Posts About "Keith Yandle"
Panthers' Blue Line Missing Its Bite
November 7th, 2018 The 2018-19 season hasn't exactly started the way the Florida Panthers had envisioned. With a 3-5-3 record through 11 games and tied for last in the league ahead of the Nov. 6 games, things haven't worked out in Sunrise. The reasons for their slow start are littered throughout: they rank 20th or worse in goals for, shot...
Florida Panthers 2018-19 Defense Preview
August 16th, 2018 The 2017-18 Florida Panthers defense remained remarkably healthy, as they were the only team in the league to dress just seven defensemen throughout the season. The 2018-19 defense hopes to replicate that success. They are bringing back all seven mainstays in addition to one offseason signing from the KHL. This article will explore the...
Yandle's Play Igniting Panthers
March 12th, 2018 When the Florida Panthers signed defenseman Keith Yandle to a seven-year contract worth $44.5 million, he was expected to make an immediate impact on the power play as well as give the Panthers an offensive presence they lacked at the time. A year later, Yandle was fresh off a 41-point season with 18 power play points (PPP). Yet, as a...
Panthers Purrview: Week Seven in Review
November 22nd, 2017 All the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey… Okay, so maybe not in Florida (or California, for that matter), but I live in Victoria, so bear with me here. After defeating the Dallas Stars in a shootout Tuesday night, the Florida Panthers embarked on their annual California road trip. Most teams dread the gauntlet of the San Jose...
Florida Panthers Purrview: Week Four in Review
October 30th, 2017 The Florida Panthers struggled to gain any traction during the fourth week of the 2017-18 National Hockey League season. Yes, they came away with a record of 1-1-1, which is not at all disastrous. However, they had two real opportunities to take advantage of divisional foes they should probably beat, and only came away with a...
The Yandle-Duclair Trade Revisited
October 26th, 2017 On March 1, 2015, the Arizona Coyotes and New York Rangers were teams headed in different directions. The Coyotes were 20-36-7, third from the bottom in the Western Conference and had lost their last nine games in regulation. Arizona had just barely missed the playoffs the previous two seasons and was getting worse. The New York...
