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Post by Kovalchuk17 on Sept 16, 2016 13:44:48 GMT
Imagine how pumped the arena would get if the team was being announced and then we heard: "AND WEARING NUMBER 13 BRIAN MCGRATTAN" It would raise the roof, but there is 1500 tickets left to sell...
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Post by jdizpt8 on Sept 16, 2016 15:37:20 GMT
Imagine how pumped the arena would get if the team was being announced and then we heard: "AND WEARING NUMBER 13 BRIAN MCGRATTAN" It would raise the roof, but there is 1500 tickets left to sell... If it were to happen the club should have been dropping hints to push sales. Random pictures on Twitter of a sign for London on the m1 the the Heathrow sign things like that to get people talking.
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Post by ted logan on Sept 16, 2016 16:47:49 GMT
Be amazed if McGrattan arrived in time.
Worse than that, Tom 'everyone is here to see me' Darnell is the guy with the orange armbands.
Gulp.
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Post by PantherG on Sept 16, 2016 20:54:25 GMT
It appears his paperwork has only been submitted, so I don't expect to see him till early October.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2016 21:13:18 GMT
Looks like I'm missing this due to final cricket match of the season. Does someone mind covering my usual 'game antics' for me please?!
1. Make the blonde girl serving drinks/food under row 12/13 smile with some harmless banter (Must be harmless, you decide where the line is). 2. Pick an opposition fan you can't see from the other side of the arena & swear if you bump in to them on the way out you'll have words. 3. Try to stare out Paws if he comes anywhere near you. 4. Cheer for Brad Moran, even when he inevitably goes missing.
Many thanks, Jord
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Post by John Casey on Sept 16, 2016 21:16:43 GMT
Can't wait, even though the season's 2 weeks old, to me it feels like we've just arrived to the party. Hopefully we give them a good thrashing which will make the rest of the League take notice.
With the large crowd, hopefully the Arena will be loud.
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Post by panthers_nyr on Sept 16, 2016 21:22:24 GMT
It appears his paperwork has only been submitted, so I don't expect to see him till early October. His paperwork is all done and sorted, he should be here for next weekend.
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Post by Bagheera on Sept 17, 2016 11:34:31 GMT
I know the season has technically already started but today it really starts. First competitive home game. Time to get back to focusing on the hockey. At least if things don't go well we can discuss the ins and outs of the games rather than the other stuff. My first chance to see the team live this season. Looking forward to it. Shame we don't have a full team but hopefully still have enough to compete. Looks like the D will be in tact so just do what it takes.
Panthers win 4 2.
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Post by dill1015 on Sept 17, 2016 19:29:22 GMT
Panthers outshot 1-15 in the second period... bloody hell.
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Post by Rob Scott on Sept 17, 2016 20:34:26 GMT
Wonderful result.
Glorious, heroic, frustrating, horrendous.
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Post by dill1015 on Sept 17, 2016 20:34:41 GMT
Im assuming someone called the police at the end of that game because that was daylight robbery. How on earth did we win?
Great result but a pretty horrible performance in my opinion.
The good: -Our penalty kill was very solid. Devils were kept well to the outside and we protected mika very well. - Wiikman - Lacho looks like hes playing hockey again. Instead of... whatever it was he was doing all of last season. - Lawrence once again stood out for me. He could have a great year if this continues.
The bad: - considering all the transition d men we've signed, we were pretty hopeless at moving the puck cleanly out of our own zone. So many chipped passes and making it so hard for guys to get on the end of them. - several silly penalties taken.
The ugly: -Our total inability to win the puck in our own zone. It felt like Cardiff were on a powerplay half the game. - We were badly outworked in our own barn. Not accetable. Some guys looks like they were playing the last game of a 3 in 3 again. - we managed to get outshot 1 - 15 in the second period and only manged 6 shots in total in the final 2 periods. Thats awful.
Just to also single out a couple of players. Nikofuruk is going to start coming under preasure if he does gets some points. So far hes not blown me away. Spang seems very... casual. Cant decide if its just because hes got very good positioning or if hes being abit lazy but at time tonight he looked like he was playing a testermonial game. Gonna kept my eye on him next time.
Tldr: Great result, Panthers have a lot of work to do.
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Post by Ghost on Sept 17, 2016 20:41:02 GMT
Im assuming someone called the police at the end of that game because that was daylight robbery. How on earth did we win? Great result but a pretty horrible performance in my opinion. The good: -Our penalty kill was very solid. Devils were kept well to the outside and we protected mika very well. - Wiikman - Lacho looks like hes playing hockey again. Instead of... whatever it was he was doing all of last season. - Lawrence once again stood out for me. He could have a great year if this continues. The bad: - considering all the transition d men we've signed, we were pretty hopeless at moving the puck cleanly out of our own zone. So many chipped passes and making it so hard for guys to get on the end of them. - several silly penalties taken. The ugly: -Our total inability to win the puck in our own zone. It felt like Cardiff were on a powerplay half the game. - We were badly outworked in our own barn. Not accetable. Some guys looks like they were playing the last game of a 3 in 3 again. - we managed to get outshot 1 - 15 in the second period and only manged 6 shots in total in the final 2 periods. Thats awful. Just to also single out a couple of players. Nikofuruk is going to start coming under preasure if he does gets some points. So far hes not blown me away. Spang seems very... casual. Cant decide if its just because hes got very good positioning or if hes being abit lazy but at time tonight he looked like he was playing a testermonial game. Gonna kept my eye on him next time. Tldr: Great result, Panthers have a lot of work to do. Strange, every time I've seen Spang I've thought he looked class. Interesting how differently two pairs of eyes can see something.
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Post by Kovalchuk17 on Sept 17, 2016 20:51:11 GMT
Not sure how that was in the W column... I suppose W stands for Wiikman tonight! Stone wall for us.
Devils look very good. If they got one I think they could have been on for a rout. To put it in 'Moran English', they didn't get the bounces!
Some good and some bad performances individually for us. Carter, Brown and Lawrence look really good. Farmer jumped up in class and Lacho was good (not great yet). On defence, Spang looks a class addition and Sertich had some lovely touches & plays. Waugh and Dimmen pretty similar to last year.
On the bad side, Moran was distant along with MacMillan. I watched both for extended periods and neither seemed particularly keen to be dressed. Nikiforuk wasn't as I expected, maybe a few points will settle him (a decent or settled line will probably help). Steve Lee was generally poor.
In other news, Neilson again had an alright first period and decided in the second to change up all the lines. Lawrence, Carter and Farmer (a big gulp to think they're our best forwards this season) we're split up and we had 1 shot in 20mins. When will Neilson ever learn that line chemistry is important to winning championships??
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Post by dill1015 on Sept 17, 2016 20:53:36 GMT
Im assuming someone called the police at the end of that game because that was daylight robbery. How on earth did we win? Great result but a pretty horrible performance in my opinion. The good: -Our penalty kill was very solid. Devils were kept well to the outside and we protected mika very well. - Wiikman - Lacho looks like hes playing hockey again. Instead of... whatever it was he was doing all of last season. - Lawrence once again stood out for me. He could have a great year if this continues. The bad: - considering all the transition d men we've signed, we were pretty hopeless at moving the puck cleanly out of our own zone. So many chipped passes and making it so hard for guys to get on the end of them. - several silly penalties taken. The ugly: -Our total inability to win the puck in our own zone. It felt like Cardiff were on a powerplay half the game. - We were badly outworked in our own barn. Not accetable. Some guys looks like they were playing the last game of a 3 in 3 again. - we managed to get outshot 1 - 15 in the second period and only manged 6 shots in total in the final 2 periods. Thats awful. Just to also single out a couple of players. Nikofuruk is going to start coming under preasure if he does gets some points. So far hes not blown me away. Spang seems very... casual. Cant decide if its just because hes got very good positioning or if hes being abit lazy but at time tonight he looked like he was playing a testermonial game. Gonna kept my eye on him next time. Tldr: Great result, Panthers have a lot of work to do. Strange, every time I've seen Spang I've thought he looked class. Interesting how differently two pairs of eyes can see something. I wasnt saying he was bad and turing over the puck etc. But he certainly didnt seem in a rush at any point. As i said havnt made my mind up. Sometimes better players make things look so easy that they seem like ther're not trying but i'll judge when a few more games have passed.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2016 20:58:05 GMT
Made the game in the end... Cardiff's fore check in that 2nd period was ludicrous. Very impressive. We got back in to in the 3rd but that was a bit of a robbery for sure.
Wiikman is so important for us, such a top netty.
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Post by Higgy on Sept 17, 2016 21:07:14 GMT
While I'm obviously pleased with the win and shut out....is that what we're going to have to watch this season at home,we played a road game at home!?
We have a lot of gritty hard worker type of players but there didn't seem that one player who will make something out of nothing.
Yes the D looked very solid and our penalty kill was good but going forward we didn't really create anything apart from the goal.
Getting so heavily outshot at home cannot be the way forward we need to generate so much more offence!
I worry if plan A (don't let the opposition score) fails can we create the chances to get back in the game?
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Post by Peacock on Sept 17, 2016 21:10:11 GMT
It's winning games like that one that could make all the difference come the end of the season.
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Post by wgray on Sept 17, 2016 21:22:39 GMT
It was as if we played a road game at home tonight and allowed them to try and break us down, the defence and Wiikman were good but luck was very much on our side tonight. It's the start of the season and it is expected to an extent that lines will be mixed up but we need consistency for players to come good, surely Corey will have built the team to have certain lines with certain players but so far i'm not really seeing any consistency. I hope I'm not saying this half way through the season.
Anyway a brilliant win, now for tomorrow...
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Post by Ghost on Sept 17, 2016 21:22:59 GMT
While I'm obviously pleased with the win and shut out....is that what we're going to have to watch this season at home,we played a road game at home!? We have a lot of gritty hard worker type of players but there didn't seem that one player who will make something out of nothing. Yes the D looked very solid and our penalty kill was good but going forward we didn't really create anything apart from the goal. Getting so heavily outshot at home cannot be the way forward we need to generate so much more offence! I worry if plan A (don't let the opposition score) fails can we create the chances to get back in the game? Lawrence made something happen out of nothing?
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Post by Higgy on Sept 17, 2016 21:23:07 GMT
It's winning games like that one that could make all the difference come the end of the season. I agree I just worry this style of play will be the best it gets this season,I hope I'm wrong and the addition of Schulz and Mcgratten will change things. We shouldn't be playing that defensively at home in my view.
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Post by Peacock on Sept 17, 2016 21:24:56 GMT
Also, of those 15 shots, I reckon 2, maybe 3 were actually of any quality. The rest were just chucked in, hoping.
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Post by Higgy on Sept 17, 2016 21:25:13 GMT
While I'm obviously pleased with the win and shut out....is that what we're going to have to watch this season at home,we played a road game at home!? We have a lot of gritty hard worker type of players but there didn't seem that one player who will make something out of nothing. Yes the D looked very solid and our penalty kill was good but going forward we didn't really create anything apart from the goal. Getting so heavily outshot at home cannot be the way forward we need to generate so much more offence! I worry if plan A (don't let the opposition score) fails can we create the chances to get back in the game? Lawrence made something happen out of nothing? He did somehow but you know what I mean,someone like Mosey who could just burn a team for pace or Fox who would go past a few players with ridiculous hands
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Post by wgray on Sept 17, 2016 21:25:34 GMT
Im assuming someone called the police at the end of that game because that was daylight robbery. How on earth did we win? Great result but a pretty horrible performance in my opinion. The good: -Our penalty kill was very solid. Devils were kept well to the outside and we protected mika very well. - Wiikman - Lacho looks like hes playing hockey again. Instead of... whatever it was he was doing all of last season. - Lawrence once again stood out for me. He could have a great year if this continues. The bad: - considering all the transition d men we've signed, we were pretty hopeless at moving the puck cleanly out of our own zone. So many chipped passes and making it so hard for guys to get on the end of them. - several silly penalties taken. The ugly: -Our total inability to win the puck in our own zone. It felt like Cardiff were on a powerplay half the game. - We were badly outworked in our own barn. Not accetable. Some guys looks like they were playing the last game of a 3 in 3 again. - we managed to get outshot 1 - 15 in the second period and only manged 6 shots in total in the final 2 periods. Thats awful. Just to also single out a couple of players. Nikofuruk is going to start coming under preasure if he does gets some points. So far hes not blown me away. Spang seems very... casual. Cant decide if its just because hes got very good positioning or if hes being abit lazy but at time tonight he looked like he was playing a testermonial game. Gonna kept my eye on him next time. Tldr: Great result, Panthers have a lot of work to do. Strange, every time I've seen Spang I've thought he looked class. Interesting how differently two pairs of eyes can see something. Agreed, top player who makes it look effortless, very calm and composed
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Post by The Flying Shirt on Sept 17, 2016 21:30:19 GMT
Good win but a worrying lack of threat in front of goal. Also, Bordeleau looks a HUGE downgrade on Hendrix and I'm pleased we didn't end up with him.
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Post by Peacock on Sept 17, 2016 21:32:54 GMT
Bordeleau looks a HUGE downgrade on Hendrix That could be the worst insult ever thrown at Bordeleau in his entire career! Savage.
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