The Florida Panthers have struggled to find a consistent top defensive pairing since the franchise’s glory days in the late 1990s. However, after a season together in 2019-20, the team seems to have finally found the right duo in MacKenzie Weeger and Aaron Ekblad heading into this season. Here is what this means going forward.
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The 2019-20 season was another disappointment for the Florida Panthers. It is true, at least to some extent, that defense wins championships. While the Panthers’ offense thrived, their defense was poor and their star goaltender, Sergei Bobrovsky, had a career-worst season. The Panthers finished fourth in the Atlantic Division with a record of 35-26-8. In
Last season did not go well for the Florida Panthers. The team had high expectations after a big offseason, yet still had the same struggles as always. Now, after another busy offseason, they will try to avoid the same disappointment. Here are the players who need to improve most if the Panthers want to move
On Dec. 20, the NHL and NHL Players Association announced that they have officially agreed to start the 2020-21 season on Jan. 13. The season, which will include 56 intradivisional games, will conclude on May 8 and be followed by a 16-team Stanley Cup Playoffs. The teams will be divided into four divisions: Central, East,
The departure of Vincent Trocheck at the NHL Trade Deadline a little over ten months ago hurt the Florida Panthers more than anybody could have known at the time. Since then, the team has been left with a plethora of bottom-six forwards able to take on a third or fourth-line center role, but nobody solidified
The Florida Panthers have had one of the busiest offseasons in the NHL. The team lost many key-players and traded, signed, and drafted plenty of new players in this offseason. With a lot of new faces this year, head coach Joel Quenneville will have a lot of work to do when shaping up the Panthers’
On Dec. 16, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the NHL season could start as soon as mid-January. Bettman originally hoped the league would start on Jan. 1, but this was delayed due to financial negotiations between the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association. These negotiations have come to a close and both parties have
To succeed in the NHL team’s must find a way to navigate the salary cap and properly manage player contracts. Signing young talent to long-term deals is a surefire way to find success. Additionally, signing veteran players to reasonable deals is another key to building a complete team. The ideal way to build a Stanley
In June 2016, defenseman Keith Yandle was traded from the New York Rangers to the Florida Panthers. In exchange, the Rangers received a 2016 sixth-round draft pick and a 2017 fourth-round pick after signing a new deal with the Panthers. The general manager at the time, Tom Rowe, gave him a new contract, a seven-year,
Florida Panthers defenseman Mackenzie Weegar recently re-signed with the team on a three-year deal with an average annual value of $3.25 million. After speculation the team was going to move him, general manager Bill Zito decided to keep the former seventh-round pick around. Weegar has played four seasons with the Panthers and in that time
In today’s, NHL rumors, there is talk about what the Vancouver Canucks are going to be looking at in terms of cost on an Elias Pettersson extension. How will the team make it work? In Florida, it appears a former NHL goaltender has agreed to a PTO with the Panthers. Which teams did NHL players
Now that Dale Tallon has moved on and been cleared of several allegations, the Florida Panthers can continue what they started when new general manager Bill Zito was named just over two months ago. While Zito did lock down the defense by re-signing Mackenzie Weegar and bringing in Radko Gudas, formerly of the Washington Capitals,
The Florida Panthers have already made some notable moves in free agency this offseason, signing left-winger Carter Verhaeghe, defenseman Radko Gudas, and speedy center Alexander Wennberg. Despite these solid additions, the team will have to deal with departures as well, most notably Mike Hoffman, their top goal scorer from last season, who is a free
After a 3-1 play-in series loss to the New York Islanders and sitting in 10th place in the standings at the of end a COVID-19 shortened season, Florida Panthers general manager Bill Zito and head coach Joel Quenneville have made a number of offseason moves in an attempt to turn a roster not short on
Today’s prospect and rumors post has a Finnish focus to it. A top prospect for the 2022 NHL Entry Draft scores his first goal in Finland’s top league. A Calgary Flames former first-round pick is dominating in Finland after missing the entire 2019-20 season, Aleksander Barkov may be on his way to Finland as part
The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded forward Patric Hornqvist to the Florida Panthers in exchange for defender Mike Matheson and forward Colton Sceviour. This deal was originally reported by Kevin Weekes before Elliotte Friedman mentioned there was a “glitch” in the trade. Sceviour wasn’t originally reported to be part of the deal, but the official deal
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, there is apparently a trade in the works between the Florida Panthers and Pittsburgh Penguins, but also a glitch in the trade. Is this the only deal the Penguins are working on? In Toronto, would the Maple Leafs actually consider moving Morgan Rielly to make room for Alex Pietrangelo? Finally,
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, the Florida Panthers were interested in hiring a candidate to potentially become the NHL’s first female general manager, the Boston Bruins are rumored to be in for a major shake-up, the Washington Capitals and Alex Ovechkin could be on the verge of something big the Montreal Canadiens made a trade,
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