Is The “Heat” Now On The Panthers?

Yes patience is difficult and their point total may very well be similar to last year, but we should be building more character and have a better TEAM unity.. Yes tough to sell seats with that, but it's something that's been lacking for far too long.. Build a solid foundation, get guys to play for the logo on the front instead of the name on the back...

One positive is that it should be a true character check for guys like Frolik, Olesz, Bernier, and Grabner,etc.. Either they buy in, or they'll also be shipped out. It's not just about the scoresheet, but adding something positive to the TEAM, whether it be a forecheck, backcheck, or grinding in the corners... eventually it'll pay off and it'll make you a better player and the stats will show it...

Tallon won't hang on to assets if they're not performing, like previous GMs here did in Horton, J-Bo, and Luongo.. He may not win all of his trades, but we trust his judge of talent, so we won't have to be caught up with the same cast of misfits for far too long...

Once free agency settles in, let's hope there's another trade or 2 before the season starts... As far as character guys left I wouldn't mind, let's start with Aaron Asham. He'd be similar to Colby Armstrong, and should be at least $1million cheaper... A guy like that could be brought in for like 3 years, as it's consistent leadership you're looking to have around for a while... Also if Philly can't afford Carcillo, I think he'd help add some grit on the 3rd line... He's even cleaned his game up somewhat, and adds a little offense here and there, a la Chris Neil..

Yes obviously numerous poor decisions over time.. Cohen seemed to trust Yormark too much, so everything seemed to revolove around trying to get into the playoffs, instead of REBUILDING....

My point is now the rebuild is on with Tallon, and fans here have no patience or don't understand how bad the whole ORGANIZATION is in that it needs a rebuild.. Many of these fans are the same fans that tried to justify keeping Horton... Sure Horton might have a chance to get back to be a 30 goal scorer, but he was always going to be the same loafy player HERE... And he's they type of guy that doesn't take young guys and say this is what needs to be done... Weiss either, but at least he's a CTR and plays some defense. With Horton, it's no leadership on or off the ice. He's a paycheck collector.

So it's one thing to want to see a winner, but everyone just seems to get caught up in seeing who has the most points out of the free agents available... Then they say, go sign Afinogenov, Zherdev, Tanguay, Frolov, etc.. I'm not just knocking those guys because they're soft, but you should only even CONSIDER adding those guys after you've already built your FOUNDATION... And Tallon's only still building it, as he's stuck with deadweight... So it takes time, but it's the necessary process.

Fans needs to understand this, and the fact it's also an ORGANIZATIONAL REBUILD... My only knock would be if our current scouting dept has what it takes, but hopefully a Director of Scouting is brought in to oversee this...

Slapshot: I don't know if it's as much greed with the fans, although a winner would be nice. It's more poor decisions by ownership and management over the past few years. I agree as I've said since Tallon came here, that it will take time.
Patience, I'll have it as long as we are comptitive and he replaces the "Deadwood". Which he slowly is doing.
We can't trade players that teams don't want, and that's what is going to take time.

Like I said, the deals that Martin did were far worse than what Keenan did.

The problem with fans here is GREED. This is exactly what got the team in the Decade-Long Funk it's been in. Rebuilding takes time. You have to clean out the dead weight before you can move forward, and you can't clean it all out in 1 off-season...

Patience folks.. Too many negative posts that we don't have scoring. Year after year, always too many people foolishly thinking we're only a scorer or 2 away... No it's much more than that. That's what feeds the desperation, and the team really thinks they're that close to competing... Sorry, No quick fix..

Tallon's doing what he has to do. You have to be content that the 10 years without playoffs may end up being 11 or 12, but it's OK, as long as they're on the right path.. So if you want the Panthers to end up like the Clippers, keep hoping they spend big $$ on over-priced softies like Frolov, Zherdev, and Kovalchuk.. If you want to have a legitimate beef, ask Tallon why we couldn't get in on Buff, Burish, Versteeg or Armstrong... Then next year you go afer the bigger star, but that's also probably because Burkie and the Leafs are 1 year ahead of us in the Rebuild Process... Patience needed by many...

Hank, people think that Mike Keenan did so much damage with one trade (I don't), look at the problems we are left with from Uncle Jacquesass!
Bad contracts and platers no one wants.

Its gonna take time, but like I said, I'm getting impatient. This Heat thing just adds to it!

frank, the panthers are like cavs, noone wants to come here or play here just live here. You are so right about the heat. the cats won't get a sniff of pub.