Florida panthers can move forward and drop the defeat on Saturday against Washington’s capital in a deep and dark drawer.
No need to keep an eye on a large part of what happened during the Florida 6-3 defeat against the caps.
Not after this post, anyway.
Defeat was a difficult pill to swallow at the end of a frustrating road trip, but that’s all it was.
Fortunately, the panthers have already endured bumps on the road like this and come out on the other side very good.
No reason to suspect that this will not be the case this time.
Let’s move on to take -out Saturdays.
Not prepared for the rush
It is not a secret for anyone that capital is a quick team that likes to create opportunities in transition and keep their opponents on their heels.
Florida has faced teams that play similar styles and have shown that they can obstruct the neutral area, limit time and space and keep the game on a more level plane.
It did not happen on Saturday.
It was clear from the start that the capitals dictated the style of play, and although Florida could follow thanks to their highly qualified players, playing the Rush game is generally not a recipe for success with regard to panthers.
As we have seen, the usually solid defense of Florida can become a little fleeing when the game opens.
“We had a lot of trouble with some of our precipitation readings, then the creation of the rush too, how we let them develop,” said panthers head coach Paul Maurice. “A quick team, they made us pay fairly quickly and difficult to come back. We had difficult readings, and it is the work of the coach to make sure that everyone knows who they have, so we will work on it.”
Not too worried
Looking at the recent collection of Florida games, there is not much to feel good with 12 games to play up to the playoffs.
Fortunately for cats, their current group is far from what will happen to the arrival of the playoffs.
Between missing players and their recent travel schedule, panthers have valid reasons to be a little out of their game lately.
The level of effort remains high, as is the confidence that things will come back in place.
“I don’t worry,” said Maurice. “We had some challenges, like in the first 50 games, finding this level. We had a few difficult nights here during this trip on the road. It had six games, and we would like to be .500 or better when you were on the road. We have not managed to do it, but we will not fold the season.”
Mackie moved
When the match reached the third period, with Florida Down 6-3, Maurice tried something with his lines before.
The recruit Mackie Samoskevich was moved to the upper line of the panthers, with Sasha Barkov and Sam Reinhart.
We cannot deny the chemistry that grew up between Samoskevich and the second line Sam Bennett center, and this is a large part of the reason why the young person has seen his room raised to another level in recent weeks.
Seeing how the young electric made when associated with the most dynamic scorers of Florida seems to be the next logical step in its progress of the first year season.
“It’s something I played in my head with, and at that time, it was something I wanted to see,” said Maurice. “He is just a very good player for us, and he is very creative with what he is doing. We were at a heap, so I just wanted to take a look.”
Latest Hockey News stories – Florida
Panthers finish the road trip with a defeat of 6-3 against the eastern capitals
The Panthers conclude the road trip against the capitals while the Division leaders compete in DC
The Hockey Show: GM RENTURES AND SERIES OF SEIMS with David PAGNOTTA and ADNAN VIRK
Bobrovsky, Barkov propels the Panthers to 1-0 victory in Columbus
