Preseason Thread

[MillionDollarCam]

1 hour ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

I like all of that but switch Svech and Ros.  

Rosy actually had really good chemistry with Aho and Jarvis in their preseason game.

[cookinbrak]

So our first actual game is next Friday?

[Panthers Fan 69]

20 minutes ago, cookinbrak said:

So our first actual game is next Friday?

Yep! Vs Tampa 

[Anybodyhome]

I'll be in the Lenovo Center for tonite's exhibition.

I think the starters are playing, so it might be worth watching.

[DavidEng]

Ghost wins it in OT. Canes 2 Lightning 1. Nice!

 

[Anybodyhome]

Canes controlled every aspect of the game against Tampa Bay Friday night. Of course, it was the Canes A team mostly against TB's "depth" squad, as they put it.

Kochetkov played well in net, he didn't have to make that many saves as TB's shots on goal totaled 17.

One concern I have is Orlov. He wasn't good last night again- a trend during the preseason. He misplayed a couple pucks resulting in turnovers and wasn't able to stop outlet passes up the boards on at least 5 plays I saw. Maybe that's why he's playing in almost every preseason game because RBA has figured out it takes time for him to find his game.

Slavin and Burns- exactly what you'd expect. And Burns was surprisingly physical last night. Although credited with 1 hit, he was a physical presence on both ends. The vets all played well- Staal, Aho was active, I had to look for Martinook a couple times, although he made a helluva play to save a goal when Kochetkov got caught out of the net.

I also thought the Canes passed up a lot of shot opportunities trying to make the extra pass. And you know that won't sit well with RBA. Get pucks to the net- his mantra.