Picture Pages ... Easy Monday ... Tuesday: Washington Capitals @ Florida Panthers ... Shootout the Lights? Shootout Something

The Panthers are holding a rare off-day practice at the Billboard today, the team just finishing up their team picture. They asked Cory Murphy and Noah Welch to stick around to get in, but both declined. They will be airbrushed in.

Speaking of rare, this guy is getting a day off and is not at the arena.

If any news pops up, I will pass along via the cellphone.

-- Capitals come to town tomorrow. They play in Atlanta tonight.

-- We all know the Panthers are pretty crummy when it comes to the shootout. How crummy? Our good friend George Richards at The Miami Herald spells it out. These guys don't know what to do about it. Me thinks some more creative moves would be a start.

-- Sunday's Games (and how they affected the Panthers): Bad day for the Panthers. Florida is back out of the playoff picture today, dropping to ninth after the Rangers and Penguins both won.

-- Monday's Games (and who the Panthers weren't rooting for if they weren't so busy scrapbooking)

There are no games the Panthers are really interested in today. They may watch the Capitals-Thrashers tonight out of curiosity, but that's probably about it.

-- The Standings (brought to you by Taylor Made, Colony West Country Club and courtesy of TSN,ca/nhl)

Eastern
Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	GF	GA	Home	Away	Last 10	Streak
1	Boston	71	45	17	9	99	237	167	24-6-5	21-11-4	4-5-1	Lost 1
2	New Jersey	68	45	20	3	93	213	167	24-10-1	21-10-2	8-2-0	Won 3
3	Washington	70	43	21	6	92	228	205	26-9-2	17-12-4	5-4-1	Won 3
4	Philadelphia	68	37	21	10	84	218	196	21-10-4	16-11-6	5-4-1	Lost 1
5	Pittsburgh	71	37	26	8	82	222	216	19-12-3	18-14-5	8-0-2	Won 1
6	Montreal	69	36	25	8	80	205	206	21-7-5	15-18-3	6-3-1	Lost 2
7	NY Rangers	70	36	26	8	80	177	190	21-10-4	15-16-4	5-3-2	Won 1
8	Carolina	71	36	28	7	79	200	203	19-13-1	17-15-6	5-3-2	Lost 3
9	Florida	69	34	25	10	78	194	196	18-9-6	16-16-4	4-4-2	Lost 3
10	Buffalo	69	34	27	8	76	203	193	20-12-3	14-15-5	4-4-2	Lost 1
11	Toronto	70	28	29	13	69	209	249	13-13-9	15-16-4	6-3-1	Won 1
12	Ottawa	68	28	30	10	66	177	198	17-12-6	11-18-4	6-3-1	Won 1
13	Atlanta	69	28	35	6	62	209	233	13-18-2	15-17-4	7-3-0	Won 5
14	Tampa Bay	69	23	32	14	60	181	227	11-14-9	12-18-5	4-4-2	Won 2
15	NY Islanders	70	24	38	8	56	176	224	16-14-5	8-24-3	6-2-2	Won 1
Western
Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	GF	GA	Home	Away	Last 10	Streak
1	Detroit	70	46	15	9	101	261	207	25-5-4	21-10-5	7-2-1	Won 2
2	San Jose	68	45	13	10	100	219	167	27-3-4	18-10-6	4-5-1	Won 2
3	Calgary	69	40	23	6	86	229	214	22-8-4	18-15-2	5-5-0	Lost 1
4	Chicago	67	37	21	9	83	220	178	18-8-6	19-13-3	3-6-1	Lost 2
5	Vancouver	68	36	23	9	81	206	189	20-11-4	16-12-5	7-2-1	Won 2
6	Columbus	70	36	28	6	78	194	196	22-11-2	14-17-4	6-4-0	Lost 1
7	Dallas	69	33	28	8	74	199	211	19-13-4	14-15-4	4-5-1	Won 2
8	Edmonton	68	32	27	9	73	192	210	15-12-6	17-15-3	3-2-5	Lost 3
9	Nashville	69	34	30	5	73	175	189	21-12-3	13-18-2	7-2-1	Won 1
10	St. Louis	69	32	29	8	72	195	205	19-13-5	13-16-3	7-3-0	Won 1
11	Minnesota	69	32	29	8	72	177	172	18-11-6	14-18-2	2-5-3	Lost 4
12	Anaheim	69	32	31	6	70	190	201	16-16-3	16-15-3	4-5-1	Lost 1
13	Los Angeles	68	29	29	10	68	179	199	16-13-8	13-16-2	4-5-1	Lost 2
14	Colorado	70	31	38	1	63	185	218	18-16-0	13-22-1	3-7-0	Lost 1
15	Phoenix	69	28	35	6	62	168	212	17-14-2	11-21-4	2-7-1	Lost 5

Comments

[jh]

How about hiring Pavel as a shootout coach?
:-)

[EJ]

JH- good one! We should bring back the Russian Rocket and play him only in the shootouts!

Even with his bad knees, Bure's probably better than the current cast of characters.

[George Richards]

Good thoughts all around...Pavel seems to still follow the Sunrise Six...he sure couldn't hurt...