A few familiar faces for Rochester Americans fans will probably not be returning to the Florida Panthers organization next season as the free agency period is about to begin. The only two restricted free agents that were offered qualifying offers were David Booth and David Brine.
David Brine finished last season with 31 points (8 goals, 23 assists) and was the Amerks best center at taking face offs. Brine played nine games during the 2007-2008 season for the Panthers. This will be his year to step up his game.
Former Amerks from previous seasons Anthony Stewart, Drew Larman, David Shantz, Franklin MacDonald, and Tanner Glass were not given offers and allowed to become unrestricted free agents.
Luke Beaverson will likely replace the role MacDonald had on defense. We’re hoping that a veteran center will be signed to replace Larman. Tyler Plante, Alexander Salak, and Chris Beckford-Tseu will be fulfilling goaltending duties in the Panthers system.
The only real surprise here was Tanner Glass, but Florida Panthers Assistant GM Randy Sexton said that they would like to sign him again. The play of Glass last season was hampered by a shoulder injury that he eventually had surgery on which leads me [...]Read More