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Post by fishman on Aug 4, 2016 9:24:47 GMT
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Post by dill1015 on Aug 4, 2016 9:30:05 GMT
No surprise really. Had a good season last year but not irreplaceable. Wish him all the best.
Need to replace him like for like. Big steady stay at home d man.
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Post by fishman on Aug 4, 2016 10:18:52 GMT
No surprise really. Had a good season last year but not irreplaceable. Wish him all the best. Need to replace him like for like. Big steady stay at home d man. Don't you think Panthers want a D-man that can contribute to the goal tally, last seasons D score about 25 goals between them. |
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Post by dill1015 on Aug 4, 2016 10:35:12 GMT
No surprise really. Had a good season last year but not irreplaceable. Wish him all the best. Need to replace him like for like. Big steady stay at home d man. Don't you think Panthers want a D-man that can contribute to the goal tally, last seasons D score about 25 goals between them. No. Ive never been bothered about d men tearing up the points chats. As long as they have a decent transition out of the zone and a good first pass thats fine with me. On paper we already have loads of that. Waugh, Dimmen, Sertich and Lindhargen should all be able to move the puck well and get it to the forwards. Take the grand slam year. I think our d men had something like 25 goals between them, but had about 100 assists. Let the forwards worry about scoring. As long as the defence can move the puck quickly though the neutral zone thats fine. We need a Becket, Lepine, Schmit type player. Big, strong and can clear a crease. |
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Post by dexter on Aug 4, 2016 12:18:19 GMT
I think the latter point is key. Not sure who of the current D corps would be able to move a big player out of the crease when required.
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Post by jd on Aug 4, 2016 12:51:28 GMT
Corey scored 15 goals for us in 08/09 and 09/10. Since then the top goals for a d man has been Wild with 10. We need to replace Schmidt with another steady, reliable d man imo
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Post by iginla on Aug 4, 2016 13:12:23 GMT
A shame he's retired because Schmidt was rock solid.
But to wait until two weeks before the season to either decide it or announce it.......come on,that's poor either way by Panthers !
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Post by wgray on Aug 4, 2016 13:23:10 GMT
A shame he's retired because Schmidt was rock solid. But to wait until two weeks before the season to either decide it or announce it.......come on,that's poor either way by Panthers ! How is it the clubs fault? He could have been offered another job yesterday and told the club today that he's taking it, they obviously knew that he was looking which is why they will have looked for other players. |
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Post by Bagheera on Aug 4, 2016 14:07:43 GMT
Maybe just the way my mind thinks on how I would do it, but this news makes me think Kolnik will be back. I think Panthers already have an answer from him.The club get pelters at times, quite often deserved too. I can't imagine that they didn't give him a deadline and that should have been around the end of July.
If they know he isn't returning then I think they would have announced it with the Schmidt news.
Wouldn't be suprised to see signing news on the back of this. That would be typical Panthers. Drop a bit of news ready to set up the next signing.
Has to be a stay at home Dman. As you can see I am a Schmidt fan but I feel it needs to not just be a replacement but an upgrade too. The league is getting better and we need a unit. Lepinesque would be perftect.
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Post by panthers_nyr on Aug 4, 2016 14:18:08 GMT
Great D man and sad to see Schmidty go but was expected. I'd love to see Lepine back or a player of similar mold, it's probably too ambitious but I'd like to see Matt Lashoff in a Panthers jersey. A well rounded D man with good experience and has a little nasty streak in him to keep things fair in his own zone.
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Post by wgray on Aug 4, 2016 14:50:47 GMT
Great D man and sad to see Schmidty go but was expected. I'd love to see Lepine back or a player of similar mold, it's probably too ambitious but I'd like to see Matt Lashoff in a Panthers jersey. A well rounded D man with good experience and has a little nasty streak in him to keep things fair in his own zone. Lashoff would be a top top signing, that would set the bar! |
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Post by PantherB on Aug 4, 2016 14:51:37 GMT
Panthers aren't stupid enough to wait for Schmidt to have made his decision, for all they know he could've announced his retirement a day before the Clan game but obviously they aren't that stupid. They'll have a replacement well on their rader and no doubt in discussions. Sad to see him go, hopefully if it's a Nottingham based job, he wouldn't say no to being an injury cover.
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Post by Caesar on Aug 4, 2016 14:55:27 GMT
Oh what a difference a year makes. He's quite rightly receiving praise for last year, but the first season he was here, he was abysmal, not one single person wanted him back. Just goes to show that what we think is a terrible signing doesn't always turn out that way
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Post by wgray on Aug 4, 2016 15:17:15 GMT
Oh what a difference a year makes. He's quite rightly receiving praise for last year, but the first season he was here, he was abysmal, not one single person wanted him back. Just goes to show that what we think is a terrible signing doesn't always turn out that way Maybe it emphasises how important it is in getting a defence pairing correct, the first year he was paired with Berube, another player who got a lot of stick, maybe they weren't a good pairing? Maybe if Berube had stayed he would have performed better with a different D partner haha who knows |
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Post by Bagheera on Aug 4, 2016 15:17:43 GMT
Oh what a difference a year makes. He's quite rightly receiving praise for last year, but the first season he was here, he was abysmal, not one single person wanted him back. Just goes to show that what we think is a terrible signing doesn't always turn out that way I did. Wasn't as bad as people made out. Difference was he had a Defensive unit which allowed him to play his natural game last season. Yes he had a better season 2nd time around but the gap in his performances from season to season wasn't that vast. The whole team 2 seasons back were abysmal. He's know way near the best we have had and we should be looking to upgrade him, but he did his job over both seasons for me. |
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Post by dill1015 on Aug 4, 2016 15:26:52 GMT
Oh what a difference a year makes. He's quite rightly receiving praise for last year, but the first season he was here, he was abysmal, not one single person wanted him back. Just goes to show that what we think is a terrible signing doesn't always turn out that way I did. Wasn't as bad as people made out. Difference was he had a Defensive unit which allowed him to play his natural game last season. Yes he had a better season 2nd time around but the gap in his performances from season to season wasn't that vast. The whole team 2 seasons back were abysmal. He's know way near the best we have had and we should be looking to upgrade him, but he did his job over both seasons for me. Agreed. Him and Chris Lawrence got a lot of underserved flak for that season. The rest on the import were pretty woeful. Which is why the team got gutted. |
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Post by Ghost on Aug 4, 2016 16:00:13 GMT
A shame he's retired because Schmidt was rock solid. But to wait until two weeks before the season to either decide it or announce it.......come on,that's poor either way by Panthers ! How is it the clubs fault? He could have been offered another job yesterday and told the club today that he's taking it, they obviously knew that he was looking which is why they will have looked for other players. The Iraq war was the clubs fault if you ask Iginla. |
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Post by iginla on Aug 4, 2016 17:31:41 GMT
It's the clubs fault because there's no way they should be waiting that long for a player to decide if he's coming back or not.
I thought Schmidt was a very good Dman,but if a player can't decide what he's doing In five months since the end of last season then that says to me either he wouldn't be especially committed,or we are only his second choice so I'd rather look elsewhere much earlier.
The other option is he told Panthers ages ago and Panthers have sat on it,but either way,I don't think it's particularly good practice.
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Aug 4, 2016 21:02:34 GMT
Schmidt retired weeks ago and all it is is that old 1970's infantile spin to release the news on the same day as a long awaited signing.
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Post by iginla on Aug 4, 2016 21:41:02 GMT
Schmidt retired weeks ago and all it is is that old 1970's infantile spin to release the news on the same day as a long awaited signing. Ah i see FS. You mean like they do in politics eh,burying bad news on a day of good news,i've got it now. Only problem is....they forgot the good news ! |
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Post by Yotes on Aug 4, 2016 22:32:09 GMT
Best of luck to Iron Bryan for the future, managing to not get injured in 2 years playing for the Panthers is an impressive feat in itself.
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Post by allingtonskates on Aug 5, 2016 6:16:40 GMT
Schmidt retired weeks ago and all it is is that old 1970's infantile spin to release the news on the same day as a long awaited signing. Ah i see FS. You mean like they do in politics eh,burying bad news on a day of good news,i've got it now. Only problem is....they forgot the good news ! did they? We signed a player. If you think he isn't quite what you wanted it's not the best news but still wouldn't call it bad news. |
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