In Siberia, hockey is a summer sport (IIHF, NHL, KHL, Europe, NCAAs)

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Semin also beats players one on one on the regular, he does it with ease where as most players can't beat a defender period with stick handling. And wouldn't balance and strength factor into puck protection more so than stick handling.

 

Not better than Viktor Kozlov!

 

Great experience at the Florida Panthers' Season Home Opener

 

Great experience at the Florida Panthers' Season Home Opener, Part II

 

For one ticket?

 

Well, I don't know where those tickets are but I paid $220 for me, my wife and two spawns. In the corner, 8 rows up. Now if I wanted to have tickets right at the glass on the red line, I would have to pay $120 a ticket. And that's Florida.

I'll tell you what though. I don't think I have seen so much fine pu$$y in one place in a while.

 

Panthers aren't embarrassing. Apparently, we can beat teams not names New York islanders and Tampa Bay Lightning.

 

Let's hope you're right. But, for now, he just had one stellar game, I hope he continues in the same way. He is 2-1 (and real lucky to get the win in the previous game as he played only the third period in relief of injured Theodore).

Kulikov's acrobatics were duly noticed, the way he robbed that Hab on a one-on-one was precious. He's certainly a player you did not have to preach to me about. I was behind him all the way, as you know.

 

I am kinda excited for the Panthers right now. Think of South Florida sports scene right now, what other choices do the sports fans have? Miami Heat are not playing due to the NBA labor dispute. Miami Dolphins are 0-6. FAU Owls are 0-7, UM Hurricanes and FIU Golden Panthers are better at 4-3 but neither inspires confidence, baseball is pretty much over (and for the Marlins fans it has been over for a while), there is no MLS to speak of down here, college basketball down here is pathetic.

Florida Panthers, at 5-3, are downright hot (by the South Florida sports standards, of course)

 

The stadium is not in the middle of nowhere. It's right on the Florida Turnpike Extension. Right on the border between the colossal Miami-Dade County and the densely populated broward County. Right in the middle of the South Florida metropolis. It's within minutes from everywhere. In fact, it is just down the street from me (by "down" I mean a 20 minute travel on the street that it's on). It used to rain everyday on the same time - 2:30 P.M. until they screwed with the Everglades.

If by the "dead weight" you mean scoring then you're right. We just dropped David Booth and who did we get? Mikael Samuelson (currently injured) and Marco Sturm. One 30-goal season for another one 30-goal season. There is still not another player on Florida roster that has ever scored 30. I hope Florida wins a lot of 2-1 games like yesterday, because the 7-4 thing against Tampa is not going to happen again. Scoring 3 goals against this Florida team will mean a victory on most nights.

 

I watched the Habs-Panthers game too, and man is that Markstrom huge in net. When Clemmenson gets back I do wonder if they'll deal him or Theodore and keep Markstrom as the starter.

 

Welcome to Florida, I guess. Flat as a pancake and HUGE.

 

It's where the fans are. Miami Heat are a Miami team, an urban outfit and fans are in Miami. Miami Marlins, yep, that's what the Florida Marlins are going to be known as starting next season, also have majority of their fan base in Miami (especially - little havana). Now, Miami Dolphins are of universal appeal in the entire Miami metropolis and, finally, the Florida Panthers are based on the suburban caucasian fan support from the Broward and Palm Beach counties, so, their arena is 40 miles from Miami downtown, in Sunrise, in the middle of the Broward county population center of Weston/Sunrise/Plantation/Pembroke Pines/Cooper City/Margate. Florida Panthers had played their first four season in the old Miami Heat arena and couldn't draw flies aside from the novelty of the first season.