Florida Panthers: August 30 in 30

 

 

The Florida Panthers have a prospect pool with some incredible talent, with a few of them ready to take the next step to the NHL.

The Panthers had a great season in 2015/16, capturing the Atlantic Division title and, with off-season moves and top-level prospects ready to take the next step, it is looking like they are inching towards a deep playoff run. The 2016 draftees help build on what is already a deep prospect pool, adding one center, three forwards and three defensemen.

Florida fans should be excited about the future of their team, arguably a top Eastern Conference team and a team that is positioned for years of success.

 

Depth Chart-Top Prospects

 

Forwards

 

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Lawson Crouse	Henrik Borgstrom	Jayce Hawryluk
Adam Mascherin	Kyle Rau	Logan Shaw
Juho Lammikko	Denis Malgin	John McFarland
Dryden Hunt	Corban Knight	Jonathan Ang
Connor Brickley		Maxim Mamin
Miguel Fidler

 

Defensemen

 

Left	Right
Michael Matheson	Mackenzie Weegar
Ian McCoshen	Thomas Schemitsch
Linus Nassen	Linus Hultstrom
Michael Downing	Benjamin Finkelstein
Riley Stillman

 

Goaltenders

 

Samuel Montembeault

Sam Brittain

Evan Cowley

 

 

Rising Stars

 

1. Jayce Hawryluk: Hawryluk had a breakout season in helping the Brandon Wheat Kings win the WHL championship. He has the ability to get under opponents’ skin with his physical play, while putting up some great numbers offensively. He led his team with 106 regular-season points in 58 games played. In addition, he also showed he can play in high-pressure situations. In the WHL playoffs, he was second in league scoring with 30 points in 21 games. It will be interesting to see if H