Monday Caterwaul: Panthers Open Forum

by Donny Rivette on Jan 2, 2012 1:30 PM EST in LBC Caterwauls: '11-12

Phenomenal shot of Panthers netminder Jose Theodore feeling all 183 lbs of blueliner Dmitry Kulikov, December 31, 2011 vs Montreal. Incredible photo (owned and) shared by FOTB Ward Benjamin. Several other amazing pics documenting the sequence can be found here via FaceBook.

The Eastern Front

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	GF	GA	Home	Away	L/10	Streak
1	NY Rangers	36	23	9	4	50	107	77	11-3-2	12-6-2	7-3-0	Won 1
2	Boston	35	24	10	1	49	123	68	13-6-1	11-4-0	7-3-0	Lost 1
3	Florida	39	20	12	7	47	103	107	10-4-5	10-8-2	4-4-2	Won 1
4	Philadelphia	36	22	10	4	48	123	106	8-5-2	14-5-2	6-3-1	Won 1
5	Pittsburgh	38	21	13	4	46	121	100	11-4-2	10-9-2	5-5-0	Lost 2
6	New Jersey	37	21	15	1	43	103	105	10-6-1	11-9-0	7-3-0	Won 2
7	Winnipeg	38	19	14	5	43	104	107	14-6-1	5-8-4	6-3-1	Won 3
8	Ottawa	39	19	15	5	43	120	133	11-8-1	8-7-4	6-3-1	Won 2

9	Washington	37	20	15	2	42	111	109	13-5-1	7-10-1	6-3-1	Won 3
10	Toronto	38	18	15	5	41	118	125	8-5-4	10-10-1	3-5-2	Lost 1
11	Buffalo	38	17	17	4	38	100	112	9-9-4	8-8-0	2-6-2	OT 1
12	Tampa Bay	37	17	17	3	37	104	122	11-5-0	6-12-3	6-3-1	Won 3
13	Montreal	39	14	18	7	35	99	110	5-7-6	9-11-1	3-7-0	Lost 2
14	NY Islanders	36	13	17	6	32	84	113	8-9-3	5-8-3	4-6-0	Won 2
15	Carolina	40	13	21	6	32	103	135	9-10-2	4-11-4	4-4-2	Lost 1

Why last night rocked:

Several hours of Family Guy was pretty cool
Olli Jokinen bagged an assist during his 1,000th game (a 5-3 NSH victory; Bouwmeester: minus-5)

Why last night jonesed:

Quiet night on ice, with no action in the East (perhaps a good thing)

Why tonight is a Big Deal in SoFla:

NYR at PHI, 3 p.m. (we'll throw together a Winter Classic Game Thread for those interested)
NJ at OTW, 7:30; pick your poison for this one, as both have 43 points and have won two straight

Next up for the Cats:

Thursday at the Rangers. LBC Game Thread gets animated at 6:30.

Did you know:

NBC SN (r.i.p. Versus) will be carrying a sweet-looking documentary on the 1972 Summit Series following the WC at 6. Really stoked for this.

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We picked up Brian Foster from the Cyclones. http://www.cycloneshockey.com/news/521/cyclones-weekly-release-january-2-8/

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by Kevin Kraczkowski on Jan 2, 2012 1:40 PM EST reply actions

Quite the move for him. Congrats and all, but the long layoff may be enough for Theo to get back into the lineup before Thursday’s game at MSG.

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by Donny Rivette on Jan 2, 2012 1:44 PM EST up reply actions

I thought they had called up the Alien

It’s hard to find timely news for these roster moves.

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by Kevin Kraczkowski on Jan 2, 2012 1:51 PM EST up reply actions

That was the general thinking at the time. Kinda stunned.

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by Donny Rivette on Jan 2, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions

Markstrom will meet the team in NYC after he’s done playing the AHL games in the next few games. Foster was just for practice. Via GR.

- Go Panthers -

by flpanther360 on Jan 2, 2012 2:02 PM EST up reply actions

The sun rises in the East once more.

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by Donny Rivette on Jan 2, 2012 2:08 PM EST up reply actions

Spector, on players who will NOT be moved by the deadline

Kris Versteeg, Florida Panthers. He’s the Panthers leading scorer, on pace for career-highs in goals, assists and points, and yet his name has been floated as a possible trade candidate? Probably because he’s been moved around so much over the past couple of years, but honestly, suggesting the Panthers could move him is ridiculous.

True, that. More here.

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by Donny Rivette on Jan 2, 2012 2:10 PM EST reply actions

Habs in the news for all the wrong reasons this year

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by Donny Rivette on Jan 2, 2012 2:12 PM EST reply actions

More Habs craziness, and this really is ridiculous:

The team’s general manager took the unusual step today of issuing a qualified apology, two weeks into the reign of new coach Randy Cunneyworth.

Pierre Gauthier says he’s sorry if the team upset fans by hiring a coach who can’t speak French.

He stresses the Cunneyworth was only hired on an interim basis and his status will be re-examined after the season.

Cunney should walk away ~~right now~~ with his dignity.

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by Donny Rivette on Jan 2, 2012 2:15 PM EST reply actions

Wow. Just….wow.

The Ghost of David Nemirovsky

by panthersfan27 on Jan 2, 2012 2:22 PM EST up reply actions

Apologized…to the fans. Thats just unreal.

I’m putting here for reflection later on in the season…. #14 Tomas [Fleischmann] is getting a 40G season. FLASH COUNT: 15G/19A
by RPC on Sep 17, 2011 5:20 PM MDT
Find me on Twidduh And look at my Marmots

by Chris S Roberts on Jan 2, 2012 2:36 PM EST up reply actions

Yep, I’d walk right out the door. Wonder how that makes the non french speaking players feel as well. I remember Koivu having problems with the media because he was captain and didn’t speak french. But this “Apology” is ridiculous.

A lil thunder and a lil lightning is what the Cats are going to bring this year.

by trinidaddy on Jan 2, 2012 3:57 PM EST up reply actions

The fans must be freakin out, with only three natural Francophone players, their captain and one assistant captain both American, and the other a Russian.

by MrOmnipotent on Jan 2, 2012 6:48 PM EST up reply actions

Big dramatic prelude to hiring Roy after the season.

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by Donny Rivette on Jan 2, 2012 7:06 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Yeah I think I’d pack up my marbles and leave. UNREAL!!!

I hereby predict Captain Mike Weaver #43 will score 6G 20A -RCR 0G9A 12/6
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by RPC on Jan 2, 2012 8:23 PM EST up reply actions

was at practice today. nice to see Goc and Sameuslon skate the whole practice with the team even though there was no contact for them. Also before the team came out skille, upshall and bergenheim looked like they had a pretty hard skate with some shooting. hopefully that means everyone should be back in the not too distant future. foster was called up because they need another practice goalie and markstrom is needed with san antonio for games. they are reporting that jose’s injury is not that serious and hopefully he won’t be gone too long

Dara

by gravenger5 on Jan 2, 2012 2:21 PM EST reply actions

Good stuff, G5. Thx :)

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by Donny Rivette on Jan 2, 2012 2:39 PM EST up reply actions

Madden/Barch

Any word on when we will see John Madden? Any news on the Barch/Subban “incident”?

by Beth Adams on Jan 2, 2012 5:22 PM EST reply actions

Nothing yet on Madden. Should have news re: Barch tomorrow or soon after.

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by Donny Rivette on Jan 2, 2012 5:35 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

I’m starting to think Tallon won’t sign Madden. Everyone’s starting to come back and we don’t need any more players right now. Sammy’s going to play Thursday and Goc will be on the trip. Although I’d love to still see him signed, it probably won’t happen right now.

- Go Panthers -

by flpanther360 on Jan 2, 2012 6:31 PM EST up reply actions

There’s no rush in any event until Thursday.

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by Donny Rivette on Jan 2, 2012 6:42 PM EST up reply actions

So vacation ends and work begins again tomorrow. Is it Thursday yet?!

I hereby predict Captain Mike Weaver #43 will score 6G 20A -RCR 0G9A 12/6
Be impeccable with your word, don't take anything personally, don't make assumptions, always do your best...

by RPC on Jan 2, 2012 8:46 PM EST reply actions