Have the Panthers Laid Out the Blueprint for Success in the NHL?

Watch Have the Panthers Laid Out the Blueprint for Success in the NHL? - SportsGrid on Dailymotion

Transcript

00:00in order to be able to build a team like this, you better nail your top draft picks. Eckblatt was

00:05number one. Barkoff was number two in 20. Lundell, I think, was number 12 in 2020.

00:12You make all those free agency moves, but you don't overpay for anybody. And nobody wanted Seth

00:18Jones. Like Marshawn was supposed to stick a fork in him. So it has to start from the top

00:24in this organization from when they first got into the league to now with this ownership group

00:29and Zito. Who exactly is going to lure anybody away from Florida here come this offseason?

00:37Yeah, I mean, that's the thing. I'm sure like if Sam Bennett gets to July 1st, free agency

00:42opens up, there's going to be a lot of teams calling him. And, you know, I don't want to

00:46speculate, but I'm sure he could flirt with 10 million per year on the open market. Maybe

00:50he comes in just under that with the Florida Panthers. And Eckblatt was a big piece as well.

00:55So you're right. They have to nail the draft picks. But, you know, with the trades and

00:59the additions that they made, even Forsling, a waiver wire pickup, right? That may be on

01:03the rest of the league overlooking him, but just a fantastic move by the front office to

01:09bring him in. And he doesn't get enough credit again, offensively. And what they did to the

01:14Oilers, they left for 255 minutes, the most ever in a Stanley Cup final. So they were just

01:19dominant start to finish. And I do believe that Sam Bennett is going to remain a Florida

01:23Panther. If you were following some of the videos on Instagram last night, he did, he

01:29kind of dropped the mic last night, said he wasn't going anywhere. We'll see if that does

01:33happen. But how could you not bring him back? And he set an NHL record for the most goals

01:38in a Stanley Cup playoff run as well with 13 on the road and the Consmite winner there.

01:44And it's another guy that they just acquired, right? They bought low on Sam Bennett. So very

01:50impressive run. And we'll see what happens, right? Tampa had the back-to-back in 2020 and

01:552021. Pittsburgh back-to-back in 2017, 18. Chicago, three in six years. Detroit, three

02:00in six years. I believe that you need to win three in a row or three in five. I think the

02:04last true dynasty was Edmonton, five in seven years, from 83 to 89. The Aventers, four straight

02:09in the early 80s. The Habs, four straight in the late 70s. Montreal actually won six of

02:13nine in the 70s and went on a 10 of 15 run. But there's a lot more teams in the league

02:17now. But I do believe that this team is going to be fully back pretty much. And I think that

02:22they're certainly going to be the team to beat over the next couple of years.