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

[Rick Davis]

To me even though the Canes had a slight edge in shots the Kats looked like the more dangerous team pretty much the whole game. Having said that though it still took them 4 OT periods to slay us so maybe the reports of our demise are a bit premature. This Canes team handles adversity better than any professional team I’ve ever seen so let’s hope they can regroup and make it a series!

 

[Joe McGrath]

So our next GDT has to be heavy on vengeance, right? Right?

 

[The Faulker 27]

@Tryamw isn't liking posts with the same tenacity lately. I think that could be part of the issue.

 

[rainband]

We play a game based on conditioning and energy.

Perhaps counterintuitively, that becomes more of a disadvantage as OT goes on. You could see it last night. We need energy to create meaningful chances. Florida doesn't. As everyone got more tired the chances got more and more pointless.

This. We have a team built on the ethos of chipping the puck in and beating opposing D-men to spots. When the guys get bone tired and can't do that, there is just absolutely nothing being generated. The problem got worse with each successive OT.

 

[MinJaBen]

So does Rod bag skate them this morning for such a performance?

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

So does Rod bag skate them this morning for such a performance?

How are they going to get more endurance if he doesn’t?

 

[The Faulker 27]

So does Rod bag skate them this morning for such a performance?

He's probably gonna throw dumbbells through their windows as a warning.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

So our next GDT has to be heavy on vengeance, right? Right?

I think low effort is the key

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

This. We have a team built on the ethos of chipping the puck in and beating opposing D-men to spots. When the guys get bone tired and can't do that, there is just absolutely nothing being generated. The problem got worse with each successive OT.

It’s a bit of a bell curve. You get to the third period and you’re a bit worn down but we keep coming and coming and coming in waves, and everyone says “wow they’re so well conditioned!”

Then you get to the seventh period and it’s like “man these guys emptied the tank like 2 periods ago, meanwhile I’m really tired but not like that…”

 

[Negan4Coach]

smh should've hired Paul Maurice

3rd time is a charm!!
Always loved him anyway. The story of him with a dip in his mouth telling Weekes that he needed "balls the size of church bells" is the best thing I've ever heard.

Anyway- at least those two goals we scored in regulation were absolute beauties and not garbage lucky shots. And other than the 2nd period and parts of the 1st I thought the Panthers were getting snuffed out effectively. The hits they are laying are concerning, as they seem to be the type of thing that eventually cracks this team.

Seems clear that if Bob stays hot, this just ain't happening. Oh well.

 

[zman77]

 

[zman77]

 

[zman77]

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

Guys I'm tired

 

[Tryamw]

@Tryamw isn't liking posts with the same tenacity lately. I think that could be part of the issue.

It's all my fault. /snore but it means you all like this jerk

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

It's a game that was 10 seconds and a Slavin/Burns miscommunication away from 5th OT. 4 periods of sudden death, with both teams having good chances.

Hard to draw a narrative from what is fundamentally a different sport.

 

[VAcaniac]

If the theory is correct, why were we by far the most energetic team in double OT against the Capitals in 2019?

Honest question. Hard for me to square that.

 

[Stickpucker]

So our next GDT has to be heavy on vengeance, right? Right?

Next GDT NEEDS SOME OLD SCHOOL SUM BICHES TO WRITE IT UP. I'M TALKING FOOLS BLESSED BY THE GREAT ANTON THAT HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME.

YOU DON'T MAKE THE ECF EVERY DECADE AND WE NEED SOME OF THAT 2006 CANES JUJU FROM THE GOOD OL' BOYS.

THEM BOYS WHO TOO OLD AND TOO CROTCHETY WHO BEEN TELLIN MOFOS TO GET OFF THEIR LAWN

WHERE OUR OLD SCHOOL, OG. HIGH EFFERT GDT SUM BICHES FROM BACK WHEN THESE WEREN'T NO BUNCH OF JERKS?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[AD Skinner]

Core was younger then? Versus an older team in the caps compared to a comparatively pretty young-ish panthers team? Not sure exactly sure how the roster ages line up but a thought

 

[Stickpucker]

@DaveG @Navin R Slavin @Boom Boom Apathy @WHOEVERTHEHELL ELSE BEEN HERE SINCE BEFORE 09' WE NEED YOUR HIGH EFFORT OLD SCHOOL GDT MAGIC. GET OF YOUR ROCKER, SHAVE YOUR FACE AND YOUR ASS AND WRITE US UP SOMETHING MAGICAL!!!

THIS IS THE YEAR OF DESTINY!!

 

[CanesUltimate11]

Stas and Stepan are bringing very little out there. In a 7 period game, Stas provided 0 to the offense. How is that even possible?

I would rather see non contributing JP and Mac in there. At least those two would increase our skating to put more pressure on them. But I know its just a rant and would never happen

Put Drury in between Mac and PP and just tell them to wreck shop.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

On a positive note, the PP has scored some clutch goals, with a Jarvis post away from another. 20.9% is great by Carolina standards.

 

[bleedgreen]

Someone was going to make a small mistake somewhere. They have a handful of guys that can bury that mistake. I’m actually glad it was Slavin and Burns so we don’t melt down over one of the other guys.

We survived their early OT push….which is impressive given how good they are early in OT. We had a handful of good chances to win it. Get back on the horse and let’s go.

 

[3CanesInTheBox]

Slept on it. I'm not panicking unless we lose game 2.

That being said, the magnitude of my meltdown after such a loss would be pretty major lol.

Also, for anyone interested, the second episode of Quest for the Cup will be streaming tonight.

 

[ndp]

Seemed like either FL pulled the ol’ rope-a-dope and let the Canes burn themselves out a little in the first OT, or they’re somehow the more conditioned team. If Mo is going to have a hissy every time one of his players goes to the box and the refs start swallowing their whistles I think that’s a definite advantage for FL.

I said it against TOR, FL plays like an early Chara era BOS team, grabbing, interfering, cross checking, penalty after penalty, cause the refs aren’t going to call them all. And as long as Bob is standing on his head, even if the Canes can score one or two a night on the PP, it feels like FL like their chances 5v5. It’s like Tkachuk said before the game, like looking in a mirror. Except FL is a more physical, nastier and plays more on the ragged edge version of the Hurricanes.