Panthers potential new third line has plenty of promise

A season ago, the Florida Panthers’ bottom six was a revolving door of fringe NHL players. The most frequently used third line posted a 45.3 SAT% getting 60 shots on goal and allowing 132 shots to the opposition. This season, it looks like two players who appear to be reaching their ceilings at the same time will he joined by the Florida’s top prospect to make up a third line that looks primed to not only rectify but to vastly improve upon those numbers.

Entering the third preseason game in Montreal, Henrik Borgstrom and Denis Malgin had not looked bad in training camp and in their first preseason game, they just hadn’t exactly been living up to their true potential as standout playmaking…