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Monday Caterwaul: Panthers GameDay Open Forum

Florida’s Stephen Weiss remains 1 assist away from becoming the Panthers’ all-time leader (232); he’s scoreless in two games since January 1st. Against tonight’s opponent Weiss has logged 5 points (1G) in 8 matches vs Vancouver.

The Eastern Front

Rank

Team

GP

W

L

OT

PTS

GF

GA

Home

Away

L/10

Streak

1

NY Rangers

39

26

9

4

56

116

82

12-3-2

14-6-2

9-1-0

Won 4

2

Boston

38

26

11

1

53

141

73

14-7-1

12-4-0

8-2-0

Lost 1

3

Florida

41

20

13

8

48

107

115

10-4-5

10-9-3

4-4-2

Lost 1

4

Philadelphia

40

24

12

4

52

137

121

10-6-2

14-6-2

4-5-1

Lost 1

5

Ottawa

43

22

15

6

50

135

143

14-8-1

8-7-5

7-1-2

Won 1

6

New Jersey

41

23

16

2

48

114

117

11-7-1

12-9-1

6-3-1

Won 2

7

Toronto

41

21

15

5

47

133

131

11-5-4

10-10-1

5-3-2

Won 3

8

Pittsburgh

40

21

15

4

46

123

106

11-6-2

10-9-2

4-6-0

Lost 4

9

Winnipeg

41

20

16

5

45

109

119

14-6-1

6-10-4

6-3-1

Won 1

10

Washington

39

21

16

2

44

116

115

14-5-1

7-11-1

6-3-1

Lost 1

11

Buffalo

41

18

18

5

41

107

121

10-9-5

8-9-0

2-6-2

OT 1

12

Montreal

41

16

18

7

39

109

114

7-7-6

9-11-1

3-7-0

Won 2

13

Tampa Bay

40

17

20

3

37

109

136

11-5-0

6-15-3

5-4-1

Lost 3

14

Carolina

43

14

22

7

35

112

146

10-10-3

4-12-4

4-4-2

Lost 1

15

NY Islanders

39

14

19

6

34

91

125

8-9-3

6-10-3

5-5-0

Lost 2

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Why last night neither rocked nor jonesed:

  • OTW over PHI, 6-4; both clubs now have more points/”lesser” conference standing than FLA/

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

  • WSH at LA, 10:30 p.m.; Caps are 1-3 (9GF-16GA) on S. Figueroa Street since 2003/

Next up for the Cats:

Tonight from a be-tarped BankAtlantic Center vs Vancouver; the LBC Game Thread (7 p.m.) asks you to come down and see the, uh, mile of cars we have at the lot.

Did you know:

Lifetime, FLA and VAN are 1-1 on Mondays against each other, both from BC, and both ending in a 2-1 regulation score (3/7/1994 & 10/11/2010)

On the table:

Canucks “player ratings” vs Boston…F Kris Versteeg has 7P (2G) vs VAN…G Roberto Luongo is 4-0-1 with 1 SO vs FLA…Coach Dineen on backup G Jacob Markstrom (knee): “I’m confident he’ll be fine to be an option.”; expect a Scott Clemmensen start…OFP with the ups & downs of the season so far…D Brian Campbell is riding a three-game point streak (all assists) for the third time this season; he’s collected 9P (1G) in as many games…Canucks’ D Sami Salo is out, thanks to thisDavid Booth will not play, as of Sunday afternoon…Remember hating with all your humanity having the Cats face ATL and CAR 8 times per year after the lockout? Try this: “The San Antonio Rampage take on their in-state rivals, the Houston Aeros, [Sunday] at the AT&T Center for the seventh of 12 matchups between the two clubs this season.” SA eventually lost 4-3…Tonight’s game preview goes live at 3 p.m…Lots to mull over at Nucks Misconduct this morning.

UPDATE: G Brian Foster has been recalled, will back up Clemmer