Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  As such, we are delighted to present our pre-2025/26 revision of our top 50 Florida Panthers.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey, we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Panthers repeated as Stanley Cup Champions by again knocking off the Edmonton Oilers.  As such, there were multiple elevations, especially in the upper half of the Top 50.  Astoundingly, there was only one new entrant.

As always, we present our top five, which saw two changes. 

1. Alexsander Barkov
2. Roberto Luongo
3. Jonathan Huberdeau
4. Aaron Ekblad
5. John Vanbiesbrouck

You can find the entire list here.

We have a brand new #1 with Alexsander Barkov, who has supplanted Roberto Luongo for the top spot.  Sadly, Barkov will be out this season with a torn ACL.

Defenseman Aaron Ekblad has passed Goalie John Vanbiesbrouck for #4.

Center Sam Reinhart catapulted ten spots to #8.  He was the runner-up for the Frank J. Selke Trophy last season.

Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky went up a rung to #9.

Superstar forward, Matthew Tkachuk, skyrockets from #25 to #12. 

Another significant jump was Defenseman Gustav Forsling, who went to #13 from #26.

Center Carter Verhaghe also moved up substantially.  He climbed to #17 from #28.

Defenseman Dmitry Kulikov edged up to three spots to #18. 

Sam Bennett, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy last year, vaulted to #25 from #39.

The lone new entrant is Anton Lundell.  He debuts at #33.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

 

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023-24 revision of our top 50 Florida Panthers.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey, we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Florida finally did it!  They won their first Stanley Cup championship with a deep and talented squad.  As this franchise formed in the 1990s, last season’s accomplishments led to one of the most significant changes ever in our 50 franchise lists.

As always, we present our top five, which saw some significant changes:

1. Roberto Luongo
2. Alexsander Barkov
3. Jonathan Huberdeau
4. Aaron Ekblad
5. John Vanbiesboruck

You can find the entire list here.

Again, as this is still a young franchise, the changes were huge.

It was very tempting to put Barkov at #1, and perhaps it is a mistake not to have done so.  Barkov captained the Panthers to their first Stanley Cup, but Luongo was a first ballot Hall of Famer.  An average Barkov season will easily place Barkov at #1.

Aaron Ekblad, who was #5, moved up one spot to #4.

Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, who was third in Vezina Trophy voting, rocketed to #10 from #19.

We might have made a mistake in not ranking Sam Reinhart last year.  That has been corrected, and the sniper who lit the lamp 57 times last year is here at #18.

Defenseman Dmitry Kulikov, who began his second run in Florida last season, climbed to #21 from #26.

2022/2023 Second Team All-Star Matthew Tkachuk rocketed to #25 from #42.

Defenseman Gustav Forsling reached #26 from #35.

Center Carter Verhaeghe went to #28 from #34.

Defenseman Brandon Montour, who is now with Seattle, advanced from #36 to #30.

Center Sam Bennett jumped ten spots to #39.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Florida Panthers.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Florida had an excellent post-season, making it to the Eastern Conference Finals after shocking the Boston Bruins in the opening round.  Last year resulted in three new entries, and several elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which had no changes:

1. Roberto Luongo

2. Alexsander Barkov

3. Jonathan Huberdeau

4. John Vanbiesbrouck

5. Aaron Ekblad

You can find the entire list here.

Notably, Barkov was unable to surpass Luongo for the #1 spot, and remains at #2.  In addition, Ekblad also was not able to move up from his #5 rank.

Goalie, Sergei Bobrovsky, reached #19 from #23.

Forward, Carter Verhaeghe, is the first of two entries, coming in at #34.

Gustav Forling made it to #35 from #45.

The second of four new entries is Brandon Montour, who enters at #36.

Forward, Matthew Tkachuk, makes his first appearance at #42.

The last new entrant is Sam Bennett, who appears it at #49.

Completing the alterations is current San Jose Shark. Anthony Duclair, who was traded during last season, and fell behind newer entrants, but did enough to remain.  He is at #50.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Aaron Ekblad did as much as you could ask for in his rookie year, as the number one pick from the Barrie Colts scored 39 Points and won the Calder Trophy.  Ekblad never slowed down, showing exemplary two-way hockey and a healthy Plus/Minus on a team that for the most part has not been usually on the winning side of the ledger.  

Entering his ninth season of professional hockey, Ekblad is slightly over a .5 Point per Game player, an excellent number for a blueliner in the modern era.  Ekblad has now gone to two All-Star Games and is certainly capable of a third, as he showed by his 2021-22 career-high of 57 Points with a sixth-place Norris vote.  Since then, Ekblad proved valuable on Florida's back-to-back Stanley Cup-winning teams, 

Ekblad has more accolades in him, and it does not hurt that the Panthers are an elite and loaded squad.  He has a phenomenal chance to crack the top three on this list.