Off Season Thread

[PNW_PantherMan]

2 minutes ago, PantherChris said:

The STARS WERE SMART ENOUGH TO FIRE THERE COACH FOR LOSING 3 WCF AND HE WASNT EVEN 1-12

Not sure how its comparable really.  DeBoer can't keep a locker room.  He was asking to get fired with those comments about Otter.

[Panthers Fan 69]

1 hour ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

Not sure how its comparable really.  DeBoer can't keep a locker room.  He was asking to get fired with those comments about Otter.

This. It’s apples and Oranges.  Rod never lost a locker room. Stars players clearly went to leadership and threatened to leave if they didn’t fire him. Rod is loved. DeBoer is a cancer 

[PantherChris]

2 hours ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

This. It’s apples and Oranges.  Rod never lost a locker room. Stars players clearly went to leadership and threatened to leave if they didn’t fire him. Rod is loved. DeBoer is a cancer 

This team still isnt getting past the finals with him coaching.... guaren damn tee it 

[Panthers Fan 69]

I watch these two teams play and we clearly didn’t have the horses.  This game has been fun. 

[KillerKat]

Hurricanes are vastly inferior to edmonton and florida and will never make a cup appearance under Rod.

Edited June 7, 2025 by KillerKat

[Panthers Fan 69]

1-1 boys!

[Panthers Fan 69]

1 hour ago, KillerKat said:

Hurricanes are vastly inferior to edmonton and florida and will never make a cup appearance under Rod.

Ok I’m going to put it like this. Rod doenst have top elite players like the oilers or panthers. Slavin or maybe aho are the only ones. And aho isn’t elite. Rod is making ECF with mid/good players.  Give rod Edmonton or Florida’s players and its cups.  Plural.  For a fanbase that is now spoiled, we are getting greedy and too big for our britches 

Edited June 7, 2025 by Panthers Fan 69

[organicrusty1201]

I'm salivating at the thought of Bennet in a Canes uniform!!

[Anybodyhome]

RBA is the Dean Smith of hockey.

A lot of wins, a lot of trips to the post season, but little to show for it at the end of the day relative to the W-L record. And, not unlike Dean Smith, RBA won't have a superstar on this team. The closest he got was Necas, then Rantanen, and neither wanted to be here. Dean Smith preached the team approach, and even Michael Jordan averaged almost 18 ppg in Smith's system.

Mitch Marner is not the answer. Ehlers or Brock Boeser might be the better fit. And find a replacement for Orlov who has some offense (Provorov, Gavrikov, Ryan Lindgren or even Aaron Eckblad). 

[PantherChris]

1 hour ago, organicrusty1201 said:

I'm salivating at the thought of Bennet in a Canes uniform!!

Id love him and Ekblad,

 

He fills what is IMO our biggest need a 2C the fact that hes also exactly what we need yes agreed. 

 

That said id say 90% of the casual fan base would complain and hate it lol.

[PantherChris]

1 minute ago, Anybodyhome said:

RBA is the Dean Smith of hockey.

A lot of wins, a lot of trips to the post season, but little to show for it at the end of the day relative to the W-L record. And, not unlike Dean Smith, RBA won't have a superstar on this team. The closest he got was Necas, then Rantanen, and neither wanted to be here. Dean Smith preached the team approach, and even Michael Jordan averaged almost 18 ppg in Smith's system.

Mitch Marner is not the answer. Ehlers or Brock Boeser might be the better fit. And find a replacement for Orlov who has some offense (Provorov, Gavrikov, Ryan Lindgren or even Aaron Eckblad). 

Glad your back!

 

Orlovs replacement is on the roster his name is Nikishin! 

 

Everything else i agree with. 

 

I'd love Ekblad RHD is what we need.

[WUnderhill]

3 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

RBA is the Dean Smith of hockey.

A lot of wins, a lot of trips to the post season, but little to show for it at the end of the day relative to the W-L record. And, not unlike Dean Smith, RBA won't have a superstar on this team. The closest he got was Necas, then Rantanen, and neither wanted to be here. Dean Smith preached the team approach, and even Michael Jordan averaged almost 18 ppg in Smith's system.

Mitch Marner is not the answer. Ehlers or Brock Boeser might be the better fit. And find a replacement for Orlov who has some offense (Provorov, Gavrikov, Ryan Lindgren or even Aaron Eckblad). 

Huh? Not sure if this is Dean Smith slander or not. MJ loved playing for Dean and won NPOY. And Dean had plenty of stars before him and after him. James Worthy, Vince Carter, Antawn Jamison, etc. Dean won 2 nattys. The college game was different then, Dean had more star power and national championships than basically any of his peers.

[Anybodyhome]

2 hours ago, WUnderhill said:

Huh? Not sure if this is Dean Smith slander or not. MJ loved playing for Dean and won NPOY. And Dean had plenty of stars before him and after him. James Worthy, Vince Carter, Antawn Jamison, etc. Dean won 2 nattys. The college game was different then, Dean had more star power and national championships than basically any of his peers.

Dean Smith frequently benched players when he thought their egos were taking over the game.

And all of the stars you mentioned showed out much better in the NBA  than their college careers might have indicated 

And John Wooden.

[KillerKat]

11 hours ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Ok I’m going to put it like this. Rod doenst have top elite players like the oilers or panthers. Slavin or maybe aho are the only ones. And aho isn’t elite. Rod is making ECF with mid/good players.  Give rod Edmonton or Florida’s players and its cups.  Plural.  For a fanbase that is now spoiled, we are getting greedy and too big for our britches 

Elite players dont fit Rods system. Rod has hit his ceiling. We arent going further.