Weiss keeps it simple on winner

RED BARON wrote:

Another nail-biter win on the back of Vokoun. Honestly we could have won this game in regulation against a weak Caps team, but again the Cats decided to play for the tie. Whatever. No killer instinct yet. Two points is two points I guess. Weiss is definitely showing consistent marked improvement along with Booth. Unfortunately, our PP sucks again without Murphy. I hope he gets his shoulder bruise issue resolved soon.

Steve Goldslime wrote:

All you joyfull Panther fans, before you get too excited, lets look at who they have beaten.
Blue Jackets- horrible team, Capitals (twice)- horrible team and the Rangers- a very good team, who played their backup goalie because they were playing a horrible Panther team.

Wait a Minute wrote:

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Blue Jackets are far from a horrible team this year. They have an 11-9-4 record (and 26 points) and are getting outstanding goaltending from Leclaire and Nash has finally become a complete player with 11 assists and a plus 1 rating to go with his 16 goals. Even Zherdev looks like a different player this year, finally showing some maturity. Ken Hitchcock has turned that team around and they've obviously bought into his system.
As for beating the Rangers' back-up goalie, keep in mind that Valiquette saved 33 out of 35 shots - and in his 2 starts this year he's posted a 1.86 GAA and .942 SV%. He's hardly a pushover.
As for not having beaten "elite" teams, so what. The games they've won are the games they SHOULD win, but in past years have blown. Also note that the Columbus team they beat then came out the next 2 games and beat Detroit and Minnesota.

Steve Goldslime wrote:

All you joyfull Panther fans, before you get too excited, lets look at who they have beaten.
Blue Jackets- horrible team, Capitals (twice)- horrible team and the Rangers- a very good team, who played their backup goalie because they were playing a horrible Panther team.

Wait a Minute wrote:

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Blue Jackets are far from a horrible team this year. They have an 11-9-4 record (and 26 points) and are getting outstanding goaltending from Leclaire and Nash has finally become a complete player with 11 assists and a plus 1 rating to go with his 16 goals. Even Zherdev looks like a different player this year, finally showing some maturity. Ken Hitchcock has turned that team around and they've obviously bought into his system.
As for beating the Rangers' back-up goalie, keep in mind that Valiquette saved 33 out of 35 shots - and in his 2 starts this year he's posted a 1.86 GAA and .942 SV%. He's hardly a pushover.
As for not having beaten "elite" teams, so what. The games they've won are the games they SHOULD win, but in past years have blown. Also note that the Columbus team they beat then came out the next 2 games and beat Detroit and Minnesota.

Steve Goldslime wrote:

<quoted text>Take it to the bank, the Panthers WLL NOT MAKE THE PLAYOFFS! One thing I have found since moving down here is that it does not take much to give fans for any of the sports hope. Like Dolphin fans getting excited over Ricky Williams coming back. PLEASE! Fans down here never peel the skin of the onion back to see what is really below the surface. The Panthers don't have the talent to make a sincere run. I'm sure you will bash my comments, but I'm confident that my comments will be coroborated by their record come April and May.

No icecubes wrote:

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Absolutely correct, welcome to S.Fla...you don't have to wait until April-May, my friend! Watch them losing tonight with square head Martin satisfied with a lousy performance last night . He won't change none of the tired older players on second night game. He'll shine on the pre-game interview...but wait till 10pm...Montador ? Great great pass last night !!!!

No icecubes wrote:

Great clearing by clear head Montador to give them the equalizer. Give him more ice, Martin..."the kid" will only get better...best educator ! What is the message?--Everything goes, keep playing sloppy, you'll get even more ice instead of the AHL bus.

Panthers Rock wrote:

<quoted text>Hey, Idiot. Montador ahs been playing great hockey. everyone messes up now and then. You do not know squat about hockey. don Rickles thinks you are a hockey puck. Dip stick.