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It was the moment that Florida fans had been waiting for. From the first minute of the contest, the PanthersÆ players stepped out on the ice in St. Louis and looked doggedly determined to win. And they went on to play their hearts out. Finally! The Cats found their stride and showed some much improved play against the Blues. Ultimately, the Floridian visitors blanked the home side and scored four at the other ...

The effort was good. The finishing product was not. Lady luck did not smile on the Panthers—as they struggled with shots, hitting the posts wide, and having pucks trickle agonizingly past Tomas Vokoun at the other end. The final indignity then came, when a seemingly harmless play by the Senators finds the puck unwittingly hitting Bryan McCabe and is redirected over the Florida goal line. It would appear that the South Floridians are ...

The fans already have. The players: not so much. They have not faced up to the reality that surrounds this club and what it takes to be successful here. The more religiously inclined might call it a miracle, but the answer is much more down to earth than thatà The Florida Panthers need to suck it up. Two devastating injuries in the last game to the Flyers need to be addressed. And at this ...

The Florida Panthers suffered two injuries in Philadelphia as a grimy Flyers team knocked out both Radek Dvorak and David Booth from the game. Radek left the game with a lower body injury early in the second period. That injury didnÆt look like a dirty hit, but the one that came later that same period definitely did have that appearance. Mike Richards of the Flyers, known as a hard-hitting but not necessarily ...

The Florida Panthers need to realize the urgency that surrounds them upon their trip to Pennsylvania. Having been outscored 11-2 in the opening period of the previous seven games played, it is time to start competing from the first drop of the puck. The Panthers do not enjoy any glaring opulence of skill or physical superiority over opposing teams, and thus, need to rely on good old fashioned hard work to be ...

Less than two minutes into the first period of the Panthers' Wednesday night game against the Sabres, goalie Scott Clemmensen had already been put to the sword twice and was now reeled back-in by coach Peter DeBoer for the early hook. Tomas Vokoun fared little better in that first period. In fact, he fared a little worseà Three more goals from a Buffalo team vigorously crashing the net, one of which was ...

Despite rumors of the opposite, the Florida Panthers are not yet done and dusted from the playoff map. The win over the Flyers put to an end a four game losing streak, and as the performances are slowly improving; a ray of hope is reemerging in South Florida. That however doesnÆt deter trade murmurs from buzzing around the Panthers camp like voluptuous vultures. Nathan Horton is the latest and oft recurring ...

Jay Bouwmeester was never happy in Florida. And as time ticked on without the talismanic defender signing a new contract, fans became increasingly restless. Media had the smooth-skating Edmonton native linked with virtually all the teams in the Eastern Conference that were above the Panthers in the standings, at one point or another. Boston Bruins? Philadelphia Flyers? Washington Capitals? Where would Jay-Bo end up? He would be traded, wouldnÆt he? It would surely ...

Remember the year 2000?á How different things were at that year of optimism as we turned the corner to a new millennium?á Seems like a different world now, doesnÆt it? The spring of that year we experienced the ILOVEYOU computer virus spreading like an online wildfire, Al Gore won the Democrats primary, and Vladimir Putin emerged as RussiaÆs new leader.á Pope John Paul II was still alive, the twin towers were ...