2008–09 Florida Panthers season

The 2008–09 Florida Panthers season was the 15th season for the franchise in the National Hockey League. The 2008-2009 season was also the eighth consecutive season in which the Panthers did not make the playoffs, missing them via tiebreaker, based upon losing the season series vs. the Montreal Canadians (1-3). 
On June 14, 2008, the Panthers named Peter DeBoer head coach and signed him to a multi-year contract.CANOE - SLAM! Sports - Hockey - News: Hockey transactions Former coach Jacques Martin relinquished his coaching duties, but continues as the team's General Manager.
==Pre-season==
The Florida Panthers played seven pre-season exhibition games before the start of the regular season. The team went on a road trip across North America to play six games on six consecutive nights, winning only the first two games. The trip included the first ever NHL game played on Prince Edward Island, against the New York Islanders. After one final pre-season game at home, the Panthers finished the pre-season with a 3–2–2 record.
==Regular season==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
===Game log===
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October: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)</div>	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)</div>	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)</div>	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)</div>	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)</div>	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)</div>	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)</div>	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)</div>	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)</div>	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)</div>	October: 4–5–0 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)</div>
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	
1 	October 10 	Florida 	4 - 6 	Carolina 	 	Vokoun 	18,680 	0-1-0 	0 	
2 	October 11 	Atlanta 	2 - 3 	Florida 	OT 	Vokoun 	18,401 	1-1-0 	2 	
3 	October 16 	Minnesota 	6 - 2 	Florida 	 	Vokoun 	12,106 	1-2-0 	2 	
4 	October 18 	NY Islanders 	0 - 2 	Florida 	 	Vokoun 	16,087 	2-2-0 	4 	
5 	October 20 	Florida 	1 - 3 	Montreal 	 	Vokoun 	21,273 	2-3-0 	4 	
6 	October 22 	Florida 	3 - 1 	Ottawa 	 	Anderson 	18,952 	3-3-0 	6 	
7 	October 24 	San Jose 	3 - 4 	Florida 	 	Vokoun 	15,232 	4-3-0 	8 	
8 	October 25 	Florida 	0 - 4 	St. Louis 	 	Anderson 	19,150 	4-4-0 	8 	
9 	October 30 	Ottawa 	2 - 1 	Florida 	 	Vokoun 	13,567 	4-5-0 	8 	
==Playoffs==
The Panthers failed to make the playoffs for the eighth consecutive season. They last made the playoffs in 2000.
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM
 	78	14	47	61 	+18	22
 	72	31	29	60 	+10	38
 	63	17	32	49 	+1 	37
 	67	22	23	45 	-5 	48
 	79	21	24	45 	+9 	22
 	82	15	27	42 	-2 	68
 	69	15	24	39 	-1 	41
 	81	15	21	36 	0 	42
 	82	6 	28	34 	+14	72
 	70	17	16	33 	+2 	46
 	77	13	19	32 	0 	76
 	79	12	19	31 	+6 	31
 	68	5 	16	21 	+7 	91
 	80	7 	12	19 	-11	29
 	66	4 	15	19 	+3 	18
 	80	4 	14	18 	+9 	30
 	68	2 	8 	10 	-10	37
 	37	4 	5 	9 	-5 	8
 	59	2 	5 	7 	-6 	34
 	34	1 	5 	6 	-2 	33
 	23	1 	1 	2 	-5 	11
 	16	0 	2 	2 	-3 	2
 	5 	2 	0 	2 	+1 	2
 	2 	0 	1 	1 	+2 	0
 	9 	1 	0 	1 	+1 	6
 	7 	0 	1 	1 	-1 	2
 	15	0 	0 	0 	0 	25
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	2
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	7
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
===Goaltenders===
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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Player 	GP	TOI 	W 	L 	OT	GA 	GAA 	SA 	SV 	Sv% 	SO
 	59	3324	26	23	6 	138	2.49	1855	1717	.926	6
 	31	1635	15	7 	5 	74 	2.71	977 	903 	.924	3
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Panthers. Stats reflect time with Panthers only.
‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
==Awards and records==
===Records===
===Milestones===
Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jason Garrison 	1st NHL Game 	October 25, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jay Bouwmeester	400th NHL Game	November 2, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kamil Kreps 	100th NHL Game	November 2, 2008	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Tomas Vokoun 	500th NHL Game	March 7, 2009 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Transactions==
===Trades===
June 20, 2008 	To Florida Panthers Nick BoyntonKeith Ballard2nd round pick in 2008 	To Phoenix Coyotes Olli Jokinen
September 2, 2008	To Florida Panthers Bryan McCabehttp://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/Toronto/2008/09/03/6646861-sun.html 4th round pick in 2009	To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Van Ryn
November 27, 2008	To Florida Panthers Nick Tarnasky 	To Nashville Predators Wade Belak
March 4, 2009 	To Florida Panthers Steve Eminger 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Noah Welch3rd round pick in 2009
===Free agents===
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Player	Former team	Contract Terms
===Claimed from waivers===
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Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
==Draft picks==
Florida's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa • Ontario. 
Round	# 	Player 	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 	31 (from Tampa Bay) 	Jacob Markstrom 	(G) 	 	Brynäs IF (Sweden Jr.)
2 	46 (Nashville via Phoenix)	Colby Robak 	(D) 	 	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
3 	80 (from Colorado) 	Adam Comrie 	(D) 	 	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
4 	100 	AJ Jenks 	(LW) 	 	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
7 	190 	Matthew Bartkowski	(D) 	 	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
==Roster==
Updated April 13, 2009.
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==See also==
*2008–09 NHL season
==Farm teams==
The Florida Panthers maintain affiliations with two minor league teams, the Rochester Americans and the Florida Everblades.
==References==
Category:Florida Panthers seasons
Category:2008 in hockey
Category:2009 in hockey