A look at the trades the Panthers made today. Florida trades D Dylan McIllrath and a conditional 2017 3rd rounder to Detroit for F Thomas Vanek On paper, this is all Panthers. If paper transforms into reality, when Dale Tallon retires this will be one move on his application into the Hall of Fame as … Continue reading Florida Panthers 2017 Trade Deadline Recap

In this post I will be doing something rare. Discussing rumors. But since the trade deadline is a special/important day, I will be following rumors for the Panthers. 3 hours ago- Zemgus Girgensons- This rumor I am not sure about credibility wise.  Nothing came out of the Panthers camp on this. Girgensons doesn't make too … Continue reading Florida Panthers 2017 Trade Deadline Rumors Update- 4:45pm ET on February 28th

The NHL Trade Deadline is approaching and the Florida Panthers are looking to be buyers. On Wednesday, a flurry of players will throw the uniform of their former team in the back of their closets, grab a flight and don a new logo that they will wear for at least the next 5-6 weeks. The … Continue reading Florida Panthers 2017 Trade Deadline Primer

On April 6th, 2016; I started The Puck Under the Sun to share my love and passion of the Cats with other fans. At the time, I only had my dad to talk to about the Panthers. I liked to be a writer and coming off winning 2nd at states in a web design contest, … Continue reading The Puck Under the Sun’s Birthday is coming up and a thank you to my readers

So today, I read this article which I wasn't thrilled about. It said we had the 5 game road winning streak not because of the return of Huberdeau and Barkov or high analytic stats, in fact we have had low analytic stats but the reason for the streak was luck. This is not my opinion, … Continue reading My opinion on “The Luck Factor”

You know that song called On the Road Again, where it's all jolly about being on a road trip. Well the Panthers were beyond that level of ecstatic when they went on their most recent road trip. Jonathan Huberdeau played in a city other than Sunrise for the first time during this trip for this … Continue reading The Panthers complete the 5 game road sweep for the first time in franchise history

This week, I will publish a series of articles looking at the players we have at each position in both the NHL and minor leagues. We will start with the goaltender position. NHL (1A) Roberto Luongo- The 37 year old veteran is the oldest goalie in the NHL. Luongo's 2016-17 season has had its ups and downs. … Continue reading The Panthers System: Goaltending

We will be entering week 8 of The Puck Under the Sun's weekly prediction contest. LAST WEEK 3-0. The Panthers had their first ever sweep of the California teams on the road as they have won 4 in a row. The Sharks and Panthers had a classic battle to the end to add to my … Continue reading Week 8 Prediction Contest Update

Every Saturday for the remainder of the season, I will publish a post that will predict which teams will make the playoffs and how it will go down.      Teams that Make It     Atlantic Division Top 3 1- Montreal Canadiens 2- Ottawa Senators 3- Florida Panthers Metropolitan Division Top 3 1- Washington … Continue reading Projecting the 2017 NHL Playoffs; Part 1; February 18, 2017

Oh How Narratives Change! Who would've thought back in December that at this time former Bruins head coach Claude Julien would be preparing for his 1st game during his 2nd tenure as head coach of the Bruins biggest rival the Montreal Canadiens or that the Florida Panthers would be scoring more than 5 goals almost … Continue reading February Reversals: Claude Julien to Montreal; the High Scoring Florida Panthers and Don’t count the Isles and Sabres Out