allbuth4bs
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That play by Katchuk to stop the puck going in the empty net I think was the best hockey play I've ever seen, all of this while gnawing at his mouthpiece. The replay of him from the net camera is just amazing. Insane play.
Post-Game Talk: Welp
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Every time I tune in to watch the game, even midway through we lose.
I guess I'll have to make sure that doesn't happen again by getting shitfaced early in friday evening. It'll work out fine since it's midsummer here anyways. You can thank me later.
I guess I'll have to make sure that doesn't happen again by getting shitfaced early in friday evening. It'll work out fine since it's midsummer here anyways. You can thank me later.
I am not exposed
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What switch flicked for Tkachuk? He suddenly started playing like he did last year. More of that please!
Vilam
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Glad to see someone in the org as pissed off as I was. PoMo should have reamed them on the bench.
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Desperation. He's obviously hurt, just not being very physical and taking lots of days off. He won't be able to keep it up.
I'm guessing a lot of guys more hurt than being let on. Every team banged up by now, Oilers have their injuries, but Panthers have played the most physical of any team and all the guys have taken beatings. Looks like it's catching up to them. They're still playing the same game, just a step slower and losing puck battles. Team got into desperation mode and played better, same with the start. Not sure they can keep it up.
Reino isn't the same, he's taken a lot of punishment. Same with Verhaeghe. Barkov I doubt didn't have a concussion. Tkachuk is definitely hurt. Bennett also has been taking off days and leads the playoffs in hits. Several guys have taken nasty knee on knee hits (Luo, Erod, Ekblad, Bennett). OEL got boarded couple games ago, no call. I think there was a game Forsling looked to get hurt but came back. That's just off the top of my head.
I just hope they've got enough for one more. Need to put it all out there next game.
Gentle Man
09/12
I don't think Tkachuk is hurt at all.
I just think he is stopping himself from being over aggressive just so he doesn't receive a retaliatory hit like last year and break his sternum again
I just think he is stopping himself from being over aggressive just so he doesn't receive a retaliatory hit like last year and break his sternum again
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He directly didn't answer when asked why he's been taking days off. And it's not just the physical play, it's even how he's been playing. He's definitely hurt.
CBJWerenski8
Formerly CBJWennberg10 (RIP Kivi)
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Nobody said it was going to be easy.
Two chances to win one game. One at home.
Got to fix the special teams problems and play 5on5. They’ve had no match for the 5on5 play for the most part.
Put the stamp down early in game 6 and make them try to play catch up. And don’t help them out in doing it.
Good luck panthers
Two chances to win one game. One at home.
Got to fix the special teams problems and play 5on5. They’ve had no match for the 5on5 play for the most part.
Put the stamp down early in game 6 and make them try to play catch up. And don’t help them out in doing it.
Good luck panthers
Gentle Man
09/12
Verhaeghe Barkov Tarasenko
Rodrigues Bennett Tkachuk
Luos Lundell Reinhart
Lomberg Stenlund Cousins/Lorentz
Forsling OEL
Mikkola Ekblad
Kulikov Montour
IMO
Rodrigues Bennett Tkachuk
Luos Lundell Reinhart
Lomberg Stenlund Cousins/Lorentz
Forsling OEL
Mikkola Ekblad
Kulikov Montour
IMO
batting1k
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Verhaeghe Barkov Tarasenko
Rodrigues Bennett Tkachuk
Luos Lundell Reinhart
Lomberg Stenlund Cousins/Lorentz
Forsling OEL
Mikkola Ekblad
Kulikov Montour
IMO
Rodrigues Bennett Tkachuk
Luos Lundell Reinhart
Lomberg Stenlund Cousins/Lorentz
Forsling OEL
Mikkola Ekblad
Kulikov Montour
IMO
Panthers Propaganda
We're a team
I’m pretending this was a 2-2 series and we won tonight to make it 3-2.
Helps my sanity.
Helps my sanity.
MarginNotes
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I'll be in Poland on Friday. Quite sure that's what the team needs.
Won't look at this game afterwards, but as far as I understand we played better as the game went on. Thats encouraging in a way - we ended 5 periods of misery. The momentum has obviously switched, but coming back from behind is our strenght.
Feel bad for Bob. He's been playing so good up to these last two games. Hope he makes some nice saves to calm the team down.
Won't look at this game afterwards, but as far as I understand we played better as the game went on. Thats encouraging in a way - we ended 5 periods of misery. The momentum has obviously switched, but coming back from behind is our strenght.
Feel bad for Bob. He's been playing so good up to these last two games. Hope he makes some nice saves to calm the team down.
Felidae
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Watching the replay, OEL just stops f***ing skating. I mean, I doubt he would have stopped McDavid but at least make an attempt! What an absolute slap in the face to one of the greatest efforts I've ever seen to keep the puck out of an EN.
Time to face reality.
The momentum in this series has officially shifted away from us. As far as I’m concerned, we are no longer the favorites and this series can go either way now.
Here are some red flags:
-McDavid is starting to score some goals and pulled off a highlight reel assist tonight
-Their PP has broken through
-Our PP looks more inept than ever and is actively costing us games (Brandon Montour is a total liability)
-Our goaltending has come back down to earth hard
-We are squeezing the sticks, making panic plays and clearly feeling the pressure
-We appear to be banged up
Winning Friday can only happen if we see a massive turnaround in net and on our special teams.
I can't believe how bad we are on the powerplay. It's legitimately jaw dropping that, in the Stanley Cup Final, we can't even manage to break even. We are at the stage now where keeping the puck out of our own net on our own powerplay would be an actual accomplishment. I cannot adequately express how embarrassing that is.
Bottom line is we will not be in this position again for a long time. The coaching staff needs to communicate that in the best way possible and instill a killer instinct in this group to take what is right in front of them. These guys have worked their entire lives to win a Stanley Cup and it is slipping away. They've got to settle down and get back to the structured, sound defensive system that got them here in the first place. They have to make the right adjustments (please no more Montour on the powerplay), clean up their sloppy passing, and get back to suffocating the Oilers offense again if they're going to have any chance at winning another game.
I'll end on a positive note: To me, going through this emotional roller coaster and finding a way to stave off Edmonton's comeback to win it all would arguably be more rewarding than cruising to victory - even if these losses really suck. We still have a chance to do just that.
See you all on Friday.
The momentum in this series has officially shifted away from us. As far as I’m concerned, we are no longer the favorites and this series can go either way now.
Here are some red flags:
-McDavid is starting to score some goals and pulled off a highlight reel assist tonight
-Their PP has broken through
-Our PP looks more inept than ever and is actively costing us games (Brandon Montour is a total liability)
-Our goaltending has come back down to earth hard
-We are squeezing the sticks, making panic plays and clearly feeling the pressure
-We appear to be banged up
Winning Friday can only happen if we see a massive turnaround in net and on our special teams.
I can't believe how bad we are on the powerplay. It's legitimately jaw dropping that, in the Stanley Cup Final, we can't even manage to break even. We are at the stage now where keeping the puck out of our own net on our own powerplay would be an actual accomplishment. I cannot adequately express how embarrassing that is.
Bottom line is we will not be in this position again for a long time. The coaching staff needs to communicate that in the best way possible and instill a killer instinct in this group to take what is right in front of them. These guys have worked their entire lives to win a Stanley Cup and it is slipping away. They've got to settle down and get back to the structured, sound defensive system that got them here in the first place. They have to make the right adjustments (please no more Montour on the powerplay), clean up their sloppy passing, and get back to suffocating the Oilers offense again if they're going to have any chance at winning another game.
I'll end on a positive note: To me, going through this emotional roller coaster and finding a way to stave off Edmonton's comeback to win it all would arguably be more rewarding than cruising to victory - even if these losses really suck. We still have a chance to do just that.
See you all on Friday.
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GigaChad
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I'm about to go to a summer festival and really don't want to wake up from my tent feeling hangover and see that the Panthers have lost again.
My saturday mood & hangover levels will depend on that lol.
Gentle Man
09/12
As bad as the result, I saw enough that I confident this ends Friday.
As long as the lineup changes on the PP sticks as well as 5 v 5, and the same Tkachuk appears, we end this Friday
I stake my account on it.
I'll be back here after the game
This f***ing ends friday
As long as the lineup changes on the PP sticks as well as 5 v 5, and the same Tkachuk appears, we end this Friday
I stake my account on it.
I'll be back here after the game
This f***ing ends friday
barkovcanfinnish
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I’m glad they’re mad. They should be. They need to be better. The 4th game is the hardest to win.
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I feel like if beach ball Bob shows up again it wont matter how good the team plays in front of him
Ryuji Yamazaki
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We stopped playing with our nastiness this series. We’ve let them take liberties and dirty hits and haven’t done anything about it.
Every other series we’d be in the face of the opponents after the whistle. Now it’s like PoMo said to avoid taking any possible penalties.
Start playing with that edge again or get ready for another loss.
Every other series we’d be in the face of the opponents after the whistle. Now it’s like PoMo said to avoid taking any possible penalties.
Start playing with that edge again or get ready for another loss.
scholl
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The momentum changed in the 3rd period of the game 3. Something like 15 minutes before the end Florida controlled the game and Edmonton couldn't do anything. Then suddenly EDM started to score goals. In game 4 FLA was in trouble. EDM started to believe that they can score and win games. McDavid is now in the god mode where Bob was earlier in the series. Barkov and Bob don't play as well as they used to.
This doesn't look good now. It's not acceptable to let the opponent team to score twice in a row a SHG early in the game when everyone knows how important opening goals are. Now players really need to step up and take the momentum back because in past two games they have looked like the team that played against Vegas last year.
It would have been nice to hoist the cup at home but now it needs to be done in Edmonton. I don't believe that this team can get it done in game 7 if they let Edmonton to come from 3-0 to 3-3.
I hate to wait 3 more days but at least the game 6 will be played in Midsummer when nobody sleeps anyway.
This doesn't look good now. It's not acceptable to let the opponent team to score twice in a row a SHG early in the game when everyone knows how important opening goals are. Now players really need to step up and take the momentum back because in past two games they have looked like the team that played against Vegas last year.
It would have been nice to hoist the cup at home but now it needs to be done in Edmonton. I don't believe that this team can get it done in game 7 if they let Edmonton to come from 3-0 to 3-3.
I hate to wait 3 more days but at least the game 6 will be played in Midsummer when nobody sleeps anyway.
Felidae
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Reinhart has also fallen back to earth production wise. Nearly the exact same production as last postseason, and this is probably what he really is going forward. He was a huge reason for our pp% success, and look how it is now that he's not scoring at an absurd pace. (not the only reason for its inefficiency ofc)
On the bright side it should lower his price..
On the bright side it should lower his price..
Panteras
Stanley Cup Champs 2024
In my own copium way I like to think that this is what we needed. 2 losses in a row to get our mind off of the fact that we’re 1 win away from the cup and celebrations and instead just feel pissed to focus on winning because we aren’t gonna lose 3 in a row to this team type thing…
Boothinator
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Tough Pill to swallow right now. I will probably take a 2 day break from Hockey now and may skip the beginnjng of Game 6.
We gotta Show up in, Game 6 and dont Hand them another f***ing Shorty
We gotta Show up in, Game 6 and dont Hand them another f***ing Shorty
Its annoying that we had numbers goin the other way on their powerplay a few times that game, then they hesitate and lose possession or dump it in without even getting a shot on.
Shit you do when youre up by a lot, not when youre down by a lot. Not sure where the urgency was at times
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