Sunday Caterwaul: Panthers GameDay Open Forum

by Donny Rivette on Feb 19, 2012 11:51 AM EST in LBC Caterwauls: '11-12

Florida F Mike Santorelli has 1G/1A with 9 SOG in 3 career games against the Anaheim Ducks, but enters tonight's match with a rather dreadful 3G and minus-5 in 25 games from Sunrise in 2011-12.

The Eastern Front

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	GF	GA	Home	Away	L10	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	58	32	19	7	71	193	177	14-10-5	18-9-2	3-5-2	Lost 1
5	Pittsburgh	58	33	20	5	71	182	154	17-8-2	16-12-3	6-3-1	Won 1
6	New Jersey	57	33	20	4	70	161	158	16-10-3	17-10-1	7-1-2	Won 2
7	Ottawa	60	30	22	8	68	179	183	15-11-3	15-11-5	3-5-2	Won 2
8	Toronto	59	29	24	6	64	178	180	16-9-4	13-15-2	4-5-1	Lost 1

9	Washington	58	29	24	5	63	159	163	19-8-2	10-16-3	3-5-2	Lost 1
10	Winnipeg	60	28	26	6	62	148	169	17-9-2	11-17-4	6-4-0	Won 2
11	Tampa Bay	58	26	26	6	58	163	195	17-9-2	9-17-4	5-3-2	Won 2
12	NY Islanders	58	25	25	8	58	139	168	13-13-5	12-12-3	6-3-1	Won 1
13	Montreal	59	24	25	10	58	159	161	11-12-8	13-13-2	5-4-1	Won 1
14	Buffalo	58	24	27	7	55	142	173	13-11-7	11-16-0	5-3-2	OT 1
15	Carolina	59	22	26	11	55	153	181	15-12-3	7-14-8	5-2-3	Lost 1

Why last night rocked:

TB over WSH, 2-1 (REG); Stammer hits third 40-goal season. Gee Caps, only 24 SOG this time?
VAN over TOR, 6-2; 'Nucks now 10-for-10 vs Leafs, who are 1-5 over past six

Why last night jonesed:

Any evening which featured a double-header of Animal House & The Blues Brothers - combined with a Washington loss - can only be summarized as anything but a jones.

Panthers Playoff Update:

FLA did not play; playoff odds up 6.9 to 79.6% per Sports Club Stats

Why tonight is a Big Deal in SoFla, beyond the obvious:

Teams FLA needs to lose in bold…

NJ (70P) at MTL, 6 p.m.; Devils have won past two vs Habs, games ended in identical 5-3 results. Victory for Canadiens effectively places them back into realistic-shot territory.
COL at WPG (62P), 8:30 p.m.; Avs are 1-3-1 on road in last five while Jets are 3-1-1 at home in same span. Whatever: Go Avalanche.

Next up for the Cats:

Hosting Anaheim tonight in an early start; LBC Game Thread gets labeled a sockdologizing old man-trap at 5:30. Check out our buds at Battle Of California and Anaheim Calling for the left-coast view.

Did you know:

Ducks are 4-1 vs Florida since 2005-06. Corey Perry has 7 points (4G) in five career games vs Cats

Saturday’s Organizational News:

D Nolan Yonkman recalled from San Antonio (will wear #34); D Colby Robak reassigned

Saturday’s NHL Transactions:

To PHI: D Pavel Kubina
To TB: F Jon Kalinski, 2nd rd pick (originally Florida's and conditional), 4th rd pick

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Time for the real Panthers to show up tonight. The Caps seem to be giftwrapping them the division if they want it.

by Hawkseye on Feb 19, 2012 12:08 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Thanks again to the Lightning for keeping it in regulation…

by parallelcircle on Feb 19, 2012 12:18 PM EST up reply actions

Who's ready for Hockey Day In America?

Let’s do this!

Oddly, I don’t care much about results outside of the Panthers game. The Flyers, Leafs, Caps, Lightning played yesterday and the Sens play tomorrow.

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by John Beatty on Feb 19, 2012 12:11 PM EST reply actions

Side note: Last night’s win puts TB six points out of 8th with a game in hand. It’s not unthinkable even though they’ve started the sell-off. I’l still take their win over Washington as a Good Thing.

Panthers need to beat the Ducks tonight. This is the first of four games remaining until the trade deadline.

by jimmyh71 on Feb 19, 2012 12:11 PM EST reply actions

Plus the Caps play the Canes tomorrow.

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by John Beatty on Feb 19, 2012 12:11 PM EST up reply actions

Lightening equals last season’s devils

by Hawkseye on Feb 19, 2012 12:42 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Isles haven’t been snuffed out yet either, and both have games-in-hand on TOR and OTW

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by Donny Rivette on Feb 19, 2012 12:47 PM EST up reply actions

Of course, they need 16 wins in 24 games for a real shot at making it.

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by John Beatty on Feb 19, 2012 1:13 PM EST up reply actions

Tavares isn’t that good.

by Alexander Calloway on Feb 19, 2012 1:39 PM EST up reply actions

Is Mike Weaver sitting tonight?

He’s listed as “other (excused)” on the SB Nation NHL Injury widget.

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by Kevin Kraczkowski on Feb 19, 2012 1:46 PM EST reply actions

Not as far as I know. The only lineup change mentioned in the last two days was the Yonkman for Robak swap. If so, they’re going to be short because they only have 20 uninjured players on the roster right now.

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by John Beatty on Feb 19, 2012 2:22 PM EST up reply actions

Nothing on my radar either. A hiccup, probably. Otherwise we’d be looking at a recall.

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by Donny Rivette on Feb 19, 2012 3:17 PM EST up reply actions

Someone might have jumped the gun. Somewhere I read he had a few stitches in the lip but that was all.

I’m putting here for reflection later on in the season…. #14 Tomas [Fleischmann] is getting a 40G season. FLASH COUNT: 19G/25A
by RPC on Sep 17, 2011 5:20 PM MDT
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by Chris S Roberts on Feb 19, 2012 3:42 PM EST up reply actions