Multiple Major Panthers updates... This is Perfect

There are multiple Panthers updates on Radko Gudis and Jacob Markstrom. Paul Maurice just came out after practice. We have updates on both. It's actually good news, but kind of bad news at the same time. Kind of a double-edged sword. We'll talk about that on this episode of Panthers Digest. We'll also discuss tonight's matchup against the Vancouver Canucks, as well as a look back at a dirty play that happened against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Guys, this is Panthers Digest. I'm your host, Greg Andrews. Comment, like, share, subscribe. Hype up the video. I appreciate all of you guys tuning in and supporting me, the channel, and your Florida Panthers. And I do have a special salute to give to a wonderful human being out there. This gentleman was just inducted to the Broward Sports Hall of Fame. Broward County Sports Hall of Fame. Excuse me. I definitely have to give a shout out to him a little bit later. But we're going to jump headfirst into this right now. Here we go, guys. So tonight, it looks like Akira Schmidt will get the start for the second consecutive game. I know a lot of people, when they probably saw this, were like, oh no, what's going on with Markstrom? Why is he not playing? Well, we don't really know exactly why he's not. Again, that stiffness is probably still there. I think they just want to let him rest. I mean, it's a lot to go on these road trips, and he's played a good amount of hockey so far and been very good. So obviously, they don't want anything happening to him with the start that he's had. so with that said i think schmidt looked very good in the last game obviously letting up those last two goals towards the end of the third period eh whatever kind of took our eyes off the prize but whatever it is what it is he played well i'm not too worried about tonight going up against a struggling canucks team but everybody brings their a game against the florida panthers so let's keep talking about this and moving ahead here we go gudas is coming out of the ice midway through the morning skate today looks like he's not going to be playing tonight kind of bad news obviously he left the game against columbus for a little bit took a little knee-to-knee contact i think this is more precautionary what you're about to see right here chanette schmidt in net per per paul maurice and markstrom and gudas will likely return versus ottawa on october 21st i believe this is more rust than it is anything else that's it there was not a whole lot else that Paul Maurice put out there it was pretty much the same thing they already said that they took uh Markstrom out of net against Buffalo as a precaution because of stiffness Gudis obviously with that knee-to-knee contact probably just letting him take a little bit more of that time to just recover get on the ice when you can work things out he'll be fine i'm sure on the 21st so we're good all good news guys like i said this is perfect to hear regarding your starting net minder and your sixth man on defense so let's oh wait before i get into this next piece here that's who i wanted to actually give some credit to the NHL did fine Matthew Olivier five thousand dollars the maximum allowable under the CBA for the cup check against Uvas Balinskas during the 73 winning against columbus yeah it was a dirty ass move good news good thing that he got the five minute major and the misconduct was booted out of the game i mean like he's not known to be a dirty player but really like what what the hell got into you man come on be smart about it so good thing that he got fined he should learn to not do that kind of crap again i don't know what you're thinking in the in the heat of the moment why should you cup check a guy when you clearly you know you're gonna get seen and it's gonna happen it's gonna get called and you're gonna be gone and my big call out big props Caesar Lucero that's big C's guys he has been a major major Panthers fan for years congratulations sir on getting inducted into the Broward County Sports Hall of Fame what an honor i am proud of you you've worked your butt off your podcast is great thank you for having me i look forward to future conversations on that podcast with you and your co-host JP I'm excited congratulations again what an incredible night for you getting shouts out from Van Beesbroek from Bill Zito head coach Paul Maurice god what a moment for you I wish I could have been there again congratulations big C's again you can catch his podcast out there Caesar Lucero congratulations man big things still to come for you and I hope I can get in there for some Panthers games with you one of these days anyways take a look at tonight's game here we go Vancouver, coming into town after the Kachuk brothers posted nine points in one game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Hat trick for Brady Kachuk with an assist Brady Kachuk, five assists, three of them to his brother Power play was four of six. They are coming into this one hot, and they know they want this big win after losing the home opener pretty badly to the Minnesota Wild It wasn't even close in that game. We were outrun, outgunned. everything fell apart for us not a good game for us by the way man what Kachuk has said he feels so much better this year he's moving better he's ready to go and i think we can see that by the way that he's playing with the 10 points that he has under his belt three goals seven assists just rolling i think it's going to continue look for Sam Reinhart Brady Tkachuk i think Sam Bennett's going to finally get on the board with a goal tonight look for that and we're to talk about the lines in just a minute but i can't wait for this one 7 p.m. puck drop or like 7 10 somewhere around there we should hopefully i mean we're favored to win this i think we're minus 298 or something but never ever discount any team that we're facing everyone's going to run and gun for us and give us their a plus game but i think the Panthers should have this one pretty easy hopefully this will be two in a row w's 10 points in the Atlantic Division and move up the board a little bit see what happens so anyways let's take a look at the goaltender matchups tonight. I'm going to put the Saturdays so you guys can see this a little bit better. They have one guy who's been playing great. One win, one loss, Meriläinen. 2.4 goals against the average, 926 save percentage. Then you've got Lankinen. One win, five losses, not a good start for him. Almost seven goals against the average and a 76 save percentage. We have been playing great. Goaltending has not really been that much of an issue. Yeah, Schmid has had a couple of goals that he's let in pretty easily. Again, at the end of the game against Columbus Blue Jackets, a couple of, I'm going to say a brain lapses, defensive lapses by the Florida Panthers that allowed the Columbus Blue Jackets to get those two goals at the end of the game. It really should have been a 7-1 game. It should have. I'm not going to look at this any other way that Schmid should show up in this game and be great, especially at home. I look for him to have a very solid game as well. As far as the team matchups, here we go, guys. We're better across the board. Our goals for is lower, but we are great in terms of our defense i've said we were shoddy in the last several games our five on five has actually been surprisingly good we've had some lapses like i said on the counter for the other team we've been caught out of position and the other teams are taking advantage of heading in the opposite direction we've got to be careful with our passes we cannot let things go and let these guys get on those those those fast break opportunities man up we got to be careful on the PK or excuse me uh committing penalties so we don't have to go on the PK even though our PK looked pretty good against Columbus power play was great and you can see here man what a jump for our power play going from 3.8 percent to 18.4 percent massive and our penalty kill has been good no shorthanded goals for us they have two for them but uh we have a ton of penalty minutes so do they got to be careful on that that's going to be our Achilles heel tonight we need to make sure that we're better on our pk smarter not committing stupid penalties obviously the ones that will happen a little bit of roughing here and there but the stupid ones like the trips or the holding calls we got to be smarter than that especially when we're in our offensive zone whenever a holding call is being made and you're in your offensive zone those are huge no-nos i mean every coach just goes what are you guys doing what are we doing here you don't commit those penalties in your offensive zone unless you're stopping literally a breakaway opportunity that's different but anyways everything i think was pretty much in the favor of the Florida Panthers tonight like i said we are favored to win this one minus i believe 298 or 289 something around those numbers the lines shouldn't surprise anybody the Tkachuk brothers with Bennett on line number one for Hage Reinhart, Lauriandsson, Lucirainen and Lundell, Vilmediate and then Imama Eller and Hathaway the one thing that is going to be out is that third defensive pairing Gudis will be out tonight it should be Ubus Balinskas in there instead of Gudis So look for Forsling, Ekblad, Mikola Jones Kulikov, and Balinskas out there and it will be Schmid in net starting. Markstrom will be on the bench. I'm not really sure. I think he will be on the bench. Maybe it will be Cooper Black. I think it might be him over Markstrom just in case. So you've got a healthy netminder in there, not a guy you're like okay, well, if he's got to go in there you run the risk of maybe that guy getting hurt So let's not do that. But that is our lineup for tonight. The good news, obviously, like I said, is Markstrom is going to return on the 21st as will Gudis I think Markstrom's more precautionary. I think that stiffness is kind of, to me, a double-edged sword, like I said. To me, it screams out a little more that, oh, man, the stiffness shouldn't be happening this early in the season. I know it's a rough beginning when you're on the road for a majority of the games, but I don't know. That one makes me, I'm kind of scratching my head, like, really, how should we feel about you missing a game because of stiffness getting pulled early and now they're not going to have you play till the 21st i'm kind of questioning it am i a little worried yes am i super concerned no but i still think that it should be concerning for Panthers players the coaching staff and the fan base to say all right after how many games that he has played he's already getting stiffness and we have to rest him as a precaution i don't know i don't know i i've got kind of a weird feeling about him he's playing great playing great hockey but it remains to be seen so hopefully all is well and it should be if he's coming back on the 21st so cross your fingers he is 100% fine again Palmieri did not give a lot about what exactly is going on with him so we'll see anyways tonight puck drop like i said 7 10 ish so stay tuned for that should be a good one hopefully the cats run away with it just like they did in Columbus but this time show up at home knocked the crap out of the Vancouver Canucks and put up big two points so we have 10 in the Atlantic Division hopefully everybody else above us loses and we go back to being right at the top of the division anyways that's it comment down below guys again what do you think about Mark Strom his injury is it a double-edged sword are you worried are you not worried what about Gudas how do you like the lines do you think Kaduk brothers and Bennett should stay right where they are even when Barkov and Marchand do come back do you think things just stay right where they are. Keep the chemistry where it is. Maybe you put Verhaeghe, Barkov, and Reinhardt back on that first top line. Maybe not the top line. Maybe Bennett and the Kachuk brothers are your new top line. Let me know what you guys think. Interesting way to think about it. But that's it, guys. Until next time, go Cats.