2022-23 Canes Misc. Thread
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TheBigKahuna
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NCHSSA is moving the Friday football playoff games up to Thursday night.
I don't think they've been effective 5v5 all season, other than isolated scenarios here and there. It's well past time to shake up that group.
FWIW ... I missed the news that Drury had actually been recalled last night, so ... 4th line shakeup underway
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Canes Recall Drury From Chicago | Carolina Hurricanes
Forward scored a goal in each of his two NHL games last season
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Canes are practicing at 11 this morning, so we could get a preview of tomorrow‘s lines.
The track for Nicole has moved a bit north. There is a hurricane warning from Boca Raton (which is north of Sunrise/Fort Lauderdale airport) north to the Daytona Beach area. There is a hurricane watch/tropical storm warning in effect from Hallandale Beach north to Boca Raton. It’s now forecasted to hit overnight on Wednesday. The wind field is pretty big, so it could be a rough ride in this afternoon, but definitely after the game tomorrow.
The track for Nicole has moved a bit north. There is a hurricane warning from Boca Raton (which is north of Sunrise/Fort Lauderdale airport) north to the Daytona Beach area. There is a hurricane watch/tropical storm warning in effect from Hallandale Beach north to Boca Raton. It’s now forecasted to hit overnight on Wednesday. The wind field is pretty big, so it could be a rough ride in this afternoon, but definitely after the game tomorrow.
JFG
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My thought as well.
Certainly ... although that one is a given. The 4th line has been borderline terrible 5v5 throughout the early season. The first line has been sluggish to erratic from the start, but Brindy thus far has seemed to want to let them work through their issues. Turbo is a notoriously slow starter who almost always seems to spring to life around Thanksgiving and if he gets going it solves a lot of issues. I could see him sticking with them, largely because the 2nd offensive line is producing just fine and I don't see the point of putting Aho with Svech and Necas when those two have been just fine playing with a more distribution minded center. I'm guess the mucking around will come in the bottom six. Could be wrong, but we'll see. Three quality opponents await, so I'd guess he won't want to get too dramatic with the tinkering.
Christer
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Really? I don't think they are anywhere close to as good as they were last year with Niederreiter.
RBA said that he views Drury as a center because his 2 way game is better suited to that position. So if he goes into the lineup, that’s where he’ll be. The team is also headed west after playing Edmonton on Thursday, with games in Denver and Chicago on Saturday/Monday and the team didn’t have a spare forward.
HurryCanes
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As much as I’m scared to say this, Martinook has been noticeably pretty solid on Staal’s line recently. How long that lasts, no tellin.
They had Matthews’ line bottled up before Keefe swapped him and Tavares.
CanadaCanes
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Could the Drury recall be related to Kase going to LTIR at some point soon with that concussion history issue?FWIW ... I missed the news that Drury had actually been recalled last night, so ... 4th line shakeup underway
Canes Recall Drury From Chicago | Carolina Hurricanes
Forward scored a goal in each of his two NHL games last season
cmaleski2
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Per moneypuck. Expected Goals% 5v5 for lines that have played at least 8 games together:
| name | team | xGoalsPercentage |
| Forsberg-Johansen-Duchene | NSH | 0.79 |
| Martinook-Staal-Fast | CAR | 0.77 |
| Parise-Barzal-Palmieri | NYI | 0.75 |
| Engvall-Kampf-Aston-Reese | TOR | 0.74 |
| Zucker-Malkin-Rust | PIT | 0.73 |
| Luostarinen-Lundell-White | FLA | 0.71 |
| Zegras-Strome-Terry | ANA | 0.71 |
| Stephenson-Eichel-Stone | VGK | 0.7 |
| Tkachuk-Barkov-Verhaeghe | FLA | 0.7 |
| Stamkos-Point-Kucherov | TBL | 0.7 |
| Marchessault-Karlsson-Smith | VGK | 0.68 |
| Kreider-Zibanejad-Kakko | NYR | 0.66 |
| Robertson-Pavelski-Hintz | DAL | 0.65 |
| Killorn-Paul-Stamkos | TBL | 0.65 |
If Corsi is more your thing they are 2nd there too as well as 2nd in Fenwick
Yes they DON'T score because they have no finishers, but they dominate zone time and possession substantially.
Yeah, that line has been REALLY good at their primary objective ... which is to stop the other team from generating offense, primarily by dominating possession. And that's how Brindy has been using them, as a proper shutdown line. Yeah, they probably offered more goal scoring threat last year, especially during the two stretches where Nino was insanely hot. But let's not forget, Nino was only really effective as a scorer during those hot streaks and as good as he is as a puck retriever, his line has been better in that regard without him.
I'd love to see more scoring from Staal's line, but I'd also love to see some 5v5 scoring from a 4th line that 100% has the talent to provide it. The 1st and 2nd lines are gonna balance out their production over time, more than likely. My lasting concern with this bunch is generating something more than possession with the bottom 6. Patches will help out when he comes on line, as that will push a more offense-minded winger down, but until then ... it's a concern.
I'd love to see more scoring from Staal's line, but I'd also love to see some 5v5 scoring from a 4th line that 100% has the talent to provide it. The 1st and 2nd lines are gonna balance out their production over time, more than likely. My lasting concern with this bunch is generating something more than possession with the bottom 6. Patches will help out when he comes on line, as that will push a more offense-minded winger down, but until then ... it's a concern.