Speculation: Florida's pick - Watch thread - (Upon request, thread title change lol)

[BeliveauFan4ever]

Thats it, Panthers open the month with a loss, are now 2 L under .500 and spend 9 of their next 11 games on the road against good teams.

Meaning that even if they play for .500 in that stretch, its going to be mathematically almost impossible to make the playoffs at that point. A broken team without that motivation to make the playoffs can really struggle for the reminder of the calendar, it could get really ugly for them.

Florida should just follow the Chicago model, and empty the cupboards. Why wait???

It’s a deep draft.

 

[Goldenhands]

Who can we get at pick 5?



You sure? We just picked First Overall and we're not more fun.

At 5, Reinbacher or Smith for me. but you will need to be patient, only generational players can come in after their draft year and have an immediate impact at the NHL level. It takes at least 2-3 yrs for most top 5 picks to start impacting the game.

 

[Kennerback]

Florida should just follow the Chicago model, and empty the cupboards. Why wait???

It’s a deep draft.

Florida is dying to give us the best pick possible.

 

[sandviper]

Thanks Rags
If we can just keep this Florida pick top 15 man we're gonna be laughing at the draft

If it‘s all the same to you, I’ll start laughing now.

 

[Jabba11]

Sharks won
Senators won
Florida lost

We are looking great at hopefully finishing 4th last. Good evening for the tank. Chicago is gonna be dead last for sure but I believe in our odds and theirs to lose the 1st pick. Purposefully tanking like them is gonna bring bad Karma.

 

[McGees]

From this article:
Quick Shifts: Meet the 2022 All-Healthy Scratch Squad

10. We’re calling it.

The Florida Panthers — defending Presidents’ Trophy champs — are not making the playoffs.

Fumbling around with a 16-16-4 record and a .500 points percentage, the Cats must leap four clubs to snatch a wild-card spot.

Worse: GM Bill Zito spent so much draft capital chasing a deep run last spring that Florida is at risk of sucking away all the momentum it had gained from a wonderful 2021-22 campaign.

The Panthers’ first-overall choice in 2023 was traded to the Montreal Canadiens for 30 games of Ben Chiarot.

The. Pick. Was. Not. Lottery. Protected.

Particularly when considering the blue chippers available in this June’s draft, we may look back at Zito’s gamble as a franchise-altering misstep.

Having expended its ’23, ’24 and ’25 first-rounders, its ’24 second-rounder and its ’23 third-rounder, Florida must hit on late picks or risk empty cupboards.

 

[CoopersFalls]

Sharks won
Senators won
Florida lost

We are looking great at hopefully finishing 4th last. Good evening for the tank. Chicago is gonna be dead last for sure but I believe in our odds and theirs to lose the 1st pick. Purposefully tanking like them is gonna bring bad Karma.

If we end up 4th; assuming the picks go Bedard/Fantilli/Carlsson - we BETTER take Michkov 4th. The wait would be worth it.

 

[Schooner Guy]

This looks really good on Matthew Tkachuk for orchestrating his way out of Calgary. It also looks good on Florida for trading Weegar and Huberdeau after the latter's record breaking season.

 

[Riggins]

Florida would have to go something like 28-12-4 to get 60 more points in their remaining 44 games with one of the toughest schedules. That's a ~112 point pace and that would only get them to 96 points, which might not be enough for the second wildcard.

Do your thing Paul Maurice, we need it.

 

[ole ole]

If we end up 4th; assuming the picks go Bedard/Fantilli/Carlsson - we BETTER take Michkov 4th. The wait would be worth it.

God i would hope so Michkov and than another pick in the top 10 .Yaaaaa

 

[waitin425]

I had a day dream while my wife was talking to me today. It was the Habs ended up with the 4th and 5th best lottery odds.

I think that is where we end up.

We will move up to 1st and down to 6th. Habs select Bedard and Michkov who drops.

 

[StCaufield]

Florida would have to go something like 28-12-4 to get 60 more points in their remaining 44 games with one of the toughest schedules. That's a ~112 point pace and that would only get them to 96 points, which might not be enough for the second wildcard.

Do your thing Paul Maurice, we need it.

They’re definitely good enough to do that so I’m not getting too excited

 

[Riggins]

They’re definitely good enough to do that so I’m not getting too excited

Don't confuse last year's Panthers with this year's. They are significantly worse and their coach stinks.

 

[tazsub3]

This looks really good on Matthew Tkachuk for orchestrating his way out of Calgary. It also looks good on Florida for trading Weegar and Huberdeau after the latter's record breaking season.

You think Gerard gallant is not motivated to sink the panthers as well ?? Lol

Don't confuse last year's Panthers with this year's. They are significantly worse and their coach stinks.

They have sly on their staff …. Then man I called the worst coach ever for the habs ,till that fool dumb Ducharme came along !

 

[SOLR]

Build a statue of Hughes and Gorton outside the Bell Centre if they turn Chiarot into Bedard.

A statue? More like a Lady-liberty like monster in the St-Lawrence river.

 

[ReimanSum1908]

If we end up 4th; assuming the picks go Bedard/Fantilli/Carlsson - we BETTER take Michkov 4th. The wait would be worth it.

This year would actually be worthwhile if we landed Michkov, but I suspect that he's going third, and, in ten years, the number two team will regret not picking him over Fantilli.

 

[StCaufield]

Don't confuse last year's Panthers with this year's. They are significantly worse and their coach stinks.

They still have better players than 90% of the league and coaches are given too much credit. I keep hearing interviews with ex players who say they’re overrated

 

[ReHabs]

This looks really good on Matthew Tkachuk for orchestrating his way out of Calgary. It also looks good on Florida for trading Weegar and Huberdeau after the latter's record breaking season.

Could be the rare both-sides-come-out-worse-for-it trade but (I'm shooting from the hip here) I feel Florida is in a better position going forward if it wasn't for their dearth of 1st round picks.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Hard not to like that no matter how it falls.

Even at 11, 13 you get your hands on two legit prospects.

Or you package them to get into the top-7 to get a guy you really want

Packing picks to move to 7 is hopeful. Possible but not likely. But yeah, we are tracking to top 10 picks. Our pick will be top 10 from what we see today and the Panthers pick will be a fringe top 10. Could be 8-12 range ish.

 

[Habs Halifax]

They still have better players than 90% of the league and coaches are given too much credit. I keep hearing interviews with ex players who say they’re overrated

Having the right coach for the right team is important. Look at the Jets this year? You keep hearing interviews where ex players say it's overrated? Overrated to what degree? If someone says it's a factor, how do you know how much of a factor?

Star players don't win games as a team. This is not the NBA. Star players are important yes but so is the team. Team D, Goaltending, PP, PK, 5/5, Injuries, Coaching.

The main point? Everything matters and it all adds up. Panthers are not the same team as last season. Spin this as you wish and focus on the one context... coaching. That's a spin off argument where you overlook the main point.

 

[Schooner Guy]

Could be the rare both-sides-come-out-worse-for-it trade but (I'm shooting from the hip here) I feel Florida is in a better position going forward if it wasn't for their dearth of 1st round picks.

Oh yes. Florida still has a lot of strong players in the early stages of their prime. In Calgary they're mostly in the later years of their prime. Florida's simply having one of those seasons which can easily happen to a team in the ultra-competitive NHL if your focus or hunger is a tad bit off. I hope it continues!

 

[WeThreeKings]

Oh yes. Florida still has a lot of strong players in the early stages of their prime. In Calgary they're mostly in the later years of their prime. Florida's simply having one of those seasons which can easily happen to a team in the ultra-competitive NHL if your focus or hunger is a tad bit off. I hope it continues!

They looked completely lost and dejected at 5-3

 

[ReHabs]

Oh yes. Florida still has a lot of strong players in the early stages of their prime. In Calgary they're mostly in the later years of their prime. Florida's simply having one of those seasons which can easily happen to a team in the ultra-competitive NHL if your focus or hunger is a tad bit off. I hope it continues!

FLA fans must be hate-reading this thread and cursing us.

 

[Schooner Guy]

They looked completely lost and dejected at 5-3

Hopefully Matthew Tkachuk was one of the players looking dejected.

Spencer Knight's new contract kicks in next year as well. That will be almost $15m on their goalies for the long term.

 

[Legend123]

good thing about FLA is that like I predicted Tkachuk wouldnt be able to keep up his insane early season production. As a result, the Panthers are struggling a lot more and have had to rely on their putrid bottom 6 for scoring, which it has to a certain extent.

At this point, its gonna be on Barkov to get going for them to get any hope. If he gets going, then MK can also start producing at the early season pace