No big surprises here, but The Sporting News is speculating on Nedeljkovic, Blackwood, and Vanecek as possible trade options...
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nhl/news/carolina-hurricanes-pyotr-kochetkov-injury-free-agent-options/205b28eecd3b0baa23bb4b10
Despite watching the NHL for well over 50 years, I am pretty sure I've never seen this call before...
https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nhl/predators/2024/11/20/predators-kraken-penalty-starting-lineup-bench-minor/76290570007/
I am going to take back what I said.
Not because of this save percentage data—which I don’t love because it treats all shots as equally “saveable”—but I just reviewed Gibson’s Goals vs. Expected Per 60 scores for the last few years and they’re not very good.
True, but given that lack of a sure-fire goaltending prospect in our system, I'm not sure a tandem of Koochie and Gibson for the next two-and-a-half years would be a bad thing.
ESPN has put the Canes at #1 in their Future Power Rankings, which ranks teams based on expectations for the next three seasons.
https://www.espn.com/nhl/insider/story/_/id/42372232/nhl-2024-25-future-power-rankings-prospects-rosters-cap-front-office
The keys are that its decentralized nature and the user's ability to control the content they see prevents one person's viewpoint from dictating the nature of the content. More details here: https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-12-2024-stackable-moderation
Some that I've found so far...
@notcanes is a bot that re-posts everything from the official Canes X account
Same thing with @notpierrevlebrun and @notnhl
@canesprospects is on there, too, as is @hockeystatcards, @mirtle, @spectorshockey, and @naturalstattrick
I've also set up Carolina...