ToneDog
56 years and counting. #FireTheShanaClan!
If they were not completely embarrassed in games 5 and 7 on home ice, maybe. The way I see it, the Panthers did not take the Leafs as seriously as the Canes because they knew once they took it to the Leafs, the core would implode. The Canes are battling tooth and nail but the Panthers are just relentless. Freddie is not helping and this is not the same Bob who started games 1 and 2 vs the Leafs.I am seriously starting to worry that if Carolina gets swept, the brass will convince themselves that they are pretty close.
Huberdeau also got replaced with 100 point Tkachuk. No one on the market is capable of that.
Tkachuk was indeed a 100 point player when they traded for him but he is trending to a PPG player the last two seasons. I'm not worried about replacing Mitch's 25 goals and 75 assists.