Post-Game Talk (GBU): Much needed Panther wrangling

[toomuchsauce]

G:
Dahlin with a...hold on *hand to earpiece* 70% CF tonight. Scandella, too!

Skinner 2 G, 58% CF

Reinhart - sure, why not. He was good.

Pilut and Bogosian

Ullmark

B:

Ristolainen & McCabe: moreso Ristolainen, less so McCabe, but they probably both deserve it.

U:

WTF is wrong with Yandle? Not gonna lie, I've never really watched him play, but wasn't he like...THE proverbial "puck moving defenseman" who was coveted at the trade deadline and/or offseason trade bait a few years ago? Now he's basically a f***in goon? What is his deal? Does he only play like this against Buffalo, or is he always like this?

 

[Fearnot]

Marty approves of the Eng strategy of if you get the puck try and shoot the empty netter as much as possible.

 

[SundherDome]

U : Sobotka lead the forwards in Ice time.

 

[dortt]

U: Housley's ice time distribution. Pilut is clearly the Antipin on this team. Hell, even Antipin played more last year than Pilut did.

Euro free agents need not sign for a Housley coached team

 

[gallagt01]

U: No help out of town tonight. BOS, NYI, MTL all win.

 

[jBuds]

Good:
-I liked all 6 defensemen tonight, if I'm being honest. Surprised to see Scandella make the OP's bad list.
-Ullmark was solid when called upon.
-Skinner and Reinhart producing sans Jack.
-Larsson has become invaluable.
-I love seeing games like this one from Tage. Hopefully he can string them together more frequently.
-I found value in Sobotka tonight, if I'm being honest.

Bad:
-Okposo has never been the smart and savvy player the media has tried to portray him as over the years. He may be a leader and hardworker, but he's a low-IQ player with no vision or smarts. That was a costly penalty after a dopey turnover.
-Pominville and Mittelstadt played?
-Rodrigues was a tire fire tonight.
-Skinner seeing EN ice in "hattrick" good faith. Put your best defensive players out there in that spot, please.
-The Panthers just whine. I've grown to hate that group. Barkov and Luongo are the only two players I care to see succeed.
-The no-call on GA1.

Huge win.

Came to post this. This one drove me crazy.

 

[beerme1]

Thought they played better than the boxscore shows. Still got lucky playing bad Luongo. Wonder if he's done.

I'm just happy getting one over on Lou. About time!

 

[K8fool]

G:
A win!
Skinner!!!!!!!!!
Reinhart with the quietest 2 points ever
Pilut
Larsson
Thompson

B:
Scandella
Okposo
Mittelstadt

U:
Reffing early
The panthers play dirty. The rat is actually fitting.

A win!

the panthers are a vile dirty team..potvin is the worst homer apologist and they actually have skinner thrown around in their highlights between periods.. classless

 

[K8fool]

great team win without jack.. could be the thing that galvenizes team to compete beyong season..

 

[Asymmetric Solution]

Sobotka played a hell of a game tonight

 

[buffalojedwardo]

Big relief and a W!!!
Loved Linus.

Ive never seen players fall/lose their sticks as much as E-rod and Pominville.

 

[EichHart]

Ugly- Habs and isles somehow keep winning

 

[K8fool]

Also: Mitts on the 4th line. Botts really needs to shore up his colossal failure at center.

just needs to be consistent and have mitts sit in press box when jack returns if he doesnt step up, like tage, it may give him some perspective on bad habits.

 

[buffalojedwardo]

just needs to be consistent and have mitts sit in press box when jack returns if he doesnt step up, like tage, it may give him some perspective on bad habits.

I don't have a problem with Mitts. He's the least of our worries.

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

Skinner proved he can play without Eichel. It's great but his contract case got stronger,

 

[HogtownSabresfan]

T $8+ million

Try again.

 

[K8fool]

I don't have a problem with Mitts. He's the least of our worries.

Im not saying i have a problem , i just think he needs perspective like Tage if things dont go his way during this stretch.. not sure the total but I believe he has never played more than 50 games including wjc in his life..

 

[CrazyPsycho]

McCabe was a warrior tonight

 

[buffalojedwardo]

McCabe was a warrior tonight

blocked a ton of shots and is so steady in our end.

 

[SundherDome]

Interesting take.

We were able to take back Florida down with our speed. Bailey has jets and he brings some physicality which the forward group severely lacks.

I would also prefer Baptiste over Elie at this point as well. Baptiste could at least pot a goal or two

 

[Not Sure]

When does Ullmark take more games from Hutton? Hutton's play as of late has been pretty average, and Ullmark seems to find ways to win games. Maybe we should be shifting work load to whoever the hot goalie is at the time, let the competitiveness of the players decide who the starter is.

 

[CrazyPsycho]

Sobotka over 20 mins and nobody made a peep about it. He played well.

 

[K8fool]

When does Ullmark take more games from Hutton? Hutton's play as of late has been pretty average, and Ullmark seems to find ways to win games. Maybe we should be shifting work load to whoever the hot goalie is at the time, let the competitiveness of the players decide who the starter is.

We shall see with Boston

 

[K8fool]

Good win. Shouldn’t have been that close. We got sloppy/nervous at the end.

This may be the best thing for this team, learning to win without Eichel, and power play without as well..

 

[Moncton man]

I would also prefer Baptiste over Elie at this point as well. Baptiste could at least pot a goal or two

Baptiste is no longer in the Sabres system. Dealt to Nashville.