The Panthers add more depth up front
Stephen Whyno: The Florida Panthers have signed forward Troy Brouwer to a one-year deal at $850,000. Panthers GM Dale Tallon: “adds depth to our forward group and his leadership will help our developing young core take the next step this season.”
Cap Friendly: After the Brouwer signing the Panthers have $1.9 million in projected salary cap space with a roster of 25 (15 F – 7 D – 3 G).
Dimitri Filipovic: Brouwer is getting more money from the Calgary Flames to not play for them than what he’s getting from the Panthers. (Flames owe him $1.5 million per season for four years)
Suter continues to rehab ankle
Craig Custance of The Athletic: Minnesota Wild defenseman Ryan Suter has been rehabbing his ankle all offseason. He is expected to be ready for the start of training camp and get into a couple of preseason games.
There will be some doubt about his ankle until he gets going in camp and shows that it’s healed.
Top 10 goaltenders
NHL Network: Listing the top 10 goaltenders for the upcoming season.
1. Sergei Bobrovsky
2. Braden Holtby
3. Andrei Vasilevskiy
4. Connor Hellebuyck
5. Jonathan Quick
6. Marc-Andre Fleury
7. Pekka Rinne
8. Tuukka Rask
9. Frederik Andersen
10. John Gibson
Fan voting for top 10 goaltenders
1. Marc-Andre Fleury
2. Braden Holtby
3. Pekka Rinne
4. Jonathan Quick
5. Carey Price
6. Andrei Vasilevskiy
7. Sergei Bobrovsky
8. Connor Hellebuyck
9. Henrik Lundqvist
10. Tuukka Rask
Senators can’t have a repeat of off-ice issues again
Ken Warren of the Ottawa Sun: Ottawa Senators Mark Borowiecki and Jean-Gabriel Pageau said that the Erik Karlsson situation will complicate things to start the season. Borowiecki adds that they can’t have a repeat of controversies that surrounded the team that started late last year and that a culture change is needed.
“There are certain things we can actively try and change as a group,” Borowiecki said.
“If we are just going to sit here passively and say, ‘We need the culture to change,’ well, the culture doesn’t just change. It changes because we have a group of guys that rally together and say, ‘This is the way it’s going to be done,’ that this is how we expect them to come in and handle their off-ice issues.
“It’s time for us as a somewhat veteran leadership group to come together and do that.”