Post-Game Talk: Panthers choke away 2-0 lead, lose 4-2 to NYI

Skate them until they each puke.

Jones sucked big time in the last 2 games.

Ball sack sucks.

Kuli didn’t belong on the 2d pairing. Now he’s out for probably a significant amount of time.

Do we have anyone, 2 guys, in the A that can replace Ballsack and Kuli.
 
Well, I guess that I don’t have to worry about traveling to Greece and Madrid in May, because they won’t be playing in May.
 
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What's the return policy on Jones?
 
sucks to have to go through it but, like every year, they’ll have to work through things throughout the season. You go on highs, which we just were. You go on lows, which certainly seems to be the case at the moment. With guys injured, many are playing higher in the lineup and logging more minutes than they normally would. Even if they’re not meant for those roles, it’ll still serve them well to get more used to it so when they go into lesser roles with reduced playing time it’ll just make them that much better.

It’s frustrating because I still want to win the division, but I also know that the playoffs and how they play then is ultimately what matters. It’s out of our control, just need to let the season play out and I’ve said it before just let the chips fall where they may and take it from there. I just hope the guys who are out and injured can jump back in well and not have problems. Will Ekblad look rough for a game or two upon his return? Will chucky play through something he obviously isn’t fully healed from and we’ll be able to tell? What happened to kuli? Will Marchand hold up? Who knows, but I will say this…it’s certainly nice not having to hold out my life’s hopes every consecutive year of my life hoping and praying that someday this team will win a cup. You want to have the best team possible every year and compete every year but it’s certainly a weight off knowing we’ve at least climbed that hill once in my lifetime
 
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Best thing from that game was that according to Mo “we didn’t feel that Kulikov was going to come back last night” …
 
It's not that they are losing but how they are losing. Easily should have another 3 points on this trip

My thought as well.

When up 2-0 in the 3rd, you should win that game, or at least get a point.
Having 2 out of 3(?) games losing the same way in the 3rd sucks.

The team just sort of goes out on the ice like they've won it, or just have brainfarts that lead to awful high chance turnovers.
 
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Rather we lose now and learn than lose in a couple weeks being over confident. My biggest concern is Jones, but it seems the Ek suspension is a blessing in disguise to see how Jones does on the top pair, so far not impressed. We'll see, hopefully coach gets him dialed in
 
They only showed consistent effort vs the Leafs. We could have built a nice cushion in the standings to start resting guys more often. I think fatigue is setting in again considering half the team was at 4 Nations.

No game until Thursday so they better come out well rested
 
I feel like they will do just enough to win the division. They could win it by 6 or 7 points, but they'll end up winning it by 1-2 points.

If Marchand and Tkachuk are actually healthy for the playoffs, I'm not worried at all.

But like Laus723 said, my only concern would be Jones. I get that it's a new team for him, a new system. But he souldn't look that lost out there. And he looks so slow. He looks like a cheap version of Ekblad. I miss Ekblad.
 
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I actually wonder if they have a bad stretch without Ekblad, if that increases his contract AAV
The PEDs thing I don't think anyone in hockey really cares much about. And if we suck with him out, it just reinforces that he was a difference maker and increases his relative value....
 
It would’ve taken almost no extra effort to get 2-3 more points but these guys just don’t give a shit it seems, and neither does the coach.
 

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