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Post by squishy24 on May 2, 2022 14:29:06 GMT -6
I been scouring the inter-net as much as my limited abilities allow and come up with almost nothin' on Ekblad's progress. The Panther's own site hasn't done a 'Practice notebook' since 4-11 when 'Bruno' said he was "on schedule" and I saw an article yesterday that said "during the 1st round". If anybody's heard anything else,please share. He's a BIG TIME,difference maker and Chairot's addition makes Fla's D unit one of the very best w/Ekblad. what i found probably wont help what you already know, but he's "possible" to play on game 1 same with Ovechkin, didnt even know he was injured |
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Post by phill9 on May 2, 2022 16:49:01 GMT -6
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Post by hsbob on May 3, 2022 8:30:39 GMT -6
I been scouring the inter-net as much as my limited abilities allow and come up with almost nothin' on Ekblad's progress. The Panther's own site hasn't done a 'Practice notebook' since 4-11 when 'Bruno' said he was "on schedule" and I saw an article yesterday that said "during the 1st round". If anybody's heard anything else,please share. He's a BIG TIME,difference maker and Chairot's addition makes Fla's D unit one of the very best w/Ekblad. what i found probably wont help what you already know, but he's "possible" to play on game 1 same with Ovechkin, didnt even know he was injured He missed the last 4-5 games I think and he's missed an unbelievably low number of games in his career,thanks for the updates you guys!!!!!! |
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Post by phill9 on May 3, 2022 11:10:56 GMT -6
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Post by Nikos on May 3, 2022 12:13:54 GMT -6
With Hawks not part of playoffs will be rooting for the Cats. Let's hope Bob is on his game.
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Post by squishy24 on Jun 22, 2022 11:58:38 GMT -6
Reports are Paul Maurice might be their next coach. Too bad for Bruno
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Post by phill9 on Jun 22, 2022 13:50:18 GMT -6
Reports are Paul Maurice might be their next coach. Too bad for Bruno This was a necessary move. Brunettes inexperience showed throughout the playoffs. I like the fact they brought in an experienced head coach. Article says Maurice signed a multi year contract es.pn/3n56YVw |
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Post by Nikos on Jun 22, 2022 15:07:54 GMT -6
Reports are Paul Maurice might be their next coach. Too bad for Bruno This was a necessary move. Brunettes inexperience showed throughout the playoffs. I like the fact they brought in an experienced head coach. Article says Maurice signed a multi year contract es.pn/3n56YVwGood for Maurice, sounds like a good guy based on previous posts by Big T and he is going to a very good team. |
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Post by galaxytrash on Jun 22, 2022 22:08:31 GMT -6
Reports are Paul Maurice might be their next coach. Too bad for Bruno hopefully he's not nominated for the jack adams next year. |
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Post by hsbob on Jun 23, 2022 9:42:54 GMT -6
Reports are Paul Maurice might be their next coach. Too bad for Bruno This was a necessary move. Brunettes inexperience showed throughout the playoffs. I like the fact they brought in an experienced head coach. Article says Maurice signed a multi year contract es.pn/3n56YVwGood choice on their part but my Panther pride came from my allegiance to guy who took over behind the bench,my familiarity with the team and a like for Maurice will make me tune-in from time to time but things are different now. The sweep didn't help either......can't put it all on the HC who won their first PO series in forever either. With Q banished from the game and God knows what we see behind our bench,I'm pretty much just watching hockey for a spiteful reason like wanting to see the ex-Hawks excel. I knew the end would SUCK,I didn't know how much and none of us know for how long. |
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Post by Nikos on Jun 29, 2022 8:37:35 GMT -6
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Post by steamer on Jul 3, 2022 9:09:50 GMT -6
While this is not good news I don’t think the Panthers will miss a beat. |
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Post by hsbob on Sept 27, 2022 9:36:14 GMT -6
Talk about 'win now mode',Florida finds itself 3.375M over the cap with 22 guys signed,no 1st or 3rd in next year's deep draft,no 1st or 2nd the following year and no 1st again in 2025 with the league's 25th rated prospect pool. They have 5M come off their books in two years but Knight's brand new 4.5M re-do will cover most of that when it kicks in and NOBODY can spend 14.5M on GT's. It'll be hard to do much with 'Bob' until '24-25' when his full NMC becomes a M-NTC(16 team no trade list)as far as moving him(with little to no sweetener to offer)and his bonuses drop to 1.5-1M as far as a buyout.
They'll see Hornqvist and Gudas' 7.8M come off after next year but they'll miss Gudas with only three proven NHL D-men signed at that point and a weak farm system to lean on. Weegar leaves a MASSIVE hole on that team and I watched that team a LOT.
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Post by steamer on Sept 27, 2022 15:48:05 GMT -6
Florida will certainly contend this year but I didn’t realize their draft pick or lack thereof situation. One more interesting thing to watch this season. How about a Cats - Flames finals? Some other teams might make that difficult though.
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Post by phill9 on Sept 27, 2022 18:50:30 GMT -6
Talk about 'win now mode',Florida finds itself 3.375M over the cap with 22 guys signed,no 1st or 3rd in next year's deep draft,no 1st or 2nd the following year and no 1st again in 2025 with the league's 25th rated prospect pool. They have 5M come off their books in two years but Knight's brand new 4.5M re-do will cover most of that when it kicks in and NOBODY can spend 14.5M on GT's. It'll be hard to do much with 'Bob' until '24-25' when his full NMC becomes a M-NTC(16 team no trade list)as far as moving him(with little to no sweetener to offer)and his bonuses drop to 1.5-1M as far as a buyout. They'll see Hornqvist and Gudas' 7.8M come off after next year but they'll miss Gudas with only three proven NHL D-men signed at that point and a weak farm system to lean on. Weegar leaves a MASSIVE hole on that team and I watched that team a LOT. With Duclair out for a huge chunk of the season, they won't have to worry about being over the cap since they'll move his salary to LTIR once the season starts. I'll have to look at Cap Friendly, but I thought Knights contact is 3 years for a total of $4.5 million, so $1.5 per year. But yes, not sure how smart Zito really is. He's picking up some extremely talented players, signing them to huge contracts, which leads to the need to trade guys like Weeger. And with no draft picks to replenish the system they could be done in 2 years. Edit: OK, I didn't hear Knights full terms. You are correct Bob, $4.5 million per season. Beginning to think Zito is clueless, unless he thinks someone like Vegas would be so desperate for a #1 goalie they'd take Bobrovsky. |
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Post by galaxytrash on Sept 27, 2022 19:13:49 GMT -6
Talk about 'win now mode',Florida finds itself 3.375M over the cap with 22 guys signed,no 1st or 3rd in next year's deep draft,no 1st or 2nd the following year and no 1st again in 2025 with the league's 25th rated prospect pool. They have 5M come off their books in two years but Knight's brand new 4.5M re-do will cover most of that when it kicks in and NOBODY can spend 14.5M on GT's. It'll be hard to do much with 'Bob' until '24-25' when his full NMC becomes a M-NTC(16 team no trade list)as far as moving him(with little to no sweetener to offer)and his bonuses drop to 1.5-1M as far as a buyout. They'll see Hornqvist and Gudas' 7.8M come off after next year but they'll miss Gudas with only three proven NHL D-men signed at that point and a weak farm system to lean on. Weegar leaves a MASSIVE hole on that team and I watched that team a LOT. Edit: OK, I didn't hear Knights full terms. You are correct Bob, $4.5 million per season. numbers always don't tell everything but 3 years at 4.5 million/per (starting next season) for a guy with 30 career regular season starts and a .909 save % is pretty good scratch. |
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Post by hsbob on Sept 28, 2022 8:37:15 GMT -6
Talk about 'win now mode',Florida finds itself 3.375M over the cap with 22 guys signed,no 1st or 3rd in next year's deep draft,no 1st or 2nd the following year and no 1st again in 2025 with the league's 25th rated prospect pool. They have 5M come off their books in two years but Knight's brand new 4.5M re-do will cover most of that when it kicks in and NOBODY can spend 14.5M on GT's. It'll be hard to do much with 'Bob' until '24-25' when his full NMC becomes a M-NTC(16 team no trade list)as far as moving him(with little to no sweetener to offer)and his bonuses drop to 1.5-1M as far as a buyout. They'll see Hornqvist and Gudas' 7.8M come off after next year but they'll miss Gudas with only three proven NHL D-men signed at that point and a weak farm system to lean on. Weegar leaves a MASSIVE hole on that team and I watched that team a LOT. With Duclair out for a huge chunk of the season, they won't have to worry about being over the cap since they'll move his salary to LTIR once the season starts. I'll have to look at Cap Friendly, but I thought Knights contact is 3 years for a total of $4.5 million, so $1.5 per year. But yes, not sure how smart Zito really is. He's picking up some extremely talented players, signing them to huge contracts, which leads to the need to trade guys like Weeger. And with no draft picks to replenish the system they could be done in 2 years. Edit: OK, I didn't hear Knights full terms. You are correct Bob, $4.5 million per season. Beginning to think Zito is clueless, unless he thinks someone like Vegas would be so desperate for a #1 goalie they'd take Bobrovsky. That'll get em within 300K of compliance and I'm sure they can handle that but they'll have to clear $$$ to bring Duclair back and they'll need him. That only leaves 12 signed forwards and 3 are,29yro Nick Cousins(55gls,444 career games),recently bought-out,25yro Colin White(36gls,224gms) and some 25yro,SJ reject named Rudolfs Balcers(25gls,153gms) and things look a LOT thinner on defense with 3 of the 7 on the roster,35yro Mark Staal,last year's #7 Lucas Carlsson and some guy named Calle Sjalin,yet to make his NHL debut. Their depth is gone up front with the departures of Marchment,Vetrano and 23yro Owen Tippett and the losses of rental Chiarot and Weegar deplete their back end. Maurice is an upgrade at HC and he'll have his work cut out for him. One thing to remember about Spencer Knight,his entire body of NHL work so far has come before his 21st birthday. 'Bob' was improved last year with 39 wins(on a good team with a LOT of goal support)but Fla would have to retain a few mil IMO,they are all out of sweetener. |
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Post by hsbob on Oct 11, 2022 11:24:42 GMT -6
After sending a few guys down(Carlsson and Del Zotto cleared)and putting three more on 'season opening IR',Fla made it by the skin of their teeth with the minimum 12 forwards,6 D and 2 GT's but they'll have Duclair's 'LTIR' open for an extra body or two after the first game I believe.......the space to bring him back when healthy will be another story all together.....and they'll need him with their depleted depth!
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Post by phill9 on Oct 12, 2022 11:36:34 GMT -6
Kind of sucked the Panthers didn't televise any preseason games. I love to get the feel of teams watching it develop in exhibition games. I have no idea what to expect this season, but it seems too much money spent poorly will leave the Panthers weaker in bottom 6 forwards and bottom 2 defense. The loss of Weeger likely will be a bigger hole then of Huberdeau. I just don't think what Zito is doing is sustainable for long.
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Post by BigT on Oct 13, 2022 7:07:13 GMT -6
Kind of sucked the Panthers didn't televise any preseason games. I love to get the feel of teams watching it develop in exhibition games. I have no idea what to expect this season, but it seems too much money spent poorly will leave the Panthers weaker in bottom 6 forwards and bottom 2 defense. The loss of Weeger likely will be a bigger hole then of Huberdeau. I just don't think what Zito is doing is sustainable for long. I could be wrong here. But I also believe the Cats have no first or 2nd rounders in the next two years. That’s gonna crush them. Especially when they’ve gotta shed some salary. How the hell do you get cap compliant here with zero assets? Not much left in the system either. If the cap rises by 2-3 million next year, like they’ve said. The Cats lose Hornqvist at 5.3. They’ll be alright. Plus Reinhart comes off the books the year after at 6.5. I like Sammy but not at 6.5. I do believe they have some good value contracts though. Barkov at 10 is good. Ekblad at 7.5 is solid. The only thing not on their side? Time. These guys get old fast and waiting for cap space can sink ya!!! |
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Post by phill9 on Oct 13, 2022 9:10:03 GMT -6
Kind of sucked the Panthers didn't televise any preseason games. I love to get the feel of teams watching it develop in exhibition games. I have no idea what to expect this season, but it seems too much money spent poorly will leave the Panthers weaker in bottom 6 forwards and bottom 2 defense. The loss of Weeger likely will be a bigger hole then of Huberdeau. I just don't think what Zito is doing is sustainable for long. I could be wrong here. But I also believe the Cats have no first or 2nd rounders in the next two years. That’s gonna crush them. Especially when they’ve gotta shed some salary. How the hell do you get cap compliant here with zero assets? Not much left in the system either. If the cap rises by 2-3 million next year, like they’ve said. The Cats lose Hornqvist at 5.3. They’ll be alright. Plus Reinhart comes off the books the year after at 6.5. I like Sammy but not at 6.5. I do believe they have some good value contracts though. Barkov at 10 is good. Ekblad at 7.5 is solid. The only thing not on their side? Time. These guys get old fast and waiting for cap space can sink ya!!! They have no firsts for at least the next 3 years. But they do have 2nds in the upcoming draft as well as the 2025 draft. They don't have a 2nd in 2024.
They do also have Yandle and Darling salaries on their books. This year that is costing them $6,575,000 in cap space. Next year it will drop significantly to $1,241,667 thru the 2024/25 season. But it still seems like he is shooting himself in both feet. |
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Post by phill9 on Oct 13, 2022 18:29:17 GMT -6
Seems the Panthers have brought in a lot of new players with edge to their game. 1st period a lot of scrums. To be honest, don't like the style of play, although it is only 1 period of the new season.
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Post by phill9 on Oct 13, 2022 22:03:27 GMT -6
So Hubie-doobie-doo has been replaced with Tkachuk Ca-ching
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Post by steamer on Oct 14, 2022 7:12:36 GMT -6
Saw Tkachuk got an EN for his first as a Panther.
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Post by phill9 on Oct 14, 2022 17:37:03 GMT -6
Saw Tkachuk got an EN for his first as a Panther. Yep. Created numerous chances throughout the game. I don't mind his game, I'm just hoping the whole team isn't going to be as chippy as they were yesterday. |
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Post by vadarx on Oct 14, 2022 18:29:38 GMT -6
Saw Tkachuk got an EN for his first as a Panther. Yep. Created numerous chances throughout the game. I don't mind his game, I'm just hoping the whole team isn't going to be as chippy as they were yesterday. that's kind of his game, so perhaps the team is following suit... |
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Post by phill9 on Oct 14, 2022 20:29:40 GMT -6
Yep. Created numerous chances throughout the game. I don't mind his game, I'm just hoping the whole team isn't going to be as chippy as they were yesterday. that's kind of his game, so perhaps the team is following suit... Yeah, I knew it was his game,I just don't want to see the scrums all season long. |
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Post by vadarx on Oct 14, 2022 21:19:04 GMT -6
that's kind of his game, so perhaps the team is following suit... Yeah, I knew it was his game,I just don't want to see the scrums all season long. I hear ya but... that might be just the attitude adjustment the cats need, tbh. similar to the bolts needing one after the lost to the jackets. might help em come playoff time. |
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Post by steamer on Oct 15, 2022 14:49:18 GMT -6
Based on today’s box score Tkachuk was as chippy as ever. On his way to becoming or solidifying himself as one of the most hated players in the league.
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Post by vadarx on Oct 15, 2022 15:10:24 GMT -6
Based on today’s box score Tkachuk was as chippy as ever. On his way to becoming or solidifying himself as one of the most hated players in the league. I'd say solidifying. same as daddy. |
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