On today’s edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) brought in the two co-hosts of Locked On Avalanche, Kyle Sullivan (@ShaggyVonDoom) and Chris Micieli(@C__micieli) to break down the Avs’ 3-1 win over the Panthers. The Cats were without Aaron Ekblad after leaving Friday’s game in the middle of the third period. Florida was pinned in their own end, but did not allow the Avalanche to generate off the rush. Sergei Bobrovsky kept the Panthers in it until Colorado took the lead in the third period. Carter Verhaeghe ended his goal drought getting his first goal in eight games. The Panthers had a hard time getting past Mackienzie Blackwood as they were able to keep up with the stars of Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar. The guys discuss what’s the best word to describe their teams’ performances, and how they’re feeling about the teams reaching the halfway point. Could these teams end up meeting in the Stanley Cup Final in June? We discuss all of this and more on today’s edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast: Your Team, Every Day.
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Florida was shorthanded but newsflash Panther guy-Avs have been decimated ALL SEASON! We are much healthier now…CUZ WE ONLY HAVE LIKE 5 GUYS OUT INSTEAD OF 11 or 12 EARLIER! (Including 4 of our top 6 forwards out for weeks. Nichuskin,& Lehkonen didn't even play til LONG after Opening night. If I remember correctly-when we beat you in Florida that was 1 of those games without 4 of our top 6-though im not 100% sure. But for multiple games-probably a few wks-we had something like 7 of our top 10 or 11 forwards out)
Tonight only Nichuskin was missing from the top 6. But we are just over .500 without him-but have the best record in the NHL with him playing-over last 3-4 yrs or some time period like that. And he's missed A LOT of games with injuries,& especially suspensions…so a HUGE sample size in other words. Few games ago-Drouin came back,& was 1st time we had our entire top 6 together since SOMETIME LAST SEASON-til Nichuskin got hurt-IN THAT SAME GAME! Totally fair to mention who Florida is missing-2 important dmen-but not ok to ignore ours.
But this still is as close as weve been to whole this entire season. Cuz we "only" have like 1 dman,2 bottom 6 forwards,1 top 6 forward,& our #2 goalie hurt. That's almost as good as it's got for us this year! Doesnt count Landeskog,& I might be missing somebody off top of my head. Over last 4 or 5 yrs we have been probably the most injury cursed contender. So we are the last team to feel sorry for anybody about injured/suspended players.Im disappointed the Av guys didnt bring this up-or I missed it if they did. No contender has dealt with worse injuries/absences than us this year,& like in the entire 2020s as a whole.
Especially if ya count Landeskog last played the night we won the Cup…IN 2022,& Nichuskins suspensions. We lost game 7 in OT,2nd round to Dallas in COVID bubble-despite missing like 6 regulars & being down to 3rd string goalie-games 5-7. I work at Ball arena,& tonight was a great game between 2 elite teams. And I really think they could meet again in June. But we have yet to remotely see the whole AVS team this season. And as good as Eckblad is,& solid as Nikolas is-Nichuskin is the best all around player on either team who missed tonight.
Panther’s offense has gone stale.