Preview: Introducing the 2009-10 Florida Panthers!

NHL season previews often sell you an impressive bill of goods before you realize, at the end of the season, you're holding an empty box. Which makes using advertisements and infomercials the appropriate template for Puck Daddy's 2009-10 NHL Season Previews, presented each day throughout September.Last Season's Ad Copy: Ninth in the Eastern Conference, third in the Southeast Division (41-30-11, 93 points). It was the dawn of a new beginning in South Florida. Peter DeBoer took over behind the bench after time in the junior ranks and brought the Panthers incredibly close to their first playoff berth in eight years. A season later, with a youthful club mixed with some cagey veterans but minus their All-Star defenseman Jay Bouwmeester(notes), the Panthers will again be faced with the daunting task of getting over the hump and finding themselves back in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Off the ice, Panthers owner Alan Cohen is in the middle of trying to sell the team after re...