Welcome to my mock draft 1st Overall Pick- Buffalo Sabres Player: Rasmus Dahlin Pos: Defenseman Country: Sweden Stats: Frolunda (SHL), 41 GP 7-13-20 2nd Overall Pick- Carolina Hurricanes Player: Andrei Svechnikov Pos: Right Wing Country: Russia Stats: Barrie (OHL) 44 GP, 40-32-72 3rd Overall Pick- Montreal Canadiens Player: Filip Zadina Pos: Right Wing Country: Czech … Continue reading 2018 NHL Mock Draft- Round 1 (Only Lottery Picks)

Over the past month NHL.com released a four part documentary about the final couple weeks of the Florida Panthers regular season. The documentary features a look inside the locker room and getting to know the guys. Another major thing featured in this is the Panthers relationship with MSD. If you've been living under a rock … Continue reading “Home Team” Review

Late in the 2017-18 campaign, Dale Tallon was impressed with a forward from the WHL. Patrick Bajkov had an underwhelming 2015-16 campaign in juniors which hurt his draft stock and ultimately he wasn't drafted. He wasn't picked in 2017 either. However the Panthers signed Bajkov late in the 2017-18 season. He is looking like a … Continue reading Prospect Update: Patrick Bajkov looking like a steal & Rankings

Yes I know I said I was doing these every Wednesday but tomorrow I have a very busy schedule so I decided to do it today. Here is the current state of things: ONGOING  Atlantic Division- #3 Toronto vs #2 Boston  (3-3) Winner plays Tampa Bay in Round 2 Schedule: 1- Boston 5-1; 2-Boston 7-3; … Continue reading NHL Weekly Playoff Review 2018 #2

Recently a trend has been developing. Big name KHL stars have been leaving Russia to go to America and play for teams there. Some players have been busts like Vadim Shipachyov in Vegas. Others have worked out great like Evengii Dadonov with the Panthers. This offseason the NHL should be getting more players From Russia … Continue reading Florida Panthers shouldn’t sign Slava Voynov

Welcome to my 400th post ever on The Puck Under the Sun. Back in July-August, I looked at 17 Panther players who I was positive would make the roster and predicted how they would do this year. It was a 6 part series. I'm going to revisit it but instead of doing 6 parts again, … Continue reading 400th Post: Revisiting the Means to Be Successful Series Part 1

Every Wednesday during the NHL playoffs, I will recap the past week of action. Here is what things are looking like: SERIES OVER Pacific- (1) Vegas  beats  (WC1) Los Angeles   4-0 Series Schedule: Game 1 (Apr 11) LAK 0 VGK 1; Game 2 (Apr 13) LAK 1 VGK 2 2 OT; Game 3 (Apr 15) … Continue reading NHL Playoff Week 1 Recap

Welp this is it. This is the season review of 2017-18. I really wish that I was writing this during summer vacation hopefully after a cup win but that is not the case. The Florida Panthers dug themselves into a hole and despite a great second half they fell 1 point short. We will likely … Continue reading Season Review

This offseason will be interesting. The current Panthers are poised to make a playoff run next year. Hopefully health luck continues for the Core 4 which are Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau, Aaron Ekblad and Vincent Trocheck. The Core 4 missed a combined 3 games this year all of them Barkov. Forward The Panthers don't need … Continue reading What do the Panthers do this offseason?