Panthers 18th Anniversary Team: Defense and Goalies

by Alexander Calloway on Jun 16, 2011 4:26 PM EDT

You can see the forwards here, but now it's time for the defense and goaltending. Will your favorite defensemen make the list? Probability, unless you hate every former Panthers player, then your least favorite defensemen will make this list. Also, I don't won't to spoil it, but a certain Stanley Cup ~~winner~~ no show, will be on the list. So let's do this!

Defensemen
Robert Svehla (1994-2002)
573 Games, 61 Goals, 229 Assists, 290 Points (0.51 P/G)
Second in franchise assists and games, sixth in points, and fifth in penalties in minutes.

Jay Bouwmeester (2002-2009)
471 Games, 53 Goals, 150 Assists, 203 Points (0.43 P/G)
Ninth in franchise assists and tenth in shots.

Paul Laus (1993-2002)
530 Games, 14 Goals, 58 Assists, 72 Points (0.14 P/G)
First in franchise penalties in minutes with 1702

Gord Murphy (1993-1999)
410 Games, 42 Goals, 100 Assists, 142 Points (0.35 P/G)
One of two Panthers, the other Bill Lindsay, to play 84 games in the 93-94 season.

Terry Carkner (1995-1999)
279 Games, 6 Goals, 40 Assists, 46 Points (0.16 P/G)
Tied for seventh in franchise plus/minus

Bryan Allen (2006-2011)
284 Games, 14 Goals, 53 Assists, 67 Points (0.24)

Goaltenders
Roberto Luongo (2000-2006)
371 Games, 17842 Time on Ice, 108-154-41 Record, 796 Goals Against, 2.68 Goals Against Average, 9960 Shots Against, .920 Save Percentage
Franchise leader in games played, wins, losses, goals and shots against, saves, shutouts, and minutes

Tomas Vokoun (2007-Present)
248 Games, 14274 Time on Ice, 101-108-30 Record, 612 Goals Against, 2.57 Goals Against Average, 7902 Shots Against, .923 Save Percentage
Franchise leader in save percentage and goals against average

John Vanbiesbrouck (1993-1998)
268 Games, 15503 Time on Ice, 106-108-43 Record, 666 Goals Against, 2.58 Goals Against Average, 7605 Shots Against, .912 Save Percentage
Second in franchise games played, wins, losses, goals against, goals against average, and minutes. One of three Panthers goalies to play in the playoffs (Mark Fitzpatrick and Mike Vernon the others).

Tweet Comment 8 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

Bouwmeester…

The unaimed arrow never misses
When Olesz skates, empires will fall
Twitterz Marmotz Boudreauz

by Chris S Roberts on Jun 16, 2011 5:58 PM EDT reply actions

Jovo and/or Rhett Warrener deserve to be on that list as much, if not more so than Allen.
Even McCabe being from the same era, deserves inclusion more so.

And where is the master of the slapshot, Magnus Svensson, who could take a slapshot from either side of his body.

by MrOmnipotent on Jun 16, 2011 9:30 PM EDT reply actions

Both of those guys are good

But Allen’s defense is enough to be better.

by Alexander Calloway on Jun 16, 2011 11:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Allen’s defense was no more remarkable than Warrener his rookie season, who only got better. Allen didn’t do anything to put him on a top Panthers list, except inclusion of worst trades in Panther history. It was Warrener who played with Carkner during the 96 playoffs and shut down opposing top lines, as a rookie.

by MrOmnipotent on Jun 17, 2011 2:36 AM EDT up reply actions

Rhett Warrener was great on defense, but only in 96-97, his first full season. After that his defense went down hill. If Warrener played in Florida longer, he’ll likely make the list.

by Alexander Calloway on Jun 17, 2011 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions