Florida Panthers : The Litter Box 2009-10 Schedule Breakdown
by Donny Rivette on Jul 16, 2009 11:20 PM EDT
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Here's the link to the entire season, but we'll cover a few of the more interesting aspects in this rundown. A side note: FSN has not announced their television lineup as yet. Ya know, high school football from Kissimmee being the ratings hammer that it is...
As always, The Herald's On Frozen Pond and The Sentinel's Panthers Blog (Steve: site needs a name, slick!) offer up their usual excellence, which is worth a peek.
From a league standpoint, From The Rink's Mirtle and Yahoo!'s Puck Daddy take a somewhat broader look at the days to come.
The three-headed monster of DeSexMark comments on the official site as well.
More after the Super Bass-O-Matic '76 Jump of Daytimer Fury...and be warned: this is a Tanguay-Free zone.
- 10/02/09: Florida plays visitor to the Blackhawks in Helsinki. CLG_74 makes W4E look the fool yet again. "17 Minutes", anyone?
- 10/03/09: Panthers grab the dark unis for tail end of "home-and-home" with Chicago in Finland. Koistinen Fever gains traction.
- 10/09/09: Hurricanes host Cats in first game back on North American soil. Hoping for a better result than last year's "first game".
- 10/10/09: Technical Home Opener in Sunrise, taking on Jacques Lemaire's Devils. Anyone in western Virginia have Center Ice? My brother's getting married. On this day. DpD...gonna need ya for this one.
- 10/16/09: The Chris Pronger lovefest rolls into South Florida. Panthers better be wearing extra protection. Everywhere.
- 10/23/09: Stanley Cup champion Penguins open the ancient Igloo doors to Cats. Wanna bet Jeff Taffe is in the Cats' lineup?
- 10/30/09: Panthers travel to Dallas, find old friend Karlis Skrastins playing Sergei Zubov Fantasy Camp.
- 11/06/09: First visit by Washington Capitals. Local Segway rental shops already gearing up.
- 11/14/09: NHL Number One overall pick John Tavares
probablymakes first appearance at the BAC with Islanders. - 11/20/09: Stanley Cup
losersrunners-up Detroit hosts Panthers. - 11/23/09: Penguins visit Sunrise. Re-hash Jeff Taffe comment from above.
- 11/25/09: The Bionic Groin of Marian Gaborik - and his Rangers - head to Broward. Always a treat.
- 11/27/09: Leafs at BankAtlantic! Ditto above.
- 12/02/09: Craig Anderson returns to South Florida with his Avs; hopefully he's sewn up the starter's position. A serious round of applause for this guy, okay? He represented. A class act all the way.
- 12/05/09: Say hi to Rick Dudley, Anthony Stewart, and Noah Welch.
- 12/07/09: Sheldon Souray??? On December Seventh??? Blasphemy!
- 12/31/09: No interest in this home game on the final night of the calendar year.
- 01/16/10: First visit by 2009 second overall draft pick Victor Erik Olof Hedman. Could use some size...
- 02/05/10: My birthday! Oh, and the Flames are in town.
- 02/11/10: Are we quite done with this yet? Panther fans still have a team. The guy who traded this dood does not. Game over.
- 02/14/09: St. Valentine's Day signifies the beginning of the Olympic break. Snooze. Unless Jeremy Roenick decides to play house mother at the Olympic Village.
- 04/10/10: Final road game. In Tampa Bay. Can't begin to predict this one.
- 04/11/10: Final home game. In Sunrise. Against Tampa Bay. Forget who may be coaching the Bolts at that point...who'll be owning the Bolts?
Which game are you looking forward to?
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Outstanding blog entry!
I completely agree about the ovation for Andy! He and Karlis Skrastins will get a nice round of applause from the BankAtlantic Center faithful.
Do you have any idea how much I want to beat Montreal and Calgary when they come to our building? I mean I REALLY WANT TO BEAT THEM!!! I want the Habs to just get outright embarrassed in our building…
Thanks, Murphy. Gunning for Caronlina, myself. All set with them.
by Donny Rivette on Jul 16, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions
You know, I’ve heard that consuming multiple glasses of Chardonnay can possibly cause you to overuse the word “building”… :o)
Your secret’s safe here, my friend!
Oh, and Burgundy is better for the heart…
by Donny Rivette on Jul 17, 2009 8:21 AM EDT up reply actions
great post W4E. There are some good dates on the schedule. Of course, I’m planning on the Flyers dates and I always enjoy watching the Pens come to town, so those are givens.
Ones that I’m gonna seriously consider…Calgary, for obvious reasons, the Islanders to see Johnny, and maybe a Tampa game to see if the Bolts D really is for real.
I like the 3 game home stand around T-gving. I may try to catch all of those.
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by HockeyOutsiders on Jul 17, 2009 9:40 AM EDT reply actions
I’m looking forward to that NYE game against the Weeping Jacques Martins. I’m always up for the Canadiens getting embarrassed in our building. And, I don’t care who hired whom, DeBoer can outcoach Martin. And I’m sure there are still a couple of guys on the team with something to prove there. Plus, if I can my brother down here, we could have a reverse repeat of last year’s winter classic viewing (we watched last year’s at his old frozen apartment in Buffalo; he wore his Wings jersey-this year I’d like to watch it in sunny South Floridia, land of Canadians; I’ll wear my Flyers jersey-we’ll drink too much, again). Sounds like a good weekend of hockey to me.
Is that enough punctuation abuse for one post?
Also, I’m definitely doing the Tampa home&home at the end of the season. Too bad there’s not one earlier. There’s some talk of heading up to Raleigh to see the Panthers in action against the Hurricanes. It can be a repeat of our visits to Tampa wherein the wife is wearing the home jersey and I’ve got the away jersey. I, too, am excited about the lack of a nine game homestand and equally so about the lack of a grueling western road trip this year. Longest road trip after Europe is the three-game trip out to San Jose via Minnesota & Colorado. Not bad.
Another transplanted Flyer fan? Nice.
I’m hoping to be in Boston for the Winter Classic.
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by HockeyOutsiders on Jul 17, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Yup. I grew up in Sabres country, but one of my good friends was a huge Ron Hextall fan and it rubbed off. That’ll be nice if you can make the Classic. I’d love to, but this is my fourth winter here and I’m determined to actually spend it at home and not somewhere cold for a change. Maybe next year.
We’re : all + about " the ; responsible / use ’ of ) punctuation , here = Johnny. You know that.
by Donny Rivette on Jul 18, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions
It slices, it dices
Wow, that’s terrific bass!
Lighthouse Hockey: Side effects may include Weight gain and frequent game loss.
Small aquatic creatures have something to fear!
by Donny Rivette on Jul 18, 2009 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Seeing how I live in Orlando now, I’m looking forward to the games in Tampa. Hopefully I’ll make it down south at some point, but def heading over to Channelside for the cross-state rivalry, and I’m REALLY hoping that last road game in Tampa means something. I’d love to be the guy with the behind-the-visitor-bench seats when MTL is in town…
i may be moving over to orlando within the next year. do you get panthers games on fsn there or is it lightning games?
You can run a really long coax from my place in NPB.
by Donny Rivette on Jul 18, 2009 5:07 PM EDT up reply actions
I hope the Tampa game means something...
for us anyway. I don’t really care if the Bolts are competitive or not , all I want for next year is a playoff apperence (appperance?). Here’s to our playoff hopes next year.
Cheers.
by subliminalnirvanaist on Jul 18, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Indeed. Competitive or not, the Bolts are gonna have to lose 4 of the 6 against Florida. Has to be that way with all the SE clubs if the playoffs are to be realistic.
by Donny Rivette on Jul 18, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah, that’s going to be the roughest part of the schedule. Even Atlanta’s improved, and the Panthers are going to have to play very well against both, and find a way to beat the Caps and Canes as well. Weak divisional play is part of what killed us last year (losing a two-goal lead to a 14th place Tampa team two weeks before the end of the season was inexcusable AFAIC.)
Adding to the list you began, there was the first game of the season against Carolina…
by Donny Rivette on Jul 20, 2009 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions
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| GP | W | L | OTL | PT | |
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Florida
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51 | 24 | 16 | 11 | 59 |
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Washington
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51 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 58 |
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Winnipeg
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53 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 54 |
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Tampa Bay
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51 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 51 |
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Carolina
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54 | 20 | 25 | 9 | 49 |
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Eastern Standings
| GP | W-L-OT | Pts | |
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New York Rangers
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49 | 32-12-5 | 69 |
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Boston Bruins
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50 | 32-16-2 | 66 |
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Florida Panthers
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51 | 24-16-11 | 59 |
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Philadelphia Flyers
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51 | 30-15-6 | 66 |
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Pittsburgh Penguins
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52 | 30-18-4 | 64 |
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New Jersey Devils
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51 | 29-19-3 | 61 |
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Ottawa Senators
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55 | 27-21-7 | 61 |
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Toronto Maple Leafs
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52 | 27-19-6 | 60 |
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Washington Capitals
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51 | 27-20-4 | 58 |
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Winnipeg Jets
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53 | 24-23-6 | 54 |
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Tampa Bay Lightning
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51 | 23-23-5 | 51 |
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New York Islanders
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51 | 21-22-8 | 50 |
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Buffalo Sabres
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52 | 22-24-6 | 50 |
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Carolina Hurricanes
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54 | 20-25-9 | 49 |
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Montreal Canadiens
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52 | 19-24-9 | 47 |
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