30 Teams/30 Days: Florida Panthers

Outlook: The Florida Panthers have not made the playoffs since 2000, and while they were in the playoff race during the last week of the 2008-09 season, don’t expect head coach Peter DeBorer and company to have similar results in 2009-10. While it is true that the Panthers have a lot of young and up-in-coming talent on the roster, particularly at forward, they’re still going to be hit hard at defense, with the departure of Jay Bouwmeester. Not all news is bad news however at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise. The Panthers went out and signed goaltneder Scott Clemmensen during the summer, filling the void left by Craig Anderson, who signed with Colorado. While Tomas Vokoun might be the No. 1 goaltender right now (and deservingly so), lets not forget that Clemmensen did a great job filling in for the winningest goaltender of all time—Martin Brodeur—last year in New Jersey. Two other notable additions to the Panthers are forward Steven Reinprecht and defenseman...