Would the Panthers be a fit for Kevin Shattenkirk?
George Richards covers the Panthers for The Athletic. He wrote this yesterday.
Tallon has also said he wants to bring in another top-four defenseman, with his preference being for a right-handed shot who can move the puck and play a little better defense than Florida saw from its top-end guys last year.
This addition may come through a trade instead of via free agency and Tallon has some pieces to work with including two players (Mark Pysyk and Mike Hoffman) who can become free agents after this coming season and could be available.
Hoffman has a $5,187,500 cap hit. $5,650,000 salary.
Pysyk has a $2,733,333 cap hit. $3,500,000 salary.
Shattenkirk has a $6,650,000 cap hit. His salary is $6,600,000 this coming season and $4,000,000 in the last season of his contract.
Colton Sceviour has two more years left. $1,200,000 cap and salary in each year.
The Rangers match up money with Hoffman and Sceviour for Shattenkirk. Florida would be adding cap money and salary in the second year of Shattenkirk’s contract. The extra salary would not be much in the second year.
The Rangers flip Hoffman in another deal this summer or trade him at the trading deadline.
Richards wrote about the Panthers and Panarin. He owns a home in Wynwood which is a hipster area in Miami. They are prepared to write a big check for Panarin.