The NHL has released the full slate of preseason games for the upcoming 2016-17 campaign. The Florida Panthers will play seven exhibition tilts this year. The Cats will open with a double-header versus the Nashville Predators at the BB&T Center. The club has shifted its October 2nd match-up against the Dallas Stars from Sunrise to London, Ontario's Budweiser Gardens, leaving the October 6th contest with the Tampa Bay Lightning as the only other preseason date at the BB&T Center. In addition, the Panthers will play the Bolts in Tampa, the Stars in Dallas and conclude the exhibition schedule at Tate Rink in West Point, NY versus the New Jersey Devils.