Pucks and Palms Podcast

The Panthers have clawed their way back to even their series with the Maple Leafs, though they dug themselves quite a hole to start. Colby and I talk about how the Panthers have worked back into the series, how they changed the neutral zone mess from the first few games and more, including:

3:00: Expected series result through four games, but an unexpected path to get there?

7:45: Game 1 was a mess

8:45: Game 2 was a little bit better but still a mess

14:30: They figured it out in Game 3 in the nick of time with some smart line adjustments

19:15: Bringing in Greer-Nosek-Gadjovich

25:00: The controversial hits

34:00: Bobrovsky bouncing back

37:30: How does Game 5 and the rest of this series play out?

42:15: Who replaces Evan Rodrigues if necessary?

50:00: The rest of the playoffs plus other odds and ends

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The Panthers dispatched the Lightning in five games, and did so in a way that almost no one (except Colby) expected. There’s a lot to break down in how they did it, how it was made easier by some unfortunate injury luck for the Lightning, and much more including:

4:00: How did the Panthers win this series in such quick fashion?

11:45: The true series MVP: Sylvain Lefebvre

16:00: Luostarinen-Lundell-Marchand was dominant

21:00: Special credit to Seth Jones too

27:15: The Lightning were really, really banged up! It doesn't make sense for them do to anything too silly.

37:00: The Selke Duo

41:15: Panthers/Leafs series preview, covering all angls

50:00: The Leafs X-Factor: Matthew Knies

59:30: The rest of the playoffs

1:09:00: Mike Sullivan to the Rangers

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After three games of the fourth playoff Battle of Florida, there’s still so much to be decided and so little that has continued from game to game. Colby and Matt look back on what’s already happened and try to preview what’s coming next, including these topics and more:

5:00: This has been a very strange series, starting with Game 1's offensive explosion for Florida

10:45: Game 2 was weird in a different way because of how different to Game 1 it was

17:30: The Hagel hit, and why it drew a suspension and Tkachuk's didn't

22:15: And Game 3 was also pretty strange

28:00: Who has been the best Panther in this series?

34:00: Might Mackie Samoskevich be scratched in the near future?

39:30: How has Matthew Tkachuk been playing in this series?

44:00: Aaron Ekblad's return

46:30: Where is this series going from here?

55:15: Other playoff notes

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After a long regular season with plenty of ups and downs, the Panthers and Lightning are going at it in the playoffs again, and there’s plenty to dig into as we preview the series. We look at it from all angles, plus:

3:15: Jack Devine signs

7:00: The way the Panthers rotated players in and out of lineup at the end of the season

13:00: Looking back on the regular season

19:45: Is this the closest series of the four between these teams? Breaking down how the two teams match up group by group.

33:00: Matthew Tkachuk says he's ready for Game 1, but how will that look in practice?

38:00: Does home ice matter much in this series?

45:00: Predictions (kind of)!

51:00: Other playoff takes

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The big discussion about the Panthers as the regular season winds to a close is whether they were “tanking” to face a certain team in the playoffs or not. Colby and Matt aren’t much fans of that discussion, as you’ll see. There is much more to talk about with this team’s interesting week, including:

2:30: Podcast business!

9:20: The Panthers were not tanking to play the Leafs, come on

14:30: They're still playing the kind of hockey they want to in spite of the puck not going in

25:00: Is 27-15-63 becoming a playoff line for Paul Maurice

31:00: Injury updates

43:00: We called Ovi's 895th goal almost exactly

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The Panthers are once again going through a start of spring swoon with injuries, bad luck and more taking their toll even as they’re playing decent hockey. There’s plenty to look back on, and Colby and Matt look at that and more including:

2:15: Brad Marchand makes his Panthers debut

7:45: Matt's not a fan of the whole Niko Mikkola late slapshot dust up

9:45: Why have the Habs had the Panthers number this year?

15:45: The Panthers probably outplayed the Leafs but didn't have their stars and Toronto did

20:00: Seth Jones is fitting in way better on the blue line now

25:30: Special teams continues to be a strength

29:15: Injury updates

32:45: Jaycob Megna in for Toby Bjornfot

35:45: The next three games for the Panthers

41:30: Goodbye Torts

44:30: There is no West playoff race anymore, the East is still kicking

49:00: This Anthony Duclair situation is sad

52:30: Ovi is gonna do it

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While the Panthers are not exactly flying at the moment, they have played some fascinating games and the challenges only get harder from here. Matt and Colby have plenty to talk about, including:

3:45: Those were a set of three games, weren't they?

6:00: They looked like themselves against the Jackets

11:00: They did not against the Capitals

18:00: Much better against the Penguins

29:30: Utah is a desperate team

35:45: Are we getting closer to Brad Marchand's debut?

39:00: Jakob Chychrun's new contract

45:00: The NHL's new award show "ideas"

49:45: Something we forgot last week: Sam Bennett contract negotiations restarted

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The Panthers are slumping a little after injuries and absences begin to pile up, should the Panthers be worried about that? Colby and Matt talk about that and more, including:

2:00: Injury updates

4:45: At least they could still send a message against the Leafs

8:45: Unlike against Montreal, that is

14:30: No life on the Island

17:00: Vitek Vanacek looks locked in

21:45: Is it time for Paul Maurice to shake up the D pairs even more with the absences?

28:00: Does this feel like the 3-7-2 stretch during the same part of the season last year?

31:15: Previewing the next three games

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Don’t mind Colby or Matt implying on the last show that the Panthers were done at the trade deadline because we were both wrong, Matt more than Colby for sure. There’s plenty to get to on a jam packed show, including What Chaos’ Pete Blackburn joining the boys on the Marchand trade, plus:

Segment 1:

2:15: Introducing the Pucks and Palms bracket challenge!

5:45: The most important Panthers forward addition at the deadline: Nico Sturm!

8:45: But seriously, Brad Marchand

26:15: Aaron Ekblad's 20 game suspension

29:30: That Seth Jones trade seems really important in hindsight

32:15: What happened at the end of that Bruins game?

Segment 2 (with Pete):

38:30: How has Pete processed all of this?

44:15: Did an entire generation of Bruins fans see their childhood end, so to speak, with this trade?

46:00: Watching the Tuesday game after everything that happened

49:00: Will Boston fans be rooting for Marchand in Florida?

53:15: How much does how Bruins fans view the Panthers rivalry affect their view on the trade?

56:15: How big of villains can these Panthers become?

1:00:30: What's it like livestreaming the deadline when news like this breaks?

1:06:30: What was the weirdest part of this whole experience for Pete?

Segment 3:

1:15:00: Big Leafs game coming up

1:17:15: The Panthers are being coy while saying they're not coy on Matthew Tkachuk's injury, and might Brad Marchand be a "replacement" for him?

1:21:00: Habs game

1:22:00: Don't sleep on the Islanders

1:29:30: Random trade deadline thoughts

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Pete is @PeteBlackburn on Twitter and @blackburn.bsky.social on Bluesky.

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Back on our normal schedule, Colby and Matt still have plenty of Panthers notes to get to including signings, trades and a whole lot more including:

1:30: The Panthers got their goalie

8:30: Jesse Puljujarvi's NHL contract

10:15: Jesper Boqvist's new contract

15:45: Strange Oilers game

19:45: Dan Vladar, hat tip

23:00: It felt like a playoff game between the Panthers and Lightning

33:00: What's next on the Panthers schedule

41:30: Is there anything left for the Panthers to do at the deadline?

45:00: Mackie Samoskevich on PP1

50:00: Isolated thoughts on other trades

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Matt is @MattsMusings1 on Bluesky and Twitter.

Colby is @ColbyDGuy on Bluesky and Twitter.

The intro song is “Molten Alloy” from https://www.purple-planet.com.

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