GDT: ECF Game 1: Panthers @ Hurricanes | 8:00 p.m. on TNT

[zman77]

PNC was rocking last night.
Willy posted this pic in the OT.
'Canes will come back hard for the win on Saturday.

 

[zman77]

 

[Chrispy]

Well, that’s what you get for not being an adept enough GM to get Tkachuck.

What should Waddell have offered to beat Huberdeau and Weegar?

 

[A Star is Burns]

Well, the sun did in fact rise again today. And while it still stings, we are still only down 1-0. Let's tie this thing up going to Florida.

 

[Stickpucker]

That was probably the best game Andersen played in his life

 

[zman77]

 

[Stickpucker]

What is the longest cricket, er, hockey game?

Can't cricket games go for days?

Marty will have nightmares tonight.

Marty, Fast, and Jarvis could've had at least 2 goals each.

I found it interesting that so much media focused on Meier whiffing the open net when in the same game Fast had the entire goal open and lifted it.

The one in OT 3 where the puck came across the blue paint and he just needed to tap it in hurt.

 

[LakeLivin]

What should Waddell have offered to beat Huberdeau and Weegar?

And a 2025 1st. Keeping in mind Huberdeau was coming off a 115 point season.

 

[Svechhammer]

Well, the sun did in fact rise again today. And while it still stings, we are still only down 1-0. Let's tie this thing up going to Florida.

Did it? pretty damn rainy this morning here near the airport

 

[To Be Determined]

Tkachuk elevated the puck. There were at least 5 times in the OTs where the canes win if they are able to do that.

This was the first time these playoffs where i really, really missed svetch. Obviously i wish he was healthy but so far things have gone well so it has been easy to feel ok(ish) about his absence. But last night just felt like one of those times he would have maybe gone ape and willed one in during sudden death.

GnR taught me to use my illusions, what can i say?

Edit to add - and the one time they did elevate, jarvy went an inch too high and pinged the crossbar! Just wasn't their night.

 

[Panthers Propaganda]

Ok. Curious if it will still seem that way if we win the series though lol.

Yes, we already won the cup this year: eliminating Toronto

 

[Stickpucker]

Poor Freddie..he tried so hard

and he got so far.

 

[WreckingCrew]

Love to see it

So Canes statistically dominated but still lost? I am shocked I tell you...SHOCKED

That was probably the best game Andersen played in his life

Finally doesn't suck and then we suck and let him down.

Actually got back from my concert early enough to watch the last half of 1OT...McPing on the PP and then lots of sloppy "wtf are you doing" the last half of the PP and remainder of the period. Unfortunately needing to get up at 6am for a flight dictated I wasn't about to stay up for the rest. Sucks we didn't win, probably could have heard that place erupt here in MD...home ice advantage is now gone, need to head into FLA 1-1 or I fear a sweep

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Dallas still won after losing in 3OT. We beat Bob twice more than the score shows but our 5v5 play all night left a lot to be desired. Game 2 is going to be sloppy. We need to come out reall strong and score early.

 

[dogbazinho]

I thought we struggled offensively and we were lucky to go to OT. It seemed we had alot of issues with breakouts and clearing the puck. Not sure if it's Florida's aggression or game prep. Offensively it seemed like our D were very cautious and some on offense, Pesce in particular, were duds.

 

[AD Skinner]

Tkachuk elevated the puck. There were at least 5 times in the OTs where the canes win if they are able to do that.

This was the first time these playoffs where i really, really missed svetch. Obviously i wish he was healthy but so far things have gone well so it has been easy to feel ok(ish) about his absence. But last night just felt like one of those times he would have maybe gone ape and willed one in during sudden death.

GnR taught me to use my illusions, what can i say?

If Jarvis had elevated it an inch less on that crossbar dinger it’s over in regulation. (Or was that the first ot? Kind of a blur to me now)

Much like that game we lost at home to the islanders I didn’t see a team that was way better than the canes solidly beating them. They got the bounce this time, that’s all

 

[Identity404]

Losing a long OT game sucks, but I really don't think it changes a whole lot than if they lost in regulation or OT1. It's game one, if this defeats the players they are mentally weak, and probably should not be professional athletes.

The analytics saying the Canes dominated is extremely misleading, but they played well enough to win. The Panthers got the extra lucky bounce, they didn't do anything that told me the Canes can't win this series.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Did it? pretty damn rainy this morning here near the airport

Well, I'm in Northern Virginia and the weather is just lovely here currently.

 

[Chrispy]

If Jarvis had elevated it an inch less on that crossbar dinger it’s over in regulation. (Or was that the first ot? Kind of a blur to me now)

Much like that game we lost at home to the islanders I didn’t see a team that was way better than the canes solidly beating them. They got the bounce this time, that’s all

While I agree, I also didn't see the Canes solidly beating this team either. This is likely to be a long, close series.

And getting back to an earlier question, I definitely think the Canes should start Raanta game 2. Don't want to overwork Andersen to the point of injury, and I think Raanta will play well fresh at home. Could also give the team an extra boost in their step they need after game 1.

Florida is unlikely to turn to Lyon. Wear Bob down and leverage the goalie depth.

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

Alright. I’m ready for Game 2. Didn’t take long.

 

[Svechhammer]

Tkachuk elevated the puck. There were at least 5 times in the OTs where the canes win if they are able to do that.

This was the first time these playoffs where i really, really missed svetch. Obviously i wish he was healthy but so far things have gone well so it has been easy to feel ok(ish) about his absence. But last night just felt like one of those times he would have maybe gone ape and willed one in during sudden death.

GnR taught me to use my illusions, what can i say?

Edit to add - and the one time they did elevate, jarvy went an inch too high and pinged the crossbar! Just wasn't their night.

Our finishing got exposed last night/this morning. Bob is a good enough goalie that you really need to be able to pick your spot and hit it. You can't just chuck shit at the wall from 30 feet away and hope he misses something or gives up a bad rebound. For 95% of the game last night, we made things seriously easy on him, and that's a big f***ing worry going into Game 2 tomorrow.

Aho and Jarvis had the game on their stick multiple times in OT and missed their spots by a foot each time. Necas rang the post a few times. Everyone else was chucking unscreened shit from the point and that ain't getting by Bob.

I hope they got it out of their system in Game 1, because if this continues, we aren't winning the series, and with the goalie they have, might not win a game. Freddie had one of the best games of his career, and we wasted it.

 

[Daeavorn]

Yeah this is why I said it could be the series. It is going to be really hard to bounce back mentally on Saturday after this one, but we kind of have to in order to not go to Florida down 0-2

Can we not give up before the series starts dude, please? Come on now.

 

[Svechhammer]

Can we not give up before the series starts dude, please? Come on now.

I'm just making an observation. Games like that historically gut the teams who lose. Game 2 is easily the biggest game of the year for us now. Mainly because the team is physically drained, mentally drained, and Florida is going to be riding one of the highest of highs coming into it. It was already not an easy series before, and we made it that much tougher.

That's also one of those games where if we won, we probably end up winning the series in 5.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Bob won't keep this up. And if he does, oh well, truly not much at all you can do about it. Still feel good about this series.

 

[The Faulker 27]