On Wednesday, TSN's Darren Dreger posted a series of tweets about Dale Tallon taking the reins again as GM, while Tom Rowe was coaching. This caught the eye of Sun Sentinel Panthers beat writer Harvey Fialkov, who checked the rumor. An hour later, Harvey tweeted that nothing changed. However, Dreger attacked Harvey on it and a twitter war ensured. An … Continue reading The Strange Week the Panthers had

So, I conducted an interview with Panther fan Ray Haluska (Twitter user @CruisingRay) last weekend. He is the owner of jagrometer.com a statistics website dedicated to Panther player and NHL legend Jaromir Jagr. He will be coming down to Florida for the December 10th game. (I forgot to publish this interview so it is dated … Continue reading Interview with Ray Haluska

I saw a chart the other day and it was average distance by forwards for shots. The team whose forwards were shooting from the farthest were the Panthers. This made me confused. I was confused about why are we shooting from up high rather than down low when a lot of our goals of late … Continue reading Quality of Shots is Hurting the Panthers

For the past 6 weeks, I have been doing a lot of research on advanced statistics in hockey. I have tried to invent my own advanced stat to no avail. That was before today.  I had my breakthrough when I realized that advanced stats put very little focus on goals. That is an extremely serious … Continue reading I invented a new advanced hockey stat

In this Mythbusters about the Panthers I will be exploring things people say about the Panthers that aren't true. Let's get started. The Panthers are a lot softer than last year physically. False. This year the Panthers rank 15th in hits. Last year we finished 16th in hits. Sure these hits this year aren't bone … Continue reading Florida Panthers Mythbusters: 2016-17 Edition

The Panthers 2016-17 campaign has been mediocre at best so far. The Panthers also have a big loss up front with Jonathan Huberdeau injured. Huberdeau who severed his Achilles tendon in a preseason game was the left wing on the Panthers top line with Aleksander Barkov and Jaromir Jagr, which formed one of the most … Continue reading Is Jonathan Huberdeau key to getting the Panthers offense jumpstarted?

Monthly Record: 7-6-1 Point Percentage: .535 Best Game: Nov 19  @ Ottawa    W 4-1 Worst Game: Nov 17  @ Toronto  L 6-1   THREE STARS OF THE MONTH 1st Star      #1  Roberto Luongo 9 Games, 5-3-1,  .939 SVPCT, 1.96 GAA Luongo was definetly the hero in a lot of the games he played in. He … Continue reading Monthly Report: November 2016

Welcome to part 2 of a 2 part selection about the new head coach and general manager of the Florida Panthers Tom Rowe. Part 1 is right here: https://thepuckunderthesun.com/2016/11/28/feature-the-rise-of-tom-rowe-part-1/ Here we go: SAN ANTONIO AND PORTLAND On November 8, 2013 the Florida Panthers fired head coach Kevin Dineen. Dineen went out after the Panthers started … Continue reading FEATURE: The Rise of Tom Rowe, Part 2