Predators, Ellis rip Panthers 4-1
by Donny Rivette on Nov 28, 2009 10:55 PM EST
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PrintJordan Leopold scored Florida's only goal. Not Nathan Horton. Not Stephen Weiss. Not Rostislav Olesz. Not Michael Frolik. Not...you get the point.
Nashville positively owned the Original Cats, leading in SOG (29-24) and just plain solid effort to get back in the win column. Goaltender Dan Ellis was superb when called upon - and that wasn't often - and given support with goals by Dan Hamhuis, David Legwand, Joel Ward, and JP Dumont.
Remember goal support? Neither do I, but it certainly sounds like a winning strategy. Works for Florida's opponents.
Another evening of chasing the plays and allowing the opposition to dictate terms. Sounds like U.S. foreign policy.
Why wasn't Clemmer in net for Toronto on Friday, paving the way for Tomas Vokoun to start this one, against a club he played eight seasons with.
Why was Kenndal McArdle allowed to risk injury - a second time - in another fight with Jordin Tootoo when Steve MacIntyre was standing by with zippo on his schedule?
Why - OH WHY - did defenseman Bryan McCabe lead his team in SOG? Where were the forwards? Oh, here they are: Horton: zero shots. Weiss: two. Frolik: two. Congratulations, Rusty Olesz...you led the forwards with three shots on goal. And a belated thanks to defenseman Bryan Allen and his three attempts.
Another complete and utter waste of time and cash by the Panthers (what does it cost to transport and house these guys for a night?).
A sick and terribly lacking performance.
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….Scott Clemmensen made 25 saves and, like Vokoun last night, was not ultimately responsible for this travesty, IMO. He had little to no support through a ridiculous portion of the night, and deserves to partake in the traditional Mike Liut dressing room tear-down.
3 games with only one day of rest in between then back2back to then have another one day of rest to play on monday might take a toll on these kittens not an excuse but i figure that they look like their juice box is running on empty
by SNOOP97DAWG on Nov 28, 2009 11:39 PM EST up reply actions
I think Gorten had something in his Sun-Sentinel blog about the goalies a few days ago. Something along the lines of Vokoun has been winning, so he’s gonna get the start. Playing against a former team is a factor, but its been 3 years since he left, so maybe not as big a factor.
Let’s just be honest. The Panthers aren’t a good hockey team.
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