Thursday, May 29, 2008

Panthers Add More Youth

Amazingly, the Florida Panthers are going to be a team to watch in the next couple seasons. Having a few good young players already signed on, they decided to add another first rounder to their signed group with the addition of Michael Frolik to the mix. Frolik, taken 10th overall in 2006, signed his first entry-level deal with the Panthers on Wednesday night and will join his fellow Panther youngsters at development camp this week in Ontario.

Frolik comes with a lot of offensive upside, something that the team is in dire need of to compete with the other big boys in the Eastern Conference. With the likes of Shawn Matthias, Michal Repik and Keaton Ellerby also signed on and getting ready for the coming year, the Panthers should have some reasonable expectations or at least will be a fun team to watch. The youth of the team may not be as highly regarded as the like of Chicago or Pittsburgh may be, but they should have plenty to prove when it comes to the Southeast Division.

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