Takeahnase
Registered User
- Mar 20, 2025
- 4
- 9
Panarin played for Torts in Columbus for a couple of years as their top player when they won their only playoff series ever, sweeping the 1 seed Lightning. Tortorella still uses Panarin as an example to complement his players from time to time, saying Konecny is a good player when tired saying Bread was the best at taht he ever coached or Foerster’s hands, etc.What's the plan with Panarin? Can he play the right way? If the coach wants him to play a certain style, is Panarin willing to adjust? It's the same story every year with this group. Quinn was too tough on them and he was a micromanager. Gallant was the opposite and they needed more structure. Laviolette has lost the team after less than two seasons. Isn't Panarin part of the problem? It can't be all on Kreider being a big bitch.
This narrative that Panarin would crumble under some hard coaching or not be willing to adjust is absurd. He thrived under a guy who is considered a tough sob and even an anachronism or dinosaur.
Maybe Laviollette just sucks or it’s his system. I don’t know as I am not in the locker room. Panarin is on what, an 12 game point streak and scoring goals while we are fighting for our playoff lives. He can be better, of course, which would be reasonable criticism.
But I do know Panarin isn’t responsible for dudes not on his line playing badly, he’s not primarily responsible for this disaster of a season and he’s not at fault for starting the Chicago fire, the 1815 Mt. Tambora eruption, or the 1970 Huascaran avalanche.