Today, Bill Zito cemented his legendary second offseason as Florida Panthers General Manager with one final move. Zito was able to convince Aleksander Barkov to sign a massive 8-year extension. Barkov's deal is worth $80 million and is very signing bonus-heavy. Barkov's salary will pay him a million bucks each year, while making signing bonuses … Continue reading Aleksander Barkov Extended to a 8 year Deal

As we await news on the details of Aleksander Barkov's contract extension, and since I have a substitute teacher today, I decided to write an article that would project the Florida Panthers starting lineup for the 2021-22 season when they face off against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday. Line #1: #23 Carter Verhaeghe-#16 Aleksander Barkov-#13 … Continue reading Projecting the Florida Panthers Opening Night Lineup 2021-22

This article is a continuation of the article I wrote last month. The link to that article will be listed below: https://thepuckunderthesun.com/2021/09/12/top-10-panthers-prospects-entering-the-2021-22-season/ I decided to withhold the top three names. Initially I was going to do one article each for the top three prospects, but I decided that it would be better to just combine … Continue reading Top 3 Florida Panthers Prospects Entering the 2021-22 Season

Every year as training camp rolls around, several teams grant unsigned players PTOs, which are tryouts for players that did not sign a contract during the offseason. If these players put up solid performances in camp, they may be signed to contracts, usually at league minimum. The Panthers have signed several players in the past … Continue reading Two Players the Panthers Should Give PTOs to

Only 32 days remain until opening night and the Florida Panthers are currently running their prospect camp. I thought it would be fun to look at the top 10 prospects in the Florida Panthers system. In order to qualify, a player must have less than 10 games of NHL experience. Honorable Mentions The Panthers have … Continue reading Top 10 Panthers Prospects Entering the 2021-22 Season

The Florida Panthers are preparing to enter the 2021-22 season, with arguably their best roster in franchise history. Over the past season, Bill Zito dramatically reformed the Florida Panthers roster, as his combination with legendary head coach Joel Quenneville have led to several players on the Panthers roster breaking out into solid performers. Despite a … Continue reading The Barkov Dilemma

The Florida Panthers currently have one of the NHL's best goal songs in Jimmy Eat Wrld's Sweetness. While I don't think management has any plans to replace the song, it has been around for around four years, which the Panthers seem to rotate goal songs on a near half-decade basis. I hope that they don't … Continue reading 3 Possible New Goal Songs for the Panthers

The NHL Draft Begins on Friday. Bill Zito's second turn at the high stakes amateur selection draft sees him entering with six picks. As a playoff team, the Panthers are expected to be more active on the trade floor than the draft board, but should Zito choose to utilize all six picks, here is who … Continue reading Who Should the Panthers Take in the 2021 NHL Draft?

With Free Agency approaching, the Panthers have several guys who may be on their way out of town. With Anton Lundell expected to make the NHL roster and RFA Sam Bennett's emergence in Florida, it seems that Alex Wennberg is the odd man out in Florida. The 26 year old Swede performed admirably as a … Continue reading The Florida Panthers Should Resign Alex Wennberg

Continuing my annual tradition, it is time to name the MVP of the Florida Panthers 2020-21 season. Winning the award for the 3rd time in his career and having won three of the last four Panther MVP awards, Aleksander Barkov is this year's recipient of the prize. Barkov played in 50 games this season, scoring … Continue reading 2020-21 Panthers MVP: Aleksander Barkov