To make matters even worse in regards to the Panthers’ goaltending depth, Dale Tallon and Co. have yet to draft a goalkeeper within the first two rounds leaving the team’s goaltending depth thin.
The theme of poor drafting in the goalie department is nothing new for the Florida Panthers. Since the team’s inception back in 1993, Florida has drafted 22 netminders with only four playing more than one NHL game; Kevin Weekes (1993), Alex Auld (1999), Jacob Markstrom (2008) and Sam Montembeault (2015).
Weekes and Auld never amounted to consistent starting goalies and the jury is still out on Markstrom and Montembeault.