I'm looking forward to seeing some playoff hockey. It will be interesting to see which Panthers show up. I know I'm a homer, but FL could/should be able to beat the Isles. They just seem to have this uncanny knack for under achieving, for whatever reason. Hopefully that changes starting August 1st. The team that hit the ice after the team meeting described in this George Richards' article will advance in the playoffs.
https://floridahockeynow....-florida-panthers-around/
...Acciari said. “I think at earlier times this season we all said ‘We want to do this, want to do that,’ but there were 40 games left. We thought we would be OK and just focused on our goal-scoring ability rather than our defensive ability.
“We just thought we would score five goals a night every night. That’s not the way it goes in the playoffs, in tight games. We are going to have to win games 3-2, 2-1 … play the full 60 minutes. I think we finally figured that out.”