Pop Gun Forwards

[loupowell52]

Watching the current crop of  non productive offensive players makes me think back to some of Panthers' previous "pop gun forwards".  Please nominate your biggest offensive flop to have worn the Black & Gold ( and green, brown, red etc ) from the post 1980's era.  Let's begin the list with Ian Morgan from the mid-1990's.could

[pantherlee]

I came as a kid in the 90’s and can’t remember much from that far back but from when I starting coming again in 2010 the one that stand out are Matt Carter, Raphael Bussieres and Jon Rheault

[dill1015]

Josh Shalla has to be right up there with biggest let downs.

[iginla]

Bussieres has got to be up there.
I was promised a swashbuckling power forward who was good for around 20 goals. 🤣🤣🙄

[Jord v4]

Bruce Graham v2.... Useless without David Ling... as most snipers would be actually.

[Deleted]

Alot of these players mentioned weren't terrible players for various reasons they just didnt settle and/or weren't played to their strengths.

Shalla being a prime example...look at his goals output before and after his Panthers stint.

One player who Steelers fans always despised as being horrific... Wes Dorey...got booted.. went on to score a respectable 50 points in 67 games at his new club

[Higgy]

Nemivirosky from 2004/05...one game wasnt it?

[iginla]

Oct 18, 2019 12:21:37 GMT Higgy said:

Nemivirosky from 2004/05...one game wasnt it?

Yeah then Steve McKenna fell on him and he feigned injury for a while then got gassed. 🙄

[bobness]

Tyler Larter (so brief was his stay he's not even listed as having played a single game for panthers on EP) and Sean "Charley" Farley. Neither of them lasted long (although I see apparently SF scored 6+9 in 6 games?). Anyone else remember Sergei Gavrilenko? (Didn't he have to wear borrowed kit?)

You could also do a thread on players who came in and instantly produced. Jarolav Sevcik has to be right up there for that one. Joe Jensen is the other for me. He tailed off a bit afterwards though.

[sevcik]

If I recall correctly Seegei Gavrilenko was signed as temporary import cover because of injury to another impor & was 'the best the club could get at short notice'.
Signed from Trafford Metros who were then playing in the 3rd tier- when promotion & relegation was still a thing
Played just the 1 weekend for Panthers (2 games 1 assist)
From what I remember he was no better or worse than the average brit at the time. Certainly nowhere near as good as the other import forwards in the league.

Ian Morgan was still the worst Panthers import forward for me.

Blaisdell didnt waste any time kicking Larter out the door & Farley wasn't much cop either. Think he went on to play for Solihull & Larter did a mini tour of the country....in 1 season.

[bobness]

I can’t remember another Russian playing for Panthers?
Excluding Nemirovsky, of course.

[iginla]

Oct 18, 2019 18:59:24 GMT bobness said:

I can’t remember another Russian playing for Panthers?
Excluding Nemirovsky, of course.

Come on Bob it’s not that long ago bloody hell.......Alex Mokshantsev. 🙄

[dp]

The one i was most disappointed with, although definitely nowhere near the worst....Scott Allison.

Absolutely incredible at Steelers. Just pretty decent at Panthers.

[sevcik]

Technically Gavrilenko wasn't Russian. He was/is Ukrainian.
We did have another Ukrainian train we Panthers though he never actually played a game. Was a D-man called Anatoli Naida. Played a handful of games for Billingham I think.

[bobness]

Oct 18, 2019 19:10:08 GMT iginla said:

Oct 18, 2019 18:59:24 GMT bobness said:

I can’t remember another Russian playing for Panthers?
Excluding Nemirovsky, of course.

Come on Bob it’s not that long ago bloody hell.......Alex Mokshantsev. 🙄

Lol. Long day at work...

[bobness]

Oct 18, 2019 19:30:06 GMT sevcik said:

Technically Gavrilenko wasn't Russian. He was/is Ukrainian.
We did have another Ukrainian train we Panthers though he never actually played a game. Was a D-man called Anatoli Naida. Played a handful of games for Billingham I think.

I think I’ll just go to bed now...

[kievthegreat]

Oct 18, 2019 19:30:06 GMT sevcik said:

Technically Gavrilenko wasn't Russian. He was/is Ukrainian.
We did have another Ukrainian train we Panthers though he never actually played a game. Was a D-man called Anatoli Naida. Played a handful of games for Billingham I think.

Also a Ukranian keeper 2 years ago who didn't even make it to Nottingham before getting involved in a match fixing scandal and doing a runner.

[jdizpt8]

Oct 18, 2019 19:44:17 GMT kievthegreat said:

Oct 18, 2019 19:30:06 GMT sevcik said:

Technically Gavrilenko wasn't Russian. He was/is Ukrainian.
We did have another Ukrainian train we Panthers though he never actually played a game. Was a D-man called Anatoli Naida. Played a handful of games for Billingham I think.

Also a Ukranian keeper 2 years ago who didn't even make it to Nottingham before getting involved in a match fixing scandal and doing a runner.

I’m still curious to know just how good he was going to be

[kievthegreat]

Oct 18, 2019 22:41:37 GMT jdizpt8 said:

Oct 18, 2019 19:44:17 GMT kievthegreat said:

Also a Ukranian keeper 2 years ago who didn't even make it to Nottingham before getting involved in a match fixing scandal and doing a runner.

I’m still curious to know just how good he was going to be

www.eliteprospects.com/player/189186/eduard-zakharchenko

Stats don't look great since his return to hockey.

[shinobi]

I was disappointed with Dody Wood during his time with Panthers; looked great with Ayr the previous season. Scott Allison had a knee injury IIRC during that solitary season.