three star forwards with three great young ones, they aren't as reliable on injury-prone players like Pittsburgh, and they're relatively young for a team that good. Of course I would expect him to sign with a different team for 5-6 M than sign with the Rags for 3-4 M so probably won't happen. I have mixed feelings about how "up and coming" the Panthers really are. Their positioning this year was due more to the generally terrible play by their division (all five teams finished with a neg goal diff), and the unsustainable amount of "bonus points" they got for OTLs last year. Statistically speaking, they had no business being in the playoffs last year, let alone being a third seed conference winner with a -24 goal differential. They do have some very nice prospects, but I have them pegged as easily my biggest slide team in whatever NHL season happens next Number one sign of someone in denial: when someone posts up intelligent conversation based in fact, and they only thing they can come up with is some childish retort. Thanks for the vindication. Yea. Nice lack of logic. Poster 1: Here are logical reasons why I don't think Florida will make the playoffs. Poster 2: Toronto sux! Poster 1: ... I never said they didn't... we're talking about Florida here... Come on people. The fact that Toronto is a bad team has NO EFFECT on whether or not Florida is a good or bad team, or any other