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stereax · 9 months

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is there a reason why Carolina is losing all their affiliates???

Other than being assholes to Erik Haula?

Okay, but in all seriousness, there's a short answer and a long one.

The short answer is two words long: Pyotr Kochetkov.

The long answer? Meet me under the cut.

Alright, hi there. So to answer this question fully, we need to talk about the AHL in depth. The AHL, or American Hockey League, is the second-highest league of North American pro hockey, under the NHL. Most people tend to believe it's just "where prospects play before they hit the NHL". This is... only a part of the story.

There are 32 teams in the AHL to match 32 NHL teams. The idea there is that every NHL team would have an AHL affiliate - the most recent expansion, for example, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, is the AHL affiliate for the newest NHL team, the Seattle Kraken. Many of these teams are owned by the same group as owns the NHL team - Harris Blitzer, for example, owns both the New Jersey Devils and the Utica Comets. Others don't - the AHL's Charlotte Checkers, for instance, are owned by Michael Kahn, whereas their NHL affiliate, the Florida Panthers, is owned by Sunrise Sports (aka Vincent Viola).

Why is this important? Well, if you're an NHL team that owns your AHL team, you can let that AHL team leak money. You're turning a good profit on the NHL team, so you don't have to make your AHL team economically viable on its own - you just put it in as a massive tax write-off and go on with your day. Thus, you can put all of your AHL team's resources into developing your AHL players to get ready to play at the NHL level. Of course you sign some vets and such of your own, maybe get a few undrafted guys for the AHL team too, but generally, an NHL-owned AHL team's sole purpose is to develop NHL players. Winning the Calder Cup (the AHL equivalent to the Stanley Cup, not to be confused with the Calder Memorial Trophy given to the best NHL rookie) is just gravy on top.

Contrast this to independently-owned AHL teams, where this is not the case. For these teams, making money is paramount. How do you make money? When you win. Fun fact - the Chicago Wolves, incidentally, used to be televised on main channels partially as a fuck you to Bill Wirtz, who didn't let the Chicago Blackhawks' home games be televised, presumably to drive ticket sales. The Wolves saw that and pounced on the opportunity to make some cash. So if nothing else, love them for sticking it to the Hawks. You can still watch Wolves games on My50, it seems, if you've got that channel, as well as AHL streaming options.

But back to independently-owned AHL teams before I go on my daily anti-Hawks crusade. You want to make money. You do that when you win. When you make the postseason. When you win in the postseason. Independently-owned AHL teams want to win, not necessarily develop for the NHL. So when your NHL team keeps taking your best player away for weeks and then giving him back... you get annoyed.

Let's now talk about the ECHL and the Norfolk Admirals. Thankfully, this is going to be a lot simpler. The ECHL, unlike the AHL, has only 28 teams. This means 4 NHL teams don't have an ECHL team. In addition, very few, if any, ECHL teams are owned by their NHL affiliates. This further incentivizes them to play for profit (winning the Kelly Cup, the ECHL version of the Stanley Cup) instead of development. On top of this, relatively few ECHL players actually make it to the NHL. ECHL affiliates change fairly frequently, especially due to many of the teams folding because of financial issues (most recently the Brampton Beast, Manchester Monarchs, and Quad City Mallards). So if an ECHL team decides to drop its NHL affiliate, or vice versa, there are four other suitors, all of whom would probably want to pay the ECHL team decent money to be their associate. For the Admirals, it's easy - they see the Canes lose their AHL affiliate and decide they'd rather take the Jets' offer instead, whether it be for the money (Carolina's supposedly notoriously stingy) or for the security. It's just really fucking funny that it happens at the same time Carolina loses their AHL team. Get fucked lol.

Now let's play Chicago Wolves Simulator. You are Don Levin and Buddy Meyers, the Wolves' owners. Your goal is to win the Calder Cup or at least come pretty damn close so you can pay the bills. You have a good team - hell, you won the Calder last year! - but your best asset is this star goaltender named Pyotr Kochetkov. When Koochie's in net, you usually win because he bails out your team. When he isn't there to help you win, you kind of don't. Now, Carolina's going through its own issues in net, so they keep calling Koochie up and down. And, as previously mentioned, you kind of suck without Koochie. To be fair, you're not all that great with him, but you suck without him. And you have no control over when he goes up to Carolina, even just to sit on the bench.

You miss the playoffs by one point. One. And your three-year contract with the Canes is up. What do you do?

Waddell Young, GM of the Wolves, says their philosophy and the Canes' fundamentally differed. The Wolves develop and win. Winning develops, to them. The Canes wanted the Wolves to focus solely on development. Not winning. So, when their deal with the Canes was up, the Wolves said "no thanks, we're not going to continue this, we're going independent". This decision makes them the first non-NHL affiliated team in almost 30 years. Now, this isn't to say all independently-owned AHL teams are doomed to fail in partnerships because of divergent philosophies. Look at the Hershey Bears and the Washington Capitals for a prime example of that - the Bears are one of the best teams in the AHL and have won four Calder Cups with the Caps as their affiliates since their affiliation began in 2005. But the Wolves were quite unhappy with the Canes, and so the two split. Also notable is that the Canes have also poisoned the waters with who should be their local AHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers, to the point where the Checkers affiliated with the Panthers instead. So... there's that.

So what can the Canes now do with non-roster players? They can affiliate with another AHL team (co-affiliation); one instance of this was when the Seattle Kraken affiliated with the Charlotte Checkers in 21-22 because the Coachella Valley Firebirds weren't yet ready. Supposedly the plan is to get an affiliate for 24-25. But what do they do this year? Especially if they can't find an affiliate to share, which seems more and more likely as the summer drags on? Well, you can't sign players to two-way deals with the Wolves anymore, so you can't really keep veterans around in the AHL to call up if needed. So you... sign nine defensemen to NHL contracts and carry them on the roster at all times. Yep. Don Waddell, Canes GM, has basically stated outright that his roster is probably going to have to carry 22 or 23 players at all times to be sure to have replacements in case of injury. And your prospects? They either go to Europe, where they're basically inaccessible for the whole year, or you loan them to other AHL clubs. Waddell has said plans are in place with several teams to send 2 or 3 players each to several different AHL clubs. For your youngest, they go back to major junior in the CHL and related leagues. Same for your veterans - if you want to keep them, you'll have to sign them one-way (I believe) and then loan them down to scattered AHL teams across the league. Prospects who you could have signed to play in the AHL and develop? You're probably going to have to let them go to free agency (see: Kevin Wall, leading player for Penn State and Carolina draft pick, who just inked a deal with the Milwaukee Admirals, AHL affiliate of the Nashville Predators). And then you can send your worse prospects to your ECHL tea- wait. Oops. They just lost that too. Can't do that either. Well, shit.

And remember, one of the Canes' biggest assets is their system of play (with strong defense) that they execute well. The Wolves needed to teach their players the Canes' system and prepare them so the jump from AHL to NHL wouldn't be that tough. The Canes put their coaches on the Wolves for that purpose (the Wolves have since cleaned house and instated their own). Loaning your players to another AHL team? Why would that team be incentivized to teach your player(s) the system? So now even when you're calling up someone to play for the Canes, you have no idea how well they know the system and no idea how well they can play in it.

This now begs the other question - how will the Wolves fill their roster? Well, they've got options. Generally, an AHL team takes the prospects of its NHL affiliate and then fills the rest of the roster with AHL veteran free agents that the AHL team signs to AHL-only deals. But without an NHL team, it's a smidge more complicated, or perhaps easier. Firstly, other NHL teams can loan their prospects to the Wolves instead of their own AHL teams if they consider the Wolves better at developing them, for instance. The Wolves can now also sign whatever free agent players they find roaming around that could be a good fit for their team - undrafted college players, good ECHL players that can't seem to get called up enough, AHL veterans, players on European teams (especially Russians who might want the chance to get the fuck out of Russia) and so on. These free agent players could see the Wolves as a stable AHL team that can pay solid money (the AHL doesn't have a cap) with a strong chance at contending for the Calder as well as a possible stepping stone to an NHL contract. The Wolves also don't have to worry about these free agents taking ice time away from the Canes' prospects, who would need to be prioritized under an affiliation, which would also be a strong incentive for AHL free agent veterans to sign with them - they'd be able to get a truly fair chance, unlike under an affiliate system where prospects are the priority and free agents are generally playing fewer (and worse) minutes.

And remember - Chicago just drafted Bedard. The city's getting back into hockey and Hawks tickets are expensive. Want to watch some quality hockey on the cheap? Why not come to Wolves games! They're only 18 miles away from the Hawks, too!

TL;DR stan the Wolves for rejecting the system. Canes Suck.

#stereanswers #stereanalysis #stereducation #carolina hurricanes #chicago wolves #norfolk admirals #ahl #echl

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stoupax · 2 years

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a character reference sheet for Tav, my chaotic neutral Baldur’s Gate 3 protag. I don’t even have a fancy first or last name for him... just the default “Tav” has felt fitting since I fell into the hellhole of Early Access. he’s a rogue with the thief subclass, but I usually choose magic initiate: druid as a feat so he can have a wee bit more magic and, most importantly, beast speech, so he can talk with Scratch the dog, and Nudge the owlbear cub (and get the hot goss from other critters). I also play Tav in an Eberron 5e campaign, in which his subclass is arcane trickster.

7/30/22 edit: I’ve given him the last name Fenway because just “Tav” was getting chaotic (which suits him but I like to be organized)

some #backstory under the cut!

(cw: domestic violence)

Tav was born and raised in Baldur’s Gate. he is his human mother Flissa’s second child, by a high elf man she either cannot or will not name. her human husband Garrick was not happy about this, but he wasn’t particularly happy when he thought the expected baby was his anyway, so this was never going to be a great family dynamic. Flissa and Garrick’s marriage has always been turbulent and mutually abusive. Tav’s older half-sister, Yora, is ten years his senior, and when she was fourteen, she left home without saying goodbye.

Garrick was a sailor, Flissa was a professional swindler. Tav had special roles in Flissa’s various street grifts, and thought of it as a game, until he was old enough to understand how destitute they actually were. he became good at pickpocketing on his own, which Flissa also took advantage of. it was very easy to pretend being a hungry little urchin, because he was. it was easy for them both to pretend they were battered, because they were. Tav’s parents were not responsible spenders; thank goodness he could go to public school for free when Flissa didn’t want to keep track of him on the street.

when Tav was twelve, there was a massive fire in the tenement building his family lived in, in Brampton of the Lower City. it happened in the middle of the night, when most were sleeping. the fire was mostly contained to the one building, but nonetheless devastating. Flissa got herself out quickly. Garrick was much slower to react to the rapidly escalating situation, and Tav was, well, a very frightened kid who was more or less abandoned. it’s hard for Tav to remember exactly, but the way he understands the course of that night is: he was navigating through smoke and flame down a corridor, when his step-father bowled him over to rush out. Tav was able to get onto his feet again, despite injuries and actively burning. he was resuming his own escape when Garrick got himself trapped under falling beams and debris. Garrick called out to him, but Tav kept running. the rest is a blur; he has vague memories of waking up in the Harborside Hospital, covered in burns, being treated by various healers, neighbors in the cots around him. an unusually charitable cleric at this hospital made it possible for Tav to leave without a hefty bill, healthy but for the scarring on his legs, which had taken the most burn damage. he was reunited with Flissa. Garrick never got out.

Tav’s relationship with Flissa was at its best after the fire, but still not good. the back and forth between “work with me today,” and “go to school or anywhere else, I don’t want to see you” was exhausting for him. he often argued to “work” with her or skipped school to do his own “work,” or else he wouldn’t see any coin or a sufficient meal that day. he started stashing his own money and thinking of taking a page from Yora’s book.

at sixteen, Tav did leave, after an emotional blowout and physical altercation with his mother. he unintentionally concussed Flissa, and while she sat dazed on the floor of their small apartment, he gathered his money, the money of hers that he could find, and simply walked out the door. Tav maintains that the short stint of homelessness that followed was entirely worth it. no more fists bearing down on him, no more yelling, independence. the same old pickpocketing, stealing, and conning (on different streets than his mother’s ‘stomping grounds’) helped him get by until a Guild member offered to recruit him for an up and coming kingpin.

at the start of Baldur’s Gate 3, Tav is 26 years old. he’s been a professional spy under the codename/psued “Locke” for several years now, working for an information broker who mostly deals with pettier nobles trying to bring down other petty nobles. it’s an easy job, people-watching and stealing information; he’s good at it, well paid for it. he doesn’t need to pick pockets or steal trinkets anymore, but old habits die hard, and he sees it almost as a fun little game to himself; he likes to see how much he can get away with before anybody suspects something. he boasts never having had guards or any Flaming Fist come after him, even without Guild protection. he has a small apartment on the third floor of a decent boarding house in the Seatower neighborhood of the Lower City, and that is where he was walking to when the mindflayers’ nautiloid swept over the city.

you can look at his generic tag here, or artwork of him here.

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danse--macabre · 3 months

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thinking about how ch'lakhou was supposed to go up to the stars and conquer and then be taken by the beast that is the dark urge and slaughter their kin and ride back to faerun bloody and victorious on a dragon

and instead they got chucked out of the crèche so we have an urchin raised by a priest in the grimiest area of baldur's gate, who has religious issues and whose main life achievements include 'ran a number of pickpocketing, swindling, and scamming schemes that culminated in being in charge of a small gang as a teenager' and 'ran off and became a very penitent monk for five years'.

and it puts all that nonsense about royalty, birthright, thrones etc. that Sceleritas is always going on about into perspective. This is not some grand lost princeling up in the stars; this is a rotten little thief from Brampton, Lower City, who has been destitute and starving more than once in their life. And they move from that 'dizzying height' to rule over just a rotten little hole of blood and entrails in the sewers. The fucking king of rats.

I don't even know if they can see how small it all looks from the outside.

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goalhofer · 4 months

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2023-24 San Diego Gulls Famous Relations

#39 Anthony Costantini: Brother of Allen Americans G Marco Costantini. #42 Travis Howe: Brother of Evansville Thunderbolts RW Tyler Howe. #22 Blake McLaughlin: Stepson of former St. Paul Saints RW Grant Bischoff & stepbrother of Henderson Silver Knights D Jake Bischoff. #16 Alexander Pastujov: Brother of Pioniere Vorarlberg RW Michael Pastujov and Pioniere Vorarlberg LW Nick Pastujov. #44 Trevor Carrick: Brother of Anaheim Ducks C Sam Carrick & cousin of former Brampton Beast C Bobby Hughes. #11 Jacob Perreault: Son of Chicago Blackhawks development coach Yanic Perreault, nephew of Collège Champlain-Lennoxville Cougars women's hockey assistant coach Sylvain Perreault & brother of Frölunda Hockeyklubb Kvinnors LW Liliane Perreault.

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mitchbeck · 2 years

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BEN HAWERCHUK RETURNS TO JACKSONVILLE ICEMEN

BEN HAWERCHUK RETURNS TO JACKSONVILLE ICEMEN By: Alex Reed, Jacksonville Icemen JACKSONVILLE, FL – Ben Hawerchuk returns to the Jacksonville Icemen, the team, the proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL's New York Rangers and the AHL's Hartford Wolf Pack, announced today. The Icemen agreed to terms with the 24-year-old forward for the 2022-23 season. Hawerchuk returns to the Icemen, where he posted a balanced 35 points (18g, 17a) with 117 penalty minutes in 65 games played last season. Hawerchuk also became very dependable in overtime situations, scoring three overtime-winning goals. "We are thrilled to be able to have Ben back with us for this season," said Icemen Head Coach Nick Luukko. "Ben brings a lot of intangibles to our lineup and possesses a nice mix of offensive ability, grit and the ability to score the big goal in key moments. In addition, he is another addition to our core group from last season." During the 2020-21 season, Hawerchuk played in Sweden last season with Ostersunds IK, where he collected 23 points (12g, 11a) in 33 games. In 2019-2020, Hawerchuk began his professional career with the Brampton Beast, logging three points (2g, 1a) in 14 games. Before his time in Brampton, the 5-11 185-pound forward began that season with the University of New Brunswick (USports), where he recorded eight points (1g, 7a) in 13 contests. "I am really excited be coming back to Jacksonville, I enjoyed my time here last season," said Hawerchuk. "The coaching staff and management are top notch and they put me in a position to succeed, so it was an easy decision to return this season." The King City, Ontario resident totaled 136 points (67g, 69a) in his four seasons with the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Hawerchuk is the son of the late Dale Hawerchuk, who amassed 1,409 points in 16 NHL seasons from 1981-1997. The Icemen open the 2022-2023 season at home this Saturday, October 22, against the Orlando Solar Bears. Full and partial season ticket packages are currently available! Contact the Icemen office at 904-602-7825, or visit jacksonvilleicemen.com for more information. JACKSONVILLE ICEMEN HOME Read the full article

#AHL #BramptonBeast #CHL #ECHL #HartfordWolfPack #JacksonvilleIcemen #NewYorkRangers #NHL #OHL #OntarioHockeyLeague #OrlandoSolarBears #UniversityofNewBrunswick

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tommylindholm · 5 years

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Minor league hockey Twitter is an international treasure.

#Cincinnati Cyclones #Brampton Beast #ECHL #hockey

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fromthe-point · 5 years

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Dallas Stars Expiring Contracts 2018-19 Season

All players listed below are eligible to become either an unrestricted or a restricted free agent on July 1.

Dallas: Jason Dickinson, F Taylor Fedun, D Ryan Hartman, F Julius Honka, D Mattias Janmark, F Esa Lindell, D Ben Lovejoy, D Marc Methot, D Roman Polák, D Brett Ritchie, F Jason Spezza “A”, F Mats Zuccarello, F

Texas (AHL): Gavin Bayreuther, D Landon Bow, G Erik Condra, F Philippe Desrosiers, G Niklas Hansson, D Dillon Heatherington, D Reece Scarlett, D

Brampton (ECHL): Chris Martenet, D

#nhl #dallas stars #texas stars #brampton beast #hockey #t:info #s:contract

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acrossthewavesoftime · 3 years

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did simcoe...?

@nordleuchten gave me this idea for this with a post titled Did lafayette (Shoo! Go away! Why are you wasting your time here? Check it out!). I'm currently working on a project requiring me to wait for documents to be processed by an editing software and need something to do in the meantime, so here is did simcoe...? for your entertainment:

Did Simcoe lose an ear?

Depends on what we're talking about: the character of the same name from the TV show TURN: Washington's Spies loses his left ear in season 3, episode 7 (Judgement) when he is shot by Mary Woodhull.

Historically however, Simcoe did not lose an ear. He was wounded a couple of times, once in the left arm, but his ear was never affected.

Did Simcoe die in TURN?

Nope. It looks like he might in season 4, episode 8 (Belly of the Beast) for a moment when Caleb Brewster manages to shoot Simcoe from afar, causing him to fall over a railing in a dilapidated building (that I am 100% sure is totally historically accurate- cough, cough) straight onto a heap of bricks during a struggle with Abe Woodhull, but he survives, albeit gravely injured.

Did Simcoe torture Brewster?

On TURN yes, in reality, no. He really wasn't into the whole sadism-thing in real life.

Did Simcoe exist?

Good news, he did indeed! Born on 25 February 1752 to his parents Katherine and John Simcoe, he lived to the not particularly old age of 54, dying on 26 October 1806. As far as my research goes, there were descendants alive in the early naughties (and quite likely still are) that can offer living and breathing proof of his existence.

How did Simcoe die?

What a sad question. He had been sent to Portugal in 1806 in a diplomatic capacity if memory serves and grew increasingly ill throughout his stay. He was a severe asthmatic, which very likely contributed to his quickly deteriorating state of health. He tried to downplay just how poorly he was in letters to his wife until the decision to sent him back to England was made. The ship he had been sent home in was brand new and painted with lead-based paint, which may have had an adverse effect as well. The plan for Simcoe had been to finish his business in Portugal and then continue on to India, to assume the post of Commander-in-Chief; for that purpose, his wife and two eldest daughters were in London, shopping things for their new life abroad when they got the news Simcoe had been brought to Exeter and was no longer in a stable enough condition to be moved home. He was brought to a friend's house in Exeter, where he ultimately died on 26 October 1806 in the presence of his wife and two eldest daughters.

Did Lord Simcoe own slaves?

No, Simcoe was an abolitionist. His policy to gradually phase out slavery in Upper Canada was the first of its kind in the British Empire. He had originally wanted to abolish slavery entirely, but hadn't thought of the fact that many of the men he had appointed to his legislative assembly were enslavers, who rejected his idea.

And Simcoe wasn't a lord. He really wanted to be one, but never received any titles in return for his service. This not infrequent misconception probably has something to do with a now defunct Toronto hotel with the incorrect name Lord Simcoe or the Lord Simcoe Street in Brampton, Ontario.

When did Simcoe Day start?

Civic Holiday, a public holiday in Canada, has a regionally specific name in some places; in some places in Ontario, roughly congruent with the former Upper Canada, the holiday is named for Simcoe. Civic Holiday is every first Monday in August (2 August in 2021).

In Toronto, where the day is known as Simcoe Day, it started in 1875 as a summer holiday with no specific purpose other than letting people enjoy a summer day off, but was re-branded Simcoe Day in 1969.

When did Simcoe County go into Red Zone?

I have no idea of Canada's Covid-rules and regulations, but as far as I can tell from Google News, it looks like parts of Simcoe County moved to Red Zone on 12 February 2021.

PSA: Regarding the current Covid-19 pandemic, please turn to your local health agency for reliable information on current regulations, not a person on tumblr with an inexplicable interest in some dead guy who happens to have spread his name across a country like others do the virus.

Did John Graves Simcoe lose an ear?

Take a peek at the first question again.

Did Woodhull kill Simcoe?

What's it with all the TURN-related questions? Why does nobody ask about his rather dilettante (and at times, somewhat risqué) poetry? Or about Salem, his horse? Or about that time he was a rebel teen and participated in the Eton Rebellion of 1768? Or his wife, who led a fascinating life in her own right? Or-

No, Abraham Woodhull didn't kill Simcoe. Not on TURN (see question 2) and not in real life, either.

#john graves simcoe #humour #british history #history #turn amc #turn washington's spies #google ask game

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