Last Season Record: 37-14-5
Last Season Point Total: 79
Key Departures: Alex Wennberg, Nikita Gusev, Philippe Desrosiers, Keith Yandle, Lucas Wallmark
Key Additions: Sam Reinhart, Joe Thornton, Sam Bennett (Re-signed), Sam Montembault
Okay, so let’s get one thing out of the way; I don’t trust the Panthers for a second.
There’s at least a non-zero chance the Panthers might’ve just been feasting on what became an otherwise kinda dull and bad division and they could return to just being the team just good enough to sneak into the wild card again.