Florida's offseason

[Caged Great]

At the beginning of the offseason my teams were

Hornqvist-Richards-Eakin
Palat-Stoll-Bjugstad
Cogliano-Talbot-Dwyer
Nyquist-Goc-Neil

Regehr-Gilbert
Tanev-Petry
Strait-Ekholm

Bryzgalov
Elliott

Bourque-Pirri-Jurco
Gibbons-Janmark Nylen-Halmo
Nieto-Lucia-Lipon
Ross-Lynch-Kunyk
Guentzel Carpenter Stransky

Claesson-Gunnarsson
McNabb-Gudas
Barbeiro-Bitetto

Berra
Andersen
Raanta, Gustafsson, Ullmark

Aberg Cassels Gaunce Pageau Rask Smith Stepan McGinn

Backman Zadorov

Bartosak Dansk Gibson Whitney

#2 overall

2 4th's 3 5th's 2015

[Caged Great]

Now it's

Brown-Sedin-Hornqvist
Palat-Richards-Gionta
Nyquist-Stoll-Eakin
Bourque-Talbot-Bjugstad

Petry-Edler
Regehr-Leddy
Gudas-Boullion

Halak
Raanta

Nieto-Adam-Da Costa
Bulmer-Pirri-Jurco
Ross-Janmark Nylen-Kunyk
Iacopelli-Lucia-Biggs
Willman Kulda Nejezchleb Laganiere

McNabb-Montour
Bitetto-Elliott
Gernat-Hansson
Walcott

Gustaffson Ullmark Soberg Merzlikins

Pageau Rask Smith
Backman
Bartosak Dansk

68, 95, 97, 102, 107, 109, 112, 115, 119, 123, 124, 128, 136, 137, 138, 145
2015 5th X2

It's still coming along, but one thing I know for certain is that this team is a lot better than previous iterations of the Panthers at this point in the offseason.

[Caged Great]

2 4th's and 3 5th's in 2015 + Brandon Whitney for 95 98 128 145 this year

[Caged Great]

Sedin brought in for Iggy + Gibbons + Olofsson

[Swayze11]

In the words of Turd. This looks like the best 10th place team in the conference.

[MJK]

At what point does Florida get out of the basement? Same story every year but we haven't seen any results.

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by MJK

At what point does Florida get out of the basement? Same story every year but we haven't seen any results.

This year is different. Before I didn't have the pieces to get out of the basement without completely gutting my farm system, which I didn't want to do (right move as well seeing as Nyquist and Palat are two of the best young players in the league). Now I have 18 players under 24 in the NHL (Bourque, Eakin, Leddy, Ekholm, Palat, Pirri, Nyquist, Nieto, Bjugstad, Da Costa, Jurco, Gudas, Barbeiro, Tanev, Andersen, Raanta, Pageau and Zadorov) + a well stocked system besides them and probably the best established forward group I have had.

I also haven't added any cheese yet (which I plan on maxing) and it's a month to go till the draft. So, after all that I need a couple of D-men and a goalie to round things out. That's fine because defense is the easiest position to fill. Bryz will not be my starting goalie at the beginning of the season either.

[MJK]

Ok, so Florida will win games this year? Are the playoffs in your future?

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by MJK

Ok, so Florida will win games this year? Are the playoffs in your future?

I'm not shooting for the playoffs. I'm shooting for the division title.

[Caged Great]

Halak is back in Miami. Departing are Tanev, Zadorov, Andersen, McGinn and Stepan. And that basically guarantees a playoff spot give or at least somewhere close to that.

Bryzgalov's departure is imminent.

[Caged Great]

Hansson + Gernat + Elliott + Bulmer + Biggs and Laganiere for a bunch of picks.