On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) brought in Nich Fairbanks(@Prudentia0) for another edition of Fairbanks Friday. The two discuss where the roster stood at the time (this morning's transactions were announced after the recording), and what's the likelyhood of having less preseason games. The two also give their thoughts on the ESPN+ Championship Film and make their final roster predictions. We discuss this and more on today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast: Your Team, Every Day. Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast pla ..read more

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) brought in Jacob Winans(@JacobWinans8) for another edition of Winans Wedesday. The two break down the Panthers' 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning as the Panthers youth outlasted the Bolts' veteran players on Wednesday night from Amalie Arena. There were standouts in the cases of Sandis Vilmanis, Josh Davies, Zac Dalpe, and Patrick Giles, and Spencer Knight that truly shined as it's almost decision time for the coaching staff on who will stay and who will go. The guys will give their thoughts on the craz ..read more

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) is here to break down the Panthers 3-1 loss against the Tampa Bay Lightning from Sunrise on Monday. It was a low event hockey game that lacked physicality, but was to be expected in the preseason. The Panthers had to go the final 25+ minutes without Evan Rodrigues as AJ Greer stepped up to the second line. Will Erod be out long term or miss any games at all? Also, the Cats PP scored 18 second with a full top unit together for the very first time, will the concerns about the man advantage from the offseason ..read more

After years of dominating the NHL’s Atlantic Division, is this finally the year one of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruin, Florida Panthers or Tampa Bay Lightning fall out of the playoff picture? Or will their long run owning the division continue? On this special Locked On NHL Season Preview Round Table, Ian McLaren (Locked On Bruins), Josh Sperber (Locked On Lighting), David Morassutti (Locked On Leafs) and Armando Velez (Locked On Panthers) team up to preview the 2024-25 NHL season from the prospective of the Atlantic Division’s contenders. Can the Panthers repeat as Stanley Cup Champion ..read more

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) is here to break down the weekend that was for the Florida Panthers splitting the home-and-home against the Carolina Hurricanes. Each games had some impressive performances regardless of the score, including the likes of D Mike Benning and F Ryan McAllister getting in on the scoresheet. As we hear more news on the injury front, all signs point to Patrick Giles being the fourth line center for the Cats come opening night with the status of Tomas Nosek up in the air and Mackenzie Entwistle leaving Friday's g ..read more

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) is here to break down a bizarre hockey game from the Kia Center in Orlando where the Panthers blew a multiple two-goal leads in the contest, where we saw a combined 15 goals, five on the PP, one short handed, and nine of them in the third period after the Panthers made a goalie change in the final 20 minutes. A roster filled with young players and guys fightning for roster spots, we how Adam Boqvist and Nate Schmidt run a power play, along with being paired together at 5-on-5, along with Patrick Giles cent ..read more

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) is here to discuss the latest in the world of the Panthers as Amazon will be presenting their new series Faceoff: Inside the NHL, which Matthew Tkachuk will be featured in Episode's 3 and 6 of the series. We also have more news on the new Panthers streaming app in their new partnership with Scripps Sports. There is news on the injury to F Tomas Nosek and Mackie Samoskevich, who are the guys who have the biggest opportunity with these two guys hurt? Do we still see Mackie back soon? We also got an indicatio ..read more

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) is here to discuss the latest in the world of the Panthers as Amazon will be presenting their new series Faceoff: Inside the NHL, which Matthew Tkachuk will be featured in Episode's 3 and 6 of the series. We also have more news on the new Panthers streaming app in their new partnership with Scripps Sports. There is news on the injury to F Tomas Nosek and Mackie Samoskevich, who are the guys who have the biggest opportunity with these two guys hurt? Do we still see Mackie back soon? We also got an indicatio ..read more

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) is here to break down the Panthers' wins in both games of the double header by an aggregate score of 9-4 in the two games. The first game had most of the youngsters playing together, but both games had the top lines setting the tone for the Cats. Game number two saw the PP on fire going 3/3 in the game and the first period. Second game saw the Panthers style of play closer to what we saw in the postseason with the veteran heavy group. Is Spencer going to start in the AHL regardless of how he does in the pr ..read more

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) is here to discuss the first three days of training camp, including the buzz from that came from fans being present at practice on Saturday for fan fest. We discuss the injury update to F Mackie Samoskevich and when we will see him on the ice next. We discuss what the defense pairs have looked like through the first three days and what to expect and what the coaching staff wants to take away from the mixed pairs, and who we should expect to see play later on this afternoon as the Panthers will play a split ..read more