Florida Panthers: Pursuing Michael Grabner in Free Agency

With the highly awaited NHL free agency period rapidly approaching (July 1st), an abundance of ‘big-name players’ will instantly become hot commodities, hitting the open market.

In essence, free agency typically offers various under-the-radar, diamond in the rough type players. An overlooked, undiscussed name entering free agency: Michael Grabner, formerly of the New Jersey Devils.

The Florida Panthers indubitably possess a simply skilled top 6 forward group; however, a glaring weakness Florida currently contains would be their lack of scoring depth on the bottom 6 forward unit. By adding a proven veteran such as Michael Grabner, the Panthers would essentially solidify and substantially…