Ethan

I mean, look, coming into the year, right, we thought, well, it would be Barkov and Kachuk, and they don't have either of them.

But he has been the guy that has stepped up in that gap, and he's been phenomenal so far.

He's seven and one so far.

He's got seven goals to his one assist.

He is the Cy Young candidate early in the year.

But he's been awesome.

I mean, his defensive work is always going to be so strong.

Now he's finally getting it going with the offense.

Thank God.

Finally, it hadn't happened.

Their record is now 3-0-0 when leading in the third period, but it feels like they haven't gone to shutdown city at all this year.

Yeah, the penalty kill is in the latter third right now in the NHL.

It hasn't been good lately.

They allowed a power play goal last night to the Kings, but they did get a shorthanded goal from Anton Lundell.

The Panthers have one goal from a defenseman so far this year, and I think it has a lot to do with Barkov missing because they're not trying to pinch in as much because they have to do a little more defensive cover because they don't have Barky back to help them.

And look what happened.

That Mikey Anderson pass that split Gustav Forsling and Aaron Eckblad and led to the Corey Perry breakaway, that's not a pass that happens against the Florida Panthers very often.

That was all the way up the ice from the—

I think from the goal line to the far blue line, that was amazing.

Yeah, it was from the face-off circle to near the blue line.