Post-Game Talk: Panthers with a Hubie Doobie doo finish, a character filled 4-3 OT win in Carolina

[Dread Clawz]

Especially a team like the Panthers, with a bunch of fans in Finland and great potential in Sweden (to recover the glory days of Johan Garpenlöv and Marcus Nilson, who coincidentally also were both spawned by Djurgården just like Wennberg and Hörnqvist). It seems all the European games (weekend afternoons) are in the Eastern division. What a waste.

Don't forget Per Gustafsson

 

[I am not exposed]

I've got no beef with the Canes. When we're not in the hunt in the playoffs, they are one of the teams I root for.

 

[I am not exposed]

Apologies in advance. I picked up Driedger and he's stating in my fantasy team.

 

[FinlandPanther]

Apologies in advance. I picked up Driedger and he's stating in my fantasy team.

Boooooo.

 

[PanthersHockey1]

Man that looks and feels like a hundred years ago.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Man that looks and feels like a hundred years ago.

That dive is even worse than I remember by Staal though. Absolutely embarassing. Still want him at the deadline

Unrelated...imagine a boys night out of Belfour, Jagr, and Olli???

 

[ProjectPanthers]

I've hated the Canes for as long as I can remember. It's definitely a combination of them having an incredibly unlikeable team, and the Panthers getting stomped every time they went to play there.

Eddie calling out Staal for that dive is a classic Panthers clip. RIP Dave Strader

 

[Ratsreign]

Saw a tweet from the Canes side saying this is one of the makeup games after the earlier postponement. It’s at 5 to fit it into the existing tv schedule (didn’t specify either Carolina or FL’s tv schedule).

Early start time is actually because of NBCSN having exclusive US rights to Wednesday night
Michael Smith
@MSmithCanes
The #Canes had zero Wednesday games on their original 2020-21 schedule. Now they play on Wednesday in back-to-back weeks, and both games are at .. Why? NBCSN has an exclusive US broadcast window on Wednesdays, so the early faceoff allows the game to be shown regionally.

 

[Ghoste]

-ghoste

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

If you’re promising no more awful dives, then maybe I might enjoy watching this team play more. I do really enjoy Tro.

The memories are burned deep into my soul.It’s not like the Panthers are filled with wonderful winning seasons lately, so that makes those memories even more hurtful.

I honestly can’t think of a player on the team that plays that type of game where they’re trying induce weak calls. I imagine with Rod behind the bench if you pulled a move like that you wouldn’t be seeing much ice time for the rest of the game or even worse he’d make you arm wrestle him.

Aho draws a good amount of penalties and because he’s smaller and tries shifty moves sometimes he goes flying but he’s usually right back up fighting to get the puck. Canes are now more of a cycle/passing oriented team these days vs when EStaal, Skinner, Semin, etc were on the team and just tried to skate around the whole time. The only player that is kind of in that mold is Necas but he’s kind of a horse so doesn’t fall down much.

 

[SoupyFIN]

Interesting no: I assumed because there like fifty vowels in his name. What a country Finland: producing two stars with mixed heritages that will center Florida to the Stanley Cup!

There hasn't been that many Finnish Swedes in the NHL, but it's been more prevalent in other sports. Our national soccer team had quite many Finnish Swedes in the early 2000s.

So the Finnish men are getting back at Sweden (from all that war time) by luring their women away?
Gotta say, that's a solid plan.

It was more like Sweden and Russia playing hot potato on who gets to control us.

I'd also say it's far more likely that Finnish people (regardless of gender) move to Sweden than the other way around, since we have their language compulsory to learn at school and a large part of Swedes are blown away that there's Finnish people that actually speak Swedish as their mother tongue.

 

[violaswallet]

There hasn't been that many Finnish Swedes in the NHL, but it's been more prevalent in other sports. Our national soccer team had quite many Finnish Swedes in the early 2000s.

It was more like Sweden and Russia playing hot potato on who gets to control us.

I'd also say it's far more likely that Finnish people (regardless of gender) move to Sweden than the other way around, since we have their language compulsory to learn at school and a large part of Swedes are blown away that there's Finnish people that actually speak Swedish as their mother tongue.

It’s the FinnRusky that’s truly the chosen one it’s awesome

 

[I am not exposed]

It’s the FinnRusky that’s truly the chosen one it’s awesome

Barkov?

 

[SoupyFIN]

It’s the FinnRusky that’s truly the chosen one it’s awesome

I hope one day Barkov gives an interview, or someone writes an article about it. People take his decion (to play for Finland instead of Russia) far too granted, and I don't think Finnish hockey was back then in the late 2000s/early 2010s in a position to make an indisputable case to sway him from choosing to play for Russia. Obviously now we've come a long way, a new generation of offensive players, and players in general who think the game differently have come forward, but back then we were a defence first team that relied on using the trap to defeat the top nations. In a way it's still like that, our blueprint starts from defence first, but it's not the kind of turtle hockey for 55 minutes that we used to do in the past.

It also speaks a lot about Barkov as a person, he wasn't blinded by the big lights and the seemingly easy path to success. He chose the process, and that process has paid off for the past decade. We've moved from a perennial top5 team, to a team that every nation genuinely fears to play against.

 

[Gordonx11]

Playing a drinking game tonight. Every time goldie says something like "man oh man, how many times in years past haven't we seen _____ from the Panthers"

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

There hasn't been that many Finnish Swedes in the NHL, but it's been more prevalent in other sports. Our national soccer team had quite many Finnish Swedes in the early 2000s.

It was more like Sweden and Russia playing hot potato on who gets to control us.

I'd also say it's far more likely that Finnish people (regardless of gender) move to Sweden than the other way around, since we have their language compulsory to learn at school and a large part of Swedes are blown away that there's Finnish people that actually speak Swedish as their mother tongue.

That's pretty impressive, so you're fluent or somewhat decent at Swedish then?
Wouldn't know the Finnish history but the Swedes seem nicer than the Russians

Stopped taking my French classes in 10th grade mon ami.
You been watching all the game this year, how we look so far in your opinion?

 

[Ghoste]

I’ll be impressed to win today. After that crazy three game series, going into the house of horrors and against a strong Canes team. Going to be tough.

-ghoste

 

[Chaos2k7]

Apologies in advance. I picked up Driedger and he's stating in my fantasy team.

Is that good or bad for the Panthers?

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

Ekblad turns the puck over on the first shift, not a peep on here.

Edit: Then let’s another odd man rush go by. He’d better get his head out of his ass.

 

[PanthersHockey1]

Carolina's fundamentals and work ethic are outstanding.

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

We look atrocious.

 

[ProjectPanthers]

Nobody is moving their feet. Gotta change that fast or Canes are going to score in no time.

 

[Ghoste]

Looks like we are still at the hotel.

-ghoste

 

[PanthersHockey1]

this looks like a blowout loss incoming.

 

[Gentle Man]

Woof. This looks bad so far