In a season with so much promise, and coming off one where a terrible start doomed the Panthers to another April off. With the new talent, and another year in Bob Boughner’s system, this shouldn’t be happening again, yet it is. So what can be done to fix what ails the Cats before the hole becomes too big to dig out of?
To start, let’s focus on where the Panthers haven’t shown anywhere near their capabilities yet: third periods.
They’ve been outscored four-nothing in three third periods, and according to Natural Stat Trick, their CF% in third periods is 47.