Report: Tarnasky, four Panthers prospects to go UFA
by Donny Rivette on Jun 26, 2010 11:34 PM EDT
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The Panthers have made qualifying offers to restricted free agents Jason Garrison, Kenndal McArdle, Mike Duco, Jordan Henry and Tyler Plante.
Winger Nick Tarnasky wasn’t extended an offer and will become unrestricted on July 1, as will Peter Aston, Luke Beaverson, Dan Collins and Andrew Sweetland.
No earthshaking surprises here, though it's interesting GM Dale Tallon has taken a shine to McArdle; Coach Pete must remain rather high on the former first-rounder after a very solid stay with the Cats until injury - again - forced him out of the lineup.
Tarnasky was a limited - though sporadically fun to watch - role player whose purpose on a club moving in a new direction had eroded to nil. While we're on the subject of cleaning out some dusty cabinets, how about this suggestion...
VILLE KOISTINEN BUYOUT FROM CAPGEEK.COM
2010-2011: $266,667
2011-2012: $466,667
So in theory, erasing Randy Sexton's only major gaffe would cost roughly the equivelent of fifteen years' worth of personalized urinal pucks. BankAtlantic Center's a rather large facility, after all.
Gorten also noted Tallon sees wrapping up Garrison long-term is a "priority" of management. As well it should.
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And while they’re at it, removing traded prospect Matt Bartkowski from the “In the System” roster might be prudent right about now, otherwise Peter Chiarelli may do something nasty on the webmaster’s automobile.
Allegedly, Tallon’s been watching the team all year, so there’s a good chance he saw those guys in action. And while they had trouble scoring, they were definitely trying harder than most of the roster when they were in.
Florida Panthers: Giving the league a punching bag since 2000.
by John Beatty on Jun 27, 2010 11:56 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Here’s how I see it: the players chosen to be a part of this organization from here out will ALL have an inherent, second-nature physicality – including pugilism – to their play. That’s been DeBoer’s mantra since the day he was hired (he has repeatedly hinted at his not wanting to employ a single old-school “policeman”), but it wasn’t realistic since no overall direction or identity for the club was ever established by management. It was simply “take what’s there, and keep it affordable”.
The team being for sale did not help matters, budget- or hiring-wise. Sexton did a phenomenal job keeping the club competitive, considering his marching orders. No longer is any of this the present case.
The ownership wrangling is settled, a proven winner is in charge, and the mission statement has been issued.
by Donny Rivette on Jun 27, 2010 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
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