kungfoodude

May's should stick around but if he doesn't start relatively early(in his career), I wouldn't expect him to be a starting player here. That seems to be the general way that works for most of those guys. Smith I expect to be gone from the active roster fairly quickly. IMO, he's a guy that is extremely limited, albeit a great athlete. It's hard to justify keeping a guy around with his limitations just because he might be decent in kick coverage.

Agreed. That is about how I slot them. That was one reason why Marshall was such a head scratcher from last season. Genuinely perplexed by how ineffective he was. That was a guy I was sure was going to be a season one contributor.

Can you imagine what Rhule would come up with? I shudder to think about it.

I figured I would do a little Panthers draft history stroll with some "data" to show how often these guys pan out. Sometimes we need a little enthusiasm check heading into TC season(roughly 2 months away). A note on methodology. I am using a .25 wAV/GM threshold as being "exceptional." For the past decade(2011-2021 drafts) here are the exceptional players(so far). Understand that this threshold is and should be lower for picks in this range: - Chubba Hubbard(4th - 2021) - Dennis Daley(6th - 2019) - Harrison Butker(7th - 2017) - Daryl Williams(4th - 2015) - Tre Boston(4th - 2014) - AJ Klein(5th - 2013) - Josh Norman(5th - 2012) Note: I well aware that Butker, Daley and Hubbard could very easily fall below this threshold in the coming years. That is 7 out of 44 picks or roughly 16% success rate. Using the same threshold, our historic hit rate is: 15.4% So, given that these rates are fairly similar I suspect that is a reasonable expectation of these guys panning out in that range. It also means that you shouldn't expect one of these picks to be a hit every season. TLDR Low hit rate on 4th-7th picks. Don't get overly excited about them.

I didn't like him lashing out at the fans in frustration last season. He needs to stop paying attention to the fans or social media and keep his mind in his craft. We need a very good year from him otherwise that pick is gonna start looking foolish. We can't afford to have bust top 10 picks. Especially given how few elite talent guys we have on the roster.

It isn't like the guys in front of him are playing great either. Once again, a team effort to poo the bed on the road. Not trying to excuse Raanta but we play like poo in every phase of the game on the road. It's maddening.

It was kind of obvious fairly early this was gonna happen. We just don't win road games. If we just hold serve at home, we can make the Stanley Cup Finals. But, if we face the Avs it's a done deal. I don't see a single road game victory the rest of the playoffs(however long or short). We are completely incapable of doing it.

Dude, Pyotr would be crushed by these guys. His future could be bright but it's definitely not now.

Whelp, this is fuging over. I can safely turn this off.

Yep, looking like standard Canes playoff road hockey. What a joke. I just don't understand why we suck so badly on the road.

That was bad. All Raanta there.

These NHL guys are warriors. No soft guys like soccer or MLB.

Going sort of the way I expected so far. Already looking a little flat.

He is going to have to bounce back well, because he was below average last season. I gotta be honest, we need Burns to take a step forward, as well. Right now it might be hard to justify giving him a huge contract based on production.

If a 20+ year old record or largely minor legal flags are an issue, probably not a place you would want to work anyway. I would put more into perhaps some personality flaws perhaps being the reasons. Or maybe he just isn't head coach material. Many an effective coordinator or assistant wasn't a capable head coach. It's an interesting case, though.

That's just perception versus reality. If you look at EB's rap sheet, most of it is from a specific period of time. You will also notice that none of his brushes with law enforcement are from the past 20 years. People using his criminal history as a red flag are just grasping pretty heavily at straws. It's definitely more than that. It's something current, not some nonsense from when he was in his 20's.

I think you are just making the joke mean whatever you want to fit your narrative. But, that isn't surprising.

Lol. Where are you getting gang rape? Speaking of racist.....

I mean......let's be honest....it's probably coming back here. But you know what......we win here.

GIVE ME THE EN

SUCK IT IGOR

Put another 2 goals in and they will STFU.

Honestly, it's been pretty nice playing the Rangers and not dealing with the goonery that Boston was dishing out.

3 more goals on him in the 3rd. I want to see a fuging shelling. Break him.

I am not asking much here. I just want to score 4 unanswered goals in a row. That's literally it guys.