Anybodyhome

Nobody called Robinson. And the shutout was gone in 20 seconds.

Worst Canes game I've ever been to. No forecheck, no real O-zone possession time and an overall lackluster effort. Is #52 ready to come back? Even giving him the benefit of the doubt and none of the goals were missiles from distance, toss the 1st goal and the next 3 were soft. There are undoubtedly those here who will defend Kochetkov to the ends of the earth, but he wasn't all that tonight. He made saves, but when he had vision. Every goal scored in the NHL is the result of a missed assignment, or someone out of position, so blaming someone for being out of position is kind of obvious. Hell, if it never happened, you win with shutouts every night. The Canes were horrible tonight. Across the board. Even Slavin got turned around on the 4th goal. The team was not good at all.

Martinook.

Standings: ABH & PF69: 3 each MDC, or1201, PC, DE: 2 each P81 and Damnit: 1 each _________________________ Players with first goals: Jarvis: 4 Svech & Roslovic: 3 each Blake, Martinook & Drury: 2 each Staal, Gostisbehere, Carrier, Orlov, Chatty, Robinson & Necas: all with 1 __________________________ December is a new month with 13 games on the schedule. 7 home, 6 away. 2 back-to-backs, 4 days apart with the Rangers and Preds, on the road Dec 22-23. The second is a away-home against the Devils on Dec 27-28.

Yeah, this is the exact crap that runs rampant on the Panthers board.

I didn't expect the Canes to win any of the last week's games with Martin in net. But, the Canes played 15 games in the 30 days of November, including 3 back-to-backs in the last 2 weeks. Couple the schedule with the fact the team is not playing Canes hockey with a turnstile in net behind them. I'm sorry, I don't care what lineup is on the ice, every player on this roster knows they have to work overtime to help the goalie. If you don't think it's in the back of each player's mind, you're wrong.

Imagine being a Panther fan while talking sh!t about a team who has lost fewer games this season than the Panthers have won in the past 2 seasons.

Canes may get shut out by a scrub goalie.

Florida is not allowing any gaps, they are playing so tight it is negating the Canes speed. Canes are not used to having an opposing player on top of them all the time.

The challenge saves Martin from giving up yet another softie.

Martin with a save!!

Carrier starting on the top line with Aho & Jarvis. RBA needs protection for them going against the Barkov line. Any physicality the Canes had was lost in the off-season (Pesce, Noesen). Orlov, Burns and a couple others need to step it up.

If you got Florida at -115, you're lucky. The line I'm seeing right now is Carolina -120.

Canes are -120 today.

Martinook.