Florida Panthers ink first round pick Lawson Crouse to entry-level contract

Dale Tallon gets Kingston forward to sign on the line which dotted.The Florida Panthers have agreed to a three-year, entry-level contract with burgeoning power forward Lawson Crouse. The club selected Crouse with the 11th pick in the 2015 Draft held at the BB&T Center.

According to head coach Gerard Gallant, the big-bodied, powerful Crouse will be given every opportunity to not make the team, but maybe even a spot on one of the top two lines out of training camp.

General manger Dale Tallon had this to say:

Lawson is a strong, skilled and physically mature forward with good hands, who will provide us with a prominent forechecking presence each night. He was one of our best players in…