The Florida Panthers Should Not Resign Jakub Kindl

Jakub Kindl’s contract is up and he will be an unrestricted free agent this summer. Based on the last couple of seasons in which he has played for us, it’s best that we don’t resign him.

In 39 games played this season, Jakub recorded 0 goals, 4 assists, combining for a total of 4 points. That’s bad. His defense on the other hand is what’s worse. Kindl defensively is a living nightmare. First, his skating is very weak. As we saw countless amounts of times this year, Jakub was constantly caught flat-footed when skating backwards.

Secondly, all his shots either missed the net or were blocked entirely, leaving the opponent going back the other way given a scoring chance. This relates to point one…