Saturday Caterwaul: Panthers Open Forum

by Donny Rivette on Feb 18, 2012 12:40 PM EST in LBC Caterwauls: '11-12

Just guessing, but the above photo looks as if it may have originated in the third period; question is during which of the four penalty calls against Florida (vs zippo for the Caps)?

Final - 2.17.2012	1	2	3	Total
Washington Capitals	0	0	2	2
Florida Panthers	1	0	0	1

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The Eastern Front

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	GF	GA	Home	Away	L/10	Streak
1	NY Rangers	56	37	14	5	79	158	114	18-7-2	19-7-3	7-2-1	Lost 1
2	Boston	56	35	19	2	72	190	130	18-10-2	17-9-0	4-6-0	Lost 1
3	Florida	57	27	19	11	65	144	160	14-7-7	13-12-4	5-4-1	Lost 2
4	Philadelphia	57	32	18	7	71	189	171	14-9-5	18-9-2	4-4-2	Won 1
5	New Jersey	57	33	20	4	70	161	158	16-10-3	17-10-1	7-1-2	Won 2
6	Pittsburgh	57	32	20	5	69	176	150	17-8-2	15-12-3	6-3-1	Lost 1
7	Ottawa	60	30	22	8	68	179	183	15-11-3	15-11-5	3-5-2	Won 2
8	Toronto	58	29	23	6	64	176	174	16-9-4	13-14-2	5-4-1	Won 1

9	Washington	57	29	23	5	63	158	161	19-8-2	10-15-3	4-4-2	Won 1
10	Winnipeg	60	28	26	6	62	148	169	17-9-2	11-17-4	6-4-0	Won 2
11	Montreal	59	24	25	10	58	159	161	11-12-8	13-13-2	5-4-1	Won 1
12	Tampa Bay	57	25	26	6	56	161	194	16-9-2	9-17-4	5-3-2	Won 1
13	NY Islanders	57	24	25	8	56	135	165	12-13-5	12-12-3	5-3-2	Lost 1
14	Carolina	58	22	25	11	55	150	177	15-12-3	7-13-8	6-1-3	Won 2
15	Buffalo	58	24	27	7	55	142	173	13-11-7	11-16-0	5-3-2	OT 1

Why last night rocked:

Nothin'. Nada. Nowhere.

Why last night jonesed:

WPG over BOS, 4-2; Wheeler: 3P (1G), plus-2 against former club
NJ over ANH, 3-2 (SO); Brodeur: 36 saves

Panthers Playoff Update:

FLA lost to WSH 1-2, playoff odds down 10 to 72.7% per Sports Club Stats

Why tonight is a Mucho Big Deal in SoFla:

Team FLA needs to lose in bold…obviously

WSH (63P) at TB, 7 p.m.; Game Thread at Raw Charge for this mildly important affair. Be there.
VAN at TOR (64P), 7; 'Nucks have won nine straight vs Leafs.

Next up for the Cats:

Matinee game tomorrow at home vs Anaheim; LBC Game Thread crawls out from a deep depression at 5:30

Did you know:

Florida is 3-1 immediately following games vs Washington; lone loss came way back on October 20 (3-0 rollover effort to Buffalo at home, i.e. David Booth's final game as a Panther)

Friday’s Organizational News:

None

Today’s Updates:

Panthers recalled D Nolan Yonkman, D Colby Robak reassigned to San Antonio

Friday’s NHL Transactions:

To NSH: D Hal Gill, conditional 5th rd pick ('13)
To MTL: F Blake Geoffrion, F Robert Slaney, 2nd rp pick ('12)

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Who's Nolan Yonkman?

(hint: he’s the giant next to Versteeg) Looks like the kinda guy we could use out there… lol

by kSelvig on Feb 18, 2012 1:01 PM EST reply actions

And current captain of the Rampage.

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by Donny Rivette on Feb 18, 2012 1:11 PM EST up reply actions

makes jovo look like gionta

by eliran2 on Feb 18, 2012 1:26 PM EST up reply actions

3 inches taller and 40 pounds heavier. I would say he’s one of the few people in the league that might be able to hit Chara. Same weight, but Chara has 3 inches on him (Yonkman). Puts in perspective how freaking big that guy really is.

by lipsonjeff on Feb 18, 2012 4:37 PM EST up reply actions

Perhaps Yonkman can bring some missing energy to the team tomorrow. 8th place in the east if weren’t for the division lead. What else can motivate them?!

by Hawkseye on Feb 18, 2012 5:20 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

I put us at 7th, OTT was 3 games at hand

by Colt1235 on Feb 18, 2012 5:33 PM EST up reply actions

He will indeed be wearing #34.

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by Donny Rivette on Feb 18, 2012 4:22 PM EST up reply actions

Must be mid-February

How about this:

Florida trades Rocco Grimaldi, Alex Petrovic and Erik Gudbrandson to Minnesota for Dany Heatley.

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by Donny Rivette on Feb 18, 2012 1:37 PM EST reply actions

A proposal folks…don’t freak out. And yes, I think it’s preposterous.

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by Donny Rivette on Feb 18, 2012 1:38 PM EST up reply actions

scared me there for a second

by eliran2 on Feb 18, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions

is the red text an actual link? not opening for me. hmm

by Rob PKane McMahon on Feb 18, 2012 5:24 PM EST up reply actions

No idea what happened...

…here’s the link (for reelz)

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by Donny Rivette on Feb 18, 2012 5:27 PM EST up reply actions

Thanks kindly sir

by Rob PKane McMahon on Feb 18, 2012 5:38 PM EST up reply actions

That would be one, big, collective “goodbye defensive prospect depth!”

by lipsonjeff on Feb 18, 2012 2:06 PM EST up reply actions

Maybe a Heatley 5 years ago

by Colt1235 on Feb 18, 2012 2:39 PM EST up reply actions

+1

by lipsonjeff on Feb 18, 2012 4:34 PM EST up reply actions

that is a crazy proposal

and Yonkman is a mountain of a man. So who thinks the Cats need to make a deal even it’s a minor one or two?

112 days until Prometheus

by Todd Little on Feb 18, 2012 1:47 PM EST reply actions

I do and not a minor one either….all this great young talent we have accumulated could never all fit on this team anyway…..We need Scorers…..If you saw what George Parros did to Eric Boulton you know why Yonkers has been brought up.

by LAUSMAN on Feb 18, 2012 2:21 PM EST up reply actions

Vancouver – Toronto is a big deal game too

112 days until Prometheus

by Todd Little on Feb 18, 2012 3:59 PM EST reply actions

Added!

Flew right over it this morning; can you tell I’ve been pressed for time?

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by Donny Rivette on Feb 18, 2012 4:21 PM EST up reply actions

look what I convinced someone to do

The official Panthers twitter RT’d him asking for who he should get his free jersey customized as, and you know I had to throw in my 2 cents….

Ryan Franco @RyanFranco13
@RhyminChrisR @FlaPanthers Chris I took your suggestion. His fearless checking and strong defense won me over. Also he’s an overall nice guy

I’m putting here for reflection later on in the season…. #14 Tomas [Fleischmann] is getting a 40G season. FLASH COUNT: 18G/24A
by RPC on Sep 17, 2011 5:20 PM MDT
Find me on Twidduh And look at my Marmots

by Chris S Roberts on Feb 18, 2012 4:34 PM EST reply actions

Excellent selection :)

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by Donny Rivette on Feb 18, 2012 5:28 PM EST up reply actions

@OnFrozenPond
Florida Panthers Stephen Weiss to Tie Radek Dvorak With 613 Games Played with Team

by Rob PKane McMahon on Feb 18, 2012 5:27 PM EST reply actions

Make it a win for Weiss as extra motivation.

by Hawkseye on Feb 18, 2012 5:51 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

We should trade for Dvo again

by Chris S Roberts on Feb 18, 2012 5:54 PM EST up reply actions

Wouldn’t mind seeing him in a cats sweater again

by adam1991 on Feb 18, 2012 6:02 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Tho he doesn’t fit the Plan being a build for the future thing

by adam1991 on Feb 18, 2012 6:06 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Nor do most of the guys being talked about. I’m not really serious about it, but I’d be down to see him again.

by Chris S Roberts on Feb 18, 2012 6:15 PM EST up reply actions

i wouldn’t. we need either someone who can put the puck in the net here and there or someone who is tough to play against with some size if we are talking about a rental type player.

112 days until Prometheus

by Todd Little on Feb 18, 2012 6:24 PM EST up reply actions

True true, the only player I think fits that we can actually snag is brassard maybe vermette and hemsky but theyre a little older and hemskys FA so I’ll stick to brassard

by adam1991 on Feb 18, 2012 6:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

he’s the only guy i want back from previous panther teams (along with booth but that’s a different story)

by eliran2 on Feb 18, 2012 6:29 PM EST up reply actions

@OnFrozenPond
RT @mplacido9: @RevDale TSN is reporting linesman Andy McElman suffered a broken nose after taking a puck to the face in last nights game.

by Rob PKane McMahon on Feb 18, 2012 5:39 PM EST reply actions

They called in a replacement for him for the Tampa game last night, but all they said about his condition is that he was going to undergo “further testing.”

"Shut up, Pierre!" -Everyone

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by John Beatty on Feb 19, 2012 10:01 AM EST up reply actions

Possible concussion, one assumes?

by OldDave on Feb 19, 2012 11:20 AM EST up reply actions

Darren Dreger @DarrenDreger

Pending league approval, Pavel Kubina has been traded to Philadelphia.

by Chris S Roberts on Feb 18, 2012 6:35 PM EST reply actions

Real_ESPNLeBrun Hearing for 2 draft picks "DarrenDreger: Pending league approval, Pavel Kubina has been traded to Philadelphia."

by Rob PKane McMahon on Feb 18, 2012 6:40 PM EST up reply actions

Nick Kypreos @RealKyper
Confirmed. #SNTrade Kubina to #Flyers for a 2nd and 5th round pick. Done.

by Chris S Roberts on Feb 18, 2012 6:44 PM EST up reply actions

Joe Yerdon @JoeYerdonPHT
Flyers get Kubina apparently for two draft picks. Flyers are already at 50 contracts so someone’s gotta be going out soon.

by Chris S Roberts on Feb 18, 2012 6:47 PM EST up reply actions

@Real_ESPNLeBrun
Flyers traded the conditional 2nd-rounder they got from Florida in Versteeg deal plus 2013 4th-rounder (in exchange for Kubina)

by Rob PKane McMahon on Feb 18, 2012 7:22 PM EST up reply actions

must be 2013 second, unless they had another to spare?

by Rob PKane McMahon on Feb 18, 2012 6:48 PM EST up reply actions

Nope, its for this years draft. Not sure whos pick it is originally

by Chris S Roberts on Feb 18, 2012 6:54 PM EST up reply actions

Looks like its now a 2nd + 4th

by Chris S Roberts on Feb 18, 2012 7:03 PM EST up reply actions

@Real_ESPNLeBrun
FYI, Flyers also send minor-leaguer Jon Kalinski to Tampa in Kubina deal to complete it

by Rob PKane McMahon on Feb 18, 2012 10:50 PM EST up reply actions

Firs Moore and now Kubina. Could this be the beginning of a Steve Y fire sale?

:(){ :|:& };:

by Spencer-IV on Feb 18, 2012 7:13 PM EST up reply actions

Only just beginning

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by Donny Rivette on Feb 18, 2012 10:24 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Yep. Stevie’s stocking picks like Tallon did for the last couple of years. There will be more moves.

"Shut up, Pierre!" -Everyone

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by John Beatty on Feb 19, 2012 10:02 AM EST up reply actions

Jesus there setting upto get....

Nash?

by Devin N on Feb 18, 2012 6:50 PM EST reply actions

1-0 TBL

by Chris S Roberts on Feb 18, 2012 7:17 PM EST reply actions

@SARampage_Voice
Rumor has it that @Vaiver22 landed in ATX just after 6PM. Tough trip from the airport. Not sure he’ll make it in time.

by Rob PKane McMahon on Feb 18, 2012 7:53 PM EST reply actions

Does Yonkman have NHL experience?

It seems Tallon is giving everyone in SA a look (and for many it’s their first games in the NHL.) marky, jessiman, and a bunch of others I can’t name now.

by jimmyh71 on Feb 18, 2012 9:34 PM EST reply actions