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Florida Panthers
By Rogerio Istiraneopulos of The Rat Trick
The Florida Panthers will end the 2013-14 season battling for the 28th position in the league with the Edmonton Oilers. Both teams have two games left but the Oilers are one point ahead. That will be the most exciting competition Panthers fans will get until April 15th when the draft lottery is held. Hopefully the luck will be on the Panthers’ side this year and arrive to Philadelphia in June holding the first overall pick.
I honestly thought it couldn’t get any worse than last year, but the Panthers found a way to prove me wrong. Even though we will not finish last in the standings this year, it doesn’t seem like this team did any better. Last year our top scorer was Tomas Fleischmann with 35 points (12-23-35). Keep in mind that was in 48 games. This year our top scorer is Scottie Upshall with 37 points (15-22-37) over the course of 71 games played. This team needs huge improvements on offense and defense. It will be a busy offseason for the cats so that will keep our hopes up. Hopefully we will have Samuel Bennett or Sam Reinhart wearing our red sweater next year.