FORT LAUDERDALE — The Florida Panthers solidified the present core of the franchise earlier this week, re-signing a trio of veterans that have been key of their run to back-to-back titles.
In the meantime, what very nicely could also be the way forward for the franchise was on the ice in Fort Lauderdale.
The Panthers wrapped up their participant growth camp with a scrimmage on Thursday, pitting two groups in opposition to one another that have been composed of a few of the prime prospects in Florida’s group — together with 5 of their six alternatives from the draft.
“I can’t say sufficient in regards to the group,” stated Panthers’ director of participant personnel, Bryan McCabe. “Everybody got here in and obtained what they wanted out of it. Now they’ll return and put their work boots on for the summer season.”
As for who stood out all through the week, McCabe highlighted the Panthers’ prime choice from the draft: Mads Kongsbak Klyvo, the Danish winger taken No. 112.
“I talked to him at midnight after he obtained drafted; he was in Denmark. He was right here the following day,” McCabe stated. “So it’s a fast turnaround, very overwhelming for these children.”
Although it didn’t appear to matter to Klyvo, who put an exclamation level on his week by scoring a aim within the shootout after the second and remaining interval.
“He’s obtained an unbelievable character, a smile on his face; what we search,” McCabe stated of Klyvo. “Guys that wish to be right here and are keen and excited to study, and it’s nice to see children coming in with that angle.”
He additionally pointed to ahead Hunter St. Martin, who obtained a vote of confidence from the Panthers’ brass final October with an entry-level contract and continued impressing this week in his second growth camp with Florida.
“Tempo units him other than everybody else,” McCabe stated. “He can fly on the market. It’s actually pure to him, and that’s one thing that’s going to assist him evolve shifting ahead. Should you can skate and sustain on this league, you’re going to have a great likelihood to play loads of years.”
The scrimmage — solely two durations with a shootout after every — ended 3-2 in favor of the Crimson Group and was determined by defenseman Jonas Woo’s aim within the remaining shootout.
“Simply attempting to learn the goalie. I watched a pair guys go forward of me, and what I knew was what I used to be going to do,” Woo stated. “I wasn’t drafted, so I got here right here with excessive hopes and was simply attempting to indicate what I can do.”
Among the second-year prospects in attendance have been combating to carve out a spot on the Panthers’ precise roster this week. Nonetheless, others, like these taken in final week’s draft, might be returning to their respective beginner leagues, and have been in Fort Lauderdale this week to absorb as a lot as they will earlier than then.
“I attempt to remove the large key factors,” stated Tyler Muszelik, a goaltender from UConn in his second growth camp with the Panthers. “Simply listening to what they assume. They know my recreation, I do know my recreation, and what they assume will assist me all through this season and hopefully my professional profession.”