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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.

Jacques Martin is gone, and that's not a bad thing for the Florida Panthers. The timing isn't good with the NHL Draft looming and much work to do regarding Florida's free agents, but, c'mon, hardly was Martin a success in these parts either as a coach or general manager.

The Florida Panthers have had a wealth of talent in their farm system over the past couple of years.

Born in Toronto, hockey player Stephen Weiss has achieved much throughout his professional NHL career.A He plays center for the Florida Panthers and an alternate captain for the team.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: LW David Booth surprised the Panthers by scoring 22 goals last season, but this season he hit that mark by the All-Star break.

Booth picked up his second game-winning goal in three contests on... Booth picked up his second game-winning goal in three contests on Thursday.

Only 392 years to go. You wonder how many season-ticket holders the Panthers will have by then.

Jacques Martin had a plan last summer and stuck to it. The Panthers' general manager was determined to upgrade his defense and he did just that, acquiring Keith Ballard, Bryan McCabe and Nick Boynton.

The Florida Panthers moved closer to a playoff berth this year, but that doesn't make them feel any better about continuing their embarrassing streak of sitting out the postseason.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Apr. 12--Owner Alan Cohen wrote in an e-mail to The Miami Herald on Saturday that general manager Jacques Martin's job is safe despite the team failing to make the postseason again.

David Booth gave General Manager Jacques Martin one last highlight tape for his upcoming contract talks this summer.

I'm not talking about actual Panthers, but yeah, that too . I'm talking about the best Florida Panther hockey player -- defenseman Jay Bouwmeester .

The Panthers ' hope for the playoffs ended 30 minutes after they had won. They watched it shrivel away on a pair of laptop computers.

After being edged by the Flyers, the Panthers' playoff chances are almost gone. With only two games remaining, they must win -- and hope.

Heads down. That is the way so many scarred fans have filed out of the BankAtlantic Center in recent years.

The Penguins have made a habit of winning lately, going 15-2-3 in their past 20 games entering Sunday's game against the Panthers at the BankAtlantic Center.

They have been officially relegated to playing out the string in their final six games of the regular season after they were eliminated from the playoff race by going out with barely a whimper in a 5-2 loss to the Florida Panthers last night at the BankAtlantic Center.

Goalie Craig Anderson has shone in the last week as Florida battles for its playoff life.

Both the Montreal Canadiens and Florida Panthers made the Buffalo Sabres' charge to a playoff position more difficult Tuesday.

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