?id=2008020977 I think Eric Staal is happy to be back in Carolina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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