Locked On Panthers - Daily Podcast On The Florida Panthers

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Colby Guy( @ColbyDGuy ) of PucksAndPalms. Com to break down the Panthers' 4-3 OT win over the Vegas Golden Knights in a rematch of the 2023 Stanley Cup Final, where the Panthers found a way to win while being down a skater due to their fair share of injuries and the salary cap constraints came wit...

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 break down the Panthers' 3-2 OT loss against the Vancouver Canucks in their first game of their three-game homestand. It was the battle of the two goaltenders between Kevin Lankinen and Sergei Bobrovsky, but it was Lank...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Jacob Winans( @JacobWinans8 ) for another edition of Winans Wednesday. The two break down the ceremony with the Panthers and Blue Jackets honored Johnny Gaudreau in Columbus' Home Opener, where they brought in the family as well as hanging a banner of Gaudreau and the number 13 on it. After all th...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) breaks down the Panthers' 4-3 win over the Boston Bruins. Florida came in once again going 11F-7D with Uvis Balinskis taking the fourth line winger spot, and Paul Maurice telling the media that Matthew Tkachuk will be out at least until 10/22. Florida went back to the scene of the crime where they clinched b...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to break down the Panthers 5-2 loss at the hands of the Buffalo Sabres, where they were without Aleksander Barkov (week-to-week) and Matthew Tkachuk (illness), and having to roll 11F-7D on the night. In addition, Spencer Knight played his first NHL since February 18th, 2024, his first performance bac...

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 are here to break down the Panthers' 3-1 loss at the hands of the Ottawa Senators. The Sens looked like the more desperate team coming out of the gate as they out skated the Cats in the first 20 minutes with multiple ch...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to break down Carter Verhaeghe's new contract with the Cats, which will kick in next season at $7M AAV. The core is now locked up until the end of the 2029-30 season, but Panthers President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Zito gave himself some future flexibility in the case that Florid...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Jacob Winans ( @JacobWinans8 ) to the show for another edition of Winans Wednesday. The two discuss the night that was from Sunrise as the Panthers Raised the Banner, and got back to business in a dominant performance against their arch rivals, the Boston Bruins. The Panthers were shot out of a ca...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to break down the Panthers' Ring Ceremony (shifted from public to private) on Monday night and the details of the ring itself as the players, management, equipment staff, etc. got to put a cherry on top from what was an incredible run to winning their first championship in franchise history. The Pant...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Florida Panthers Historian Francisco Oporta( @fjojr and @FLACatsHistory ) to discuss the latest in the world of the Cats. The Panthers' Stanley Cup Ring Ceremony has unfortunately been canceled due to the incoming storm of Hurricane Milton, there is still no word on Tuesday's season opener. There...

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+ Champi...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Florida Panthers PA Announcer Andrew Imber( @ImberVoice ) to discuss his summer celebrating the Stanley Cup Championship. We discuss the roller coaster of emotion from Game 4 of the Final to the team finding a way to clinch it in a seventh game at home with the whole world watching. We discuss Imb...

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 Da...

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. W...

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 (Locke...

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 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...

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. T...

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 t...

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 t...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to continue the conversation from media day. In this edition, we discuss what Aleksander Barkov, Sam Reinhart and Nate Schmidt had to say during their media availabilities. How much is Barkov excited to head back to Finland for the Global series? What were the boxes that Reinhart checked when choosin...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to break down the first day of media day. In part one of two, we discuss what we heard from Paul Maurice, Sergei Bobrovsky and Matthew Tkachuk and the takeaways on their approach to a new season. We discuss this and more on today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast: Your Team, Every D...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Jacob Winans( @JacobWinans8 ) to discuss the Panthers Agreement with the Broward County Commissions to extend their lease until 2033, with possibilities for two possible 5-year extensions that could finish in 2038 and 2043. After getting a 5-3 vote in 2015 to remain in Broward, the Panthers franch...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Wes Goldberg( @wcgoldberg ) of Locked On Heat to the show to discuss the Stanley Cup paying a visit to the Kaseya Center on Monday, where Aleksander Barkov and Anton Lundell were present along with Heat Head Coach Erik Spoelstra and Jaime Jaquez jr. were present as Championship organization met Ch...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Josh Appel( @JoshAppel ) from 560 WQAM on to the show. The two discuss their views on the short offseason, and being part of Thomas "Train" Anderson's Day with the Stanley Cup, along with the added buzz of Florida Panthers day at Loan Depot Park. The other Southeast teams that the Panthers are com...