Monday Caterwaul: Panthers Open Forum

i can’t give eric gudbranson any more slack. every time he is on the ice i feel like the panthers are going to get scored on. he is -17 constantly turns it over in his own zone, goes into panic mode every time the puck touches his stick, if he tries to send the puck out of the zone his passes are never on target and often result in icing or a pass to the opposing team, has an average shot once he finally gets it off and by the time he lines up the opposing player for a check they shake him off like the glass shook off bradley last night. lastly, what scares me most is he tries to be the last one off the ice like he is the captain, which to me shows he is way over confident and clearly doesn’t know how awful he has been.

ohh yeah, and his helmet doesn’t fit he spends half the game trying to fix it every time he gets knocked around.

don’t get me wrong i still have high hopes for him and think in time he will turn into a good player, but right now he is hurting the panthers.

Bradley- concussed as per Harv via Twitter..

hey guys, coming into the Duck talk late. Just watched the game on the DVR.

positives: another really good game from Theodore. Bergenhiem played very well. They held the Ducks to one goal despite the injuries on the D. And after Dineen finally wised up and shuffled the lines a bit they outplayed the Ducks for most of the second half of the game.

negatives: Another bad start. no one can finish on this team! Weiss, Versteeg, Flash and Campbell were not the best Panthers, hard to win in this league when your best guys aren’t bringing it. Taking too long or simply passing up good chances to shoot. for example Kopecky was open in the slot at least twice with the puck and instead of shooting tried to make a pretty pass which didn’t connect. Passing in all zones needs to improve. some coaching gaffes: Dineen took too long to shuffle the lines and his move with about 5 minutes of going to 4 forwards was ill advised. The puck went into the Panthers zone and with Sammy still on D stayed there for a long time allowing the Ducks to eat up precious time and take away a lot of the momentum the Panthers had built up.

How many times in the last ten years have we seen the Panthers totally gas a home stand like this late in the season?
This is really disappointing. 0-3 with only 3 goals scored. ugh!

@WharnsCBCSPORTS: #RedWings have put G Ty Conklin on waivers.

Awesome article from OTF:

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More via On The Forecheck

Brian Campbell sat in his locker stall for more than 10 minutes after Sunday’s game in full uniform alternately staring into space and muttering under his breath while shaking his head.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/20/2650793/florida-panthers-fall-to-anaheim.html#storylink=cpy

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one doing that- although I was in the car in my Panther jacket. You get the picture.

They’re doing everything they can to save us that money on playoff tickets. Thanks guys!

I gotta say, this capitals team is so far from special. Defensive breakdowns, no energy on the ice, no energy behind the bench, the coach looks out of place, no visible leadership by ovie or anyone else really. Apart from the high end skill they’re gifted with, this team looks completely beatable and the panthers, if they get their act together, can definitely claim that SE title this season