Panthers upcoming rookie showcase, injury updates, Joel Quenneville news and more
Panthers upcoming rookie showcase, injury updates, Joel Quenneville news and more
There will be Florida Panthers players on the ice playing hockey games this week.
If that’s not some great news to start the week with, I don’t know what is.
Panthers rookies, along with youngsters from the Carolina Hurricanes, Tampa Bay Lightning and Nashville Predators, will be taking part in the 2023 Southeast Rookie Showcase this weekend in Estero.
Late last week the Panthers released the team’s 25-player roster for the three-game round-robin.
Florida’s prospects are expected to be on the ice at the Ice Den in Coral Springs in the days leading up to the showcase, and THN Florida will be there for everything, so stay tuned.
Looking back over the past week of Panthers news, there were some interesting and fun stories to cover.
We started with another memorable moment from last season, this time looking back at Matthew Tkachuk’s 4OT goal in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final.
Panthers GM Bill Zito spoke to our friends over at Florida Hockey Now last week and provided an update on injured defensemen Aaron Ekblad and Brandon Montour.
Patrice Bergeron retired earlier this year, which brings a big opportunity to great two-way players like Sasha Barkov to take over the mantle.
Fantasy hockey season is nearly upon us, and there are several Panthers players who will be highly coveted on everyone’s draft day.
Sam Reinhart had a fun time when the Miami Marlins hosted Florida Panthers night last week, and he also spoke about a mutual desire between the Panthers and himself to extend his contract, which runs out after this season.
With training camp right around the corner, THN Florida posed three questions facing the team as the new season approaches.
Matthew Tkachuk spoke on the Cam and Strick Podcast last week and wasn’t shy about discussing how much better of a player Paul Maurice has helped him become.
On Friday the NHL hosted the league’s coaches and GM’s for a one-day meeting in Chicago, and former Panthers head coach Joel Quenneville was invited to speak by Commissioner Gary Bettman.
The first THN Florida story by Armando Velez was his first in a series called Florida Panthers Mythbusters, with this writeup featuring Tkachuk’s postseason performance killing the notion he wasn’t a playoff performer.
A couple of recent former Panthers, Colin White and Mark Pysyk, have signed PTO deals with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
