Panthers' Daniil Tarasov Given Another Opportunity To Earn More Minutes With Start Against Predators
With the start in goal tonight, Daniil Tarasov has the opportunity to begin fighting for more minutes in the Florida Panthers' crease.
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Well, well, anyone on the forward side must step up.
Step up, Ryan, because this team has lost four straight, And in those four games, they've combined for only four goals.
So, you're not going to win much when you're averaging one goal a game, And I know you're missing Barkov, you're missing Kuchuk, Those are two guys who are obviously going to drive the offense for you.
But this is still a team with Brad Marchand, They've got Sam Bennett, They've got Sam Reinhart.
Um, Carter Verheyen, like any one of those guys really needs to grab the offense right now.
Kind of take charge, because, you know, you're right; this is the Atlantic Division.
Like, if we're talking about Florida, maybe in the Pacific, You could say, OK, or even The Metro.
Maybe you can go four games in a row without winning.
And you still, you know, make your way into the playoffs.
You know, Detroit has come on like a juggernaut, Toronto is still, You know, playing really good hockey.
It's going to be hard for Florida.
Panthers, if they're playing like this, um, throughout November, Um, to make the playoffs, mm.
Devin, what's your level of concern now with the Panthers?
Is this just kind of a bump in the road?
Uh, do you worry that they could get too far behind?
What is your level of concern right now?
Well, I think that's it, right?
It's the worry of falling too far behind.
I think that, as a group and a team, I wasn't worried about them at the start.
The injuries.
I think they're deep enough, and they've got the Guys have to do it.
Um, you know, to stay competitive and stay, Stay in the mix, and that's kind of all they need to do right now.
They do need those guys to step up.
They need them.
The forwards, they're going to have to fill roles where they were a great team because they had All this depth, and they had the Sam Bennetts, you know.
Doing his thing, basically being a top guy, but not really looked at as, As a top guy, um, you know, Reinhardt, Verhegi, these guys, They're gonna need to come in and be.
The guys, and they can be, uh, but they need, they're gonna need to take a step up and not, Not sit in those, in those support roles, very, very good support roles, They, they're gonna have to step up, and they can; they absolutely can.
Uh, they're good enough players, but I think the biggest concern for me with Florida is just It is so hard to claw back in this league because of the three points.
Because of how good good teams are in the parity, it's just for them.
And finding their game, and it is gonna be a different look when you've got guys who are Now top power play, who werent before, or filling in top lines, Playing different roles; sometimes it takes a little bit to adjust to what that team Identity is, um, but they have to adjust quickly because, like I said, You just, for this group, you, you, they started 3 and 0.
So, so that certainly helps, but they gotta get it on track and just kinda keep on track And just chug along right in the, right in that wild-card area.
