Canes vs Panthers Eastern Conf Finals Game 1 Thursday 8pm

[SZ James (banned)]

It might be florida’s year I’m afraid 

[cookinbrak]

"Florida just woke up..."

Whatevs. They'll go back to sleep soon.

[TheMaulClaw]

58 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

TT needs to be on the Aho line where he’s comfortable.

I don't TT should have been in the game

 

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, Harbingers said:

We got a lot of chances last night. I will say for the part I watched we were the better team 5v5. We had them clogged up and nowhere to go. A few mistakes cost us winning the game in regulation. We have to dial in our shot so we don’t just keep finding the post. 

I think that waxed and waned. Some periods they definitely dominated us on the 5x5 but I think our peak performance in 5x5 was better than theirs.

We just needed them to go in and that didn't happen.

And, Freddie played pretty well but one of those goals was just flat out an easy one. He can't make those mistakes. That goes for this series or the next(hopefully). Every round the intensity ramps up and the margin for error gets smaller.

[DavidEng]

I’ve said this several times, you can’t win the playoffs with just two goals a game, even with our defense, have to get 3+. Canes did that against the devils but this is a tougher challenge. I really believe we can score more and the next game will have to show it. 

Freddie stopped 57 out of 60 shots, that’s an outstanding .950 save percentage. If your asking for more than that your trying to put it all on one man.

Edited May 19, 2023 by DavidEng

[TheMaulClaw]

Also while I think Drury was okay, McEachern is better

[KatsAzz]

2 hours ago, Rocky Davis said:

He has been damn good 98% of his starts.

Stepan needs a rest and maybe Stastny too.

Yes, they both probably need a rest.

[organicrusty1201]

3 hours ago, Rocky Davis said:

Totally agree, but they saw how the refs were calling it and kept doing it.  You have to adjust sometimes....

the linesmen blew lot of those icing calls, it's only one game and the Canes can play better, if they lose the next game then it's time to panic. 

[Panthers Fan 69]

5 hours ago, SZ James (banned) said:

It might be florida’s year I’m afraid 

It’s one game where we hit a million goal posts. We are going to be fine. 

[SZ James (banned)]

49 minutes ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

It’s one game where we hit a million goal posts. We are going to be fine. 

• we looked like the lesser team the majority of the game and could only score on PPs
• we also got a lot of breaks go our way as well, we were VERY lucky for it to go as many rounds as it did
• we lost after the game went to 2 am, which is really bad for morale and our energy
• florida beat an all time great team in Boston, they are really good team and the best team left we could have faced
• we are down early and might have gotten beat so bad we lose twice and end up losing the series because of it

it's not over but I'm not going to pretend it's not looking good

 

[DavidEng]

We totally dominated the third period with 14 SOG to the panthers 2. If we play our game all three periods we have a chance to win a game. Yes we need to score 5 on 5 but good to see our PP working.

We beat Florida last game of the season (yes Lyon in net) to stay ahead of the Devils so it’s not like they’re suddenly unbeatable. 

Agree it’s a tough road ahead but we knew it would be. Let’s see what Saturday brings.

[Panthers Fan 69]

On 5/19/2023 at 5:19 PM, SZ James (banned) said:

• we looked like the lesser team the majority of the game and could only score on PPs
• we also got a lot of breaks go our way as well, we were VERY lucky for it to go as many rounds as it did
• we lost after the game went to 2 am, which is really bad for morale and our energy
• florida beat an all time great team in Boston, they are really good team and the best team left we could have faced
• we are down early and might have gotten beat so bad we lose twice and end up losing the series because of it

it's not over but I'm not going to pretend it's not looking good

 

Nah. It’s one game. We have kicked ass for the majority of the playoffs. I’m sure you were doom and gloom with the devils beat us 8-4 that one game. You are flat out crazy to say “I’m not going to pretend it doesn’t look good”

[fjblair]

It's over. Just can't score goals.

[MillionDollarCam]

Fug it, Canes in 7.