2024-25 Canes Miscellaneous Thread
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Agreed, and I'm NOT taking potshots at her personally.
Fayettenamcanesfan
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Look, will I stop watching if they sign one of these guys? No, because the organization I love is bigger than any player to wear the sweater. But, I don’t have to like it or support it. But knowing GMET, he will do his due diligence before signing any of them. I believe that 100% and that makes it easier to swallow.
I come back to the question that Jeff posed earlier. Are either of these guys the difference between the Canes losing or winning in the ECF? Especially for McLeod, no. Hart maybe, but probably not. Ranking 54th in goals saved above expected over a 227 game career doesn't scream CUP WINNER to me. He was better in his 1 trip to the playoffs, 2.23/.926 in 14 games. Among goalies that played at least 3 games in the bubble playoffs, he was 13th in GAA and 10th in Save %.
But still, no.
But still, no.
Yeah, again ... I can make a soft case that Hart would make a roughly equal but more reliable tandem partner for Andersen than Kochetckov. But that's about it. And that would be assuming he can get his game back. Unlike some of his colleagues, he hasn't played anywhere since he got put on the shelf by the Flyers halfway through the 23-24 season.
Can I make a case that McLeod is a better fit on the 4th line than Jankowski or Kotkaniemi? Not really. I mean, he's got more upside than Janko I think. But it's fine margins and style stuff. I'm not sure why he's even in this frame other than possibly as a trial balloon for the team to see how much heat they'd take if they make a run at Hart as a 1B and possible Andersen successor. Again, I do NOT trust Kochetkov on any given day in that role, which obviously colors my take on Hart ... purely as a player. If I was Tulsky, I'd have moved on from Kooch as quickly as I could found a trade partner last summer.
Fayettenamcanesfan
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Stanley Cup contender rankings: Who dethrones the Panthers, Oilers?
It's been the same Cup Final matchup in consecutive years. Here are the teams that can change that in 2025-26.
cmaleski2
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TDA,
Here is the thing though...if we had McLeod he would take most of the critical Dzone face offs at the right side dot. This would reduce the workload on an aging Jordan Staal. I think you are under estimating the value of having a really good right handed face off guy. We definitely are not using Jankowski for a key dzone face off on his weak side.
Oh, the Canes have BADLY needed a right handed faceoff guy for going on three years, even if it's just a winger who can step in. Jarvy took almost 350 draws two seasons ago when he showed just a hint of competence at the dot, but then he banged up that shoulder and fell off dramatically. Hopefully he can get back to that level to help out Aho a bit, since he's terrible on his weak side. But yeah, a decent right handed faceoff guy would help out a LOT.
HeyKurtz
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Per Sportico, the Canes valuation has climbed to nearly $2 billion. Pretty good return for Mr. Dundon and his partners...
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Hurricanes' Valuation Jumps Nearly $1B Ahead Of 2025-26 Season | Carolina Hurricanes
Team's value has increased over eight times from when Tom Dundon became majority owner
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The valuation increase since 2021 is 212%, 2nd only to the Panthers at 218%. The $1.92 billion valuation is just below the league average of $2.1 billion.Per Sportico, the Canes valuation has climbed to nearly $2 billion. Pretty good return for Mr. Dundon and his partners...
Hurricanes' Valuation Jumps Nearly $1B Ahead Of 2025-26 Season | Carolina Hurricanes
Team's value has increased over eight times from when Tom Dundon became majority owner
Fayettenamcanesfan
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From ESPN’s piece about players ready to breakout. No surprise for us but I thought some of you would like to read it
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The diminutive center saw his opportunity (and thus, his production) increase after the trade from Dallas to Carolina.
The Canes deployed Stankoven as their second-line center and were rewarded for it. As is the case with Perfetti, Stankoven is likely to see 17 minutes of ice time per game this season, adding two minutes to last season's average. Whether he is flanked by Andrei Svechnikov or Ehlers on his left, he's going to have a highly skilled player capable of scoring many points.
Stankoven's playmaking ability could be what elevates Svechnikov to that surge in goal production for which many have been waiting. Should he play with Ehlers, both are dual-threat offensive players, and Stankoven has the skill to finish the chances that Ehlers creates.
Regardless of who he plays with, an upgrade in skill set and increased opportunity should lead to increased production for the young Canes center.
NHL players projected to break out in the 2025-26 season
As the new season approaches, here are six players poised for a rise to superstardom.
Logan Stankoven
C, Carolina HurricanesThe diminutive center saw his opportunity (and thus, his production) increase after the trade from Dallas to Carolina.
The Canes deployed Stankoven as their second-line center and were rewarded for it. As is the case with Perfetti, Stankoven is likely to see 17 minutes of ice time per game this season, adding two minutes to last season's average. Whether he is flanked by Andrei Svechnikov or Ehlers on his left, he's going to have a highly skilled player capable of scoring many points.
Stankoven's playmaking ability could be what elevates Svechnikov to that surge in goal production for which many have been waiting. Should he play with Ehlers, both are dual-threat offensive players, and Stankoven has the skill to finish the chances that Ehlers creates.
Regardless of who he plays with, an upgrade in skill set and increased opportunity should lead to increased production for the young Canes center.
Winning is the structural steel of sports ownership. Good owners get that and both Florida and Carolina have been blessed with good ownership and management teams over that period. And more importantly, they've won games. A lot of games.
If Svech is really ready to play like he played in the playoffs and drive play to the degree that he did pre-injury, then yeah. This is a pretty obvious call. Stankoven is going to dial up the production either way, as he transitions from learning his way in the NHL towards making a consistent impact. Like Svech, you saw the road map in the playoffs. He's got a ton more to give and looks eager to give it.From ESPN’s piece about players ready to breakout. No surprise for us but I thought some of you would like to read it
NHL players projected to break out in the 2025-26 season
As the new season approaches, here are six players poised for a rise to superstardom.
Logan Stankoven
C, Carolina Hurricanes
The diminutive center saw his opportunity (and thus, his production) increase after the trade from Dallas to Carolina.
The Canes deployed Stankoven as their second-line center and were rewarded for it. As is the case with Perfetti, Stankoven is likely to see 17 minutes of ice time per game this season, adding two minutes to last season's average. Whether he is flanked by Andrei Svechnikov or Ehlers on his left, he's going to have a highly skilled player capable of scoring many points.
Stankoven's playmaking ability could be what elevates Svechnikov to that surge in goal production for which many have been waiting. Should he play with Ehlers, both are dual-threat offensive players, and Stankoven has the skill to finish the chances that Ehlers creates.
Regardless of who he plays with, an upgrade in skill set and increased opportunity should lead to increased production for the young Canes center.
HeyKurtz
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According to the Triangle Business Journal, Seth Jarvis is the latest Hurricane to buy a luxury home in North Raleigh. He plunked down $3.2 million for a 5,769-square-foot home in the same Farrior Hills neighborhood where Sebastian Aho bought a home last year. It will a short walk from Jarvy's current bachelor pad in The Eastern.
As a local, it's very weird to see that very middle class neighborhood hit its glow-up phase with all these in-filled mini mansions. Kind of the same for that neighborhood on the other side of Six Forks but at least that one is adjacent to traditionally expensive properties. But Farrior Hills, Quail Hollow and Lakemont were always the haunts of IBM middle management, school administrators and college professors who didn't mind a commute.
TheBigKahuna
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Having lived on the edge of North Ridge for several years, the same happened there, since the early 2000s. Buy a 40 year old house for $800,000, bulldoze it and build a $2.5m in its place. Bill Cowher and others did just that. North Ridge is barely recognizable now. 5,000sq ft homes literally stacked a few feet from each other on golf course lots.
I haven’t been through North Ridge in probably 10 years, since my company discontinued the charity golf tournament. It always surprised me at the disparity in houses that I could see from the Lakes Course to those not immediately on the course on Hunting Ridge.
If you ever see a Rex mobile mammography unit with the Revlon logo on it, that’s what the proceeds of the tournament paid for. New management decided to end it around 2015 or so. Short sighted in my opinion, but I don’t work there any more.
ThinIce
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My son, daughter-in-law and nearly 2-year-old grandson live in Lakemont. They can't afford to renovate or move to another place, but the new construction and several McMansions are popping up in the neighborhood. We occasionally drive by Svech's home in North Hills. I know it's progress, but I hate to see some of these older homes levelled.
Oh, yeah. I've lived in North Ridge for over 20 years and the upscale is VERY real. Honestly, some of it sort of makes sense in the context of the neighborhood, depending on which phase you're talking about. But dropping a $2 million+ house on one of those 70s side streets like Fiesta or the old section of Haymarket is bonkers. On the other side of Haymarket where it winds up through the golf course, it makes perfect sense and a lot of those houses that were knocked down were weird old things. Plus, North Ridge all told has over 3,000 homes with two golf courses snaking through. There were always some massive houses sprinkled in along the golf course, and the majority of the neighborhoods always had bigger lots. But a lot of the build-out in the 70s and 80s featured moderately priced middle class housing away from the golf courses. Lots of weird fake Tudors and split level ranches that haven't aged well. So there's still some room and demand for newer homes without completely wrecking the character of the place. Unless crazy-quilt houses are a character you value.
But the old middle class neighborhoods around North Hills is where it gets really weird to me. Those lots were pretty uniformly small-ish and the houses quite modest. 90% of the appeal is simply the location close to North Hills and the Beltline. Either way, it's just the gravitational pull of the housing market in Raleigh. There are mini mansions infilling all over the place ... Ridge Rd, some of the old Cary neighborhoods, the cluster neighborhoods north of Hillsborough ... for me the real weirdness is dropping a $3 million house on a postage stamp lot surrounded by post war cottage houses near State's campus. Those things stand out like army boots on a rabbit