Florida Panthers Season Preview
Record Last Year: 38-26-18
Goal Differential: -24
Team 5v5 Fenwick: 50.35% (13th in NHL)
5v5 Sh%: 7.2%
5v5 Sv%: .925
PP SF/60: 48.8 (13th in NHL)
PK SA/60: 54.3 (26th in NHL)
Aside from the Phoenix Coyotes and maybe the Ottawa Senators, no team exceeded their expectations more than the Florida Panthers did last season. Pegged by most to be a bottom-feeder in the Eastern Conference, the Panthers ended up winning the Southeast Division and making the playoffs for the first time in over a decade. They went onto give the New Jersey Devils a hard run for their money in the first round before being eliminated in seven games, ending what was one of the best seasons this franchise has ever had. Despite this, there haven't been many people picking Florida to repeat their title and there are many reasons for that.
For starters, they still had a terrible goal differential of -24 and had the same amount or fewer wins than non-pla...
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PLAYERS:
Filip Kuba,
Peter Mueller,
George Parros,
Alexei Kovalev,
Jason Garrison,
John Madden,
Wojtek Wolski,
Marco Sturm,
Krys Barch,
Tim Kennedy,
Matt Bradley,
Dale Tallon,
Marek Svatos,
Erik Karlsson,
Brian Campbell,
Kevin Dineen,
Sean Bergenheim,
Mikael Samuelsson,
Stephen Weiss,
Jonathan Huberdeau,
Quinton Howden,
Drew Shore,
Jacob Markstrom,
Jose Theodore,
Scott Clemmensen,
Mike Weaver,
Dmitry Kulikov,
Ed Jovanovski,
Erik Gudbranson,
Keaton Ellerby,
Scottie Upshall
TEAMS: Florida Panthers, Phoenix Coyotes, Ottawa Senators, Washington Capitals, New Jersey Devils, Detroit Red Wings
TEAMS: Florida Panthers, Phoenix Coyotes, Ottawa Senators, Washington Capitals, New Jersey Devils, Detroit Red Wings
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