Derick Brassard was shipped out for a third-round pick in 2020, spare parts were exchanged for other spare parts, and the team took a few fliers on AHL forwards.
Mark Pysyk, Mike Hoffman, and Jonathan Huberdeau are all still Panthers, and the biggest question for the franchise still remains: what’s next this summer?
What should’ve been a playoff team this season is what the Panthers have more often than not become: an 80-85 point team that’s not quite bad enough to get game changers at the top of the draft, but not good enough to make the postseason.