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LBC QuickPoll: Florida Panthers and the 2016 NHL Trade Deadline – Your Take

With dust settling on another trading deadline – and it was by any measure a quiet “event” – we’re looking for your opinion via poll on the Florida Panthers‘ off-ice performance over the past few days. Did GM Dale Tallon address apparent roster deficiencies and score big in deals for UFA forwards Teddy Purcell (EDM) & Jiri Hudler (CGY) heading into the playoffs? Is blueliner Jakub Kindl (waived twice by DET this season; 1 year remaining on current deal) the answer to a lack of experienced depth on defense after a change of scenery?

And what of winger Brandon Pirri‘s unceremonious departure to surging Anaheim in exchange for a 6th round draft selection in June?

Let’s have it…

Best (er, “Most Valuable” in the short-term, i.e. for the playoff drive) move of the deadline for Florida:

F Hudler for 2nd/2016 & 4th/2018 156
F Purcell for 3rd/2016 31
D Kindl for 6th/2017 5
Pirri for a 6th? Really? 15

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