Series Talk: ECF: (M2) Carolina Hurricanes vs (A3) Florida Panthers (FLA Leads 3-1)

[Beezeral]

Has this been reported?

It's the same injury from 4 nations

 

[NoVaCapsFan]

I don’t think my Caps are as bad as they looked in that last series. Ergo, the Canes must be good. I picked them to win in 7 but it wouldn’t surprise me if they won earlier than that.

 

[steierwrass]

Three questions for this series.

1. How many games can Andersen play? He has been healthy very long time already.
2. Can Svech keep his mind in the game with Bennett, Tkachuk and Marchand?
3. How tired are Panthers?

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

3. How tired are Panthers?

Very tired. Barely beat the Leafs. Everyone of their better players is out of gas.

 

[Coffey]

Here for the boring hockey (It won't be boring)

Cause you guys won’t make it boring. Canes on the other hand will be trying hard.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Barring injuries, Barkov vs Aho will be interesting. Both teams have good depth. Florida has a lot of that intangible grit that may give them the edge here.

 

[JaegerDice]

My heart says Carolina but my head says Florida.

 

[Ghost of Murph]

I don’t think my Caps are as bad as they looked in that last series. Ergo, the Canes must be good. I picked them to win in 7 but it wouldn’t surprise me if they won earlier than that.

Absolutely. The Caps lost a good bit of mojo when Thompson and Protas went down injured and didn't look too great down the stretch. Took the series against an extremely hard working Habs team. Were fairly healthy in the Canes series and had energy. Canes simply outplayed a very good Caps team.

Canes can hang with anyone. Big question for me is can the Canes get great goaltending while at the same time be able to solve the FLA D and Bob to put enough goals on the board?

This series is an intriguing one. The Canes are complete gamers and should give FLA all they can handle. Super excited for the series to start.

 

[WarriorofTime]

This is the 3rd straight day NHL Network little thing at the bottom of the screen has referred to Svechnikov as "Nikolai Svechnikov" when citing off the stats from the last Series.



Pretty embarrassing.

 

[Nikishin al Gaib]

This is the 3rd straight day NHL Network little thing at the bottom of the screen has referred to Svechnikov as "Nikolai Svechnikov" when citing off the stats from the last Series.



Pretty embarrassing.

"Ehh, he's Russian, they all look the same anyway" - NHL Network execs, probably

 

[Ole Gil]

Haven’t watched a single Canes game this postseason because Took a quick look at their roster today and I’m genuinely confused. How did they make it this far with a roster like that?

There's this thing called defense. A lot of teams don't know about it, but Carolina plays a whole bunch of it.

 

[CupsOverCash]

Rooting for Carolina but think fl takes it in 6.

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Cause you guys won’t make it boring. Canes on the other hand will be trying hard.

And we will succeed

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Haven’t watched a single Canes game this postseason because Took a quick look at their roster today and I’m genuinely confused. How did they make it this far with a roster like that?

Andersen has been playing at an elite level

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Scary to think Florida is playing so well without Tkachuk really making much of an impact.

3 ES points through 12 playoff games.

 

[Stickpucker]

It's funny to look back at the 2023 series where each game was decided by a one goal margin and half of them in OT. Tkachuk scored three of the four game-winning goals and Bobrovsky played lights out. As I said before, Florida has a very good team on paper, but I don't think they will get the benefit of doubt with goaltending this time around nor is Tkachuk going to be as clutch as back then. If they should win, they will have to find some other advantage this time around.

Slavin was concussed for part of the series as well, although I don't recall how much ice time he missed.

 

[Stickpucker]

Uh, am I missing something? Svechnikov has been a Cane for a long time. They haven't "lacked him" since 2017. Last year they had him *and* Guentzel.

He got concussed by Ovenchickens and missed time.

Chara torqued his knee and he missed time.

He tore his acl and missed a lot of time.

At least 3 runs in that time without him.

 

[Stickpucker]

What a gross series

Why not Canes?

Why not now?

 

[hockey20000]

carolina in 6 don't underestimate the hurricanes they are a very good team.

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

Scary to think Florida is playing so well without Tkachuk really making much of an impact.

3 ES points through 12 playoff games.

They've been extremely lucky thus far. Their luck will run out soon enough.

 

[Idiot Stick]

Scary to think Florida is playing so well without Tkachuk really making much of an impact.

3 ES points through 12 playoff games.

hes injured but for whatever reason he didnt do much vs toronto in '23

The next series he had a decent impact that year

 

[Stickpucker]

Has this been reported?

Tkachuk injury doesn't need official report.

Just use your eyes and watch him try to skate.

 

[Stickpucker]

Three questions for this series.

1. How many games can Andersen play? He has been healthy very long time already.
2. Can Svech keep his mind in the game with Bennett, Tkachuk and Marchand?
3. How tired are Panthers?

1 - he got knocked out of first round by Meier and missed tons of time the season. Canes had goalie carousel all season.
2 - yes. Marchand has been owned by Carolina last few seasons. Canes are stocked up on rat poison.
3 - any team that makes it this far is tired. Carolina looks tired too. Their unique system is very demanding.

 

[Stickpucker]

 

[Kcb12345]

Think unfortunately for Carolina, Florida is just a better version of them