Earlier today, George Richards caught up with Ville Peltonen and Radek Dvorak and both players said that they want to play with the Panthers again next season. Both are unrestricted free agents this summer, so that may or may not happen.
The roster as it appears today includes nine forwards already under contract next season: Gregory Campbell, Michael Frolik, Nathan Horton, Kamil Kreps, Brett McLean, Rostislav Olesz, Cory Stillman, Nick Tarnasky, Stephen Weiss
Three forwards are unrestricted: Radek Dvorak, Ville Peltonen, Richard Zednik
Two forwards are restricted: David Booth, Anthony Stewart
You have to assume David Booth is the first priority to get signed, so unless the Panthers are preparing for a busy offseason, I'm not sure they really can sign both of them back. Otherwise, we're looking at the same offense next season that was scoring one goal here, two goals there and getting shut out everywhere else down the stretch.
Steve Gorten adds defenseman Karlis Skrastins to that list of players that want to return, and of the three, Skrastins might be the most important. His shot-blocking and all-around consistent defense was a huge asset this season and it would be nice to have that again next year.
Over the summer, I'll be tinkering with this some more so that I can make it a deeper and more resourceful page come next season, but I'll also be keeping an eye out for anything interesting about the team.
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