Florida is a lucky team - Markstrom is rocking

[sportmats]

Florida will be a really good team in a three-four years time. They have secured the goalie Jakob Markström, that is really really awesome. I hardly doubt there are any better 18 year old goalie around in the world for the moment.
He has alone brought Brynäs to the top position in Swedish Elitserien. The pundits were saying before the season that Brynäs would have a really bad season and that the team would fight really hard to stay in the Elitserien. But after 12 (of 55) rounds. Brynäs is on the top. And behind that is an really top of the world play between the pipes by Jakob Markström.

He has 94,95 save precentage and 1.54 GAA in nine games.

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=9787
Here are a clip http://svt.se/svt/play/video.jsp?a=1277163
Just look at the saves after 3.40 mins in the clip. Markström is the goalie in the white team. BTW. The goalie in the green team is Johan Holmqvist.

[Donovan]

People have been saying they will be great in 3-4 years since they came into the league. But they've done very poorly in the draft, what guys they have had turn out well they couldnt keep, and they don't shell out for big UFAs. Since they went on that run back in the 90s they've sucked in the easiest division in the NHL. Luongo is gone, Jokinen is gone, this summer Bouwmeester will be gone if he doesnt get traded. Florida will be a bad team for a long time still.

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by Donovan

People have been saying they will be great in 3-4 years since they came into the league. But they've done very poorly in the draft, what guys they have had turn out well they couldnt keep, and they don't shell out for big UFAs. Since they went on that run back in the 90s they've sucked in the easiest division in the NHL. Luongo is gone, Jokinen is gone, this summer Bouwmeester will be gone if he doesnt get traded. Florida will be a bad team for a long time still.

I completely agree. It's been half a decade or more we've been waiting for the Panthers to make some waves, but they haven't.

And Mike Keenan should have never seen another bench or GM position in his life after completely getting bent over in the Luongo deal.

South Florida is just a bad hockey market. Nobody seems to care all that much and it seems to be the same case with ownership and management.

[sportmats]

I really hope that you have watched the world junior hockey championships and watched Markstrom play in the swedish goal. Really awesome play. Come on Canada, we are ready!

[Pink Mist]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportmats

I really hope that you have watched the world junior hockey championships and watched Markstrom play in the swedish goal. Really awesome play. Come on Canada, we are ready!

And so is Canada...

[theaub]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportmats

I really hope that you have watched the world junior hockey championships and watched Markstrom play in the swedish goal. Really awesome play. Come on Canada, we are ready!

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww its on now

[bad_philanthropy]

Is Markstrom a hockey player or an Olympic diver? Looks like the latter in this gold medal game.

[headrulz101]

The guy's been flopping all over the ice. I think he might have a good career playing on the Italian or Portugal soccer team. I mean, it's happened five times or more, and is it me or is his helmet is exploding off his head every time?

Don't get me wrong, he is an excellent goaltender, but hopefully Florida knocks the sissy dives out of him.

[bad_philanthropy]

Quote: Originally Posted by headrulz101

The guy's been flopping all over the ice. I think he might have a good career playing on the Italian or Portugal soccer team. I mean, it's happened five times or more, and is it me or is his helmet is exploding off his head every time? Don't get me wrong, he is an excellent goaltender, but hopefully Florida knocks the sissy dives out of him.

Yeah, he's a hell of a goalie no need for the wussy gamesmanship.

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportmats

I really hope that you have watched the world junior hockey championships and watched Markstrom play in the swedish goal. Really awesome play. Come on Canada, we are ready!

You mean the goalie that was embellishing and diving all over the ice? The same goalie that allowed the Canadian team to get in his head and dominate him in a gold medal game?

Yeah, I can't wait to see this whining baby play in the NHL.

Now, about the game. It was nice to see the Canadian team utterly and thoroughly dominate the Swedes. We had probably the worst starting goalie our country has employed in 10 years between the pipes and we still kicked butt. Good job Canada! We'll win our 6th gold in 6 years 12 months from now.

I also find it astonishing that we've only lost 1 junior game in 5 years. That's unbelievable!