PleaseCutStewart

It's crazy how much buffalo loves our sloppy seconds. That being said, I wish Shaq the best. He's been a good dude stuck with a crappy team for most of his time here

I think most people figured that would be the case. Colts got suckered into ARs athleticism when the dude is just an awful decision maker. Not surprised he is looking like the next JaMarcus Russell

Even at his worst - the one thing Bryce did a great job of was avoiding big hits. When he scrambles, he's very smart about getting out of bounds/going down at the right time

Based on how we looked on defense without him, Chatty has to be up there on the list

Sucks because he was a big part of why the Marty-Staal-Fast line was so elite defensively. Enjoy retirement Fast

I mean... Pretty sure Morrow being on the ice alone accounted for a lot of Florida's +. Throw in orlovs terrible turnovers and there's about half of the goals Florida scored just between the two of them.

Ideal lineup for next year for me: Jarvy-Aho-Ehlers (5 yr, 8.25 mill AAV) Svech-Duchene-Hall (2 yr, 6 mill AAV) Stank-Staal-Marty Blake-Kotkaniemi/Jankowski*-Carrier *Would love it if we could somehow get out of KK's contract (even if we have to trade away a draft pick), but don't think we will Slavin-Provorov (6 yr, 7.25 mill AAV) Nikishin-Chatty Ghost-Walker Freddie Kooch Luckily we have our core 4 (Aho, Jarvy, Svech, Slavin) locked up long-term. We definitely need to start thinking about extensions for Stank and Chatty and likely Blake if he is in our future plans.

And he has been our 2nd line C for most of the playoffs when the guy probably isn't good enough to be a 4th line C. We truly need a top-tier C to be 2nd line C.

I don't think we are having Morrow start in our top 6 next year unless free agency goes truly awful for us. Our front office (or at least Rod) would rather have Burns than Morrow

He looked fine on his off side IMO. Could switch Provorov and Nikishin if need be

Slavin-Nikishin Provorov-Chatty Ghost-Walker Don't resign burns

Crap, completely missed chatty in there

Luckily we won't have orlov on this team next year. If we do keep burns, he needs to not be on the top line (although he did play a very good game four and five in the series). We have to get second line scoring and at least another top 4 D in the off season. Wouldn't mind getting Provorov and our defense looking like this - I know he is a LD, but he is a lefty. Slavin-Nikishin Burns-Provorov Ghost-Walker Forwards will be tougher because we desperately need a top six C, but it would be really nice to get Ehlers.

The better question is why are you here? You literally only exist to talk crap about Carolina pro teams. Very weird with how much of a small market we are

Florida is unreal defending a lead in the third period. This isn't the devils or caps - we aren't winning unfortunately

Last year was much more inexcusable. I'm not surprised we are having defensive breakdowns when we have defensive liabilities at half of our defense positions (orlov, ghost, Morrow) and are having to play slavin and burns like 30ish minutes in these games. This series was definitely over once Chatty couldn't play (and probably would have still been even if he was 100% healthy)

Sorry, can't really understand you. I think you've had Tkachuk's dick in your mouth the entire series with how much you are sucking off Florida

Yeah, this team has quit. No energy in their skating and just aimlessly skating around. Just play the fourth line the rest of the game - they are the only one that has shown heart the entire game

Could this team at least do the Western conference a favor and just cheap shot every good player on Florida. I will happily start a GoFundMe to pay any fine or loss of salary for every player from Florida they hurt

Yep, that's game. Gonna end up being 6-2

Unfortunately this team has the mental fortitude of a 7 year old. They start losing their focus when they blow a lead and start chasing the puck and then give up another three goals before you know it

Not sure why Freddie is standing up there

And we fall apart

Damn