The 25-year-old native of Quebec experienced a career-worst season in 2019 for the Cats. Despite matching a career-high mark in points (27), Matheson was simply dreadful on the defensive end of the ice for the Florida Panthers.
While participating in 75 regular-season games last year, the Boston College product recorded a career-worst -24 rating as well as 135 turnovers, too. The 2019 campaign was essentially a forgettable one for the former first-round pick.
Mike Matheson found himself healthy scratched numerous times and consistently scrutinized by the Panthers fanbase. In essence, he was a turnover machine and played incredibly sloppy for the majority of the season.