Sergei Bobrovsky, who signed for $72 million from Columbus, was a massive get for a Florida Panthers team in desperate need of quality goalkeeping. All of last year’s goalies- Roberto Luongo, James Reimer, and Sam Montembeault– had goal against averages of over three, meaning the Cats’ defensive woes weren’t going away any time soon.
By getting Bobrovsky, the Cats brought in a lot of hype to their team, that hasn’t had to deal with preseason expectations as much as they had. A lot of people believed that both Bobrovsky and new head coach Joel Quenneville would immediately resolve Florida’s major cracks from last season.