Pre-Game Talk: Rags @ Cats NYE Showdown

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

NYR

Rick Nash Derick Brassard Mats Zuccarello
Chris Kreider Derek Stepan (A) Martin St. Louis
Carl Hagelin Kevin Hayes Lee Stempniak
Tanner Glass Dominic Moore J.T. Miller


Ryan McDonagh (C) Dan Girardi (A)
Marc Staal Dan Boyle
John Moore Kevin Klein

Scratched
Matt Hunwick
Jesper Fast
Anthony Duclair



Panthers

Jonathan Huberdeau Nick Bjugstad Vincent Trocheck
Sean Bergenheim Aleksander Barkov Jimmy Hayes
Jussi Jokinen Dave Bolland Brad Boyes
Flash Derek MacKenzie Scottie Upshall


Brian Campbell Aaron Ekblad
Willie Mitchell Dmitry Kulikov
Dylan Olsen Erik Gudbranson


Injuries: Kopecky-undisclosed but not serious, day-to-day
Thornton- groin, IR

Healthy scratch: Brandon Pirri






Goaltending matchup is Montoya vs Lundqvist



Still no 3 game win/loss streak all year

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[RainingRats]

Huge game. HUGE GAME.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Team plays like crap in front of Monty more often than not, and on the second of a b2b...

 

[CHGoalie27]

Ideally, I'd like a win in OT, sending both teams to 43 pts, still having games in hand.

Worst thing that could happen is a TOR-BOS OT. Bruins win clean?

End of the night, I'd like everyone from 10th-6th place with 43 pts. Kick the New Year even with Chitown beating the everloving **** out of the Crapitals.

No idea why Montoya is in. Should be able to see my two favorite and hottest(yea Rinne,blahblah) goalies match up.

Is Flash a definite scratch for Kopecky?

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

No idea why Montoya is in. Should be able to see my two favorite and hottest(yea Rinne,blahblah) goalies match up.

Is Flash a definite scratch for Kopecky?

I honestly just copied the Panthers lineup from the last GDT, I don't know if Kopy is out, if I had to guess I would say yes.

Goalies suck on b2b. I have confidence in Montoya, just not the team when he's playing.

 

[SoupyFIN]

I honestly just copied the Panthers lineup from the last GDT, I don't know if Kopy is out, if I had to guess I would say yes.

IIRC SN had Kopecky out with an undisclosed injury, so I doubt he'll be playing tonight.

 

[CatscratchFever]

Ideally, I'd like a win in OT, sending both teams to 43 pts, still having games in hand.

Worst thing that could happen is a TOR-BOS OT. Bruins win clean?

End of the night, I'd like everyone from 10th-6th place with 43 pts. Kick the New Year even with Chitown beating the everloving **** out of the Crapitals.

No idea why Montoya is in. Should be able to see my two favorite and hottest(yea Rinne,blahblah) goalies match up.

Is Flash a definite scratch for Kopecky?

Ideally, the Panthers win in regulation and claim the 1st wildcard spot.

 

[CHGoalie27]

Ideally, the Panthers win in regulation and claim the 1st wildcard spot.

Aim high....get...high? Lol

 

[EnforceTheLaus]

Best possible outcome is Cats and Bs win regulation. That would move us into WC1 and Bos to WC2.

 

[PanthersHockey1]

Need hubs or barky to step up consistently to have a chance this game/year.

I'm tired of their under performance

 

[CatscratchFever]

Best possible outcome is Cats and Bs win regulation. That would move us into WC1 and Bos to WC2.

Exactly what I was trying to say.

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

Need hubs or barky to step up consistently to have a chance this game/year.

I'm tired of their under performance

Ahem... we already have a chance.

 

[Egblad]

Need hubs or barky to step up consistently to have a chance this game/year.

I'm tired of their under performance

Agree.

 

[Effe]

Any news on Kopy?

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

I edited the lineup to reflect Kopecky being out

Any news on Kopy?

Nope, all that's known is it's not serious. No practice today so we'll see at puckdrop. I think he'll be out though.

 

[I am not exposed]

Ideally, I'd like a win in OT, sending both teams to 43 pts, still having games in hand.

Worst thing that could happen is a TOR-BOS OT. Bruins win clean?

End of the night, I'd like everyone from 10th-6th place with 43 pts. Kick the New Year even with Chitown beating the everloving **** out of the Crapitals.

No idea why Montoya is in. Should be able to see my two favorite and hottest(yea Rinne,blahblah) goalies match up.

Is Flash a definite scratch for Kopecky?

Because it is a B2B. We can't expect Lou to play 82 games. Especially when most of those go to OT/shootout!

 

[PBPantherfan]

Need hubs or barky to step up consistently to have a chance this game/year.

I'm tired of their under performance

Huberdeau has 14 points in his last 20 games not great but not bad. Barkov somebody needs to sacrifice a chicken for him he's cursed.

 

[batting1k]

Huberdeau has 14 points in his last 20 games not great but not bad. Barkov somebody needs to sacrifice a chicken for him he's cursed.

He's definitely getting close and he's been playing much better offensively lately. Hit the crossbar yesterday on a shot which beat Tokarski by a mile. He led the team in Corsi at 72% last night (Hayes had 71% and Bergy had 65%) so with all of that offensive zone time, the points are bound to come.

 

[I am not exposed]

He's definitely getting close and he's been playing much better offensively lately. Hit the crossbar yesterday on a shot which beat Tokarski by a mile. He led the team in Corsi at 72% last night (Hayes had 71% and Bergy had 65%) so with all of that offensive zone time, the points are bound to come.

I agree. Barkov is playing well, just is not getting the points. I chose him first in Florida Panthers point pool because I believe.

 

[batting1k]

I agree. Barkov is playing well, just is not getting the points. I chose him first in Florida Panthers point pool because I believe.

Bergenheim leads the team with a CF% of 59.41 and Barkov is a close 2nd with a CF% of 59.05. Barkov SF% is 59.89 (2nd behind Bergy as well) so that means this season, the Panthers have just about 60 percent of ALL shot attempts taken while Barkov is on the ice. This is huge, especially for a 19 year old typically playing against the top line of the opponent.

Barkov may not be producing as much as we'd like, but the opponent sure as hell isn't doing much when he's on the ice either.

 

[FLpanthers16]

Bergenheim leads the team with a CF% of 59.41 and Barkov is a close 2nd with a CF% of 59.05. Barkov SF% is 59.89 (2nd behind Bergy as well) so that means this season, the Panthers have just about 60 percent of ALL shot attempts taken while Barkov is on the ice. This is huge, especially for a 19 year old typically playing against the top line of the opponent.

Barkov may not be producing as much as we'd like, but the opponent sure as hell isn't doing much when he's on the ice either.

Give Barkov a decent shooter on his line and the points will rise...

No offense to Bergy but hes not what you call a sniper..

 

[spacemanatee]

still he's worst on the team with -6 with mitchell which doesn't mean much cuz mitchell & barkov are great defensively imo.

 

[batting1k]

Give Barkov a decent shooter on his line and the points will rise...

No offense to Bergy but hes not what you call a sniper..

For sure, no doubt about it. Barkov has the lowest PDO on the team (95) which pretty much means he's getting no puck luck. The league average for a forward is 100 so he has no where to really go but up.

 

[batting1k]

still he's worst on the team with -6 with mitchell which doesn't mean much cuz mitchell & barkov are great defensively imo.

Which is why +/- is a pointless stat and has no context so it's completely irrelevant.

 

[spacemanatee]

Which is why +/- is a pointless stat and has no context so it's completely irrelevant.

yeah dude, that's what i was saying