Opening The FHN Florida Panthers Mailbag: Ask Colby

The Florida Panthers find themselves in a unique predicament this offseason.

After finishing up their greatest regular season in team history, the Panthers got swept by the Lightning and found themselves in the midst of a coaching search.

Jack Adams runner-up Andrew Brunette has been replaced by Paul Maurice.

Florida also finds itself with just $3 million in cap space (not counting Anthony Duclair’s likely move to LTIR) to work with to re-sign Claude Giroux, Mason Marchment and Eetu Luostarinen, among others.

A lot of different options are on the table and I am sure you guys have a lot of questions about that.

I am here to answer them.

Leave your questions in the comment section here or tweet your questions to me (@ColbyDGuy) and use #AskFHN.

Answers to your questions will run on Thursday — before the NHL Draft kicks off in Montreal.

Of course, they do not have to be hockey related either; this is the offseason and we like to have fun around here.

All options are on the table.

READ UP: FLORIDA PANTHERS ROLL CALL

Florida Panthers Roll Call is a recurring feature at Florida Hockey Now leading into the start of trade and free-agent season.

The NHL Draft begins Thursday night in Montreal; free agency opens July 13. 

• June 5: Mason Marchment
• June 7: MacKenzie Weegar
• June 10: Eetu Luostarinen
• June 12: Jonathan Huberdeau
• June 15: Maxim Mamin — UPDATE
• June 17: Lucas Carlsson
• June 25: Robert Hagg
• June 28: Matt Kiersted
• July 1: Markus Nutivaara
• July 3: Joe Thornton
• Today: Patric Hornqvist
• Coming: Noel Acciari, Ben Chiarot, Claude Giroux, Chase Priskie