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The Panthers made a concerted effort this offseason to improve their penalty kill, arguably the weakest unit on their team that made an improbable run to the Stanley Cup Finals.
The 2024–25 Florida Panthers season is the 31st season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established in 1993. The Panthers entered the season as the defending Stanley Cup champions having defeated the Edmonton Oilers in seven games in the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals .
When the Florida Panthers signed Oliver Ekman-Larsson to a one-year, $2.25 million deal this offseason, the transaction was seen as mutually beneficial for both sides.
Florida Panthers forward Steven Lorentz (18) attempts a goal during practice drills at Florida Panthers IceDen in Coral Springs, Florida on Thursday, September 21, 2023. How new forwards fit in
Both the Lightning and the Panthers were born out of the National Hockey League's expansion into the southeast in the early 1990s. Aside from a few abortive attempts to bring minor league hockey to Florida (the Tropical Hockey League of the 1930s, and Jacksonville Rockets and Barons of the 1960s/70s); these were the first professional hockey franchises in the Sunshine State.
In 2024, the Panthers had their most successful season, winning the Stanley Cup in their fifth consecutive playoff appearance; however, as the Panthers had previously made the playoffs only five times in their first 25 seasons, a comparatively low total of 11 goaltenders and 133 skaters have appeared in playoff games for Florida. Six individual ...
The newly crowned champion Florida Panthers had work to do already because the offseason is already here for them and the NHL's other 31 teams. The buyout window opens Wednesday, the draft is ...
A very unusual goal celebration developed in Miami. On the night of the Panthers' 1995–96 home opener, a rat scurried across the Florida locker room. Panthers winger Scott Mellanby reacted by "one-timing" the rat against the wall, killing it . That night he scored two goals, which goaltender John Vanbiesbrouck quipped was "a rat trick". Two ...