Canes vs Penguins 7pm

[Panthers Fan 69]

9 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

I hate seeing Teravainen wasted on with Staal and Martinook when he’s playing as good as he is.

It’s only because Fast is out. 

[MillionDollarCam]

Just now, Panthers Fan 69 said:

It’s only because Fast is out. 

Teravainen is playing too well to be on that line right now and Svech is playing to poorly to be on the second.

[Anybodyhome]

Another scoring drought from the forwards.

Pittsburgh is old and slow, yet here we are.

[Panthers Fan 69]

Here  is the rub guys. Koochie isn’t playing well again. Do we let him play his way out of it or let Martin have a shot at the backup?  It’s clear Freddie is our guy. 

[MillionDollarCam]

Rod is a great coach but at this point he’s just hoping that the top line or defense wins us games.

The other three lines are not providing any offense whatsoever.

Load up the second line with Teravainen, throw Drury on the third to complete the forechecking line, and put Svech on the fourth with the hope that he can take advantage of easier matchups.

[MillionDollarCam]

Can’t wait to see @Harbingers report card after this one. I imagine it won’t be pretty for us… even if we win.

[Panthers Fan 69]

1 minute ago, Anybodyhome said:

Another scoring drought from the forwards.

Pittsburgh is old and slow, yet here we are.

Kuzys line is bad right now and necas has gone ice cold. I hate to say this but move gutz back to that line tonight. It may open it up. 

[Panthers Fan 69]

For us to win a cup…we need our big guns.  That first line is giving it buy necas ane Svech are cold. We must get them going 

[Harbingers]

Just now, MillionDollarCam said:

Rod is a great coach but at this point he’s just hoping that the top line or defense wins us games.

The other three lines are not providing any offense whatsoever.

Load up the second line with Teravainen, throw Drury on the third to complete the forechecking line, and put Svech on the fourth with the hope that he can take advantage of easier matchups.

Disagree. Our 3rd line is forecheck… like all the lines should be doing nearly every single shift. No they don’t always provide goals. But they provide our much needed offensive pressure. 4 is decent at forechecking. 1-2 are more run and gun, neither line is setting up forechecks. 

[Panthers Fan 69]

Pittsburg was winning 4-0 against the Aves in 3rd the other night and lost. Their 3rds are really bad. Very bad. 

[cookinbrak]

Kinda tired of depending on the other team to lose, we need to start winning.

[MillionDollarCam]

5 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

Disagree. Our 3rd line is forecheck… like all the lines should be doing nearly every single shift. No they don’t always provide goals. But they provide our much needed offensive pressure. 4 is decent at forechecking. 1-2 are more run and gun, neither line is setting up forechecks. 

Can’t win the cup like that and I’ll die on that hill.

Need contribution from all lines because eventually one of the top two lines is going to get shutdown.

Just look at Vegas last year, their 3C had 11 goals in the playoffs.

Expecting one or two lines to carry you to the cup is a recipe for disaster. Only way it could potentially work is if the defense contributes at an elite level.

We’re seeing first hand tonight what happens when the top line doesn’t score.

[WelshPanther]

We are just coasting. Game is being played at about 50% of what a post season game would be. Like they want regular season to be done already 

[DavidEng]

Canes actually played a good 2nd other than the goal where Pesce screened Kuchie. SOG was 15-5, Pucks just didn’t find their way to the net. I believe the puck luck changes and we score in the third.

Edited March 27 by DavidEng