January 18, 200818 yr Hot Panthers prospect Shawn Matthias is with the big team tonight according to George Richards of the Miami Herald: "NEWARK - It appears the future is here. On the ice in Newark right now, highly-touted junior Shawn Matthias. Don't know hat the rules are as far as bringing up a junior player, but he's here and wearing No.41." George Richards This is very intriguing. Since the Panthers picked him up at the trade deadline in the Todd Bertuzzi deal, he has become one of the top prospects in all of hockey. His play has really shot through the roof since a breakthrough Memorial Cup playoffs last year where he was scoring well over a point a game on average. He played in the World Junior Championships this year for Gold-Medal winner Canada and played an instrumental part in the winning goal, with a strong drive to the net where it was then poked in by another player. He centered a line that included phenom John Tavares. Panthers Daily Puck I am super excited about this. I love the way he plays (I got to watch the WJC somewhat when I was in Canada a few weeks ago). :notworthy
January 18, 200818 yr Yeah great. If only the Panthers would show up and play 60 minutes of hockey every night I might get excited. This team needs a kick in the ass.
January 18, 200818 yr Author Yeah great. If only the Panthers would show up and play 60 minutes of hockey every night I might get excited. This team needs a kick in the ass. Well, unfortunately, injuries suck. Oh and Zednik needs to start playing again instead of just loafing. I am very happy with the development of Weiss and Booth this year, however. Horton is dishing around the puck more but he needs to shoot more. I think as long as this team can put together a couple of wins before the ASB, they have a good shot of coming down the stretch strong. The team just had injuries hit them at the wrong time.
January 18, 200818 yr I'm sick and tired of the nightly dump and skate routine the Panthers are notorious for doing. We need some better puck handlers on this team. We have been playing better of late we just arent getting the results.
January 18, 200818 yr I'm sick and tired of the nightly dump and skate routine the Panthers are notorious for doing. We need some better puck handlers on this team. We have been playing better of late we just arent getting the results. it's been like this for the past 3 seasons. its getting pretty damn boring.
January 18, 200818 yr I'm sick and tired of the nightly dump and skate routine the Panthers are notorious for doing. We need some better puck handlers on this team. We have been playing better of late we just arent getting the results. it's been like this for the past 3 seasons. its getting pretty damn boring. maybe those close loses can turn into close wins and turn around the team. New face could definitely help the team out.
January 18, 200818 yr Horton was shifted to the first line and Zednik was moved to the second to shake things up.
January 18, 200818 yr Author wow isnt that rushing the kid a bit? No, we aren't rushing him really. This kid is ready. also any news on reptik coming back? No idea that Repik was out in the first place?
January 19, 200818 yr wow isnt that rushing the kid a bit? No, we aren't rushing him really. This kid is ready. also any news on reptik coming back? No idea that Repik was out in the first place? I remembered reading on hockey futures the kid was out I thought?
January 19, 200818 yr Author Matthias looked good out there tonight. I hope he gets a longer look at. What did the rest of you think? oh and PANTHERS WIN!
January 19, 200818 yr anderson looked good tonight bad penalties are killing us, even though jbou one shouldnt of been called we played a good game.
January 19, 200818 yr Matthias looked good out there tonight. I hope he gets a longer look at. What did the rest of you think? oh and PANTHERS WIN! I was only able to watch the 1st 2 periods and had to listen to the 3rd, but I thought Matthias looked great. He skates well, he's big, wasn't afraid to shoot the puck or go to the net. He's going to be a stud. Not sure how long they keep him up this season, but he certainly looked like he belonged out there. Plus, that was a huge win for the Panthers. Only 4 points out of 1st place. If we can just get on a winning streak, the southeast is there for the taking. Oh, and how awesome is David Booth? The team has been up and down so far this year, but I love the development of the young players like Booth and Kreps in addition to Weiss, Horton, Jbo, etc. with Matthias and Frolik on the way. This should be a playoff team for years to come...hopefully starting this season. Gotta keep it going tonight!
January 19, 200818 yr Hopefully we should start seeing some production from these prospects that have scouts drooling. Booth is just sensational. Horton is our 2nd best player on the Ice. This team is starting to jell. Matthias is what maybe the catalyst to this season
January 20, 200818 yr Booth and Mathias are the injection the offense needed, they are fearless. Mathias should be also excellent defensively as well
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