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Post by phill9 on Nov 16, 2021 22:20:54 GMT -6
Great victory tempered by a possible serious knee issue to Barkov tonight. After 4 games of struggling, the Panthers took advantage of a road weary Islanders team, playing their 13th consecutive road game to start the season, and 2nd night of an incredibly tough back to back vs the Lightning and Panthers. It was huge for the Panthers to right the ship, and a 4 goal 1st period onslaught and more solid goaltending by Bobrovsky led the way. Just hoping the injury to Barkov isn't too serious, but one of the replays looked bad! Hoping it's minor and worst case is missing a couple games. Phil! good to see ya back around these parts! I've been posting as a guest since Bowman was fired.....finally set my profile back up tonight! It will be fun to root for the Hawks again!
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Post by hsbob on Nov 17, 2021 11:21:27 GMT -6
Great victory tempered by a possible serious knee issue to Barkov tonight. After 4 games of struggling, the Panthers took advantage of a road weary Islanders team, playing their 13th consecutive road game to start the season, and 2nd night of an incredibly tough back to back vs the Lightning and Panthers. It was huge for the Panthers to right the ship, and a 4 goal 1st period onslaught and more solid goaltending by Bobrovsky led the way. Just hoping the injury to Barkov isn't too serious, but one of the replays looked bad! Hoping it's minor and worst case is missing a couple games. Good to see you back Phil. Cats looked bad in two but still shoulda won two of those losses and they still have a league low 2 reg loses(tied with the Caps&Canes),a league high 25pts in their first 16gms and the 2nd best goal diff @+20........they were 5th in power rankings last week......LOL. Great 1st period last night but the POOR Isle FINALLY go home after 13 straight on the road to open their new barn and gettin' beat by everybody lately,still a good effot by the Cats. I saw Barkov is listed 'week to week' after the knee to knee major penalty,not ideal but not the worst thing either. Barkov will be fresher later in the year after some time off and the sooner we see Lundel in a bigger role the better.....the kid is something IMO.
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Post by phill9 on Nov 17, 2021 16:03:07 GMT -6
Great victory tempered by a possible serious knee issue to Barkov tonight. After 4 games of struggling, the Panthers took advantage of a road weary Islanders team, playing their 13th consecutive road game to start the season, and 2nd night of an incredibly tough back to back vs the Lightning and Panthers. It was huge for the Panthers to right the ship, and a 4 goal 1st period onslaught and more solid goaltending by Bobrovsky led the way. Just hoping the injury to Barkov isn't too serious, but one of the replays looked bad! Hoping it's minor and worst case is missing a couple games. Good to see you back Phil. Cats looked bad in two but still shoulda won two of those losses and they still have a league low 2 reg loses(tied with the Caps&Canes),a league high 25pts in their first 16gms and the 2nd best goal diff @+20........they were 5th in power rankings last week......LOL. Great 1st period last night but the POOR Isle FINALLY go home after 13 straight on the road to open their new barn and gettin' beat by everybody lately,still a good effot by the Cats. I saw Barkov is listed 'week to week' after the knee to knee major penalty,not ideal but not the worst thing either. Barkov will be fresher later in the year after some time off and the sooner we see Lundel in a bigger role the better.....the kid is something IMO. Worried that the "week to week" was a preliminary report before he had an MRI. One of the replays looked pretty bad, and it's never a good sign when he has to be helped off the ice by teammates. Just hoping it's not a long term or season ending injury. That would suck after losing Ekblad last year to lose Barkov any longer then a few weeks.
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Post by hsbob on Nov 18, 2021 8:35:05 GMT -6
It was week to week after they looked at him buddy,today's report says NO surgery,just some rehab. He'll be fine,they were talking about him on NHLN and we already know how good he is but HOLY HELL,500pts by 25,Selke winning two way game,wins FO's like crazy and a GREAT captain. Florida will NEVER regret extending him my friend. His biggest fan and best bud is Huberdeau and they'll re-do him for the exact same deal like last time but there's two more years before they have to deal with it and Bob could easily be moved by then if he keeps playing like this. MAN,I like this Lundel and Tippett is a big forward coming along nicely too and SB's throw-in Lucas Carlsson dfrew in . I wouldn't be surprised if Q is helping Brunett and talking to him a lot,I think he's back behind the bench in Fla next year. I know you've been reading so I'm sure you've seen me say only a FOOL would separate Kane and Cat and only a fool would have D-men chase forwards all the way out to the blue-line and just look at the difference now that the fool is gone along with the BIGGER FOOL that hired him!
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Post by phill9 on Nov 18, 2021 9:20:48 GMT -6
It was week to week after they looked at him buddy,today's report says NO surgery,just some rehab. He'll be fine,they were talking about him on NHLN and we already know how good he is but HOLY HELL,500pts by 25,Selke winning two way game,wins FO's like crazy and a GREAT captain. Florida will NEVER regret extending him my friend. His biggest fan and best bud is Huberdeau and they'll re-do him for the exact same deal like last time but there's two more years before they have to deal with it and Bob could easily be moved by then if he keeps playing like this. MAN,I like this Lundel and Tippett is a big forward coming along nicely too and SB's throw-in Lucas Carlsson dfrew in . I wouldn't be surprised if Q is helping Brunett and talking to him a lot,I think he's back behind the bench in Fla next year. I know you've been reading so I'm sure you've seen me say only a FOOL would separate Kane and Cat and only a fool would have D-men chase forwards all the way out to the blue-line and just look at the difference now that the fool is gone along with the BIGGER FOOL that hired him! Didn't you mean they'll re-deau-be-deau-be-do him? lol
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Post by BigT on Nov 18, 2021 9:44:12 GMT -6
That game against the Isles showed me that this team is an absolute wagon right now. Beating that team 6-1 is not easy to do. I feel this team will take anyone out of the east. Too bad Q won’t be there for it!!!
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Post by phill9 on Nov 19, 2021 7:58:05 GMT -6
Not often you see a team with 40 shots in a game, much less both teams. New Jersey with 46 shots, including 22 in the first. Panthers had 13 shots in the first, finished with 41. A 5 minute window led to all 4 Panther goals at the end of 1st (with 6 seconds left) and beginning of 2nd. Very entertaining game.
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Post by hsbob on Nov 20, 2021 9:18:39 GMT -6
Not often you see a team with 40 shots in a game, much less both teams. New Jersey with 46 shots, including 22 in the first. Panthers had 13 shots in the first, finished with 41. A 5 minute window led to all 4 Panther goals at the end of 1st (with 6 seconds left) and beginning of 2nd. Very entertaining game. Is there anything better to see from a young goaltender(Knight will finish the season as a 20yro.....YIKES)than a huge effort(45 of 46) following two tough outings? I'm sure we see 'Bob" tonight......he's been PHENOMENAL!
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Post by phill9 on Nov 21, 2021 9:33:38 GMT -6
Some pretty impressive stats piling up for the Panthers. They are 10 - 0 at home this season. The record for best start was 11 by the Hawks (unfortunately don't recall the year). Also, they have scored 4 or more goals in every one of the home games. Yesterday, despite the final score, Bobrovsky played outstanding hockey, in particular during a 5 minute stretch in the 2nd period. The last minute of the game hurt his GAA, but this was a game a bit deceptive of the final score, as was indicated by him being named one of the 3 stars of the game. And the Panthers have played the last 2 games without their captain, showing the depth they have to absorb an injury or two and not miss a beat.
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Post by hsbob on Nov 22, 2021 11:12:15 GMT -6
Some pretty impressive stats piling up for the Panthers. They are 10 - 0 at home this season. The record for best start was 11 by the Hawks (unfortunately don't recall the year). Also, they have scored 4 or more goals in every one of the home games. Yesterday, despite the final score, Bobrovsky played outstanding hockey, in particular during a 5 minute stretch in the 2nd period. The last minute of the game hurt his GAA, but this was a game a bit deceptive of the final score, as was indicated by him being named one of the 3 stars of the game. And the Panthers have played the last 2 games without their captain, showing the depth they have to absorb an injury or two and not miss a beat. Big effort by the Wild,Hartman's 9th made it a nail biter,even bigger effort from the Wild in the 2nd of their Fla back to back coming back from a 2 goal deposit to lose in a shoot out in Tampa. Wils are tough!
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Post by phill9 on Nov 22, 2021 12:26:35 GMT -6
Some pretty impressive stats piling up for the Panthers. They are 10 - 0 at home this season. The record for best start was 11 by the Hawks (unfortunately don't recall the year). Also, they have scored 4 or more goals in every one of the home games. Yesterday, despite the final score, Bobrovsky played outstanding hockey, in particular during a 5 minute stretch in the 2nd period. The last minute of the game hurt his GAA, but this was a game a bit deceptive of the final score, as was indicated by him being named one of the 3 stars of the game. And the Panthers have played the last 2 games without their captain, showing the depth they have to absorb an injury or two and not miss a beat. Big effort by the Wild,Hartman's 9th made it a nail biter,even bigger effort from the Wild in the 2nd of their Fla back to back coming back from a 2 goal deposit to lose in a shoot out in Tampa. Wils are tough! Funny how much better they seem to be after letting Parisi and Suter go. 2 hot commodities back in the day that everyone wanted, and they didn't bring home any championships.
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Post by hsbob on Nov 23, 2021 8:32:39 GMT -6
Big effort by the Wild,Hartman's 9th made it a nail biter,even bigger effort from the Wild in the 2nd of their Fla back to back coming back from a 2 goal deposit to lose in a shoot out in Tampa. Wils are tough! Funny how much better they seem to be after letting Parisi and Suter go. 2 hot commodities back in the day that everyone wanted, and they didn't bring home any championships. They did make the Wild a perennial PO team though and showed the fan base they were tryin'..........LOTTA expensive,great,young players can't bring home a PO series win.
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Post by T-man2010 on Nov 23, 2021 11:36:53 GMT -6
Funny how much better they seem to be after letting Parisi and Suter go. 2 hot commodities back in the day that everyone wanted, and they didn't bring home any championships. They did make the Wild a perennial PO team though and showed the fan base they were tryin'..........LOTTA expensive,great,young players can't bring home a PO series win. They did keep running into the Hawks back then.
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Post by vadarx on Nov 23, 2021 15:10:36 GMT -6
They did make the Wild a perennial PO team though and showed the fan base they were tryin'..........LOTTA expensive,great,young players can't bring home a PO series win. They did keep running into the Hawks back then. indeed. Kaner and Crow owned their asses.
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Post by hsbob on Nov 24, 2021 22:01:59 GMT -6
I meant it when I said Ekblad woulda put the Cats over the top against Tampa last year. TB was real good on the PP and in front in the series and THAT's where Ekblad excels......17pts in 19gms w a +17 so far and his 6th career OT winner tonight. Two points gives the big,rugged,two-way D-man 251pts @25. A roughing call was only his 3rd penalty of the year too.
'Bob' with another gem tonight,I expected some return to form but not 8-0-2 1.99/.937..........see above^^^^^^^^^!!!
The 'Duke' has 9gls/17pts and a +14 so far,Cats are deep and fast!
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Post by phill9 on Nov 27, 2021 15:08:36 GMT -6
Panthers looking to break a 58 year old record tonight vs the Kraken, one they tied with their last win at home. The 1963-64 Chicago Blackhawks started that season with 11 consecutive home victories.
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Post by T-man2010 on Nov 27, 2021 15:35:54 GMT -6
Panthers looking to break a 58 year old record tonight vs the Kraken, one they tied with their last win at home. The 1963-64 Chicago Blackhawks started that season with 11 consecutive home victories. Imagine how much harder it was for the Hawks that year. Always played the same 5 other teams and none of them were bad teams.
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Post by phill9 on Nov 27, 2021 15:57:24 GMT -6
Panthers looking to break a 58 year old record tonight vs the Kraken, one they tied with their last win at home. The 1963-64 Chicago Blackhawks started that season with 11 consecutive home victories. Imagine how much harder it was for the Hawks that year. Always played the same 5 other teams and none of them were bad teams. Absolutely. Back then, they used to play home games every Wednesday and Sunday, road games every Saturday. They also played other days during the week, but these were the normal home and away days throughout the schedule.
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Post by phill9 on Nov 27, 2021 21:37:02 GMT -6
Well the Kraken came into Florida and ended the winning streak, keeping the Hawks as co-holders of the record for home wins to start a season. Panthers had been able to weather the loss of Barkov for 4 games, but it seems that the additional loss of Duclair has affected them. Duclair's speed disrupts the defense so much, and I haven't seen any of that the past 2 games against Washington and now the Kraken. And they have another against Washington at home Tuesday. Hoping both Barkov (who's been skating) and Duclair will be back in the lineup.
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Post by phill9 on Nov 30, 2021 21:09:23 GMT -6
An absolutely amazing 3rd period by the Panthers tonight. Going into it, they were trailing the Capitals 4 to 1, going up against a goalie in Samsonov who had not lost a game this season. The Panthers came out in the 3rd and outshot the Capitals 27 - 2 (finishing with 51 shots), scoring 2 power play goals and a short handed goal, and came all the way back to win with a goal with 14 seconds remaining in the game 5 - 4.
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Post by jaty84 on Dec 1, 2021 3:17:51 GMT -6
An absolutely amazing 3rd period by the Panthers tonight. Going into it, they were trailing the Capitals 4 to 1, going up against a goalie in Samsonov who had not lost a game this season. The Panthers came out in the 3rd and outshot the Capitals 27 - 2 (finishing with 51 shots), scoring 2 power play goals and a short handed goal, and came all the way back to win with a goal with 14 seconds remaining in the game 5 - 4. Yep, was looking at the highlights. Amazing turnaround by the Cats. And not the first one this season...
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Post by hsbob on Dec 1, 2021 9:19:29 GMT -6
An absolutely amazing 3rd period by the Panthers tonight. Going into it, they were trailing the Capitals 4 to 1, going up against a goalie in Samsonov who had not lost a game this season. The Panthers came out in the 3rd and outshot the Capitals 27 - 2 (finishing with 51 shots), scoring 2 power play goals and a short handed goal, and came all the way back to win with a goal with 14 seconds remaining in the game 5 - 4. Gotta admit I started watching part 3 of 'Get back' after the 2nd ended 4-1 and maybe before it ended but I kept an eye on my phone and tuned back in at 4-2. The Cats showed an extra gear quite often last year,coming back from many deposits but that wasn't overdrive last night......that was AFTERBURNER!! Without Barkov,the 'Duke' and Forsling,Lucas Carlsson has looked solid in his 15mins a game for the Cats too. Q assembled a real good staff and saw something he liked in Brunette who's done a real good job himself.
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Post by BigT on Dec 1, 2021 18:09:29 GMT -6
The Panthers are a F****** Wagon! They’re gonna roll over everyone! What a game against the Caps!!!
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Post by hsbob on Dec 3, 2021 13:38:26 GMT -6
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Post by hsbob on Dec 5, 2021 11:19:25 GMT -6
www.litterboxcats.com/2021/12/5/22818548/florida-panthers-st-louis-blues-recap-shootout-mamin-reinhart-lundell-carlsson-bobrovsky-saad-hussoWhere does a guy start? The Panthers didn't have their point a game Selke winner,their high flying/high scoring 'Duke' or Forsling and they didn't care. This is the most enjoyable team in the league for me to watch.... Not the biggest but they ALL play big,especially when it comes to puck battles. Not the fightinest team in the league but every one of em will do what they have to do when that situation arises and come to the aid of a teammate. Not the best defensive team in the league but every one of em will readily throw themselves in front of shots. Of course they have talent and depth BUT it's those character traits like the one's above that make them believe they're never out of a game and they're not.......they're also RARELY if ever outworked! Too many to list with 13 plyers in double digits pointwise but the balanced scoring(REAL balanced scoring....LOL)with no single plyer over 10 goals shows every game but I'll mention a few. I said last spring that Ekblad could have gotten the Cats past the Bolts and 8gls,23pts +21 in 24gms so far has me sure of it......gotta be the leader in Norris voting with 26mins a game. 20yro center Anton Lundell has 5gls,11pts in 20 games BUT it's his ability to take big D-zone draws and first PK unit minutes that's really impressive. An injury or two have allowed 24yro Hawks castoff Lucas Carlsson to crack the lineup to the tune of 9 games so far with 1gl and 5pts,(Borgstrom and Stillman have 1gl,4pts in 26 combined games.......as Connolly gets 3.5M to get hurt in Rockford for that privilege.....we 'fleeced em' LOL! Just shy of 20mins last night saw Carlsson with the Cat's 3rd most from D-men and he was 1st unit PK too. Bob's been Bob again and 20yro Spencer Knight is getting just enough starts and mentoring.
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Post by phill9 on Dec 5, 2021 16:58:32 GMT -6
www.litterboxcats.com/2021/12/5/22818548/florida-panthers-st-louis-blues-recap-shootout-mamin-reinhart-lundell-carlsson-bobrovsky-saad-hussoWhere does a guy start? The Panthers didn't have their point a game Selke winner,their high flying/high scoring 'Duke' or Forsling and they didn't care. This is the most enjoyable team in the league for me to watch.... Not the biggest but they ALL play big,especially when it comes to puck battles. Not the fightinest team in the league but every one of em will do what they have to do when that situation arises and come to the aid of a teammate. Not the best defensive team in the league but every one of em will readily throw themselves in front of shots. Of course they have talent and depth BUT it's those character traits like the one's above that make them believe they're never out of a game and they're not.......they're also RARELY if ever outworked! Too many to list with 13 plyers in double digits pointwise but the balanced scoring(REAL balanced scoring....LOL)with no single plyer over 10 goals shows every game but I'll mention a few. I said last spring that Ekblad could have gotten the Cats past the Bolts and 8gls,23pts +21 in 24gms so far has me sure of it......gotta be the leader in Norris voting with 26mins a game. 20yro center Anton Lundell has 5gls,11pts in 20 games BUT it's his ability to take big D-zone draws and first PK unit minutes that's really impressive. An injury or two have allowed 24yro Hawks castoff Lucas Carlsson to crack the lineup to the tune of 9 games so far with 1gl and 5pts,(Borgstrom and Stillman have 1gl,4pts in 26 combined games.......as Connolly gets 3.5M to get hurt in Rockford for that privilege.....we 'fleeced em' LOL! Just shy of 20mins last night saw Carlsson with the Cat's 3rd most from D-men and he was 1st unit PK too. Bob's been Bob again and 20yro Spencer Knight is getting just enough starts and mentoring. What's also been impressive in the last 3 games, 147 shots on goal without the 3 you mentioned. 50, 46, and 51 shots is an incredible amount to have in a month, much less 3 straight games. It is indeed a fun team to watch, first time in team history coming back from 3 goal deficits in the 3rd period to win. And what's nice is they don't have to rush Barkov, Duclair, or Forsling back, and when they do return work their minutes up to norm if need be. Rumor is that 2 of these 3 are close to returning. When they do, I'm expecting no less then 60 shots a game (lol).
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Post by T-man2010 on Dec 5, 2021 18:02:39 GMT -6
I dropped BOB from the fantasy team. His point totals were killing me.
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Post by hsbob on Dec 7, 2021 10:12:13 GMT -6
It's a back page redo as far as news(LOL)but THIS is how the Cats will be able to redo Huberdeau next year. Guys like Ryan Lomberg for 800K,who'll do absolutely anything for a 'W' and provide a bushel of character for under a Mil are a must.....a MUST. Hawks shoulda kept Vinny for a Mil too but SB sucked.
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Post by BigT on Dec 7, 2021 17:13:53 GMT -6
I dropped BOB from the fantasy team. His point totals were killing me. If BOB ever gets his game back to Vezina status. He’s got quite the team in front of him to do quite a bit. Also, if they could get rid of him and save that money. They’re looking real good cap wise. Don’t be surprised if the Yotes wanna take him for some picks and prospects soon. They’re hard pressed to even make the cap floor next year!!!
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Post by phill9 on Dec 7, 2021 19:08:10 GMT -6
I dropped BOB from the fantasy team. His point totals were killing me. If BOB ever gets his game back to Vezina status. He’s got quite the team in front of him to do quite a bit. Also, if they could get rid of him and save that money. They’re looking real good cap wise. Don’t be surprised if the Yotes wanna take him for some picks and prospects soon. They’re hard pressed to even make the cap floor next year!!! Come on BigT......we all know the Yotes only look to add contracts of players on permanent LTIR! They only want to pay players who don't play for them!
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