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Carolina's Struggles in Conference Finals Against Panthers
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5/24/2025
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I thought it was such a crucial game for Carolina the way they had lost they've been swept what was
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it three straight times in conference finals they were at you know had the game at home
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Florida was coming off a seven game series with Toronto Carolina had rest after taking care of
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the caps it was as must win a game one can be and usually I don't like to do that Tom with game ones
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but I really and now here we go they got blasted both games at home they're getting swept Tom I'm
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sorry I don't see any way around it it's it's not really the fact that they lost both games I
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almost want to say it's like it's how they lost both games like adding in those factors like you
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said it's like they have rest they had a pretty easy series versus the caps all things considered
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especially comparatively when we're looking at what the Panthers had to go through but it's how they
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lost like they this the Panthers look like they were on home ice and this is the first round and
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they're playing some wild card team and it looks like the Canes are almost going through the motions
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and it looks terrible and you know over the past couple weeks and over the past couple months
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especially when I've been talking to Ben and Donnie on the early line I've been mentioning
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like yeah like the Canes number like it doesn't make sense to me like I think they're a good team
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I just don't think that they're great I don't think they're as good as ultimately as good as the
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Panthers as we're seeing now I thought we would see them in a fight against the caps which we got to
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an extent but the Canes are a team that are known for their defense right they have been a team that
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you know puck control over the past few years under Rod Brindemore over several years like him
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and they just look terrible like it was an embarrassing performance over the first two
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games that we saw from them giving them five plus goals Freddie Anderson looks terrible so at a certain
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point we could say okay are the forwards are they comparable sure the defensive forwards are they
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comparable but when it's all said and done like Sergei Bobrovsky is so so much better compared to
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Freddie Anderson at best this series goes five games yeah and I'm not even I'm not even gonna go
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there like edit you're right how this Carolina team has been pumped up over the last few years as
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this big favorite preseason throughout the season pre-playoffs big favorite because of what what have
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they done over the last four to five years and look are they light years better when Brindemore took the
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job and they've started making the playoffs but a dominant ring yes they have but they haven't been able
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to cross that line yet and I can't believe especially this year people put so much faith and I'll give
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them credit for this Tom they tried to change things up this year they made a big move by bringing
02:30
Ranton in unfortunately for them they probably should have talked to Ranton in before they went and made
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that move and that kind of screwed them but they still end up in the conference final but they just
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don't got the gas for me uh they just really don't they really don't and whether it was was last year
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they lost the Rangers two years ago they lost to the Panthers like when it's all said and done like
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I think this is a situation where like both things are true like they are a good team but they aren't
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great and it's okay to be a good team like they are good they went to uh was conference finals or
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second round versus Boston years ago yeah when they play those series they played the caps like
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they're a good team they are a good playoff team but they aren't great and they don't have the pieces
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to get it done they need to make some change I think they need an elite goaltender
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Piotr could check off one of their young goalie your backup I don't know if he's going to be a
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star-studded goalie I don't know if it's a coaching change whatever it may be it just doesn't work
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go to the second round if you're loose third round congrats but you're not going to get over the hump
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not going to get over the hump that way uh that's for sure we'll talk a little bit more about uh
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their game three which will be tomorrow night in sunrise in a little bit
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