Post-Game Talk: Sens @ Panthers Have a good Christmas everyone!

[livewell68]

He's never really been fast for NHL standards even is his prime.

What?







Jagr was absolutely fast in his prime.

I think people confuse Rangers era Jagr with his prime, he was already 33 + years old by then.

 

[Chino Oscar]

He's never really been fast for NHL standards even is his prime.

What? He wasn't THE fastest player, but he definitely was one of the faster ones in the NHL in his prime. I watched several of his games in the 90's while with the Penguins (loved watching Mario and Jagr) and IMO he definitely was fast

 

[I am not exposed]

What? He wasn't THE fastest player, but he definitely was one of the faster ones in the NHL in his prime. I watched several of his games in the 90's while with the Penguins (loved watching Mario and Jagr) and IMO he definitely was fast

okay. I stand corrected.

 

[batting1k]

 

[Gentle Man]

Lmfao

 

[Aksu]

Dale Tallon's daughter is a comedian? Hmm.. I wonder if it runs in the family.. I wonder if the Bolland signing was just a huge joke..

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

Pierre Mcguire was on wqam this morning. He mentioned the 7 different types of players that a franchise needs as cornerstone building blocks.

You need those top 2 centers

You need an elite shutdown defenseman

You need an elite puck moving defenseman

You need an elite goaltender

You need a top line power forward

And I forgot what the other one was (the top 2 centers count as 2 building blocks). So basically what he was trying to say was that Florida had all of that right now (although a couple were older veterans). Top 2 centers = Barkov, Bjugstad, Elite shutdown defenseman = Gudbranson (he really likes Gudbranson), Elite puck moving defenseman = Ekblad, Elite goaltender = Luongo, Top line power forward = Jagr.
He also felt that Crouse has the potential to be that top line power forward in the future, and he really liked Matheson and McCoshen.
So all in all, he gave a really glowing review on the Panthers.

 

[SoupyFIN]

Pierre Mcguire was on wqam this morning. He mentioned the 7 different types of players that a franchise needs as cornerstone building blocks.

You need those top 2 centers

You need an elite shutdown defenseman

You need an elite puck moving defenseman

You need an elite goaltender

You need a top line power forward

And I forgot what the other one was (the top 2 centers count as 2 building blocks). So basically what he was trying to say was that Florida had all of that right now (although a couple were older veterans). Top 2 centers = Barkov, Bjugstad, Elite shutdown defenseman = Gudbranson (he really likes Gudbranson), Elite puck moving defenseman = Ekblad, Elite goaltender = Luongo, Top line power forward = Jagr.
He also felt that Crouse has the potential to be that top line power forward in the future, and he really liked Matheson and McCoshen.
So all in all, he gave a really glowing review on the Panthers.

Pierre gonna Pierre.

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

Pierre gonna Pierre.

Yep. That's was on my mind too. lol

But at the beginning of the interview the hosts asked him what does he think of the Panthers. And the first thing he said was that he sent an email to his bosses at NBC, and said that they should be talking about the Panthers more.

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

Pierre Mcguire was on wqam this morning. He mentioned the 7 different types of players that a franchise needs as cornerstone building blocks.

You need those top 2 centers

You need an elite shutdown defenseman

You need an elite puck moving defenseman

You need an elite goaltender

You need a top line power forward

And I forgot what the other one was (the top 2 centers count as 2 building blocks). So basically what he was trying to say was that Florida had all of that right now (although a couple were older veterans). Top 2 centers = Barkov, Bjugstad, Elite shutdown defenseman = Gudbranson (he really likes Gudbranson), Elite puck moving defenseman = Ekblad, Elite goaltender = Luongo, Top line power forward = Jagr.
He also felt that Crouse has the potential to be that top line power forward in the future, and he really liked Matheson and McCoshen.
So all in all, he gave a really glowing review on the Panthers.

Considering that all of those mentioned players (minus Jagr) are really young, and coupled with the fact that only a few other teams can challenge the described combination of player types, this team has a very bright future ahead. For an example, I'm not too worried about some of the top teams in the league at the moment because they are missing some of the key player types or structure. For an example. DAL is playing lights out atm but as soon as playoffs come around, I predict that the likes of Lucic and Brown will be shutting down Klingberg, Goligoski and Demers in their own zone and thus crippling their offense to abysmal numbers.

The #4 position on the GA-column is promising at this stage to say the least considering that the six previous championship teams have been in the top5 in goals allowed-category. I gotta hand it to Gallant, he has definitely given this team structure to play defense as a team and, consequently, the belief that any opponent can be won. The dump'n chase-tactic in the beginning was infuriating to watch for 40 games or so, but judging from the long-term results, that might have been GG's approach to succumb this team to play under a structure.

Only thing missing would be a Hossa/Gaborik-type of a 40g player but I think that is not a necessity as long as there's an ample amount of +20g forwards.

 

[Little Bobby Boo]

In pierres defense we were lucky to get Ekblad

 

[adam graves]

Pierre gonna Pierre.

pierre also said the luongo markstrom trade was a disaster for the panthers.

 

[IM Clutcm]

pierre also said the luongo markstrom trade was a disaster for the panthers.

I still don't understand that lol.

 

[Gentle Man]

A lot of people wrote off Luongo, not just pierre.

Even on siriusxm, he loves the Panthers. Their pace, and has called them a dangerous team.

 

[IM Clutcm]

A lot of people wrote off Luongo, not just pierre.

Even on siriusxm, he loves the Panthers. Their pace, and has called them a dangerous team.

Even so, Luongo seemed like he was still a top 15/20 goalie and Markstrom looked to be a backup at best and Matthias was a career bottom six player.

 

[PanthersHockey1]

The Panthers are a much better team with barkov and ekblad then jones and ekblad. or jones and reinhart?

 

[EnforceTheLaus]

Man a huge opportunity next games. Both will be 3rd string goalies on teams in the B2B.

 

[Gentle Man]

Even so, Luongo seemed like he was still a top 15/20 goalie and Markstrom looked to be a backup at best and Matthias was a career bottom six player.

Yeah I know. But his mentality was maybe his contract value plus term plus decline was bad.

Believe me though, he is high high high on this team. He gave mad props for Tallon drafting Barkov THEN getting Jagr to help his development

 

[IM Clutcm]

Man a huge opportunity next games. Both will be 3rd string goalies on teams in the B2B.

Easy wins.