Pre-Game Talk: Panthers @ Lightning

batting1k · Mar 23, 2015

Bjugstad is the only player missing from practice at the Ice Den today. Only played 11 minutes in Bruins game

Lightning coming off a 5-3 win vs. Boston yesterday

ucanthanzalthetruth · Mar 23, 2015

An Ottawa win today and Florida loss Tuesday pretty much ends it.

batting1k · Mar 23, 2015

ucanthanzalthetruth said:
An Ottawa win today and Florida loss Tuesday pretty much ends it.

San Jose is better than their record suggests and Hamburglar has been shaky his past 2 games, allowing 4 goals both games. Hopefully the Sharks can get by him

Bure1096 · Mar 23, 2015

batting1k said:
San Jose is better than their record suggests and Hamburglar has been shaky his past 2 games, allowing 4 goals both games. Hopefully the Sharks can get by him

But the Sharks goaltending has been shaky all season. I expect a high scoring game.

spacemanatee · Mar 23, 2015

someone needs to take the sens back down to earth asap

Android 16 · Mar 23, 2015

ucanthanzalthetruth said:
An Ottawa win today and Florida loss Tuesday pretty much ends it.

I think we can only afford one more loss in the 10 remaining games. Every game is win or the season is over. The only thing that has been saving us is the circumstances around us.

FlaPanthers11 · Mar 23, 2015

ucanthanzalthetruth said:
An Ottawa win today and Florida loss Tuesday pretty much ends it.

To be fair, this has been said for a few weeks now. Every time it seems over we get it back together and keep some hope alive.

batting1k · Mar 23, 2015

lower body soreness for Bjugs, doubtful for tomorrow per Jameson

panthersfan94 · Mar 23, 2015

AaronEkbald said:
I think we can only afford one more loss in the 10 remaining games. Every game is win or the season is over. The only thing that has been saving us is the circumstances around us.

You think we need 98 points to make the playoffs?

ucanthanzalthetruth · Mar 23, 2015

FlaPanthers11 said:
To be fair, this has been said for a few weeks now. Every time it seems over we get it back together and keep some hope alive.

If that scenario happens, potentially 7 points back. It's over if Ottawa wins more games than Florida by Sunday.

batting1k said:
lower body soreness for Bjugs, doubtful for tomorrow per Jameson

Good, he's clearly hurt.

panthersfan94 said:
You think we need 98 points to make the playoffs?

I think it's reasonable to say Ottawa goes 7-4, so yeah

Android 16 · Mar 23, 2015

panthersfan94 said:
You think we need 98 points to make the playoffs?

The 8th seed might even need 100+ points.

batting1k said:
lower body soreness for Bjugs, doubtful for tomorrow per Jameson

He's pretty much been absent for the past few anyway. Won't change that much.

panthersfan94 · Mar 23, 2015

AaronEkbald said:
The 8th seed might even need 100+ points.

He's pretty much been absent for the past few anyway. Won't change that much.

That's not going to happen. I forget where someone posted it last week, but the 8th seed averages like 93 points across both conferences. Ottawa has 2 easy games left, but so do we. Ottawa is bound to cool off at some point and if they don't fine good for them and they deserve to make it.

adam graves · Mar 23, 2015

panthersfan94 said:
That's not going to happen. I forget where someone posted it last week, but the 8th seed averages like 93 points across both conferences. Ottawa has 2 easy games left, but so do we. Ottawa is bound to cool off at some point and if they don't fine good for them and they deserve to make it.

correct.

94 usually does it.

Might be 96 this yr.

iam76 · Mar 23, 2015

in or out this is a successful season. if we go backwards next year then we have a gripe

floridada · Mar 23, 2015

panthersfan94 said:
That's not going to happen. I forget where someone posted it last week, but the 8th seed averages like 93 points across both conferences. Ottawa has 2 easy games left, but so do we. Ottawa is bound to cool off at some point and if they don't fine good for them and they deserve to make it.

Problem is that people have been saying that for weeks now.

ucanthanzalthetruth · Mar 23, 2015

adam graves said:
correct.

94 usually does it.

Might be 96 this yr.

For Ottawa to have less than 96 points they have to finish 5-6. I don't see how that's realistic at this point.

batting1k · Mar 23, 2015

Boooooth10 said:
Problem is that people have been saying that for weeks now.

remember when chicago went on that crazy 24 game point streak in 2013?

Android 16 · Mar 23, 2015

I think we'll lose this game somehow. We don't match up well against Tampa, especially now that they're healthy. We're 1-2-1 dating back to preseason against them. They're too fast and too offensively skilled. We barely got out of the last game and they were missing a couple key guys. Plus, Tyler Johnson is just going off this year. Guy is a friggin' gem. Then you have Mr. 40-g's. Then Kucherov who we all saw ripped everyone at the rookie camp. Palat another insane passer. Drouin, a highly skilled guy buried under a plethora of talent. They're stacked.

Boothinator · Mar 23, 2015

AaronEkbald said:
I think we'll lose this game somehow. We don't match up well against Tampa, especially now that they're healthy. We're 1-2-1 dating back to preseason against them. They're too fast and too offensively skilled. We barely got out of the last game and they were missing a couple key guys. Plus, Tyler Johnson is just going off this year. Guy is a friggin' gem. Then you have Mr. 40-g's. Then Kucherov who we all saw ripped everyone at the rookie camp. Palat another insane passer. Drouin, a highly skilled guy buried under a plethora of talent. They're stacked.

You really comparing preseason and regular season? I mean cmon

We played well enough in both regular season games to win.

Montoya was in net and Luongo should help us out even more.

We matched up well against other speedy teams like the Rangers.

WESEERED · Mar 23, 2015

ucanthanzalthetruth said:
For Ottawa to have less than 96 points they have to finish 5-6. I don't see how that's realistic at this point.

check your math. if they go 6-5 they only have 95 points.

Android 16 · Mar 23, 2015

Probably something like this

Huberdeau - Barkov - Jagr
Jokinen - Bolland - Pirri
Hayes - Trocheck - Boyes
Upshall - Mackenzie - Kopecky

Campbell - Ekblad
Kulikov - Mitchell
Gudbranson - Kampfer

Luongo
Ellis

ucanthanzalthetruth · Mar 23, 2015

WESEERED said:
check your math. if they go 6-5 they only have 95 points.

I was off by a point, w.e. It's still completely unrealistic.

WESEERED · Mar 23, 2015

ucanthanzalthetruth said:
I was off by a point, w.e. It's still completely unrealistic.

You think it unrealistic that they go 6-5 or 5-6? So you think in their last 21 games they will be a minimum of 16-5? I dont think so.

ucanthanzalthetruth · Mar 23, 2015

WESEERED said:
You think it unrealistic that they go 6-5 or 5-6? So you think in their last 21 games they will be a minimum of 16-5? I dont think so.

They're 14-1-1 in their last 16 and play Toronto twice, that's 2 free wins. It's time to stop thinking that they're going to cool off. I think they finish 7-4, which would mean Florida has to go 9-1.

panthersfan94 · Mar 23, 2015

ucanthanzalthetruth said:
I was off by a point, w.e. It's still completely unrealistic.

Ottawa going 6-5 is unrealistic? Their schedule is not as easy as you seem to think. If they go 6-5 and we go 8-2 we are in the playoffs that's all there is to it. I think Ottawa will end up making it but it's not as impossible as some are making it out to be

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