Post-Game Talk: ALWGAP: Lyon eats the Panthers as the cats crap three games in a row. Parade canceled

[Idiot Stick]

"Who is the most underrated defenseman in NHL right now and why it is Gustav Forsling"

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Ekblad is carrying forsling confirmed

 

[Idiot Stick]

and Freaking Tippet has 16 goals too, hell any former panther floating around is doing better than our 3rd and 4th lines combined

Wonder if he couldve figured things out here or maybe torts just figured him out

 

[letsgrowcactus]

Wonder if he couldve figured things out here or maybe torts just figured him out

I always thought we gave up on him too soon. Never liked that we sent a first AND Tippett to Philly for Giroux. At least Giroux was actually useful in the playoffs, but we still traded a freshly 23 year old, cost-controlled guy who already showed he belonged in the NHL for 28 games of Giroux.
Again, on its own, it's not that bad; combined with all the other prospects that we lost, it's a pattern (and it's not like our prospect depth was great to begin with). Zito has done so many things well and the good outweighs the bad by a lot, but if we could stop giving away prospects/picks/young players, that'd be great.

 

[Prominence Problem]

I always thought we gave up on him too soon. Never liked that we sent a first AND Tippett to Philly for Giroux. At least Giroux was actually useful in the playoffs, but we still traded a freshly 23 year old, cost-controlled guy who already showed he belonged in the NHL for 28 games of Giroux.
Again, on its own, it's not that bad; combined with all the other prospects that we lost, it's a pattern (and it's not like our prospect depth was great to begin with). Zito has done so many things well and the good outweighs the bad by a lot, but if we could stop giving away prospects/picks/young players, that'd be great.

He not only showed he belonged in the NHL, he was a top 4 player for of this team in the (brief) '21 playoffs against Tampa.

 

[ProjectPanthers]

With Tippett's skill set, it's no surprise he's put it together and is finally score. He always showed glimpses of incredible talent with Florida, but he was just too green. I do hate losing him in the Giroux trade but it's just a part of hockey. He was only 21 when they traded him, still plenty of time to develop.

On that note, Forsling has become one of the best d-men in the league. His game had rounded itself out and he's the most complete defenseman this team has. He is as important to re-sign as Reinhart, if not slightly more important.

Zito needs to lock both these guys up.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Offense is not deep enough. In games like this hungry guys in bottom six who want to score goals are needed.

They know they need to bolster the 3rd line, but they still have not given full effort the last 3 games.