What The Hell Has Happened To The Florida Panthers?

[ole ole]

Maurice’s systems have always seemed out of date and not up to snuff. Rumblings from Jet players are that there was very little coaching going on from PoMo.

Florida’s management and owners won’t have the same kind of patience/loyalty he was afforded in Winnipeg.

As long as Maurice gets the yr in and the results are bad i'm fine with it,

 

[Guess]

Looks like.. they're back? or are the Habs that bad

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Verhaeghe is found money, a good player. Duclair to me is sort of a bad team scorer, or a guy who is a nice advantage to have on your 3rd line beating up on 3rd d pairings. I like him, but he's like a rich man's Athanasiou. Barkov is an absolute superstar. Tkachuk might be the best in the league at what he does (anything to do with the puck below the hashmarks), has hockey sense off the charts, and is a really underrated passer, but his legs are in cement so he needs to play with certain types. Bennett and Reinhart are both good players too.

I like Lundell a lot, but he's only one player. Forsling is a legit top 4 D man, Ekblad is a top pairing guy who is superlative in some areas, but slow and incredibly injury prone.

And my point about Duclair is that he is redundant on Florida. A few years ago the BlueJackets were a team that won just about every puck battle but had very few guys who could actually put it in the net. That's the sort of team where Duclair could really thrive and be a bit more essential. On Florida I see him as a bit more of a passenger who scores the 6th goal in an 8-3 win.

The balance between a good team and a bad team is razor thin these days, the Canucks lost Tanev and have looked absolutely lost in many ways ever since. I think Weegar tipped a dangerous balance for you guys, and you have no assets to improve, very little cheap talent on the pipeline. You're in danger of becoming San Jose.

Regarding Duke, he's not a winger you want playing on the first line, but, with last years team in mind, at his cap hit he's a great winger to have. He can play with any of Barkov, Bennett, or Lundell, and pushes guys like White, Staal, Luosto, Lombo, and Cousins further down the lineup. We'll see how he comes back from the injury.

Looks like.. they're back? or are the Habs that bad

The Habs are that bad, but having Barkov and Gudas back doesn't hurt.

 

[Stive Morgan]

Looks like.. they're back? or are the Habs that bad

We suck ass and Barkov is a beast

 

[JP Mick]

What's wrong?

Nothing.

 

[MikeyMike01]

Funny thing is they’re two of the best 5 on 5 teams in the league when you look at advanced stats. It just hasn’t really translated for either team.

When the models don't match reality, the models are wrong. It isn't reality that's wrong.

 

[ijuka]

Looks like.. they're back? or are the Habs that bad

Panthers have done pretty well against garbage teams, but they've had struggles as slight favorites where they seem to lose far more often than they should.

So it was a good game but doesn't say all that much.

When the models don't match reality, the models are wrong. It isn't reality that's wrong.

THIS! So many people seem to think that reality should bend to models. If things keep happening against the model then it's the model that's wrong.

 

[Zippity]

MAURICE!!!

 

[Ratsreign]

You always remember your first Panther sighting of the year

 

[Blowfish]

I'm thinking that trade thing.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Habs might legit get a top 10 pick for Chiarot

 

[Dr Beinfest]

They are also down Anthony Duclair, Claude Giroux and Ben Chariot and Ekblad, who was nearly a point a game last year, is producing at a much lower rate due to injuries and has missed a lot of games.

That being said, I think it's extremely foolish to look at the standings at Christmas and arrive at any kind of conclusions about how good or how bad any given team is.

For the hundredth time, for all of you who keep saying this team “lost Chiarot and Giroux,” you need to stop. These were rental players well after Florida established themselves as league leaders, you are exaggerating the roster change.

 

[Rengorlex]

East is so stacked. They better go on a run soon because the playoff picture is closing on them soon. Need to play almost at a Presidents trophy pace for the rest of the way to make it.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Marc Staal on your second pairing. Gudas in your top 6. Both wouldn't even make any other teams blueline.

 

[FinlandPanther]

Habs might legit get a top 10 pick for Chiarot

Obsessed. Enjoy your first round exit.

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

East is so stacked. They better go on a run soon because the playoff picture is closing on them soon. Need to play almost at a Presidents trophy pace for the rest of the way to make it.

They're not going on a run and the playoff picture has already closed. The only bright side left in this season for the Panthers is the hope that ownership gets pissed off enough to force Paul Maurice into a cab.

 

[FinlandPanther]

Marc Staal on your second pairing. Gudas in your top 6. Both wouldn't even make any other teams blueline.

Gudas would absolutely make every teams blue line save maybe Colorado. Lmao what are you on

 

[Dr Beinfest]

Marc Staal on your second pairing. Gudas in your top 6. Both wouldn't even make any other teams blueline.

Gudas isn’t that bad. If he was playing his number (as the 5 or 6) he would be a positive. Marc Staal shouldn’t be in the NHL. But your point still stands, there’s 3 or 4 NHL defenders, and despite being NHL defenders, they aren’t particularly good ones. Forsling is fantastic, and Ekblad should be fantastic but his software needs reset. Everyone else… certainly not part of recipes for good defense.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Obsessed. Enjoy your first round exit.

Just enjoying the Panthers seasons. Complete and total implosion of a team without their first are always entertaining

 

[FinlandPanther]

At least we will be playing in the first round.

Sick comeback lmao. That’s all you ever play. First round exit professionals. Sounds so dangerous!

 

[HockeyVirus]

Sick comeback lmao. That’s all you ever play. First round exit professionals. Sounds so dangerous!

How many games in the 2nd round have the Panthers won in the last 20+ years?

 

[George Clooney]

Sick comeback lmao. That’s all you ever play. First round exit professionals. Sounds so dangerous!

Which is still way better than what the panthers are used to do since the 2010'.

Im not sure how a fan of the mighty panthers can make fun of the leafs or any canadian team in their division. Zéro stability. One good year followed by regression and than one good year . Etc etc etc.

The panthers should be named the small kitty. Nothing dangerous about them, outside of M Tkachuk and his antics to injure others stars players.

 

[Fledgemyhedge]

hope this continues this is the exact type of draft you want a pick like this in. chariot ——> Bedard THE PROHPECY. PLEASE

 

[WaitingForThatCab]

There are three guys on the team who flat out can't skate: Ekblad and the Staals. And yet we see night after night, the coaching staff is enamored with the idea of putting those three guys on the ice together, especially on the penalty kill. Eric Staal, a guy who couldn't even sniff the NHL last season, getting more ice time than 8/11 other forwards?

That's not a blue line problem.

 

[Erndog]

hope this continues this is the exact type of draft you want a pick like this in. chariot ——> Bedard THE PROHPECY. PLEASE

I cannot believe this might actually happen.

Even if it's not Bedard, it's prob a very good prospect. Unbelievable