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Wednesday Offseason Caterwaul: Florida Panthers and NHL Playoffs Open Forum

Pekka Rinne made 23 saves and the Nashville Predators got goals from Calle Jarnkrok, Frederick Gaudreau, Viktor Arvidsson and Filip Forsberg to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 last night at Bridgestone Arena. Sidney Crosby scored the lone goal for the Penguins.

Game 4 Highlights

The Stanley Cup Final is now tied at two games apiece with the clubs getting two days off before Game 5 Thursday night in Pittsburgh.

All is quiet on the Florida Panthers front, so I thought I’d run an expansion draft-related poll today.

The vast majority of the mock drafts I’ve seen so far have the Cats using the 7-3-1 protection scheme, but a very in-depth one I read last night had them going 8-1 and protecting four defenseman, losing Reilly Smith to Vegas to ensure defensemen Alex Petrovic and Mark Pysyk remain in the fold.

So that leads us to this:

What protection scheme should the Panthers use in the expansion draft?

7 Forwards – 3 Defensemen – 1 Goalie 39
8 Skaters – 1 Goalie 13