Welcome to the Spring 2017 edition of the Top 10 Panther Prospect Rankings. I will rank whom I think are the Panthers top prospects. A new feature I have is for the AHL players this year (6/10 of these prospects are currently in the AHL/ECHL) is that I will rank their current position in my … Continue reading The Puck Under the Sun’s Updated Prospect Rankings (Panther System) Spring 2017

In this post, I will review the Florida Panthers AHL affiliate the Springfield Thunderbirds season so far. Record: 12-12-4-2(SO)   30 pts    0.500    6th in Atlantic The Thunderbirds are at .500 but are near the bottom of the toughest AHL division STATS #      Name               … Continue reading Springfield Thunderbirds Mid-Season Update

Welcome to the Monthly edition of the Top 10 Panthers Prospects. After a hard fought October, these are the rankings: (Based on performances from the past month) Key Injury/Injuries:  #2 F Jayce Hawryluk (Hand) Players who have played 5+ NHL games since last update: #3 Denis Malgin, #FR9 Shane Harper TOP 9 FORWARDS                        TOP 6 … Continue reading Panther Prospect Update #2: Top 10 Panthers Prospects (October 12-November 11, 2016)

Welcome to a special edition of The Panther Prospect Updates. We have a lot to cover so let's get started. BEGINNING OF SEASON PROSPECT RANKINGS During the Summer, I published a list of our Top 10 prospects in my opinion. Well I'm making a new list for the preseason. Let's get started. Refresher: These were … Continue reading Panther Prospect Update #1: October 6, 2016/ Draft Steals

Acquired: 31st overall pick in 2013 2015-16 Stats: Boston College (NCAA) 40 GP, 6 G, 15 A, 21 PTS In May of 2016, the Panthers signed Ian McCoshen to an ELC and traded away physical defenseman Erik Gudbranson a trade that upset many. Now McCoshen is in a way like Gudbranson, he is physical. He … Continue reading Top 10 Panthers Prospects # 2: Ian McCoshen

Acquired: Signed as a Free Agent on May 2016 2015-16 Stats: Djurgardens IF (SHL) 52 GP, 12 G, 19 A, 31 PTS Meaning of the Wildcard Spot: Now as the Wildcard Prospect Hultstrom isn't ranked on the list. He is the guy who I may have forgotten about and was too lazy to edit him … Continue reading Top 10 Panthers Prospects: Wildcard Linus Hultstrom

Position: Center/Left Wing Acquired: 91st Overall Pick in 2011 2015-16 Stats: Portland (AHL) 63 GP, 17 G, 14 A, 31 PTS and Florida (NHL) 9 GP, 0 G, 0 A, 0 PTS Kyle Rau and Rocco Grimaldi both play similar games. However only one of them could've stayed as the Cats shipped Rocco off to … Continue reading Top 10 Prospect Rankings: #3 Kyle Rau

Welcome to my Panthers Top 10 Prospects Article. I know I did a series of articles on the top 20 prospects but you can throw that out the window. I'm doing an updated version in this article. This is the one now. The only one that matters. I will go down the list starting at … Continue reading Panthers Top 10 Prospects Updated 10-4