PNW_PantherMan

If you can hit from 60 and you're automatic, congrats you are a HOF kicker unless you become Justin Tugger.

Yea give me the guy that can get 3 basically 100% of the time when a legit drive stalls out. I don't understand the moon shot kicker fixation.

Exactly. He peaked in college as a non factor.

If he's gonna break out, he better do it quick. He'll be 27 this fall.

He had a great year statistically, but he has not shown game breaking ability on the field that I've seen. At least not enough that would justify that high of a pick. If he does blossom into the next top RB of the league, he will get a fat second contract by a contender.

I didn't even realize he had over 1k as a rookie. He only found the endzone once that year.

The main thing that makes the NFL so appealing is how unpredictable it is

You’ll take your one year of relevancy per decade and like it

It checks out. Looks good to me.

Another can't miss TE prospect.

I don't think you can really compare the NHL to the NBA. Sure they both have a lottery, but every pick outside the 1st round in the NBA is like a 5th round pick in the NFL. The talent evaluation in basketball has a lot less uncertainty and players are expected to be able to contribute at 18 years old. There's no development system for your 7th round pick to come up in. You basically get what you draft in the 1st round. The NHL is a lot closer to baseball in my opinion. Yeah you might have a 1st overall pick that can play right away. But basically everyone is going through a minor league development system until they're ready to contribute at the highest level. In the NBA your talent pipeline is basically Adam Silver and his lotto balls and that's it. It's true that the Hornets front office has been ass. But I think the NBA is the most tilted league against smaller markets. I don't know how you're supposed to be successful without having the lottery gods bestow it upon your franchise.

He's comin for the cup Florida

Hold onto your butts. Stars are back in the game.

The Oilers took Florida to 7 last year. They could definitely win this year.

Uh oh

Taylor Hall is like nobody will notice me because Morrow and Orlov are playing so bad.

Yes https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/panthers/2021/12/16/panthers-stephon-gilmore-pff-coverage/79988017007/

Gilmore was pretty good though

Hows it a one year rental? He's got 3 years left?

I got 1 dollar on it.

The Canes were definitely shook as soon as game 1 started going south. I think Niko Mikkola coming back for Game 5 was big for Florida. That guy was a force all series. They definitely missed him in Game 4.

The team had a great season all things considered and definitely overachieved. I don't think many of us had our expectation level set at deep playoff run after the 2nd Rantanen trade. With the current league format, someone has to come out of the Metropolitan division. Look at the teams we have to climb over to get to the ECF. It's not exactly a division that's full of contenders. Smack around the Islanders and the Devils and now you're in the ECF against the survivor from the better division.

We can't do much worse than KK as the C of the 2nd PP unit. Literally 1 point all season. How?