2014–15 Florida Panthers season

2014–15 Florida Panthers
Division	6th Atlantic
Conference	10th Eastern
2014–15 record	38–29–15
Home record	21–13–7
Road record	17–16–8
Goals for	206
Goals against	223
Team information
General Manager	Dale Tallon
Coach	Gerard Gallant
Captain	Willie Mitchell
Alternate captains	Dave Bolland Brian Campbell Derek MacKenzie Scottie Upshall
Arena	BB&T Center
Average attendance	11,265 (66.1%)[1] (41 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Nick Bjugstad (24)
Assists	Jonathan Huberdeau (39)
Points	Jonathan Huberdeau (54)
Penalties in minutes	Erik Gudbranson (58)
Plus/minus	(+): Aaron Ekblad (12) (−): Tomas Kopecky (−19)
Wins	Roberto Luongo (28)
Goals against average	Luongo, Ellis (2.35)
<2013–14 2015–16>

The 2014–15 Florida Panthers season was the 22nd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 14, 1993.^[2]

Off-season

On April 29, 2014, General Manager Dale Tallon relieved Interim Head Coach Peter Horachek of his duties, and announced that the Panthers were looking to hire a new head coach with NHL experience prior to June 27, 2014, when the 2014 NHL Entry Draft will be held.^[3]

Training camp

The Panthers will play in six pre-season exhibition games before the start of the 2014–15 regular season.^[4]

Memorable events

On March 3, 2015, in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Roberto Luongo suffered an injury and was forced to leave the game; he was replaced by backup Al Montoya. Later in the same game, however, Montoya also suffered an injury. Without another available goaltender (NHL teams seldom have a third goaltender on the roster), Montoya attempted to continue playing with the injury while the team debated their options, reportedly considered between either having forward Derek MacKenzie play the position or calling on a "local" goaltender. Forty-one-year-old Goaltending Coach Rob Tallas subsequently dressed in goaltending gear, registered with the team's roster and began warming up in the dressing room tunnel in preparation to enter the game as an emergency backup, but before entering the game, however, Luongo was able to return and finish the remainder of the game. Allegedly, Luongo was at the hospital when Montoya was injured and was rushed back to the arena. This marked the second such instance for Tallas being called in as an emergency backup, with the other occurrence happening the previous season and also preventing him from officially entering the game as the original goaltender returned. Had he played, it would have been his first appearance in a in an NHL game in 14 years. The incident has reportedly lead the NHL to consider reviewing its rules for "emergency" players and led the Panthers to hold open tryouts for a "fill-in" goaltender.

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Montreal Canadiens	82	50	22	10	43	221	189	+32	110
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	50	24	8	47	262	211	+51	108
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	43	25	14	39	235	221	+14	100
4	x – Ottawa Senators	82	43	26	13	37	238	215	+23	99
5	Boston Bruins	82	41	27	14	37	213	211	+2	96
6	Florida Panthers	82	38	29	15	30	206	223	−17	91
7	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	8	25	211	262	−51	68
8	Buffalo Sabres	82	23	51	8	15	161	274	−113	54

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Conference standings

Top 3 (Atlantic Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Montreal Canadiens	82	50	22	10	43	221	189	+32	110
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	50	24	8	47	262	211	+51	108
3	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	43	25	14	39	235	221	+14	100

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Top 3 (Metropolitan Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – New York Rangers	82	53	22	7	49	252	192	+60	113
2	x – Washington Capitals	82	45	26	11	40	242	203	+39	101
3	x – New York Islanders	82	47	28	7	40	252	230	+22	101

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Ottawa Senators	82	43	26	13	37	238	215	+23	99
2	ME	x – Pittsburgh Penguins	82	43	27	12	39	221	210	+11	98
3	AT	Boston Bruins	82	41	27	14	37	213	211	+2	96
4	AT	Florida Panthers	82	38	29	15	30	206	223	−17	91
5	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	42	35	5	33	236	250	−14	89
6	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	31	18	30	215	234	−19	84
7	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	32	36	14	27	181	216	−35	78
8	ME	Carolina Hurricanes	82	30	41	11	25	188	226	−38	71
9	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	8	25	211	262	−51	68
10	AT	Buffalo Sabres	82	23	51	8	15	161	274	−113	54

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Vincent Trocheck	Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 577 in Washington on Sunday, January 4, 2015, at 11:04 of the third period.	—	$2,000.00	January 7, 2015[5]
Dmitri Kulikov	Clipping Dallas Stars forward Tyler Seguin during NHL game No. 820 in Dallas on Friday, February 13, 2015, at 13:05 of the third period.	4 games	$93,189.96	February 16, 2015[6]

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 0–4–2 (Home: 0–1–1 ; Road: 0–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Win	Loss	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 24	Dallas	4–3	Florida	SO	Rynnas (1–0–0)	Houser (0–0–1)	2,841	0–0–1	Recap
2	September 27	Florida	1–2	Nashville	SO	Hutton (1–0–0)	Montoya (0–0–1)	12,700	0–0–2	Recap
3	September 27	Florida	1–4	Nashville		Rinne (2–0–0)	Luongo (0–1—0)	15,741	0–1–2	Recap
4	September 29	Florida	4–5	Dallas		Lindback (3–0–0)	Luongo (0–2–0)	14,234	0–2–2	Recap
5	October 2	Tampa Bay	0–3	Florida		Nabokov (1–0–0)	Luongo (0–3–0)	2,859	0–3–2	Recap
6	October 4	Florida	1–4	Tampa Bay		Bishop (3–0–0)	Montoya (0–1–1)	15,411	0–4–2	Recap

Regular season

2014–15 Game Log
October: 3–2–3 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 2–0–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Florida 2–3 Tampa Bay OT Bishop (1–0–0) Luongo (0–0–1) 19,204 0–0–1 1 Recap 2 October 11 New Jersey 5–1 Florida Schneider (2–0–0) Luongo (0–1–1) 11,419 0–1–1 1 Recap 3 October 13 Ottawa 1–0 Florida Anderson (1–1–0) Luongo (0–2–1) 7,311 0–2–1 1 Recap 4 October 17 Florida 1–0 Buffalo Luongo (1–2–1) Enroth (1–3–0) 17,864 1–2–1 3 Recap 5 October 18 Florida 1–2 Washington Peters (1–0–1) Montoya (0–0–1) 18,506 1–2–2 4 Recap 6 October 21 Florida 4–3 Colorado OT Luongo (2–2–1) Berra (1–0–1) 14,440 2–2–2 6 Recap 7 October 25 Florida 1–2 Arizona OT Smith (2–3–0) Luongo (2–2–2) 13,202 2–2–3 7 Recap 8 October 30 Arizona 1–2 Florida Luongo (3–2–2) Smith (2–5–0) 7,691 3–2–3 9 Recap
November: 6–4–3 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 1 Philadelphia 1–2 Florida Luongo (4–2–2) Mason (0–4–1) 9,774 4–2–3 11 Recap 10 November 4 Florida 1–2 Boston OT Rask (6–4–0) Luongo (4–2–3) 17,565 4–2–4 12 Recap 11 November 6 Florida 1–4 Philadelphia Mason (2–4–1) Luongo (4–3–3) 19,777 4–3–4 12 Recap 12 November 8 Calgary 6–4 Florida Hiller (7–3–1) Montoya (0–1–1) 9,230 4–4–4 12 Recap 13 November 11 San Jose 4–1 Florida Luongo (5–3–3) Niemi (6–5–1) 8,075 5–4–4 14 Recap 14 November 14 NY Islanders 4–3 Florida SO Halak (7–4–0) Luongo (5–3–4) 10,010 5–4–5 15 Recap 15 November 16 Florida 6–2 Anaheim Montoya (1–1–1) Andersen (7–2–3) 16,128 6–4–5 17 Recap 16 November 18 Florida 2–5 Los Angeles Quick (9–3–4) Luongo (5–3–4) 18,230 6–5–5 17 Recap 17 November 20 Florida 3–2 San Jose SO Luongo (6–4–4) Niemi (7–6–2) 17,331 7–5–5 19 Recap 18 November 22 Florida 2–3 Nashville SO Rinne (13–3–1) Luongo (6–4–5) 17,163 7–5–6 20 Recap 19 November 24 Minnesota 4–1 Florida Backstrom (3–2–0) Luongo (6–5–5) 8,426 7–6–6 20 Recap 20 November 26 Carolina 0–1 Florida Luongo (7–5–5) Ward (6–8–1) 8,119 8–6–6 22 Recap 21 November 28 Ottawa 2–3 Florida Montoya (2–1–1) Anderson (5–5–3) 9,758 9–6–6 24 Recap
December: 7–4–3 (Home: 4–1–2 ; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 December 1 Florida 1–2 Columbus Bobrovsky (6–8–1) Montoya (2–2–1) 12,309 9–7–6 24 Recap 23 December 2 Florida 4–3 Detroit Luongo (8–5–5) Howard (11–5–4) 20,027 10–7–6 26 Recap 24 December 4 Columbus 4–3 Florida SO Bobrovsky (7–8–1) Luongo (8–5–6) 7,788 10–7–7 27 Recap 25 December 6 Buffalo 2–3 Florida Luongo (9–5–6) Neuvirth (3–6–1) 8,597 11–7–7 29 Recap 26 December 8 Florida 2–4 St. Louis Brodeur (2–1–0) Luongo (9–6–6) 17,330 11–8–7 29 Recap 27 December 12 Florida 3–2 Detroit SO Luongo (10–6–6) Howard (13–5–6) 20,027 12–8–7 31 Recap 28 December 13 Florida 3–4 Buffalo SO Enroth (9–10–1) Montoya (2–2–2) 18,450 12–8–8 32 Recap 29 December 16 Washington 1–2 Florida SO* Luongo (11–6–6) Holtby (12–7–5) 10,012 13–8–8 34 Recap 30 December 18 Florida 2–1 Philadelphia SO Luongo (12–6–6) Mason (6–10–5) 19,582 14–8–8 36 Recap 31 December 20 Florida 1–3 Pittsburgh Fleury (19–4–2) Luongo (12–7–6) 18,668 14–9–8 36 Recap 32 December 22 Pittsburgh 3–4 Florida SO Luongo (13–7–6) Fleury (19–4–3) 15,947 15–9–8 38 Recap 33 December 28 Toronto 4–6 Florida Luongo (14–7–6) Reimer (6–5–0) 17,877 16–9–8 40 Recap 34 December 30 Montreal 2–1 Florida SO Tokarski (4–2–1) Luongo (14–7–7) 19,614 16–9–9 41 Recap 35 December 31 NY Rangers 5–2 Florida Lundqvist (16–8–8) Montoya (2–3–2) 15,090 16–10–9 41 Recap * The shootout between the Panthers and the Washington Capitals on December 16, 2014, was the longest to date in NHL history, at 20 rounds.
January: 5–6–1 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 36 January 2 Florida 2–0 Buffalo Luongo (15–7–7) Neuvirth (3–9–1) 19,070 17–10–9 43 Recap 37 January 4 Florida 3–4 Washington Holtby (18–8–9) Montoya (2–4–2) 18,506 17–11–9 43 Recap 38 January 8 Florida 3–1 Vancouver Luongo (16–7–7) Miller (20–9–1) 18,799 18–11–9 45 Recap 39 January 9 Florida 6–5 Calgary Montoya (3–4–2) Hiller (13–13–2) 19,289 19–11–9 47 Recap 40 January 11 Florida 4–2 Edmonton Luongo (17–7–7) Scrivens (8–14–7) 16,839 20–11–9 49 Recap 41 January 13 Florida 2–8 Winnipeg Hutchinson (12–4–2) Luongo (17–8–7) 15,016 20–12–9 49 Recap 42 January 15 Colorado 4–2 Florida Varlamov (11–9–5) Luongo (17–9–7) 9,584 20–13–9 49 Recap 43 January 17 Edmonton 3–2 Florida SO Fasth (3–10–2) Luongo (17–9–8) 10,529 20–13–10 50 Recap 44 January 19 Vancouver 2–1 Florida Miller (23–9–1) Luongo (17–10–8) 9,373 20–14–10 50 Recap 45 January 27 Detroit 5–4 Florida Mrazek (10–3–1) Luongo (17–11–8) 12,190 20–15–10 50 Recap 46 January 29 Columbus 2–3 Florida Luongo (18–11–8) McElhinney (5–7–1) 7,917 21–15–10 52 Recap 47 January 31 Florida 1–3 New Jersey Kinkaid (3–3–3) Luongo (18–12–8) 16,278 21–16–10 52 Recap
February: 6–6–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 3–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 48 February 2 Florida 3–6 NY Rangers Lundqvist (25–11–3) Luongo (18–13–8) 18,006 21–17–10 52 Recap 49 February 3 Florida 4–2 NY Islanders Montoya (4–4–2) Halak (26–11–0) 14,704 22–17–10 54 Recap 50 February 5 Los Angeles 2–3 Florida Luongo (19–13–8) Quick (17–15–10) 9,624 23–17–10 56 Recap 51 February 8 Nashville 3–2 Florida SO Hutton (5–4–4) Luongo (19–13–9) 10,844 23–17–11 57 Recap 52 February 10 Anaheim 2–6 Florida Luongo (20–13–9) Bryzgalov (1–4–1) 8,576 24–17–11 59 Recap 53 February 12 Florida 1–2 Minnesota Dubnyk (18–6–3) Luongo (20–14–9) 19,055 24–18–11 59 Recap 54 February 13 Florida 0–2 Dallas Lehtonen (24–12–8) Montoya (4–5–2) 18,211 24–19–11 59 Recap 55 February 15 St. Louis 2–1 Florida SO Elliott (18–7–2) Luongo (20–14–10) 11,859 24–19–12 60 Recap 56 February 17 Florida 3–2 Toronto Luongo (21–14–10) Bernier (16–18–5) 19,098 25–19–12 62 Recap 57 February 19 Florida 3–2 Montreal SO Luongo (22–14–10) Price (32–11–3) 21,286 26–19–12 64 Recap 58 February 21 Florida 1–4 Ottawa Hammond (2–0–0) Luongo (22–15–10) 16,938 26–20–12 64 Recap 59 February 22 Florida 1–5 Pittsburgh Fleury (27–13–6) Montoya (4–6–2) 18,592 26–21–12 64 Recap 60 February 24 Florida 2–3 Chicago SO Darling (6–2–0) Luongo (22–15–11) 21,526 26–21–13 65 Recap 61 February 26 Chicago 3–0 Florida Crawford (24–14–4) Luongo (22–16–11) 17,387 26–22–13 65 Recap 62 February 28 Buffalo 3–5 Florida Luongo (23–16–11) Neuvirth (6–17–3) 10,374 27–22–13 67 Recap
March: 8–5–2 (Home: 5–2–1 ; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 1 Tampa Bay 3–4 Florida Montoya (5–6–2) Bishop (31–11–3) 10,336 28–22–13 69 Recap 64 March 3 Toronto 3–2 Florida Bernier (19–19–5) Montoya (5–7–2) 10,198 28–23–13 69 Recap 65 March 5 Dallas 4–3 Florida SO Enroth (14–25–2) Ellis (0–0–1) 8,510 28–23–14 70 Recap 66 March 7 NY Islanders 3–4 Florida SO Ellis (1–0–1) Neuvirth (6–17–4) 14,474 29–23–14 72 Recap 67 March 12 Winnipeg 2–4 Florida Ellis (2–0–1) Hutchinson (20–9–5) 9,819 30–23–14 74 Recap 68 March 14 Florida 2–0 Carolina Ellis (3–0–1) Ward (18–21–5) 11,790 31–23–14 76 Recap 69 March 15 Florida 1–2 NY Rangers Talbot (17–6–4) Ellis (3–1–1) 18,006 31–24–14 76 Recap 70 March 17 Montreal 3–2 Florida Tokarski (6–5–3) Ellis (3–2–1) 18,245 31–25–14 76 Recap 71 March 19 Detroit 1–3 Florida Luongo (24–16–11) Mrazek (17–11–1) 11,458 32–25–14 78 Recap 72 March 21 Boston 1–2 Florida SO Luongo (25–16–11) Rask (29–18–11) 17,044 33–25–14 80 Recap 73 March 24 Florida 3–4 Tampa Bay Vasilevskiy (7–4–1) Luongo (25–17–11) 18,729 33–26–14 80 Recap 74 March 26 Florida 4–1 Toronto Luongo (26–17–11) Bernier (20–27–6) 18,831 34–26–14 82 Recap 75 March 28 Florida 2–3 Montreal OT Price (41–15–5) Luongo (26–17–12) 21,287 34–26–15 83 Recap 76 March 29 Florida 4–2 Ottawa Ellis (4–2–1) Anderson (14–13–8) 19,045 35–26–15 85 Recap 77 March 31 Florida 2–3 Boston Luongo (26–18–12) Rask (32–19–12) 17,565 35–27–15 85 Recap
April: 2–2–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Win Loss Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 Carolina 1–6 Florida Luongo (27–18–12) Khudobin (8–16–6) 9,827 36–27–15 87 Recap 79 April 4 Tampa Bay 4–0 Florida Bishop (38–13–5) Luongo (27–19–12) 11,072 36–28–15 87 Recap 80 April 5 Montreal 4–1 Florida Price (42–16–6) Ellis (4–3–1) 14,112 36–29–15 87 Recap 81 April 9 Boston 2–4 Florida Luongo (28–19–12) Rask (34–21–12) 11,778 37–29–15 89 Recap 82 April 11 New Jersey 2–3 Florida Montoya (6–7–2) Schneider (26–31–19) 12,236 38–29–15 91 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Despite having 91 points, the Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive year.

Player stats

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season[7] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Huberdeau, JonathanJonathan Huberdeau 79 15 39 54 10 38 Jokinen, JussiJussi Jokinen 81 8 36 44 −2 34 Bjugstad, NickNick Bjugstad 72 24 19 43 −7 38 Ekblad, AaronAaron Ekblad 81 12 27 39 12 32 Boyes, BradBrad Boyes 78 14 24 38 11 20 Barkov, AleksanderAleksander Barkov 71 16 20 36 −4 16 Hayes, JimmyJimmy Hayes 72 19 16 35 −4 20 Campbell, BrianBrian Campbell 82 3 24 27 4 22 Pirri, BrandonBrandon Pirri 49 22 2 24 6 14 Bolland, DaveDave Bolland 53 6 17 23 4 48 Kulikov, DmitriDmitri Kulikov 73 3 19 22 0 48 Trocheck, VincentVincent Trocheck 50 7 15 22 9 24 Fleischmann, TomasTomas Fleischmann^‡ 52 7 14 21 12 8 Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr^† 20 6 12 18 7 6 Bergenheim, SeanSean Bergenheim^‡ 39 8 10 18 2 34 Upshall, ScottieScottie Upshall 63 8 7 15 −8 28 Gudbranson, ErikErik Gudbranson 76 4 9 13 −4 58 MacKenzie, DerekDerek MacKenzie 82 5 6 11 −17 45 Mitchell, WillieWillie Mitchell 66 3 5 8 1 25 Kopecky, TomasTomas Kopecky 64 2 6 8 −19 28 Olsen, DylanDylan Olsen 44 2 6 8 −7 20 Thornton, ShawnShawn Thornton 46 1 4 5 −13 50 Kampfer, StevenSteven Kampfer 25 2 2 4 −4 12 Petrovic, AlexAlex Petrovic 33 0 3 3 −4 34 O'Brien, ShaneShane O'Brien 9 0 1 1 −4 5 Grimaldi, RoccoRocco Grimaldi 7 1 0 1 1 4 Wilson, GarrettGarrett Wilson 2 0 0 0 −2 0 Robak, ColbyColby Robak^‡ 7 0 0 0 −1 2

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[7]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Luongo, RobertoRoberto Luongo	61	61	3528	28	19	12	138	2.35	1743	0.921	2	0	0	0
Montoya, AlAl Montoya	20	13	977	6	7	2	49	3.01	453	0.892	0	0	0	2
Ellis, DanDan Ellis	8	8	486	4	3	1	19	2.35	221	0.914	1	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Panthers. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular Season Player Award Awarded Ekblad, AaronAaron Ekblad NHL Third Star of the Week[8] December 8, 2014 Huberdeau, JonathanJonathan Huberdeau NHL Third Star of the Week[9] January 12, 2015 Luongo, RobertoRoberto Luongo NHL All-Star game selection[10] January 10, 2015 Ekblad, AaronAaron Ekblad NHL All-Star Game rookie selection[10] January 10, 2015

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Ekblad, A.A. Ekblad 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point October 9, 2014 Kulikov, D.D. Kulikov 100th Career NHL Point October 17, 2014 Mitchell, W.W. Mitchell 800th Career NHL Game October 18, 2014 Grimaldi, R.R. Grimaldi 1st Career NHL Game November 1, 2014 A. Ekblad 1st Career NHL Goal November 1, 2014 Upshall, S.S. Upshall 500th Career NHL Game November 4, 2014 Hayes, J.J. Hayes 100th Career NHL Game November 4, 2014 Bjugstad, N.N. Bjugstad 100th Career NHL Game November 11, 2014 Boyes, B.B. Boyes 700th Career NHL Game November 18, 2014 R. Grimaldi 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point November 22, 2014 Montoya, A.A. Montoya 100th Career NHL Game December 13, 2014 Olsen, D.D. Olsen 100th Career NHL Game December 16, 2014 Gudbranson, E.E. Gudbranson 200th Career NHL Game December 20, 2014 Jokinen, J.J. Jokinen 700th Career NHL Game January 13, 2015 Fleischmann, T.T. Fleischmann 300th Career NHL Point February 10, 2015 Barkov, A.A. Barkov 100th Career NHL Game February 19, 2015 Campbell, B.B. Campbell 900th Career NHL Game February 28, 2015 B. Boyes 200th Career NHL Goal March 1, 2015 Huberdeau, J.J. Huberdeau 100th Career NHL Point March 12, 2015 Thornton, S.S. Thornton 600th Career NHL Game March 21, 2015 Bolland, D.D. Bolland 400th Career NHL Game March 26, 2015 D. Bolland 200th Career NHL Point March 29, 2015 Pirri, B.B. Pirri 100th Career NHL Game April 2, 2015 Luongo, R.R. Luongo 400th Career NHL Win April 2, 2015 Jagr, J.J. Jagr 1,800th Career NHL Point April 9, 2015 J. Jokinen 300th Career NHL Assist April 9, 2015

Transactions

The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season:

Trades

Date	Details
June 28, 2014[11]	To New York Islanders 3rd-round pick in 2015	To Florida Panthers 3rd-round pick in 2014
October 6, 2014[12]	To New York Rangers Joey Crabb	To Florida Panthers Steven Kampfer Andrew Yogan
December 4, 2014[13]	To Anaheim Ducks Colby Robak	To Florida Panthers Jesse Blacker future conditional draft pick
January 9, 2015[14]	To Calgary Flames Drew Shore	To Florida Panthers Corban Knight
February 24, 2015[15]	To Minnesota Wild Sean Bergenheim 7th-round pick in 2016	To Florida Panthers 3rd-round pick in 2016
February 26, 2015[16]	To New Jersey Devils 2nd-round pick in 2015 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016	To Florida Panthers Jaromir Jagr
February 28, 2015[17]	To Anaheim Ducks Tomas Fleischmann	To Florida Panthers Dany Heatley 3rd-round pick in 2015
June 19, 2015 [18]	To Toronto Maple Leafs Zach Hyman Conditional 7th-round pick in 2017	To Florida Panthers Greg McKegg

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 Al Montoya Winnipeg Jets 2 years, $2.1 million [19] July 1, 2014 Derek MacKenzie Columbus Blue Jackets 3 years, $3.9 million [20] July 1, 2014 Shawn Thornton Boston Bruins 2 years, $2.4 million [21] July 1, 2014 Dave Bolland Toronto Maple Leafs 5 years, $27.5 million [22] July 1, 2014 Jussi Jokinen Pittsburgh Penguins 4 years, $16 million [23] July 1, 2014 Willie Mitchell Los Angeles Kings 2 years, $8.5 million [24] July 1, 2014 Blake Parlett Providence Bruins 1 year, $575,000 [25] July 4, 2014 Brett Olson Abbotsford Heat 1 year, $550,000 [26] July 4, 2014 Greg Zanon San Antonio Rampage 1 year, $600,000 [26] October 6, 2014 Shane O’Brien Calgary Flames 1 year, $650,000 [27] March 20, 2015 Colin Stevens Union College entry-level contract [28] June 1, 2015 Chase Balisy St. John's IceCaps entry-level contract [29]

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 Tom Gilbert Montreal Canadiens 2 years, $5.6 million [30] July 1, 2014 Scott Clemmensen New Jersey Devils 1 year, $600,000 [31] July 1, 2014 Jesse Winchester Colorado Avalanche 2 years, $1.8 million [32] December 1, 2014 Scott Gomez New Jersey Devils 1 year, $550,000 [33]

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers

Lost via retirement Player Players released Date Player Via Ref June 30, 2014 Ed Jovanovski Compliance buyout [34]

Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 2, 2014 Sam Brittain 2 year, $1.51 million entry-level contract [25] July 10, 2014 Erik Gudbranson 2 years, $5 million [35] July 14, 2014 Dylan Olsen 2 years, $1.55 million [36] July 14, 2014 Garrett Wilson 1 year, $715,000 [36] July 14, 2014 Ryan Martindale 1 year, $715,000 [36] July 16, 2014 Brandon Pirri 2 years, $1.85 million [37] July 18, 2014 Dmitri Kulikov 3 years, $13 million [38] July 29, 2014 Jimmy Hayes 1 year, $925,000 [39] September 3, 2014 Aaron Ekblad 3 years, $11.325 million entry-level contract [40] March 14, 2015 Steven Kampfer 2 years, contract extension [41] March 29, 2015 Kyle Rau entry-level contract [42] April 1, 2015 Mike Matheson entry-level contract [43] April 9, 2015 Josh Brown entry-level contract [44] April 12, 2015 Jaromir Jagr 1 year [45] May 28, 2015 Brett Olson 1 year [46]

Draft picks

The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[47] On April 15, 2014, the Panthers won the draft lottery to jump ahead of the Buffalo Sabres and secure the first selection in the draft.^[48]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	1	Aaron Ekblad	D	Canada	Barrie Colts (OHL)
2	32	Jayce Hawryluk	RW	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
3	65^[a]	Juho Lammikko	RW	Finland	Assat U20 (FIN U20)
4	92	Joe Wegwerth	RW	United States	USA U-18 (USHL)
5	143^[b]	Miguel Fidler	LW	United States	Edina Hornets (MSHSL)
7	182^[c]	Hugo Fagerblom	G	Sweden	Sweden Jr. U18

Draft notes

• The Florida Panthers' third-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent a third and fourth-round pick (72nd and 102nd overall) both in 2014 to San Jose in exchange for this pick.^[49]
      San Jose previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014 that sent a first-round pick and the Rangers sixth-round pick both in 2014 (20th and 179th overall) to Chicago in exchange for a first-round pick in 2014 (27th overall) and this pick.^[50]
      Chicago previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 2, 2014 that sent Brandon Pirri to Florida in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2016 and this pick.^[51]

• ^[a]The New York Islanders' third-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent a third-round pick in 2015 to New York in exchange for this pick.^[49]

• Florida's fifth-round pick went to the New York Rangers, as the result of a trade on July 20, 2012 that sent Casey Wellman to Florida, in exchange for this pick.^[52]

• ^[b]The Pittsburgh Penguins' fifth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Marcel Goc to Pittsburgh in exchange for a third-round pick in 2015 and this pick.^[53]

• Florida's sixth-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils, as the result of a trade on September 28, 2013 that sent Krys Barch and St. Louis' seventh-round pick in 2015 to Florida, in exchange for Scott Timmins and this pick.^[54]

• ^[c]The Florida Panthers’ seventh-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on July 5, 2013 that sent George Parros to Montreal in exchange for Philippe Lefebvre and this pick.^[55]
       Montreal previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent a seventh-round pick in 2013 to Florida in exchange for this pick.^[56]

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