The Florida Panthers' prospects are in good spirits, as they were crowned champions after going 3-0 in the annual Rookie Tournament that took place at the Ford Ice Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Participating against the Panthers prospects were rookies from the Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins, and host Nashville Predators. With coaches having a good opportunity to observe their prospects, the Panthers made some cuts to finalize their 51-man roster. Those players still remaining will be invited to their NHL training camp that will begin on Friday. The team will making more cuts over the next few weeks as training camp and the preseason goes on before the first regular season game on Thursday October 9th against the Lightning in Tampa Bay.
These players have not been invited to the Panthers NHL Training Camp:
Forwards:
Francis Beauvillier
Liam Heelis
Stephen MacAuley
Wade Megan
Cody Payne
Tony Turgeon
Stephan Vigier
Defensemen:
Andrew Blazek
Kevin Cutting
Michael Quinn
Goaltenders:
Jacob DeSerres
Clarke Saunders
These players will be at the Panthers NHL Training Camp starting on Friday:
Forwards:
Aleksander Barkov
Joe Basaraba
Sean Bergenheim
Nick Bjugstad
Dave Bolland
Brad Boyes
Connor Brickley
Bobby Butler
Joey Crabb
Tomas Fleischmann
Rocco Grimaldi
Jayce Hawryluk
Jimmy Hayes
Steven Hodges
Quinton Howden
Jonathan Huberdeau
Jussi Jokinen
Tomas Kopecky
Juho Lammikko
Derek MacKenzie
Ryan Martindale
John McFarland
Brett Olson
Blake Parlett
Brandon Pirri
Logan Shaw
Drew Shore
Shawn Thornton
Vincent Trocheck
Scottie Upshall
Garrett Wilson
Defensemen:
Joshua Brown
Brian Campbell
Aaron Ekblad
Erik Gudbranson
Dmitry Kulikov
Josh McFadden
Willie Mitchell
Shane O'Brien
Dylan Olsen
Alex Petrovic
Jonathan Racine
Colby Robak
Shayne Taker
MacKenzie Weegar
Greg Zanon
Goaltenders:
Sam Brittain
Dan Ellis
Michael Houser
Roberto Luongo
Al Montoya