While it’s unclear when or if the 2012-2013 NHL season will begin, it didn’t stop the league from releasing its television schedule for its national partners. For the first time in recent memory, the Florida Panthers will receive a significant amount of U.S. television exposure. Last year, the Panthers were only featured nationally once, a ...
If Dale Tallon has his way, the Florida Panthers forward lines just might be set already. The top line of Kris Versteeg, Stephen Weiss, and Tomas Fleischmann probably isn’t going anywhere, as it was one of the best lines in the NHL up until the All-Star break last season. As far as the second line is ...
During last year’s NHL offseason, Florida Panthers GM Dale Tallon wasn’t afraid to roll the dice on a player with health related questions. While other teams were afraid to commit to Tomas Fleischmann after he was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism (a condition that caused him to miss 60 games while playing for the Colorado ...
As the Florida Panthers 2011-2012 season came to an end, it was clear that the team’s biggest weakness was its offensive production. At the conclusion of the regular season, Florida was 27th overall in goals per game. The Panthers struggled throughout the season to get consistent goal production and the lack of scoring held them ...
There’s no doubt about it. The Florida Panthers have a bright future. On June 6th, the man that set the Florida franchise up to be a contender for years to come, Dale Tallon, was rewarded with a contract extension. While the terms for Tallon’s deal were not disclosed by the team, the club did state ...
Somewhere, Gary Bettman is banging his head against a wall. Like most hockey fans not based in New Jersey, it’s unlikely that Mr. Bettman is thrilled with the NHL’s Stanley Cup Final. While no one from the league offices would ever admit to this, it had to be a huge disappointment that the New Jersey ...
When Bobby Ryan slammed home a rebound just 1:39 into the third period to put Team USA up 2-1 against Finland, it appeared that the U.S. had punched its ticket into the semifinals at the World Championships. At that point, the Americans had taken control of the play and seemed poised to put the game ...
When the Florida Panthers season came to an end, General Manager Dale Tallon made it clear that once free agency began on July 1st he would be looking for goal scorers to improve the Panthers’ offense, which was ranked 27th in goals scored. Mr. Tallon needs to look no further than Alexander Semin. Recently, Semin’s ...
After a poor showing against Slovakia which resulted in a 2-4 loss, Team USA bounced back to win its next two games, beating Belarus 5-3 and Kazakhstan 3-2 in overtime. As of May 11th, the Americans currently sit 3rd in the Helsinki group and will have to finish in the top four of the group ...
At the beginning of the IIHF World Championships, co-hosted this year by Sweden and Finland, Team USA appeared to have one of its strongest teams of recent memory. However, with that said, many people were still left wondering whether the United States had the firepower to compete with the likes of Canada, Russia and Sweden. ...
