TheCandyMan

88 should be going to Miami. Period

2 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Reddit poster said that an EMS just left the back of PNC, I imagine Patches was in it.

Damn…

Well dang. That put a damper on a good team win.  Hope Patches is ok, but that didn’t look good at all. 

I’d like to see our offensive stars get on the board a few times tonight, but our defensive guys are killing it. We thinking Koochie gets the net this evening?

I hate I missed out on the game thread last night. I got a bucket of kids and sometimes I got to wait until everyone’s in bed before I can start the game. 

This game had a playoff game feel to it. All 4 lines were fast and physical.  I don’t see who can stop us if we play like we did last night. 
 

BB absolutely man handled Crosby to start the 3rd and kill off the rest of that 3 on 5. 
 

Here’s hoping Freddie stays healthy. He was just solid. Maybe too aggressive on one play, but he closed it out right.
 

ICE UP SON!!  We gotta do it again in a few hours. 

Congrats to coach on getting win 200!  Time to go on another run boys!

Thank you! @panthers81

So I have a question for you hockey experts that I've wanted to know for a little while.  During the playoffs last year we talked a lot about being at home and having the first change advantage.  What exactly is the advantage of first change?  Is it simply home team line changes first, and how does being the home team give you this advantage?

If it helps I do know what icing is, and sometime offsides, but from what I've seen the league still isn't overly sure what offsides is so....

For what it's worth, Freddie has made the trip to Columbus for tonight's game.

I will say I think our equipment staff needs to get our goalies some bigger cups.  The 5 hole has been a liability for sure.

Guys getting hurt, guys coming of the injured list, I suspected we'd see a dip, but lets get a win tonight and start moving the train in the right direction again.

Welcome back @Panthers Fan 69.  Hope you know my comment in the last game thread was all in good fun.  On to the next one!

I blame @Panthers Fan 69

3 minutes ago, Stumpy said:

This has been going on for a while, unfortunately...

That used to be our calling card with Rod as HC.

Yes it has on both counts. We seemed to start slow and finish strong, but we’ve flipped that this year for some reason. 

Welp. We lost the 3rd again….

Gotta put this PP to good use. 

We’ll crap…

Just now, Stumpy said:

PESCE IS AN ABSOLUTE BEAST!!!

That was impressive for sure

Staal line strikes again!  That line is so much fun. 

Excellent news!

I had a feeling we’d see Koochie in the big apple tonight. I’m pumped! LFG!!

Maybe I’m spoiled, but I’ve never been so disappointed after a win. Glad we had a big enough lead to pull out the win. Y’all have a Merry Christmas and we’ll see ya on the 27th. 

2 hours ago, MillionDollarCam said:

No chance that either Rannta or Freddie gets traded in my opinion. We saw how important it was to have three goalies in the playoffs last year.

With that said, I’d look at signing Jarry or Varlamov in the offseason and moving on from both Raanta and Andersen. Jarry is younger and could make a great tandem with Kochetkov for many years and while Varlamov is older, he’s another Russian goalie which could help Pyotr and he’d be less expensive than Jarry.

I agree with this. 
 

What happens when everyone is healthy is the big question mark for me. I don’t see us filling a roster spot with a 3rd goalie, but the only other alternative I see is sending Koochie back to Chicago so he continues to get reps, but the way he’s playing I’d hate to see that happen too. I’m glad I’m not Don. 

19 minutes ago, USDepartmentOfSavagery said:

All that talk all off-season about focus and cup or bust, not being satisfied with just making the playoffs seems to be just that…talk. Last years team was significantly better. 

I don’t disagree, but last year’s team also peaked too early and didn’t show up for the playoffs. Not sure what team that was. 

My homerism is hoping this means we can get it together and look better in April than we do now. My eyes tell me if it wasn’t for the Staal line and Svech we’d have a losing record right now. 
 

#bipolarcanes

Maybe this means Kase is going to be out longer than expected?  I'm glad to see this.