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POWER RANKINGS
Power Rankings
Date
Ranking
Previous
11/30/2009
21
12
If only games lasted 40 minutes. Florida triggered four losses in the third period last week, and has won only four of nine times it has led after two.
11/23/2009
12
22
Panthers seem to like playing in front of crowds because they swept their trip to Buffalo, Detroit and MSG. Tomas Vokoun has been outstanding in goal, and Florida has won eight of 11.
11/17/2009
22
27
The Panthers are struggling to close things out. Florida has lost four of the six games it has led after two periods.
11/10/2009
27
25
Not much emotion coming out of the Panthers these days, unless it is from a backup goalie complaining about being hung out to dry.
11/03/2009
25
26
A couple of desperately-needed road wins were overshadowed only by the offensive exploits of Steven Reinprecht.
10/27/2009
26
25
Losing David Booth is a blow to a team that has scored two or less goals in six of seven games since returning from a season-opening trip to Finland.
10/20/2009
25
28
Florida's top line of Nathan Horton, Stephen Weiss and David Booth has only seven points combined and is a collective minus-16.
10/13/2009
28
24
The good news is that the Panthers finally took a lead into the third period Monday night. The bad news is they blew it and matched the worst start in franchise history.
10/06/2009
24
22
Some things never change. The Panthers, long known for letting their goalies get bombarded with shots on goal, have allowed 88 in the first two games.
09/30/2009
22
1
David Booth is becoming a legitimate scoring star in Florida, but he's really their only one. The blue line group is pretty good though, and goalie Tomas Vokoun can play big.
Preseason Power Rankings
Date
Ranking
Previous
09/30/2009
22
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David Booth is becoming a legitimate scoring star in Florida, but he's really their only one. The blue line group is pretty good though, and goalie Tomas Vokoun can play big.
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What are you all expecting from these guys this year? I'm kinda torn.
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