I respect your post but why would we release players because we haven't a done what the panthers have done!!!. If the panthers hadn't been as successful as they have would people still be writing the Devil's off?? Obviously we wanted to do well in the CHL but honestly we were never going to. For me the EIHL is the priority and I trust Lord and the Devil's to do their best like last season.
Congratulations Nottingham Panthers
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First I'd also like to state congrats to the Panthers, I thought congrats was in order after getting results against Mountfield but this is a whole new level of awesomeness.
What is it about Nottingham and punching above their weight in Europe? Corey / Cloughy FTW
Not sure why the naysayers are out in force at the moment, last season we were sloppy for a while. I remember almost letting Coventry back into a challenge cup game and just making basic mistakes against the steelers (also cup).
I also remember the panthers fans serenading us with "top of the league, your having a laff" during the 8-0 mullering.
How about how we needed to gas Ulmer even though he was still settling in and providing assists?
All of the above occured in a season when we won the league, the cup, our conference and came within an overtime goal of a clean sweep.
We shouldn't be looking for peak performance yet, especially not against this level of opposition.
What is it about Nottingham and punching above their weight in Europe? Corey / Cloughy FTW
Not sure why the naysayers are out in force at the moment, last season we were sloppy for a while. I remember almost letting Coventry back into a challenge cup game and just making basic mistakes against the steelers (also cup).
I also remember the panthers fans serenading us with "top of the league, your having a laff" during the 8-0 mullering.
How about how we needed to gas Ulmer even though he was still settling in and providing assists?
All of the above occured in a season when we won the league, the cup, our conference and came within an overtime goal of a clean sweep.
We shouldn't be looking for peak performance yet, especially not against this level of opposition.
Echo what most are saying regarding Panthers...well done, you have certainly shocked a lot of punters. Great results and I like the look of the team set up, we are going to find it extremely tough this coming season with so many improvements made to the other teams. Have we matched them on team personnel, quite honestly, I don't think so. I am disappointed in many aspects of our play and am certainly not impressed with the level of fitness at this stage of the season bearing in mind we knew we would be up against it with the sides we drew in the CHL group. I'm not doubting the team's willingness on the ice, just that you have to be a lot fitter to compete at higher levels of hockey and then carry that in to the regular season. Fitness can be improved on for sure, do I see a few changes needed, yes.
Do not think any team in our conference will win the league this season as we are all stronger, and expect us to take points off each other throughout the season, whereas the other conferences have one outstanding team each who I expect to win most of their own conference games - play-offs and CC may be the best options we will have - think this seasons games will be a lot more physical so could all depend on how the stripies handle them
Wouldn't it just be the EIHL way that what appears to be a huge leap forward with these results in the CHL be completely undone in 12 months time when we send a lesser team to compete because we rendered the league result so corrupted by the bonkers conference system and inability to get a handle on the play off system. I have a horrible feeling you are correct and the league will go out of conference and that really will be a nightmare from a league credibility perspective.
Good luck to them, it would be amazing for them to advance further. I hope next yr we get to improve on our CHL achievement. Sport is about challenges and beating the odds, supporters need to leave their emotions for their club and get behind any team that has the opportunity to challenge at this level. It’s an amazing opportunity for UK Ice Hockey.
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Wishing the Panthers all the best in the home leg against Zurich tonight. Virtually sold out so the atmosphere for the home team will be electric. It would be something special if Nottingham could qualify for the next round.
The Panthers have done a fantastic job showcasing the best standards in UK ice hockey. Their CHL games have been exciting to watch.....on Freesports again tonight for anyone interested.
The Panthers have done a fantastic job showcasing the best standards in UK ice hockey. Their CHL games have been exciting to watch.....on Freesports again tonight for anyone interested.
