This Is Driving The NHL Mad

This Is Driving The NHL Mad

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On a Cinderella run to the final many people came into this season whether or not they will even make the playoffs fast forward to the current day the Panthers are still driving teams mad with their style of play and it’s a problem for the rest of the

NHL heading into the season it made sense for the NHL and fans everywhere to predict that the Florida Panthers were likely to regress after all last year they squeaked into the playoffs by one point and then proceeded to get one of the greatest goal tending performances

That we’ve ever seen in three rounds to propel them to The Cup Final combine that with some big time injuries to start the season and the exit of some key players it only made sense that the Panthers would struggle out of the gate except the Panthers have been steadily

One of the best teams in the league all season long and here’s why the Panthers can play any style of game whether it’s a run and Gun offensive shootout or a physically demanding defensive matchup Florida usually comes out on top of both Styles while finding a way to piss you

Off in the process when teams play the Florida Panthers they must be prepared that they are entering a war that’s because the Florida Panthers are an aggressive Juggernaut ever since day one Paul Maurice wanted to instill a level of smart aggression to the Panthers play we saw this a lot in last year’s

Playoffs with how they suffocated teams on the 4check and that has certainly carried over into this season despite new personnel and key injuries to start the year every Panther has bought into the system and supports each other effectively throughout all four lines in the offensive zone the panthers run a

212 Fork check and they maybe do it better than anyone in the league because Maurice allows his players to feel the game Watch here as defenseman Dimitri kulakov steps up twice to First keep the puck in the zone and second to completely stuff the breakout for Philly

The key here is that both times when he makes that aggressive pinch he has the proper support in place to feel comfortable to do so when Florida dumps it in the opposing team rarely has a clean exit out of the Zone because every Panther player knows their responsibility they support at every

Option here against Pittsburgh they dump the puck in to initiate their for check and right away Florida’s Winger presses to seal the wall and take away the Penguin’s Winger as the first breakout option penguin’s D is then forced to reverse with Florida’s F1 and F2 pressuring The Far Side D steps up to

Apply pressure and F3 is there for support like clockwork there’s so many examples of this that when you watch them play next it’ll become glaringly obvious to you with how well they play structurally this level of Freedom that Maurice gives his Defenders to be aggressive almost allows them to play

The system on autopilot and really rely on their F of the game to make quick decisions it’s this calculated aggression that makes it so hard for teams to escape their Zone with possession teams are forced to rush their breakouts and that ultimately creates more turnovers for Florida to

Regain possession and send it back in deep for the next wave of four checkers now part of what makes this aggressive system work so well for the Panthers is their physicality the Panthers have absolute punishers on their team guys like Bennett cousins kachuck and lomberg finish their check almost every single

Time and that instills a fear into defenseman to make them Rush their decisions to avoid getting absolutely crushed Defenders will Rim the puck or force a play up the boards when they feel the Panthers are breathing down their neck only to realize that they sent a grenade along the wall to the

Winger who was instantly met by pressure Florida makes you earn every inch of the ice whether it’s in post- whistle scrums or some questionable Antics their entire identity is being extremely difficult to play against that type of style is one that is extremely beneficial come playoff time and that’s why this team

Looked like a completely different animal in the playoffs last year there’s a reason why some teams just have so much success in the regular season and it doesn’t quite translate in the postseason and that’s because when the playoffs roll around the game naturally caters to teams in play Styles very

Similar to the Panthers Florida fortunately has the perfect blend of skill and toughness that drives teams absolutely nuts all of Florida’s top players can marry a skilled game with physicality the leader here of course is Matthew kachu who does both perhaps better than anyone in the league but

Then you have players like Bennett who can also make plays and run through you in the process combine that with one of the most intelligent players in the game and Alex barov his defensive awareness Ness allows everyone on the ice to be extremely aggressive knowing that he

Will be there for support now Florida’s success can also be a tributed to a breakout performance like Sam Reinhardt with Reinhardt being second in the league for goals and first in Power Play Goals he’s become the perfect trigger man for Florida’s system when five on five he’s scoring goals as the high man

After Florida’s aggressive for check creates a turnover but with 22 of reinhardt’s 39 goals coming on the power play he’s become a dominant force in the bumper position very similar to how COV tees up Braden point with a quick pass on Tampa’s power play kachuk is frequently doing this for Reinhardt in

Different ways a quick shoulder check to read the traffic is usually followed up by a perfect one-touch pass to Reinhardt in the bumper before any Killers can break up the play Florida’s evolved an aggressive offensive system has made them one of the most dangerous teams in

The NHL but you can’t talk about their success without talking about Sergey bosski with a 914 a percentage and a 2.42 goals against he’s at the heart of what frustrates opponents the most about Florida in their own end Florida plays a sound defensive game but like any team

They give up their fair share of chances and usually bosi is there to save the day for him to play like he did in last year’s playoffs is simply unsustainable over the course of an 82 Game season but this year he’s been consistently good for the Panthers and that’s given them

The regular season success that they just didn’t have last season the 2024 Panthers have returned as a more evolved form of themselves now does that mean they’re a guarantee to win it all probably not but what’s a guarantee is that this team is going to be a

Nightmare to play in a seven game series however even if this is the one Squad that teams are praying not to go up against in a playoff matchup the Florida Panthers themselves should know better than anyone that once the NHL playoff start absolutely anything can happen

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We take a deep dive into the Florida Panthers & why they are going to be a problem for the NHL from now until April.