Florida Panthers Top 10 Prospect Rankings

The Florida Panthers Top 10 Prospect Rankings October 2013

1. Mike Matheson, D - 2012 1st Round Pick Boston College
2. Colby Robak, D - 2008 2nd Round Pick San Antonio AHL
3. Alex Petrovic, D - 2010 2nd Round Pick San Antonio AHL
4. Rocco Grimaldi, C - 2011 2nd Round Pick University of North Dakota
5. Vincent Trocheck, C - 2011 3rd Round Pick San Antonio AHL
6. Kyle Rau, C - 2011 3rd Round Pick University of Minnesota
7. Logan Shaw, RW - 2011 3rd Round Pick San Antonio AHL
8. Jonathan Racine, D - 2011 3rd Round Pick San Antonio AHL
9. Steven Hodges, C - 2012 3rd Round Pick Victoria WHL
10. Ian McCoshen, D - 2013 2nd Round Pick Boston College

Florida Panthers Actual Opening Day Lineup with Line Combinations

Lineup

Lines:

Tomas Kopecky, Jesse Winchester, Shawn Matthias
Tomas Fleischmann, Marcel Goc, Kris Versteeg
Brad Boyes, Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov
Scottie Upshall, Drew Shore, Scott Gomez

Defenseman Pairs:

Brian Campbell, Tom Gilbert
Dmitry Kulikov, Mike Weaver
Ryan Whitney, Eric Gudbranson

The Panthers switched up some of the defenseman pairings in the first period.

Starting Goaltender: Tim Thomas Backup: Jacob Markstrom

Scratches: RW Krys Barch, RW Joey Crabb, D Matt Gilroy

Florida Panthers trade Scott Timmins and Draft Pick to New Jersey for Krys Barch and Draft Pick

The Florida Panthers acquired RW Krys Barch and a 2015 seventh-round draft pick from New Jersey for C Scott Timmins and a 2014 sixth-round draft pick.
Barch is a fighter and power forward.
Krys Barch

2013 NHL Draft Prospect Battle - Barkov vs. Drouin vs. Jones

The 2013 NHL Draft was considered one of the best drafts if not the best NHL draft since 2003. Did the Florida Panthers make the right selection with center Aleksander Barkov? Barkov is more physical than Jonathan Drouin but Drouin is a very gifted player with vision, puckhandling and quick hands. Defenseman Seth Jones was one of the best defenseman coming into the draft in a few years and top defenseman can be difficult to find.

More goes into how these players do than their statistics but you can follow the statistics of these three players here for fun to start.

2nd Overall Pick Center Aleksander Barkov Florida Panthers

3rd Overall Pick Left Wing Jonathan Drouin Tampa Bay Lightning


4th Overall Pick Defenseman Seth Jones Nashville Predators

2013 Draft Prospects Tracker

1st Round Pick Defenseman Aleksander Barkov -
Barkov is expected to play for Florida this year as a rookie so he is not considered a prospect.

2nd Round Pick Defenseman Ian McCoshen -
McCoshen enters his freshman season at Boston College in 2013-2014.

Ian McCoshen

4th Round Pick Goaltender Evan Cowley -
Cowley enters his freshman season at the University of Denver in 2013-2014.

Evan Cowley

4th Round Pick Defenseman Michael Downing -
Downing enters his freshman season at the University of Michigan in 2013-2014.

Michael Downing
4th Round Pick Center Matt Buckles
Buckles enters his freshman season at the Cornell University in 2013-2014.

Matt Buckles
5th Round Pick Left Wing Christopher Clapperton
Clapperton will play for Blainville-Boisbriand in the QMJHL in 2013-2014.

Christopher Clapperton
6th Round Pick Defenseman Josh Brown
Brown will play for Oshawa in the OHL in 2013-2014.

Josh Brown
7th Round Pick Defenseman MacKenzie Weegar
Weegar will play for Halifax in the QMJHL in 2013-2014.
MacKenzie Weegar

2012 Draft Prospects Tracker

1st Round Pick Defenseman Mike Matheson -
Matheson is expected to play his sophomore season at Boston College in 2013-2014.

Mike Matheson

3rd Round Pick Center Steven Hodges -
Hodges is expected to play for Victoria in the WHL in 2013-2014.

Steven Hodges



4th Round Pick Left Wing Alexander Delnov -
Delnov is expected to play for Seattle in the WHL in 2013-2014.

Alexander Delnov


6th Round Pick Center Francis Beauvillier -
Francis will play for Shawinigan in the QMJHL in 2013-2014.

Francis Beauvillier


7th Round Pick Defenseman Jonatan Nielsen -
Nielsen is expected to play for Linkoping in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) in 2013-2014.

Jonatan Nielsen

2011 Draft Prospects Tracker

1st Round Pick Left Wing Jonathan Huberdeau - Huberdeau is on the Panthers so he is no longer considered a prospect.

2nd Round Pick Center Rocco Grimaldi  -
Grimaldi enters his senior season at the University of North Dakota in 2013-2014.

Rocco Grimaldi 

2nd Round Pick Defenseman Rasmus Bengtsson - Bengtsson was not signed by the deadline on June 1, 2013 so he is no longer Florida Panthers property.

3rd Round Pick Center Vincent Trocheck - Trocheck is expected to play for San Antonio in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Vincent Trocheck
3rd Round Pick Right Wing Logan Shaw -
Shaw is expected to play for San Antonio in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Logan Shaw

3rd Round Pick Defenseman Jonathan Racine -
Racine is expected to play for San Antonio in the AHL in 2013-2014.

Jonathan Racine

3rd Round Pick Center Kyle Rau -
Rau is expected to play his sophomore season at the University of Minnesota in 2013-2014.

Kyle Rau

5th Round Pick Right Wing Yaroslav Kosov -
Kosov is expected to play for Metallurg in the KHL in Russia in 2013-2014.

Yaroslav Kosov

6th Round Pick Defenseman Eddie Wittchow -
Eddie enters his sophomore season at the University of Wisconsin in 2013-2014.

Eddie Wittchow


7th Round Pick Right Wing Iiro Pakarinen - Iiro was not signed by the deadline on June 1, 2013 so he is no longer Florida Panthers property.