Islanders 1        Panthers 2 Goals: FLA- Purcell (2); Petrovic (1)    NYI- Tavares (4) Series Tied 2-2 My 3 Stars: Petrovic, Luongo, Greiss   YES! We did it! We tied up the series. However Reilly Smith did not record a point and we did not get a first period goal. Luongo did a great job and … Continue reading SCP Game 4 Recap: @ Islanders

I am so done with the NHL's garbage suspension rules. Andrew Shaw of the Chicago Blackhawks was suspended 1 game, fined $5K and sent to Sensitivity Training for hurling a gay slur at the referees after taking a penalty. Here is what  I would have done: No suspension, Fine of maybe $3K maximum and not … Continue reading My rant aganist the NHL Department of Player Safety and Andrew Shaw Suspension

Florida Panthers @ New York Islanders Wednesday April 20, 2016 Game 4      (NYI leads 2-1)   The Islanders are hoping to win back to back playoff games for the first time since 2002. The Cats have scored the first goal in all three games. The lines should be the same. This is a key game for the Cats. Check out … Continue reading Game 4 Preview

I know the lines I give out in the game preview aren't what exactly the lines will be at the start of the game. I just get the lines from NHL.com.

Game 4-   Florida 4-1                   Will be tied 2-2 Game 5-   Florida 3-2     OT         FLA 3-2 Game 6-   NY Islanders 4-2        Tied 3-3 Game 7-   Florida 4-3  OT            FLA will win the series 4-3

Nick Bjugstad struggled this season and got a D- at the end of the season on The Puck Under The Sun's Player Grades from the year. However in the playoffs he has earned an A. Nick Bjugstad has done magnificent in the playoffs while filling in for Vincent Trocheck with Reilly Smith. Smith and Bjugstad … Continue reading Bjugstad stepping up at right time

A critical game 4 is tomorrow at 8pm at the Barclays Center against the New York Islanders (USA, FSF). If the Panthers don't win it could be all over. This game is very key. The Cats received some bad news today that Vincent Trocheck will not comeback for Game 4. Here are my keys to … Continue reading Critical Game 4 on the Horizion

Vincent Trocheck is expected to miss game 4 as well as Steven Kampfer. Trocheck has been out since March 29th with a foot injury and Kampfer April 4th with a lower body injury. This gives another opportunity for the hot Nick Bjugstad and red hot Reilly Smith to play one more game together. Game 4 is … Continue reading Trocheck Update 2

Florida  3              New York Islanders  4                 Overtime Sorry this came in so late I had to work myself up to write this recap. I was so upset. Jagr and Hudler struggled last night. I'm not going to say worse so I don't have to apologize if they have a monster of a game coming up. … Continue reading SCP Round 1 Game 3 Recap: April 17, 2016 @Islanders

At The Puck Under the Sun we would like more authors. We need someone to: Give analysis from around the league Report on the Panthers Prospects Write weekly articles about their opinions Someone who can recap every weekday game. I can do Friday's, Saturday's and Sunday's (unless those start later than 8:30pm)