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Post by Joe on Jan 8, 2023 17:45:02 GMT
I'm really not getting why Ricci is being targeted here. Yes he may not be a go to guy but all teams needs role players on the bottom 6 and I think Ricci is playing his role well. He throws the body and plays with a bit of an edge. He's one of the few I would be happy to see back next season. He's certainly brought more to table than the likes of Anderson, Puffer and Brady. At least he's doing what he was brought here for whereas the likes of Hammond, Caruso and Welsh are supposed to be our top players and are not performing anywhere the level that they should be. The flak isn’t aimed at Ricci, he’s just an average player who was on a poor team. The flak is aimed at Panthers for doing nothing to really improve the team when it seems absolutely everybody can see how poor they are. If they were even remotely serious about trying to improve then at least three more imports should have been gassed and something of much better quality than Ricci brought in. Taking a player like Ricci, a player most fans would likely barely even recognise just wasn’t the answer. It seems like it was just a convenient easy,lazy and cheap move on Panthers part, but that wasn’t Ricci’s fault. Look what the Giants did when they were slipping a bit yet they were already a decent team far better than Panthers, they went and got Roach,Hook and Besko and then today also signed Eriksson. That’s what good teams with ambition do,not sit back and wait once again for next season like Panthers are. In hindsight it would probably have been better to use the roster change at the top end instead of using it on Ricci. I presume either GG felt he could still turn this team around or Pacha thought this team would perform better under a different coach is the reason as to why they didn’t make a big change. I do agree though that it’s odd that we haven’t used our last two roster changes yet especially when we only had CC and playoffs left to play for
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Post by pantherlee on Jan 8, 2023 17:47:25 GMT
I'm really not getting why Ricci is being targeted here. Yes he may not be a go to guy but all teams needs role players on the bottom 6 and I think Ricci is playing his role well. He throws the body and plays with a bit of an edge. He's one of the few I would be happy to see back next season. He's certainly brought more to table than the likes of Anderson, Puffer and Brady. At least he's doing what he was brought here for whereas the likes of Hammond, Caruso and Welsh are supposed to be our top players and are not performing anywhere the level that they should be. The flak isn’t aimed at Ricci, he’s just an average player who was on a poor team. The flak is aimed at Panthers for doing nothing to really improve the team when it seems absolutely everybody can see how poor they are. If they were even remotely serious about trying to improve then at least three more imports should have been gassed and something of much better quality than Ricci brought in. Taking a player like Ricci, a player most fans would likely barely even recognise just wasn’t the answer. It seems like it was just a convenient easy,lazy and cheap move on Panthers part, but that wasn’t Ricci’s fault. Look what the Giants did when they were slipping a bit yet they were already a decent team far better than Panthers, they went and got Roach,Hook and Besko and then today also signed Eriksson. That’s what good teams with ambition do,not sit back and wait once again for next season like Panthers are. I agree there. Anderson and either Puffer of Brady should have been replaced a month or two ago and injury cover for Lagrone too immediately after the second injury layoff
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Post by iginla on Jan 8, 2023 18:52:16 GMT
The flak isn’t aimed at Ricci, he’s just an average player who was on a poor team. The flak is aimed at Panthers for doing nothing to really improve the team when it seems absolutely everybody can see how poor they are. If they were even remotely serious about trying to improve then at least three more imports should have been gassed and something of much better quality than Ricci brought in. Taking a player like Ricci, a player most fans would likely barely even recognise just wasn’t the answer. It seems like it was just a convenient easy,lazy and cheap move on Panthers part, but that wasn’t Ricci’s fault. Look what the Giants did when they were slipping a bit yet they were already a decent team far better than Panthers, they went and got Roach,Hook and Besko and then today also signed Eriksson. That’s what good teams with ambition do,not sit back and wait once again for next season like Panthers are. I agree there. Anderson and either Puffer of Brady should have been replaced a month or two ago and injury cover for Lagrone too immediately after the second injury layoff Yes indeed. How Panthers haven’t brought in another Dman is quite beyond belief.
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Post by sevcik on Jan 8, 2023 19:00:04 GMT
Especially as not surprisingly it's rumoured Lagrone is out for the season, and allegedly Panthers have known it for some time.
Hopefully the above isn't true and that Lagrone makes a quick and full recovery from heron in.
But then the rumour comes from one of Panthers hordes of volunteers who allegedly was told about it from one of the paid off ice team....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2023 19:38:51 GMT
Especially as not surprisingly it's rumoured Lagrone is out for the season, and allegedly Panthers have known it for some time. Hopefully the above isn't true and that Lagrone makes a quick and full recovery from heron in. But then the rumour comes from one of Panthers hordes of volunteers who allegedly was told about it from one of the paid off ice team.... That makes the whole situation 10x worse . Jug ears should have gone weeks ago up there with some of the worst d men to don a panthers jersey
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Post by Joe on Jan 8, 2023 19:46:11 GMT
Especially as not surprisingly it's rumoured Lagrone is out for the season, and allegedly Panthers have known it for some time. Hopefully the above isn't true and that Lagrone makes a quick and full recovery from heron in. But then the rumour comes from one of Panthers hordes of volunteers who allegedly was told about it from one of the paid off ice team.... Given how serious concussions are taken in Ice Hockey, two in a season is usually season ending but when there’s just over a month between them happening I can’t see the medical team signing off on his return especially given how minor the contact was on both occasions
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