Around the NHL - Part II

[Machinehead]

This week in Kermit sipping tea: Bolts fans have grown quite an ego for a team that hasn't won anything.

 

[LeetchisGod]

Bad scoreboard night. Canes suck, Panthers suck, Kings really suck, Canucks losing in third and yes the Coyotes are still garbage

The Panthers are really bad for a team with a decent amount of talent. Perhaps firing Gallant was a bad idea.

 

[bl02]

The Panthers are really bad for a team with a decent amount of talent. Perhaps firing Gallant was a bad idea.

Definitely. Sick of hearing for years now how teams like the Canes and Panthers are gonna turn it around.

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

This week in Kermit sipping tea: Bolts fans have grown quite an ego for a team that hasn't won anything.

So have certain Avalanche fans

 

[LeetchisGod]

Definitely. Sick of hearing for years now how teams like the Canes and Panthers are gonna turn it around.

It really seems like the Canes have had an anemic offense for years. Imagine how bad it would be if they hadn't stolen Aho.

 

[Machinehead]

I'll be sitting here doing something else and randomly start thinking about LA in 2014.

As long as I live, I'll never come to terms with that.

 

[NYRKING30]

I'll be sitting here doing something else and randomly start thinking about LA in 2014.

As long as I live, I'll never come to terms with that.

I blame Chicago.

 

[Machinehead]

I blame Chicago.

Same. If they beat LA, Rangers in 6.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

I'll be sitting here doing something else and randomly start thinking about LA in 2014.

As long as I live, I'll never come to terms with that.

We had two games flat out stolen from us by the refs. But listening to the main boards you'd think they played an ECHL team. The mainboards think the Rangers suck because their brains don't work beyond seeing big names.

 

[bl02]

I blame Chicago.

I blame San Jose.

 

[LeetchisGod]

I'll be sitting here doing something else and randomly start thinking about LA in 2014.

As long as I live, I'll never come to terms with that.

I hear you. I will always believe that series along with 2004 Yankees-Red Sox took years off my life.

 

[NYRKING30]

Same. If they beat LA, Rangers in 6.

Great minds think alike pal. In all seriousness, besides that we would have even got an original 6 final which is something I would have loved to see involving the Rangers.

 

[NYRKING30]

I blame San Jose.

They are a very close 2nd for me. I hate that damn team since Thornton like Heisted Jagr's MVP in 06 from him. Art Ross too. Plus his comments about us being the softest team in the league during the Torts years. Torts had a beautiful retort for that remark.

 

[GlasgowNewYorkRanger]

This week in Kermit sipping tea: Bolts fans have grown quite an ego for a team that hasn't won anything.

I'm sure for the greater good it's better for us if they win...but, screw it, let's pick up an additional couple of 1st rounders and I hope they never sniff a Cup.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

This week in Kermit sipping tea: Bolts fans have grown quite an ego for a team that hasn't won anything.

It’s been there for a whiiile

 

[Lion Hound]

The Panthers are really bad for a team with a decent amount of talent. Perhaps firing Gallant was a bad idea.

Really thought this was the season they would trunr it up a notch. Losing Trocheck hurts, but they need to find ways to win which they aren't doing.

 

[Edge]

Really thought this was the season they would trunr it up a notch. Losing Trocheck hurts, but they need to find ways to win which they aren't doing.

I see a team with a number of very good individual parts --- players who can post good numbers and catch your eye.

What I don't see is a cohesive team, or guys who can put a team on their back and carry them, or will the team to win.

The Panthers are a team with the same fatal flaw that many teams have had over the years, they're built around individual skill and not necessarily built like a machine.

The former wins all-star games and exhibitions. The latter wins in the playoffs.

 

[PlamsUnlimited]

I'll be sitting here doing something else and randomly start thinking about LA in 2014.

As long as I live, I'll never come to terms with that.

I remember you had to call me to make sure I didn't go and burn everything down. I think about it every day of my life.

 

[Lion Hound]

I see a team with a number of very good individual parts --- players who can post good numbers and catch your eye.

What I don't see is a cohesive team, or guys who can put a team on their back and carry them, or will the team to win.

The Panthers are a team with the same fatal flaw that many teams have had over the years, they're built around individual skill and not necessarily built like a machine.

The former wins all-star games and exhibitions. The latter wins in the playoffs.

They certainly don't play as a cohesive unit. Definatly skill there, and its spread out in their lineup. Their top 6 is legit. Looks like there is depth throughout the forward lines actually. Baybe Barkov wasn't the right choice for the C. Maybe Huberdeau should wear it? ...But they just find ways to underachieve.

 

[kovazub94]

Bruce Boudreau needs to start taking care of his health. I haven’t seen him in awhile and getting a glimpse on the On The Fly was shocking. He’s looking like a walking heart attack or a stroke.

 

[East Coast Bias]

I see a team with a number of very good individual parts --- players who can post good numbers and catch your eye.

What I don't see is a cohesive team, or guys who can put a team on their back and carry them, or will the team to win.

The Panthers are a team with the same fatal flaw that many teams have had over the years, they're built around individual skill and not necessarily built like a machine.

The former wins all-star games and exhibitions. The latter wins in the playoffs.

A good coach to organization them and get them playing a cohesive styel could go a long way. Maybe a guy like Gerard Gallant. Oh...

 

[Edge]

A good coach to organization them and get them playing a cohesive styel could go a long way. Maybe a guy like Gerard Gallant. Oh...

Yeah, that's definitely in the "root problems" category as well.

One of the other challenges the Panthers have is there ability to generate depth.

Since 2012, they've had only one player taken after the first round skate in more than 100 NHL games --- and that guy is a bottom six forward for them. In theory, that number should increase to two this season, but that's not exactly a track record to brag about.

They're also not a team that's been terribly active in filling in their holes via trades and free agency, so the holes persist between pockets of really good skill.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I hand a horrible nightmare where, out of nowhere , the Devils won the cup.

 

[Brooklyn Rangers Fan]

I hand a horrible nightmare where, out of nowhere , the Devils won the cup.

I had a horrible nightmare where out of somewhere the Devils drafted Hughes only two years out of lucking into Hischier.

 

[bl02]

devils down 3-0 already haha. Didn't they just tank/luck into Nico two years ago? jeez. There Roster is in much worse shape compared to ours IMO.