Canes vs Panthers 7pm

[Panthers Fan 69]

Last regular season game. Simple as this. Win tonight…metro is ours. NJ loses, metro is ours.  
 

Just win

[Harbingers]

Show us you got fight canes. 

Edited April 13, 2023 by Harbingers

[glenwo2]

44 minutes ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Last regular season game. Simple as this. Win tonight…metro is ours. NJ loses, metro is ours.  
 

Just win

Don't depend on my Devils to lose.

Canes should just focus on winning their game tonight against a Panthers team that is now going to go balls-to-the-wall in trying to avoid facing that absolute WAGON called the Boston Bruins in the first round.

So hopefully they don't make the mistake of thinking that just 'cause the Panthers clinched yesterday, that they have nothing to play for. 

This is going to be a pretty tough game.

 

 

[Anybodyhome]

Boston: 1-0-2 (4 pts in 3 games) (9 GF - 8 GA)

NY Islanders: 3-1 (6 pts in 4 games) (12 GF - 9 GA)

Florida: 1-1 (2 pts in 2 games) (4 GF - 3 GA)

NJ: 2-2 (4 pts in 4 games) (12 GF - 13 GA)

NY Rags: 1-3 (2 pts in 4 games) (9 GF - 15 GA)

Tampa Bay: 2-1 (4 pts in 3 games) (10 GF - 7 GA)

The Rags are the only team to take the Canes and beat them consistently. The goal differential is lopsided. Every other team on this list is just another game.

[Anybodyhome]

Oh, and if Andersen is in net tonight, this will tell you everything you need to know about the organization's approach to playoff hockey. 

Raanta is clearly the better of the 2 right now and with 5 days off after the game, he is the guy who "gives the team a better chance to win," to use an old Ron Rivera line. 

How do we believe anything but this game not being important if RBA goes with Andersen tonight?

[backINblack28]

17 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

Oh, and if Andersen is in net tonight, this will tell you everything you need to know about the organization's approach to playoff hockey. 

Raanta is clearly the better of the 2 right now and with 5 days off after the game, he is the guy who "gives the team a better chance to win," to use an old Ron Rivera line. 

How do we believe anything but this game not being important if RBA goes with Andersen tonight?

while I understand that, it's also a chance for Rod to give Fred a chance to perform in a high pressure situation that realistically isn't the end of the run if it goes wrong. This is the first time we've had Fred healthy at this point and while I agree Raanta has been playing the best of our 3, he also completely loses it on the road so I want both guys fresh and with game action under their belt.  Will be interesting to see.

[DavidEng]

The Canes want to maintain 1st in the Metro and face the Islanders first round. Panthers don’t want to face Boston.

This game is equivalent to a playoff game and both teams will bring their best. 

[panthers81]

31 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

Oh, and if Andersen is in net tonight, this will tell you everything you need to know about the organization's approach to playoff hockey. 

Raanta is clearly the better of the 2 right now and with 5 days off after the game, he is the guy who "gives the team a better chance to win," to use an old Ron Rivera line. 

How do we believe anything but this game not being important if RBA goes with Andersen tonight?

Rants for some reason can't perform nearly as well on the road. So I think it will be Anderson. 

[DavidEng]

47 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

Boston: 1-0-2 (4 pts in 3 games) (9 GF - 8 GA)

NY Islanders: 3-1 (6 pts in 4 games) (12 GF - 9 GA)

Florida: 1-1 (2 pts in 2 games) (4 GF - 3 GA)

NJ: 2-2 (4 pts in 4 games) (12 GF - 13 GA)

NY Rags: 1-3 (2 pts in 4 games) (9 GF - 15 GA)

Tampa Bay: 2-1 (4 pts in 3 games) (10 GF - 7 GA)

The Rags are the only team to take the Canes and beat them consistently. The goal differential is lopsided. Every other team on this list is just another game.

Most of those stats included Svech.  

 

[organicrusty1201]

Bellwether game, time to see what the boys are made of - HUGE test for Freddy, a good win give us hope for the playoffs, a loss and we are toast in the first round.

[Harbingers]

35 minutes ago, DavidEng said:

The Canes want to maintain 1st in the Metro and face the Islanders first round. Panthers don’t want to face Boston.

This game is equivalent to a playoff game and both teams will bring their best. 

Like I said for the NHL the entire East comes down to this game. 

[DavidEng]

Like most of you I thought surely Rod has to put Raanta in net. But I looked at both Raanta’s and Freddie’s road records for this season on statmuse and to me it’s a mixed bag. Raanta had a lot of highs and lows GA. Freddie had a lot of 3 GA. Both had a lot of 2s. Then I looked at the two games against the Panthers, 0-3 away and 4-0 home Raanta in net for both.

So absolutely I ain’t gonna pick lol. 

[cookinbrak]

I'm at work, so can't really look it up, but what if we lose in OT and Joisey wins, and we're tied? Who did what during the season?

[Harbingers]

3 minutes ago, cookinbrak said:

I'm at work, so can't really look it up, but what if we lose in OT and Joisey wins, and we're tied? Who did what during the season?

They win tiebreaker.