The Florida Panthers have not had much success over the past two decades. Since the year 2000 they have only made the playoffs once, taking the New Jersey Devils to double overtime in Game 7 of the opening round in 2012.
General Manager Dale Tallon took the team over in 2010 and has been implementing his ‘blueprint’ to make the Panthers a consistent winning team that will compete for not only the postseason, but the Stanley Cup every year.
The process has been slow because the team that Tallon took over was in horrible shape, both at the NHL level and in the farm system.