The Panthers are rolling.
Welcome to Friday, folks!
Memorial Day Weekend us upon us, which means the unofficial start of summer is here.
The Carolina Hurricanes look like they’re getting themselves ready for summer vacation, as they got pasted by Florida again last night, 5-0.
The Panthers won both Games 1 and 2 on the road, meaning Carolina is staring at quite the mountain to climb.
Florida looks like a team that’s rounding into Stanley Cup form at the right time — they’ve won their last three games, all on the road, by a combined score of 16-3.
16-3!!!!
My guess is folks around these parts are split on seeing Florida have success: some will still be bitter about recent playoff happenings, while others may want to see Brad Marchand have another shot at some hardware.
In any case, I doubt many will be shedding tears for Carolina. It’s probably just me, but they’ve been a team that has annoyed me for a while now.
However, I’m old and a lot of things annoy me, so take that with a grain of salt.
Closer to home, Pierre LeBrun added some insight to the Bruins coaching search, noting that he believes the Bruins have talked to Marco Sturm, Lay Leach, Mitch Love, Jay Woodcroft, Luke Richardson, and Joe Sacco.
LeBrun also stated that he thinks final interviews are coming soon. My guess is that we’ll see a hire announced by the first week in June, but who knows?
Elsewhere, the Maple Leafs predictably parted ways with Brendan Shanahan earlier this week, the first of a few changes likely to come to Toronto this summer.
Also, the Chicago Blackhawks hired Jeff Blashill as their head coach earlier this week, taking another vacancy off of the board.
What’s on tap for today? Any big plans for the weekend?