2016–17 Florida Panthers season

The 2016–17 Florida Panthers season was the 24th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 14, 1993. This season saw the Panthers unable to qualify for the playoffs.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
2016 Pre-season Game Log: 2–2–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 0–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 2–2–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 0–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 2–2–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 0–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 2–2–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 0–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 2–2–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 0–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 2–2–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 0–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 2–2–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 0–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 2–2–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 0–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 2–2–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 0–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 2–2–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 0–1–1)	2016 Pre-season Game Log: 2–2–2 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 0–1–1)																																																																																								
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
1 	September 27 	Nashville 	1–4 	Florida 	 	Brittain 	— 	0–1–0 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
2 	September 27 	Nashville 	2–1 	Florida 	 	Luongo 	— 	1–1–0 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
3 	September 29 	Florida 	0–2 	Tampa Bay 	 	Reimer 	12,491 	1–2–0 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
4 	October 2 	Dallas 	2–1 	Florida 	OT 	— 	— 	1–2–1 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
5 	October 4 	Florida 	1–2 	Dallas 	SO 	Reimer 	14,321 	1–2–2 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
6 	October 6 	Tampa Bay 	Game canceled due to expected arrival of Hurricane Matthew.	Game canceled due to expected arrival of Hurricane Matthew.	Game canceled due to expected arrival of Hurricane Matthew.	Game canceled due to expected arrival of Hurricane Matthew.	Game canceled due to expected arrival of Hurricane Matthew.	Game canceled due to expected arrival of Hurricane Matthew.	Game canceled due to expected arrival of Hurricane Matthew.	Game canceled due to expected arrival of Hurricane Matthew.																																																																																								
7 	October 8 	New Jersey 	2–4 	Florida 	 	— 	— 	2–2–2 	Recap 	 																																																																																								
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===Regular season===
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October: 4–4–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–1)	October: 4–4–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–1)	October: 4–4–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–1)	October: 4–4–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–1)	October: 4–4–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–1)	October: 4–4–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–1)	October: 4–4–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–1)	October: 4–4–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–1)	October: 4–4–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–1)	October: 4–4–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–1)	October: 4–4–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–1)	October: 4–4–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap 	
1 	October 13 	New Jersey 	1–2 	Florida 	OT 	Luongo 	17,128 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap 	
2 	October 15 	Detroit 	1–4 	Florida 	 	Luongo 	16,868 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap 	
3 	October 18 	Florida 	3–4 	Tampa Bay 	SO 	Reimer 	19,092 	2–0–1 	5 	Recap 	
4 	October 20 	Washington 	4–2 	Florida 	 	Luongo 	12,440 	2–1–1 	5 	Recap 	
5 	October 22 	Colorado 	2–5 	Florida 	 	Luongo 	14,326 	3–1–1 	7 	Recap 	
6 	October 25 	Florida 	2–3 	Pittsburgh 	 	Reimer 	18,434 	3–2–1 	7 	Recap 	
7 	October 27 	Florida 	2–3 	Toronto 	 	Luongo 	18,979 	3–3–1 	7 	Recap 	
8 	October 29 	Florida 	0–3 	Buffalo 	 	Luongo 	18,261 	3–4–1 	7 	Recap 	
9 	October 30 	Florida 	5–2 	Detroit 	 	Reimer 	20,027 	4–4–1 	9 	Recap 	
== Player stats ==
Final Stats
===Skaters===
 Regular Season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	23	31	54	−13	43
 	61	21	31	52	13 	10
 	75	30	21	51	–21	38
 	82	16	30	46	2 	56
 	82	5 	36	41	−6 	39
 	80	15	22	37	−13	17
 	69	11	17	28	−15	39
 	81	9 	19	28	–14	53
 	31	10	16	26	–2 	13
 	80	9 	15	24	−16	25
 	68	10	11	21	−23	58
 	81	7 	10	17	–5 	36
 	82	4 	13	17	0 	10
 	82	6 	10	16	–7 	50
 	54	7 	7 	14	−19	22
 	49	1 	13	14	–1 	79
 	47	6 	4 	10	−5 	8
† 	20	2 	8 	10	–7 	6
† 	29	2 	5 	7 	–3 	9
 	29	1 	6 	7 	–1 	4
‡ 	31	3 	3 	6 	−5 	11
† 	21	0 	5 	5 	6 	8
 	50	2 	2 	4 	−7 	67
 	39	0 	4 	4 	−11	28
‡ 	14	2 	1 	3 	−1 	18
 	24	2 	1 	3 	−3 	4
 	21	0 	3 	3 	−4 	22
†‡ 	5 	1 	0 	1 	–2 	10
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0
‡ 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	4
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	4
===Goaltenders===
 Regular Season 
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	43	39	2324:35	18	16	5	98 	2.53	1222	.920	3	0	0	2
 	40	39	2336:34	17	15	6	104	2.68	1217	.915	1	0	1	4
 	7 	4 	313:07 	0 	5 	0	18 	3.45	145 	.876	0	0	0	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Panthers. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
==Roster==
== Transactions ==
The Panthers were involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season:
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Buffalo SabresDmitri KulikovVAN's 2nd-round pick in 2016 	To Florida PanthersMark Pysyk2nd-round pick in 2016STL's 3rd-round pick in 2016	
 	To Boston Bruins 7th-round pick in 2017 	To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick in 2016 	
 	To Arizona CoyotesLawson CrouseDave Bolland 	To Florida Panthers3rd-round pick in 2017conditional 2nd-round pick in 2018 	
 	To Montreal CanadiensJonathan Racine 	To Florida PanthersTim Bozon 	
 	To Carolina HurricanesConnor Brickley 	To Florida PanthersBrody Sutter 	
 	To New York RangersSteven Kampferconditional 7th-round pick in 2018 	To Florida PanthersDylan McIlrath 	
 	To Anaheim DucksLogan Shaw 	To Florida PanthersMichael Sgarbossa 	
 	To Detroit Red WingsDylan McIlrathconditional 3rd-round pick in 2017	To Florida PanthersThomas Vanek 	
 	To Tampa Bay LightningMike McKenna 	To Florida PanthersAdam Wilcox 	
 	To New Jersey DevilsShane Harper 	To New Jersey DevilsReece Scarlett 	
=== Free agents acquired ===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	James Reimer 	San Jose Sharks 	5 years, $17 million 	
 	Colton Sceviour 	Dallas Stars 	2 years, $1.9 million 	
 	Jonathan Marchessault	Tampa Bay Lightning	2 years, $1.5 million 	
 	Jason Demers 	Dallas Stars 	5 years, $22.5 million 	
=== Free agents lost ===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Brian Campbell	Chicago Blackhawks 	1 year, $1.5 million 	
 	Quinton Howden	Winnipeg Jets 	1 year, $650,000 	
 	Al Montoya 	Montreal Canadiens 	1 year, $950,000 	
 	Teddy Purcell 	Los Angeles Kings 	1 year, $1.6 million 	
 	Garrett Wilson	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Jiri Hudler 	Dallas Stars 	1 year, $2 million 	
=== Claimed via waivers ===
Player 	Former team 	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Seth Griffith	Toronto Maple Leafs	 	
=== Lost via waivers ===
Player 	New team 	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Seth Griffith	Toronto Maple Leafs	 	
Greg McKegg 	Tampa Bay Lightning	 	
=== Lost via retirement ===
Player	Ref
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Keith Yandle 	7 years, $44.5 million 	
 	Connor Brickley 	1 year, $650,000 	
 	Sam Brittain 	1 year, $750,000 	
 	Greg McKegg 	1 year, $700,000 	
 	Ian McCoshen 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Aaron Ekblad 	8 years, $60 million contract extension 	
 	Vincent Trocheck 	6 years, $28.5 million 	
 	Reilly Smith 	5 years, $25 million contract extension 	
 	Derek MacKenzie 	2 years, $2.7 million contract extension 	
 	Logan Shaw 	1 year, $660,000 	
 	Jonathan Racine 	1 year, $660,000 	
 	Denis Malgin 	3 years, $2.08 million entry-level contract 	
 	Jonathan Huberdeau	6 years, $35.4 million contract extension 	
 	Thomas Schemitsch 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract	
 	Maxim Mamin 	2 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Henrik Haapala 	2 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Florida Panthers' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos 	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	23 	Henrik Borgstrom 	C 	Finland 	HIFK JR. (FIN-Jr.)
2 	38 	Adam Mascherin 	LW 	Canada 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
3 	89 	Linus Nassen 	D 	Sweden 	Lulea HF (SHL)
4 	94 	Jonathan Ang 	C 	Canada 	Peterborough Petes (OHL)
4 	114	Riley Stillman 	D 	Canada 	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
6 	175	Maxim Mamin 	C/RW	Russia 	CSKA Moscow (KHL)
7 	195	Benjamin Finkelstein	D 	United States	Kimball Union Academy Wildcats (US-NH HS)
;Notes
* The Buffalo Sabres' second-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent Dmitri Kulikov and Vancouver's second-round pick in 2016 (33rd overall) to Buffalo in exchange for Mark Pysyk, St. Louis' third-round pick in 2016 (89th overall) and this pick.
* The Florida Panthers' second-round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on February 27, 2016 that sent Jiri Hudler to Florida in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2018 and this pick.
* The Florida Panthers' third-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on February 27, 2016 that sent Teddy Purcell to Florida in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Edmonton will receive the lower of Minnesota or Florida's third-round pick in 2016 – was converted on April 24, 2016 when Minnesota was eliminated from the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs ensuring that the Florida's pick would be lower than Minnesota's.
* The St. Louis Blues' third-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent Dmitri Kulikov and Vancouver's second-round pick in 2016 (33rd overall) to Buffalo in exchange for Mark Pysyk, a second-round pick in 2016 (38th overall) and this pick.
:Buffalo previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 28, 2014 that sent Ryan Miller, Steve Ott and conditional second and third-round picks in 2014 to St. Louis in exchange for Jaroslav Halak, Chris Stewart, William Carrier, a first-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Buffalo will receive a third-round pick in 2016 if Miller does not re-sign with St. Louis for the 2014–15 NHL season – was converted on July 1, 2014 when Miller signed with Vancouver.
* The Vancouver Canucks' fourth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on May 25, 2016 that sent Erik Gudbranson and the Islanders fifth-round pick in 2016 to Vancouver in exchange for Jared McCann, a second-round pick in 2016 and this pick.
* The Florida Panthers' fifth-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent a fifth-round pick in 2017 to Chicago in exchange for this pick.
:Chicago previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 2, 2014 that sent Brandon Pirri to Florida in exchange for a third-round pick in 2014 and this pick.
* The Florida Panthers' sixth-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on June 20, 2016 that sent Keith Yandle to Florida in exchange for a conditional fourth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.
* The Anaheim Ducks' sixth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent Brandon Pirri to Anaheim in exchange for this pick.
* The Boston Bruins' seventh-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on June 25, 2016 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2017 to Boston in exchange for this pick.
* The Florida Panthers' seventh-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on February 24, 2015 that sent a third-round pick in 2016 to Florida in exchange for Sean Bergenheim and this pick.
==References==
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