How Much Better is This Team With Berube/New Personnel?

[BigBlu]

Only as good as Mitch Marner‘s new contract hamstrings upper management.

 

[Blanka]

We lost 3 in a row, and yes, we haven’t played well even during the win streak. It takes time for new systems to click and a team begins to excel at it. Yet we were 1st in the division a week ago. I’m reminded that the panthers barely got into the playoffs a couple years ago when Maurice arrived.

I like the direction, I’m not overly concerned about a few game stretch. There are ups and downs in a season, we’re in a down. I’m optimistic they will figure it out.

We've have lights out goaltending this season. In what feels like 80% of our games, we've been badly outshot and seemingly hemmed in our end for long stretches of the game. When we don't get phenomenal goaltending, we tend to lose.

This team just doesn't seem like a convincing playoff contender as a result.