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There's breaking news coming from the Florida Panthers, and it's not good news. Cooper Black has been called up because Jacob Markstrom is out. I have updates on how long Jacob Markstrom will be out of action, when will Cooper Black possibly see his first game, and a little bit more in terms of what are the lines heading into this week on this four-game road trip. Crazy news. again this is kind of an ironic update because what is going on with Markstrom well we'll just get into it right now guys this is Panthers Digest I'm your host Greg Andrews comment like share subscribe hype up the video appreciate all you guys supporting me the channel and your Florida Panthers so yeah I'm gonna start off with some of the good stuff here are the lines heading into this four-game road trip when I said Cooper Black is on the bench right now he is technically the backup to Schmid who looks like he will get the start tomorrow in Ottawa but there is a chance black could get in there however on the second night of back-to-backs in Pittsburgh on Thursday cooper black looks like he will be seeing his very first nhl start i'm gonna show you his numbers in just a moment guys so what the hell is happening this is it here's cooper black being recalled craziness. I don't know why that thing popped down there, but hey, whatever. I don't care. He has been recalled. As you saw there, he is backing up Schmid for tomorrow night's game. Markstrom left practice. Here is the series of events that has taken place. He left practice early yesterday. Did not return, obviously. There was no word on anything. Okay. So I was thinking when I read this earlier this morning, maybe it's a personal thing, something's happening who knows but as we started to ramp up the day I was reading reports oh there is this no Jacob Markstrom on the ice for the Florida Panthers today before they head out to Ottawa yeah it's not good news I don't care with this report that I'm going to tell you right now how long he will be out for it's not good as long as two weeks after doing what his job is supposed to be which he was hit by a puck and you can see there Koopa Black will see some action so he will be in net at some point in these next 10 days to two weeks now this says as long as two weeks other reports coming from other writers are stating anywhere from about 10 to 14 days the man got hit with a puck he's a goaltender and he's out for two weeks you got you guys see why I'm scratching my head here like as irony would have it like that's his job he gets hit with a puck and then he's not like what like i'd like to know more did he did he get hit by a puck when he wasn't wearing pads or was he wearing his pads and he has back to everybody and some someone took a shot and it hit him or maybe it got him in an area in the neck or whatever, somewhere where there's no padding and no protection. I would like to know more about what the hell is going on. He's our starting netminder. We're paying him $6 million a year. I'd like to know more. Please, yes, have that button there that says, would you like to know more? Yes, I would love to know more about what's going on with Jacob Markstrom because this is a gut punch to the Florida Panthers. again here are his numbers on the season he's been pretty solid guys i i don't care what you say a lot of people like oh he's garbage he's this he's not he's been very good this year give the man credit where credit is due he's shown up he's done what he's supposed to do the team in front of him has been playing very solidly defensively and i don't think anybody needs to complain about it but this is a big hit for the Florida Panthers again three one and one on the season 8 97% is 221 goals against average and a shutout but man this one this one stings I just I'm not that concerned I think Schmidt can hold it down I think it'll be great to see Cooper Black and and get him out there to get some experience at the NHL level am I a little worried though yes because our defense is really gonna have to step up even more so than it has been doing so I'll go back to this to show you guys so with Cooper Black and back-to-back games he could see his NHL debut right there in Ottawa or Pittsburgh I'm probably gonna say the latter end of this at Pittsburgh but i don't know it it could be a tricky one because Ottawa has been playing very well Pittsburgh has been a little bit i would say for pick the lesser of two evils right now because Pittsburgh is no they're no they're no dummy team they're they're their numbers don't speak how good the talent of how good the talent is on the team yes they only have seven points on the season they're three six and one but they're still talented, you still have Sidney Crosby, you still have Malkin, you know there's still good players on that roster but I would think you'd give Schmid the start tomorrow night, you put in Cooper Black, maybe you see how Schmid feels on the second day of the back-to-backs but I have a feeling it'll be Schmid tomorrow Black on Thursday, but not good news for the Cats, out two weeks, let's hope it's not as serious as you know as it is, let's hope it is only 10 days to two weeks but let's hope we don't get worse news as the days go by, so who is Cooper Black who the hell is this kid? Here you go, he's the 6'9 behemoth that I told you guys about, 25 years old, he's had some really good numbers with the Charlotte Checkers on the season this year .919 save percentage, 2.67 goals against average, what I want you guys to take a look at are the amount of saves that he has had so far this season 91 saves in three games, so do the math on that and say all right, he's roughly doing about 30 saves per game, having about a .920 save percentage if you really want to look at things he's letting right about where it's at for goals against average at around two a game, even though it says 2.67 goals against average, okay I still like it his numbers are good, he's a massive body between the pipes, he can move around, lateral movements pretty solid when I was watching in preseason, he can play I think he's earned the right to be where he is Gerasimov is having some phenomenal numbers with the Charlotte Checkers this season but I think it's Cooper Black's time to rise up and go to the next level to see what he's capable of doing now I hope we don't do what we did with Bussey which is you bring him in you're he's there for training camp and you wave him I don't think that's going to happen with this kid i think we're going to keep him around for a while if if my guess is correct if he plays enough this season and he looks good i think he's going to be our third goaltender and he's not going anywhere for for a long time yes mid-20s but hey let's take it so you see his Charlotte Checkers Calder cup playoffs totals .892 save percentage 2.16 goals against average so the good news like you see you see they're under 60 saves so he was averaging less than 30 saves per game so the defense got a little bit better as he got into the playoffs so i like what we're seeing from him i think he's the perfect guy to come up i'm not overly concerned about our two goaltenders i think he might have a little bit of jitters in that first game but the guys in front of him are going to make him feel at home am i worried yes it's more about Jacob Markstrom's health what is going on he already had a game where he had stiffness and Couldn't play the next one. They called up Cooper Black, and he was their backup. Came back in, has looked all right. Now he gets hit with a puck. Like, what the hell is going on? But please, I hope there's some more information that's going to come out to tell us what is happening with Jacob Markstrom. But that's it for this episode of Panther's Digest. That's the breaking news. Don't fret. I think we're going to be okay with Schmidt and Nett. I think we'll play great. I think we're going to really step up against the Ottawa Senators and throw them around a bit. Just stick to our game. Brady Tkachuk's going to step up. Matthew Tkachuk. I mean, everybody that's been stepping up in the last several games is going to do exactly what they've been doing. Don't stop what they're doing. Keep putting the pressure on, passing the puck. Power play is going to be great. I'm feeling good about this road trip. I really am. So, guys, if I have more news coming out about anything related to Jacob Markstrom, I will let you guys know. And anything going on with any of the other players, any line changes, so on and so forth, that is pretty much going to do it. By the way, the fourth line, if you guys want to check that out, You can search for the Florida Panthers' fourth line. They have released who is going to be on it. Let me just go here really quick so I can actually tell you who that is. That fourth line looks like it's going to be Boko, Schwint, and Hathaway on this road trip. So there you have it, guys. That's it. Until next time, go Cats.