Bryan McCabe News

If ever the opportunity to earn an NHL roster spot existed for a minor-league free agent, it's on the blue line with the Florida Panthers.

Flames make splash on Day 2 of draft Florida Panthers defencemen Bryan McCabe and Jay Bouwmeester congratulate centre Stephen Weiss on his goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs in January Calgary acquires the rights to soon-to-be unrestricted free agent defenceman Jay Bouwmeester _ despite warning he wants to test the open market.

MONTREALa 'The NHL draft begins at 7 p.m. tonight. Tomas Kaberle may no longer be a Maple Leaf at 7:01. The window to trade the all-star defenceman opens when the draft begins and GM Brian Burke admitted last night he's weighing an unsolicited offer that would see a player and a draft pick come back to the Leafs.

The trouble with Jay Bouwmeester is that nobody knows for certain what he is -- other than available.

The heat is on the Senators to trade Dany Heatley by Canada Day or it could be costly.

We're looking at the offseason plans for the 12 teams that were officially eliminated from the playoffs as of Friday morning.

David Booth finished off his season in style, scoring twice and assisting three times, as the Florida Panthers ended their campaign with a 7-4 victory over the Southeast Division champion Washington Capitals.

The Florida Panthers played in Atlanta Thursday night and were eliminated from the playoffs.

A pivotal battle in the Eastern Conference playoff race is on tap tonight in Philadelphia, as the Flyers welcome the Florida Panthers for a showdown at the Wachovia Center.

The Florida Panthers' playoff push was saved by a big hit against one of the Pittsburgh Penguins' superstars and a fight with another.

Bryan McCabe and Rostislav Olesz each had a goal and an assist to lead the Florida Panthers to a 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday night.

Florida goalie Craig Anderson blocks a shot on-goal during the first period on Friday.

Coach Peter DeBoer was right. After a long and untimely drought, the Panthers appear to be back on track.

Richard Zednik and Bryan McCabe scored power-play goals late in the second period and lifted the Florida Panthers to a 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.

Mikael Tellqvist battled the Florida Panthers head-on Wednesday, making 30 saves to earn his first win with the Buffalo Sabres.

Their character questioned, their playoff hopes dwindling and facing a two-goal deficit, Jason Pominville and the Buffalo Sabres showed they've still got some fight left in them.

Cam Ward, see in the team's win over New Jersey last week, has five shutouts this season.

Ray Whitney scored just 1:36 into overtime as the surging Carolina Hurricanes downed the sliding Florida Panthers, 3-2, at BankAtlantic Center.

Sunrise - The Panthers needed to loosen up. They had lost four consecutive games, and even after a short practice the day before to take their minds off that, they were playing a "little tight" early in the first period Thursday night, coach Pete DeBoer noted.

The Columbus Blue Jackets and Florida Panthers have the same amount of points with 11 games remaining on their respective regular-season schedules, but while the Blue Jackets are trying to improve their playoff seeding, the Panthers are simply trying to get in.