Florida Panthers

[joeshmoe]

Florida Panthers 
General Manager: PigsRule 
Total Roster Size - 30/30
2013-14 Salary Cap: $64.3m
2012-13 Total Payroll: $65.3m
2012-13 Cap Space: $5.0m   

Violations: --
Last complete roster review: update Mar 7, 2013 @ 14h36 ET (PigsRule); last Aug 5, 2012 @ 10h24 ET (PigsRule)

Center (5) - $3.6m
Craig Smith, $0.2m (2012-2013)
Alex Killorn, $0.2m (2013-2014)
Louis Leblanc, $0.6m (2013-2014)
Tommy Wingels, $0.7m (2013-2014) 
Vladimir Sobotka, $1.9m (2014-2015)

Left Wing (5) - $9.4m
Jamie McGinn, $0.2m (2012-2013)
Carl Hagelin, $0.2m (2013-2014)
Travis Moen, $0.6m (2013-2014)
Matt Cooke, $2.4m (2014-2015)
Jamie Benn, $6.0m (2014-2015)

Right Wing (5) - $8.8m
Dale Weise, $0.2m (2012-2013)
Steve Bernier, $0.2m (2013-2014)
Pascal Dupuis, $2.8m (2013-2014)
David Moss, $1.6m (2014-2015)
Johan Franzen, $4.0m (2017-2018)

Defense (12) - $33.3m
Deryk Engelland, $0.8m (2012-2013)
Eric Gryba, $0.4m (2013-2014)
Dan Girardi, $3.3m (2013-2014)
Dion Phaneuf, $6.5m (2013-2014)
Michael Stone, $0.6m (2014-2015-EL)
Simon Despres, $1.0m (2014-2015-EL)
Jakub Kindl, $1.5m (2014-2015)
Douglas Murray, $1.6m (2014-2015)
Dmitry Orlov, $1.8m (2014-2015)
Lubomir Visnovsky, $3.2m (2014-2015)
Luke Schenn, $5.8m (2015-2016) 
Alex Pietrangelo, $6.8m (2015-2016)

Goalie (3) - $8.0m
Thomas Greiss, $0.3m (2013-2014)
LTIR - Josh Harding, $1.6m (2013-2014)
Robin Lehner, $0.8m (2014-2015-EL)
Robert Luongo, $5.3m (2017-2018)

Buy Out/Release (1) - $2.2m
Chad LaRose, $2.2m (2013-2014)

Key Biscayne Pirates 
Minor League Roster (10/13 players)  ...Expanding to 20 spots in 2013-14
C - Brandon Pirri (2009: 2/59 - 6 Games)
C - Gemel Smith (2012: 4/104 - 0 Games)
LW - Alexander Khokhlachev (2011: 2/40 - 0 Games)
LW - Jarrod Maidens (2012: 3/82 - 0 Games)
RW - Nikita Kucherov (2011: 2/58 - 0 Games)
RW - Cody Payne (2012: 5/145 - 0 Games)
D - Mark Mitera ((2006: 1/19 - 0 Games)
D - Nathan Beaulieu (2011: 1/17 - 0 Games)
D - Joe Morrow (2011: 1/23 - 0 Games)
G - Jake Paterson (2012: 3/80 - 0 Games)

Draft Picks
Round 1 - 2013
Round 2 - 2013
Round 3 - 2013
Round 4 - 2013 traded to CHI
Round 4 - 2013 (SJ)

EL - Entry Level contract for MiLR players promoted to MLR.
LTIR - max. 1 player on Long-term IR; cap hit remains but frees roster spot.
- denotes 1 incident of MiL player exceeding 40 game limit;
         2nd incident - player is released automatically to Free Agency.


Management
PigsRule  July 21, 2011 - present
Jesse  June 29 - July 14, 2011
[ GM gap ]
R.A. Dickey 43 November 9, 2010 - February ??, 2011
Prior

[PigsRule]

Trade Block 

C, Zack Smith, $3.5m (2014-2015) ... ranked 51st Center
D, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, $5.6m (2015-2016) ... ranked 22nd Defense
D, Alex Pietrangelo, $6.8m (2015-2016) ... ranked 6th Defense


Looking for via trade:
Prospects
Centers

[PigsRule]

Key Biscayne Pirates 
Minor League Roster (8/13 players)

C - Alexander Khokhlachev, (0 Games) ... Drafted 2011 Rd1/21st
RW - Nikita Kucherov, (0 Games) ... Drafted 2011 Rd2/40th (pk via PHX)
D - Nathan Beaulieu, (0 Games) ... acquired in trade, Drafted 2011 Rd1/19th
D - Simon Despres, (16 Games) ... acquired in trade (FNHL original draft)
D - Joseph Morrow, (0 Games) ... acquired in trade, Drafted 2011 Rd1/29th
D - Michael Stone, (13 Games) ... acquired in trade (FNHL original draft)
G - Robin Lehner, (13 Games) ... acquired in trade (FNHL original draft)
G - Alexander Salak, (2 Games) ... CHI ... Drafted 2010 (FNHL original draft)

[PigsRule]

Florida Panthers History & Management

2012-13: 11th Overall / Lost Round 1 of Play-offs; 2nd in Eastern Conference / 1st in Southeast Division (7-2)
After leading the Eastern Conference for almost all of the strike shortened season, Florida fell to 2nd place in the Eastern Conference at the conclusion of the final week of the regular season losing a Standings tie-break to (having lost their Head-to-Head match-up). Key acquisitions made prior to the start of the 2012-13 season included Jamie Benn (trade with ), Luke Schenn (trade with ), Pascal Dupuis (trade with ), and free agent signings (in-season) of Alex Killorn (C/LW) + Eric Gryba (D) helped the Panthers stay competitive. Another trade that was meant to help the team's play-off drive ended up costing Florida in the post-season as Roberto Luongo (acquired from for Marc-Andre Fleury) did not start any games in the play-offs and contributed to the team's early exit losing to in Round 1 of the 2012-13 Play-offs.

2011-12: Stanley Cup Finalist / 2nd Overall; 1st in Eastern Conference / 1st in Southeast Division (18-4)
First year GM, PigsRule led Florida to the Cup Finals losing to . The turnaround of the crippled Panthers franchise which lost Vokoun to free agency, dealt away franchise mainstays Weiss, Booth and Wideman plusbeing saddled with Dipietro's large and lengthy contract was possible due to numerous key deals which brought in new core players to build around such as Franzen, Michalek (eventually dealt to for Hartnell), Phaneuf and Fleury. Key 2011 free agent signings such as McGinn, C.Smith, I.White, Roloson and Budaj also boosted the team's performance during the season. In the Post-Season, the defeated (Rd1), (Rd2), (Semi-Finals) eventually bowing to in the Stanely Cup Finals. Florida's 2011-12 results proved a team could be re-built in one season.

2010-11: 8th Overall; 5th Eastern Conference / 2nd Southeast Division (record )
Round 1 Playoff loss to 4th seed .


Management
PigsRule  July 21, 2011 - present
Jesse  June 29 - July 14, 2011
shooter47  March - May , 2011
R.A. Dickey 43 November 9, 2010 - February , 2011
[ prior ]