Post-Game Talk: Panthers play like it's 2004 and waste great goaltending against old southeast rivals, lose 4-1 to Caps

[sinDer]

And all of sudden, we are now battling for a playoffs spot lol

 

[5 Hole]

Holy shit, we suck again. That was quick.

 

[FinlandPanther]

FIRE UP THE DRAFT THREAD BABY

 

[Panthers Propaganda]

Badly, badly need a middling RD. What picks do we have and who is selling?

 

[StrangeVision]

Why win when you can lose and piss off the fanbase you finally won over after 30 years.

Panthers Hockey™

 

[Felidae]

And that's the end of Reinhart's point streak

 

[Panthersfan1989]

what happend to 2023 Matthew Tkachuk? this guy ever gonna get back to that? -5

 

[FinlandPanther]

Why win when you can lose and piss off the fanbase you finally won over after 30 years.

Panthers Hockey™

That will live on in me forever. I only needed one.

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

I do like Ekblad but he’s being overused for what he can contribute. He can’t do what he’s being asked to do.

But I’m gonna throw the top-9 under the bus today. They looked like a bunch of jagoffs today.

Knight deserved a better fate. He was really good.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Worst 7 game stretch for the Panthers since they went 0-5-2 from January 3 to January 15, 2019. Ironically, the skid was snapped with a 3-1 win over the Leafs in Florida.

 

[Marco 85]

These guys won a cup?

6 guys who dressed tonight were not on the team last year.
A third of the team.
These players as a whole are lacking compared
to the players who left.

 

[batting1k]

Draft thread is open

2025 Draft Discussion

It’s that time of year. Let’s start discussion what the 2025 Draft is looking like. Panthers currently have 6 picks: 4th round 4th round 5th round 5th round 6th round 7th round

forums.hfboards.com

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

I do like Ekblad but he’s being overused for what he can contribute. He can’t do what he’s being asked to do.

This is true, but I will go on record predicting that Aaron Ekblad will be out of the NHL entirely in 4 years.

 

[Trio123]

Trade Verhaeghe if its still possible!

 

[batting1k]

Closed door meeting but it’s just Slothblad handing out McChickens

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

This is true, but I will go on record predicting that Aaron Ekblad will be out of the NHL entirely in 4 years.

It’s possible. He’s a solid middle-pairing guy at this point, and does well with Forsling. But they need to prioritize getting someone to take the “help us get a goal” role away from him. He’s not gonna last long like that at this point.

 

[BabyBennettov]

I think Mikkola is fine on the second pair with a puck mover. He was great last season.

I’m fine with Mikkola in the top-4… As long as we find him a puck-mover, which Kulikov is not.

 

[batting1k]

I’m fine with Mikkola in the top-4… As long as we find him a puck-mover, which Kulikov is not.

Blasphemy

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

It’s possible. He’s a solid middle-pairing guy at this point, and does well with Forsling. But they need to prioritize getting someone to take the “help us get a goal” role away from him. He’s not gonna last long like that at this point.

He can't skate. He straight up can't skate. We have complained about his skating for a while now, but he's basically unplayable on the first pair. He will continue playing on the first pair because the team has no other options.

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

Time to make a move

 

[Gentle Man]

I had more fun in the playoffs when we were a wild card anyway

 

[batting1k]

He can't skate. He straight up can't skate. We have complained about his skating for a while now, but he's basically unplayable on the first pair. He will continue playing on the first pair because the team has no other options.

I’m convinced the only reason he was dominant in juniors is because he had an incredibly mature, near pro-ready frame at 15 years old.

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

Wonder if Zito throws his name into the Jiricek sweepstakes

 

[FinlandPanther]

Wonder if Zito throws his name into the Jiricek sweepstakes

Don’t think we have much to offer.

 

[ShootIt]

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