FTP: Panthers @ Blues 12/07/2021

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Winning with a not full roster against the best team in the league should be enough of reasons to post an FTP ;)

The original thread link is here:
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Page number: 8

St. Louis definitely has the best jerseys in the league.

Page number: 9

Forsling and Barkov both back. Huuuge

That was an awesome pass by Huberdeau.

This pace will help the Panthers with the Blues only having 10 forwards

Welcome back Barky!!!!!

Mamin looks pretty good on the first line.

Nice pass Max!

He's back baby.

Common Panthers W

Barky! Mams!

Woof woof

What a sick pass.
Gizmo Mamin?

Now we have ovechkin on the top line too

Sweeeeeeeet!!! Welcome back Capitano

Great pass by Mamin.

Mams and Bennett look really good to start this game off.

silky pass by max

Mamin belongs in the middle/top 6. He's versatile big can skate. A more skilled less physical marchment.

We don't need Bennett to be a point per game player. We just need him to bring the lunch pale and drive the offensive effort and he brings that every single night.
way more valuable than trocheck who disappears for games at a time.

I've seen enough.
Lomberg is our best player

We must have the best 4th line in the league

Panthers playing Panthers hockey"¦
What a refreshing season man !

Let's see the power play with Barkov back. He can carry the puck into the zone. That's been a bit of a problem.

Page number: 10

I think you could realistically stick Luostarinen and Lomberg on any 3rd lines in the league and a couple of 2nd lines too and they wouldn't be out of place. They're so important for us right now it's crazy.

How do see Knight and Bob going forward?
Do Bob keep the #1 job or is it moving more and more to Knight?

Huby made the mistake of trying to shoot.

Power play looked better but still couldn't score

This powerplay makes me sad.

Honestly that wasn't too bad of a PP

Bob is still the #1 unless he completely shits the bed

Acquiring a guy like Barkov does wonders.

That's why I love this guy"¦
He just brings it and has a motor that never stops !
A good hockey player from the old times, that always has impact on the ice"¦
He could score 30 points, 60 points or 80 points, it wouldn't matter !

"Everybody loves Gustav Forsling but that was a little too much"
I love Goldie

Power Play looked more fluid than normal. A step in the right direction.

Bob has looked shaky in a couple of games recently but he's been good this season, he's keeping that job unless he nosedives.

KNIGHT SONK'ED HIM!

Need to get traffic in front of Hudson, he's getting to good a look at the shots

Yeah the power play looks much better this game, just getting goalie'd a tiny bit right now.

The Cats chances of winning a game decreases as the PP mins rack up.

Chance after chance squandered still. Couple
Nice oook one timers on the pp. much better

At this rate, Husso is going to lose 20 pounds by the end of the 2nd period

Man we throw a ton of vulcanized rubber at the opposition.

Great period, I think the Panthers could realistically have scored 2 or 3 there. Husso making some nice saves. Just gotta keep it going.

Mamin with Lundell and Lomberg now?
Or just missing line changes here?

Lines out of order due to the power plays

Disriskpekting the game. 5 game suspension for both Zegras and Milano.

Page number: 11

Man, you just gotta tip your cap to Husso on some of these stops.

Husso good

Husso is f***ing annoying.

Husso is making some great saves.

Binnington is going to be collecting unemployment at this rate

I have seen enough.
Husso is the greatest goalie who has ever lived

Husso receiving a lot of shots but not many high quality ones.

Need traffic, deflections, not shots with no one in front

Go high on this kid already, haha
-ghoste

Huby and the Sams <3

Our one timer chances have been pretty bad. The passes are slow and Husso has all day to get over. And then shot is directly at his pads.

Impressive period. The blues are a very good nhl team and look like they don't belong on the same ice surface.

Disagree. The shots themselves haven't been great. But the setups and passes have been good. The goalie usually only has a pad there and isn't fully squared.

See how much better we play defensively with Barkov in though?

Good period , a lot of shots, good to see. Keep shooting as this guy has a lot of hole in his body when he's making saves.

Excellent period. Husso standing on his head is the only reasons it's only 1-0

Nobody wants to receive a condemning gaze from Barky.

I mean, they are missing several key players plus they are actually one player short due to cap reasons lol

My favorite is Colorado.
I put ours second. I really love our sweaters

Huberdeau keeps playing with that edge, this team is going places.

The Cats struggle to score goals against tendies who can keep their pads on the ice.

Need to lift the puck.

Like Saros

Barkov is running the Powerplay?

Page number: 12

60 shot pace, Husso gonna be dead those last 5-10 mins of 3rd haha

Was it the Austrian goalie who had like 70 shots at the wjc and had to leave due to cramps?

Not a big fan of the blue pants with the white jerseys. Other than that I don't mind our Jersey's, like the red better than white. Usually I'm a big fan of teams white jerseys.

ya I remember it but not sure which country he played for.

Big props to Brunette for putting Barkov at the top of the umbrella. I thought that he'd be the best fit there a few weeks ago, but Brunette had the gumption to make the unusual adjustment.

Power play looks fine

Spencer!

Ping

Feeling a Barky hatter first game back!

Game has trouble written all over it if we don't score the next goal.

Jinx

We fell asleep there or something

A lot of those Panthers on the ice we're on for the pp. They look gassed!

The usual lol

Just our luck.

whattafuuk... time to rebuild the rebuild.

That's a painful goal to allow considering the better chances we've had

This happens when you miss all those chances

Just getting out goaltended again

Who is this Husso and why does he stop everything when we play him?

So annoying seeing the other team score on their slim chances while we whiff on our incredible amount. The shot placement needs to improve

Same story. Completely dominating and give up one chance and it's in. It's unbearable

Why do we struggle with changes in the second period?

He's the best goalie in the world.

Page number: 13

Montour!!!!

Montour's absolutely lethal if you give him room at the top of the circle.

Monty good

Like that!

Monty!

Montour!

Oh thank god. Didn't wanna give the Blues the momentum too long.

Montour is so bad for a 4th/5th defenseman"¦

We're back!

Excellent response

Aye the Fat Pat Killer

See go high. EZ PZ
-ghoste

We can lift the puck!

Montoooour

The plan: Try and keep up with this offense.

Go figure the one that goes through is the one where we take the goalies eyes away

Anyone's else notice Verhaeghe is just giving it his all tonight?

His effort has been good overall, imo

Mamin is playing like a slightly more skilled Marchment. I kind of wonder if we might be sending OT to Charlotte and trying Marchmenr-Lundell-Duke soon?

How are we not first in shots lol

Yeah, I've never thought effort is the issue: he's a complementary like Dadonov to Barkov which is awesome given the contract we pay him

Lil cousin of Greiss"¦

They need a 2 goal lead

Gus just got stripped right in front of his net. Not a good look.

Page number: 14

Might have to put him on waivers soon.

He is showing his true colours

We have dodged a couple of bullets in the last few minutes.

Blues getting unlucky puck luck

The Canadian high draft pick line is not looking so great defensively today

The ice has titled the last 5-10 minutes. Clamp down on D.

damn, Mamin had a nice chance.

Blue got momentum from Husso.

Blouses are a bunch of divers.

That's it. Clean the crease.

Hold up. Montour got cross checked, and as he was falling from the cross check the stick hit the blues player. How is that Montours fault lmao

Man"I've always thought Mamin was a good hockey player" I mean a good old one, chip from the old block"

He was looking amazing the last few games"¦ He just looks like a beast tonight !
Incredible.

Damn that was a nice play.
Also, did anyone else hear that f-bomb a few seconds before the goal?

They made that look too easy

Blues chances have been better than our chances.
our D is just too porous

Man we have dominated but the chances we give up like the second goal are BAD

Cats 2 - 2 Refs.

Imagine our PP was that good.

I'd kill to have set plays like that on the PP

Must be nice to have a working PP

Let's try to kill this pk please

I don't understand that monty penalty at all

Good response by blues. Panthers haven't been hemmed in like this in a while. What a pp. big difference

The blues could qualify as a wild card and end up in the conference finals. They're built for the playoffs.

I think it's that "you must be responsible for your stick at all times"

Page number: 15

Responsible for stick even when incidental. Don't understand the double"¦was he bleeding?

Bennett not having a great 2nd, after having a really good 1st.

2nd line looks bad tonight. May want to shuffle them up

Refs betting the over

Tale of two periods

So what is it ?
Refs heard Godlie say we didn't have any penalty yet ?

Nifty save by Knight.

Woooow Knighter

Everyone flat footed at the blue line.

Sleeping there by the defenders

The defensemen cannot defend and the forwards cannot score. A recipe for success.

Our D is like Swiss cheese.

My goodness we look so disorganized
get it together!

We're getting owned

For the love of Willy Wonka's brother in law!

This period is rough

Huby you goof

For the love of Willie Wonka's brother-in-law.
What the heck is Randy talking about?

2 cents brain play here my hero"¦

So dumb

Lol where's a muffin when you need one

Bruno better do something, throw a milk crate on to the ice or sumptin'.

That line needs to be broken up: replace Reino and Tippett

Yeah that's what i meant, the double. Didn't seem that bad...? And it doesn't have to be automatic double with blood, just usually

Huby is pretty much invisible when this team plays against an above average defensive team.

Page number: 16

We clapped their cheeks in the first and they did the same to ours in the second.
Third decides it.

Should not be missing the net that close

Good
Kill. Gudas been brutal this period. Bennett gotta finish that turnover .

Well, that period wasn't fun

what are you smoking

Weird game. This has playoff vibes.

I mean, he got cross checked in the back lol. Obviously he isn't gonna be able to control a lot of things

Funny how we look terrible, disorganized, Swiss-cheese like when the Blues look good"¦
And how the Blues look atrocious, putrid when we look dominant.
Wonder why"¦

10 forwards, can't fill all 4 lines and we're tied. Should be burying them

We've lost 6/9 games on the road this season
why are we such a bad road team?

As soon as Hubie flipped that puck, I knew it was a penalty. You can't make that play with the rules in place. That's simple hockey IQ right there.
Definitely not the Panthers best 2nd of the year. Knight is starting to turn it on, making some really good saves.

Goldie keeps going on about their 10 forwards like as if we didn't play multiple games rolling a fourth line of Matheson - Sceviour - Pysyk by choice.

Yeah, it's almost like this a NHL game between 2 NHL teams....
The Arizona game messed up people's perceptions!

"Maybe they get mesmerized by my superstar status that they'll let this puck flip slide..."

We need to stay out of the box in the 3rd period

You're team is sure fun to watch!!!
Love seeing Bennett having a good season. He seems revitaltized.
We are just trying to tread water right now like the Bad News Bears.
Good luck the rest of the game.

He can be so creative offensively passing the puck, I just don't get it. Sometimes he makes dumb plays, and lets his temper get the best of him.
I won't even go on about how I've never seen him raise the puck in the shootout/breakaway before.

Then explain his 3 assists from the last game against them, lol. 3 points in two games is still a 120 point pace. Please continue being invisible.
JLD grasping at straws lol.

Throw the puck on net Huby when no one is open.

Can we please score on this power play

This pp absolutely needs to convert

No, I get it.
Sometimes he's magical, but sometimes I have no idea what I'm watching. Almost like he can be on a lazy repeat.

Amazing they are/were leading the nhl in goals when the pp looks like this
Cmon OT

0-8 power play against the Blues over the last two games

Page number: 17

Send Tippett to the press box

This might turn into a heart breaker.

Our PP is so frustrating.
And now Tippett gets a penalty to boot"¦.smh

Stupid penalty.

Tipp needs to sit

PING
Rhino is looking better and better with every game played. Almost like he is understanding the systems and his teammates more and more with each game.

Nice dive/fumbling"¦

The Cats would have better odds at winning any given game if they weren't awarded any PP mins.

Replace Huby for Swaggy. Better shooter.

If our PP was even half decent, this game would be put to bed already.
Tippett has been trash"¦if we were healthier, he'd be sitting out for sure.

Tippett is garbage

Unbelievable

Kyrou is a star in the making

This game just feels like it's a matter of time before we lose. I hope I'm wrong. We don't seem to be defending very well.

That is really f***ing annoying.

Ekblad looks lost when he has to defend, especially on PK. Thankfully defensive metrics aren't the deciding factor when they award the Norris trophy.

Riiiight at the penalty ends

Lost the goaltending battle"¦again

I just want one coach that knows how to coach a PP like that. That movement is insane. We just stand still

Must be nice to actually have a PP that can score

Good thing there's 12 minutes left.

Lol how'd they not score

Be careful, Brunette runs the power play and we're not allowed to talk negative about him

The home team wants to win more than the panthers over 60 minutes that's why our record is trash on the road.
the panthers have to want it more.

Zito needs to figure out the PP. Either acquire PP specialist(s) or fix the PP coaching. Put Lundell on the 1st PP unit and demote Huby to the 2nd.

Page number: 18

Husso has made our goalie tandem look very very average

Tippett benched, I think.
Good

Great. Can we decline it?

Like Spence to stop that one. Nothing crazy just got beat. And how we aren't finishing these chances. Unreal

How can so many opportunities not go in

Team is dog water on the road
unless that changes they'll exit in the first round again

Why can't Bob or knight stand on their head and win game like this goalie for the blues?

Incoming goal.
The last PP Rhino hit the crossbar.

Lol Bob's done it a number of times already this season.

How is that not 2 penalties ?

Brunette and his PP SUCK ASS!!!

Need to figure it out here.

Should be a double minor, wtf

How was that not called??

Our pp. wingers need to come up higher and get the puck moving with some speed to net. Opens lanes as defenders are standing still . Instead with hers just stand still at boards. It's looked better today but they have to convert

Weegar is so stupid.

That was a f***ing dive, come on.

Are you kidding me?

We need to learn to tie up sticks. All these goals on Spencer are just meh defense.

LOL
OK Zebras I get it

Absolutely pathetic

What a weak call

Well Bennett's having a tough night.

Pp is losing us this game yet again.

Our PP is what you'd expect from a last place team.

Page number: 19

Special teams truly is special

f***ing clown shoes

I'm turning it off. If we win you'll know why.

Bad call, should get a make up at some point, which won't matter because our powerplay sucks.

Ignore obvious second penalty on them, call a weak ass one on us

lol the wheels are just flying out of this cart. Bruno probably palming his face again.

We're are better at 4 on 4 then on the PP.

There's a lot of red flags that make me think we are not really a contender.

Bennett's having one of those nights due to reputation and zebras making phantom calls to try and be a « good impartial refs a»"
Come on buddy, watch the game.
Bennett has struggled with his chances, but the penalties were two of the weakest calls this year.

I'm gonna have to stop watching this team on the road. It'll be better for my mental health

Hubie Doobie dooo

Barkov hurt.

Did Barkov die again

Gudas what a play!

Wow beautiful pass by Butcher

Huberdeau doesn't get any points against better teams.....

Butcher went God mode lol

No barkov?? Oh snap, huby!

What happened to Barkov?

Huber finally. That's a gudass pass.

Wow gudas. What a feed never expected him to make that play

wait wheres barky?

So whats up with Barkov? Wtf man

Gudas with a Barkov pass

How da fuq does Gudas make that pass.
Hopefully Barkov is just an equipment thing...

Page number: 20

I agree.

Light this dude up lol

Why they yank him? Injured?

That's what I'm talkin about!
Beauty game by Gudas tonight!

Barkov is just dressed with a Gudas beard and jersey

It looked like he got injured a few minutes ago but stayed in.

Put shots on this goalie immediately

Husso dead too.
Take all the shots lol

No I mean things aren't going his way tonight.

5 on 5. We are the best in the league. Yet we absolutely suck on the PP.
Makes no sense. I wish knew what the solution is.

Well, I guess the whole Barkov thing was fun while it lasted

Barkov figured all these come backs didnt include him so he decided to bounce for that good juju.

Did they really bring Barkov back too soon?

We all know the answer to that one.

Great!
Now you guys get to shoot pucks on our Zamboni driver's garbage collector.
Just great!

"I've played enough tonite. Should've paid me $12mil per to get me play through the entire game..."

Blues commentators are talking about how Lingren was 8-1-1 this season in the AHL.

Goldie with the ALWGAP

ALWGAP

ALWGA f***ing P boys

Whew, let's pull it out in OT boys

Surely we are at or near the top for most OT games

I am picking Swaggy

I wonder if our opponents are happy with the ALWGAP like we used to be.

Page number: 21

I was wondering who's stride Mamin's reminded me the last few games"¦
How stupid I am !
It was right in front of my eyes that whole time"¦
Carter V it is guys, I think the two really kind of look like the same while puckhandling with speed.

Another road loss

Yuck

WTF Knight

Very disappointing not to win that one after the first period.
Team's got serious issues on the road, needs to be figured out ASAP.

What was knight doing there

Knight cmon what a stinker

Uh Spencer?

That's a very bad loss

Need better goaltending

Not sure what Spencer was doing but that was pathetic. Goaltending and pp lost this game.

Wow wtf Knight...

Man Knight looks like a rookie recently

That was really bad from everyone involved. Slow-motion play.
Why are we cursed on the road? Do we just not care?

Knight has not been good...

Lots and lots of issues at D & G & PP.

Thank you zebras.

Knight looks like an AHL'r right now. Think he may need some time to develop before he's a full timer

f***in' a
I've been a bit disappointed in Knight so far.

PP sucks and lose another game on the road.

That was so bush league. My god. Might as well just put the puck in our own net.

C'mon Tallas.
-ghoste

2 blown leads, 0 for on the power play, lame OT goal, just another unacceptable road game

7 losses in a row is a trend right?

Knight sucks. Send him to Charlotte. Hire Sateri.

Page number: 22

What a shit game, lucky enough to get a point. We need to finish thse chances we get when we go on those flurries otherwise they are pointless. And cash in on pps and not look lost af

Knight needs some AHL time to humble himself too bad we have no backup

He doesn't get enough credit for turning Knight into a dumpster.

This is not a Stanley Cup defense. Offense most definitely.

Agree. He's overthinking and/or not reacting quick enough.
Not remembering the big saves from last year as much as this year.

Wow that OT goal. Just awful.

Coaching issues I guess ?

1-3-4 now on the road.
Just really embarassing road performance.
I don't care if they beat Arizona. That's a shit team

We deserved more but take the point and move on.

Dunno, I think Knight is the only one to blame for falling that hard out of position and la de da failing to make an effort to get back.

That was so stupid. How do you mess that up.
Of course Blues win when down a player all game lol.
And now who knows what happened to Barkov

Oh come on. You absolutely care.

It's just really weird once Tallas got his hands on him he looks like this.

Not sure what Knight was doing there, more than three-quarters of the net was exposed. Sam got walked too, so he holds responsibility.

At least Mamin got two helpers.
Zito better do something. There's plenty of evidence that changes have to be made.

Can't protect leads. Can't score on the PP.

Well hope to god Bob stays sharp.
Disappointing game considered how well they played in the first. The PP needs to be fixed.
5 PP chances and it's a waste of 10 minutes offensively for this team.

Yeah, rebound control not what it was before and he's not making good decisions on when to be aggressive or when to play deeper. More movement in his game.

i mean pavel didn't have a big gap there.. but it was like knight thought he had more time? Knight looked like he was fighting it tonight.
We got a point... onto the next game shoulda been a win. Hopefully Barkov didn't reaggravate

Oh yeah sorry"¦
Was the difference in the game"¦ Sam had 4-5 grade A chances and none are going in lately !
He's been snake-bitten since the injury.

Knight looks like he's fighting it a lot lately. You can see the difference from last year.

We've given up at least 4 goals in five of our last six games. The only exception was 3 goals against.
that's pathetic and atrocious. Completely unacceptable. We can't keep scoring 4-5 goals a game to win. 3 should be enough once in a while

Just a reminder that our goalie tonight is 20, and can't drink alcohol legally in certain places around the world.
Everything is going to be OK.

It is spelled COACHED.
Outcoached.

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Who knew it would be harder to cheer on a league leading team than a 13th place conference one? Not me.

Good road game. Other than the overtime, I have the game at even. Should have taken two points against that lineup though. Nice to get at least one point

FIRE ROB TALLAS

I think he'll be fine. Just looks like he's going through the typical growing pains right now. It's why I wanted to keep Bob, can't rely on a rookie for the whole season.

Not really. Pp and goalie .simple

Being out goalied doesn't mean we are allowed to give up slam dunk chances.

The chances and shots we give up to the opposition appear to be much more high danger than the majority of shots we put up on the opposition.
the defense gives up way t0o much.

Yeah I agree. We played fine. All those penalties in the second were tough to deal with and their pp is really good. Lost on a rookie goalie mistake

Bob needs to get out of whatever funk he's in against Arizona and stop some pucks. Goaltending is going to f*** us badly if both tendies struggle like this.
PP also needs to stop being a stagnant perimeter joke.

Forreal. We get our goalies every game Becuase we always have more shots. Doesn't mean our goalie was bad or costed.

Send Tippett down, get a real head coach, get a PP coach, get another D man, and then see what happens.

Yup but goaltending hasn't made it possible recently. Today should have been one of those games. Spencer was bad

The team is not going to remain in first place bleeding goals like this. It's that simple. They need to fix that and special teams.

He sucked tonight. I'm quickly giving up.

Yeah a wide open back door, tip with no touching him, and a snipe wide open uncontested. He sucked tonight.

Knight gave up 1 even strength goal and 2 PP goals.
Not horrendous but the optics on that O.T. goal were bad.
That can't happen.

Not surprised there. Our twitter team will be out in full force insulting the parade route no doubt, lol.

It's encouraging we collect points even in bad games but there is no loser point in a 7 game series.
if they fail to commit to improving their defensive play and play timid on powerplays they'll be worried about their golf handicaps after another quick first round exit.

yeah, so we've played 40% on the road after tonight. no long trip so far so not a lot of opportunity to get a feel for it. i don't see this is a huge concern yet.
i missed large chunks of the game but saw a lot of the first and the last 8-10 minutes of the 3rd and OT. i liked the pace and push back. i liked the new PP. if we capitalize on one or two of those chances in the first it's lights out.

Outside the OT goal? Was he really?
The 1st goal was Tarasenko in close with a clean look.
2nd goal was a back door slam dunk.
3rd goal was a one timer in the slot with Saad all by himself.
Let's not forget in the 2nd the Blues got multiple breakaways
Not excusing Knight, but this team has been giving up way too many A+++ chances.

Yes the OT goal was really f***ing bad.
But using "outgoalie" as an excuse is tiresome. Play cleaner coverage and see that improve.

living up to your screen name

Man that was a brutal read on the OT goal. Not sure what happened there

Since the Boston shootout loss, the Panthers have allowed 3 or more goals every f***ing road game including a 7 spot to New Jersey.
Simply unacceptable road performances

I remember the mid 2000s lakers were so much more talented than everyone else they just coasted most nights in the regular season and then transformed into the globetrotters in the post season.
i just hope we are leaving a lot in the tank for April.

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Panthers won the first, and the last half of the Third.

yeah, i could tell by the SOG lol.
just needed to pot another one or two in the first and take 'em out of the game. they had ample chances. i think the new PP will bear some fruit soon.

Three points out of four against the St. Louis Blues. In the grand scheme of things, I'll take that.

I hate Husso for what he did to us but what a beauty!
I would not want to play ST Louis in the playoffs; you guys get poop done well