Locked On Panthers - Daily Podcast On The Florida Panthers

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to break down day one of the Men's Olympic Hockey Tournament, where Finland fell to Slovakia 4-1, and Sweden survived a scare against Italy 5-2. Florida had four players dress in the two games, and depsite Finland losing by three, the Panthers Finns held their own in the first game, and Gustav Forsli...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Jacob Winans( @JakeW_8 ) for another edition of Winans Wednesday, where the two preview the Men's Olympic Hockey tournament. The guys over the International Rules for the games, and go group-by-group as the tournament begins on Wednesday. The guys discuss who will take gold in Milano Cortina, but...

Team USA Women shock Team Canada with a dominant 5-0 victory—has the balance of power shifted in Olympic hockey? Gil Martin leads the debate with David Morassutti and Glenn Dreyfuss, spotlighting the Americans’ airtight defense, standout performances from Hannah Bilka and Laila Edwards, and the historic inclusion of three Black players in a single Olympic game. The crew questions if Team Canada ca...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to answer your mailbag questions. What are the Panthers options with the top-10 protected pick? Will people believe that it wouldn't be rigged if they end up first overall? Is goalie an option in round one? Should the Panthers "go for it" regarding their low playoff chances? How will Balinskis and Vi...

Team USA and Team Canada dominate the Olympic women’s hockey tournament—are they locked in for another gold medal showdown? Hilary Knight breaks records while Marie-Philip Poulin’s injury sparks new questions. Is Sweden or Czechia ready to crash the party and claim bronze, or is the gap still too wide? Glenn Dreyfuss, Gil Martin, and Kyle Kjer spotlight the rivalry series, competitive edge from th...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) discusses the confusion throughout the hockey world on the conditions from the Seth Jones trade from last March. It was believed that leading up to Friday morning, that the first round pick that the Panthers packaged to Chicago for Jones was unprotected. However, NHL Insider Frank Seravalli tweeted the order...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Nich Fairbanks( @Prudentia0 ) to break down the Panthers 6-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Florida already came into the game without Aaron Ekblad, Brad Marchand, Evan Rodrigues and Tobias Bjornfot out of the lineup, and an NHL Debut made from Panthers D Mikulas Hovorka. Although the Panthers c...

On today's edition of the Locked On Florida Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Jackson Holzer( @jholzer52 ) to break down the Panthers 5-4 shootout win over the Boston Bruins. Despite the win, Florida played a sloppy brand of hockey where they gave up clean lanes to the net that had them blow an early lead. Special teams came to play in the second period, as they got two pow...

On today's edition of the Locked On Florida Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Jacob Winans( @JakeW_8 ) for another edition of Winans Wednesday. The two discuss the announcement of Sam Bennett being named to Team Canada for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, replacing Lighting Center Anthony Cirelli. The announcement also indicates how Bennett's injury that he suffe...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Florida Panthers Historian Francisco Oporta( @FLACatsHistory ) to break down the Panthers 5-3 loss to the Buffalo Sabres, where the Panthers got off to a great start, getting the first two goals of the game, and by the time we got to the final five minutes, the Sabres were able to erase the Panthe...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to break down the Panthers 2-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets at home where they blew a third period lead and could not get an insurance goal, especially with how dominant they were in the first period. It's not three straight losses how their playoff odds have gone down significantly. With the injuries a...

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, as the two broke down the Panthers 5-4 loss to the St. Louis Blues, losing in the final seconds of the third period. Although the Panthers got the first goal of the game, the Blues controlled play from there as they did not hav...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) was joined by David Dwork( @DavidDwork ) of The Hockey News and The Hockey Show to discuss the latest as the NHL is one week away from their Olympic roster freeze. Trades are starting to come to fruition and one big fish has been made available, and it's a player that the Panthers have attempted to sign in t...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to break down the Panthers 4-3 loss to the Utah Mammoth. The Panthers were continuing to play to their game from their recent road trip, but mistakes cost got them chasing the game. It's another game where the fourth line got on the scoresheet, and did so twice after Paul Maurice swapped winger placi...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to break down the two wins for the Panthers in Minnesota and Chicago, getting four points and completing a perfect road trip. Minnesota has been a great place to play as of late, where they couldn't say that before 2020. Brad Marchand made his return to the lineup and was impactful with a two-goal pe...

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, as the two recappe the Panthers 2-1 shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets. A low event hockey game where neither team had 20 shots through 60 minutes and only one goal each to show for, needed more than 60 to determine. After an...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Jacob Winans( @JakeW_8 ) for another edition of Winans Wednesday, as the two discuss the big blow for Seth Jones as he will miss the 2026 Winter Olympic games. This must mean that he is unlikely to return to the Florida Panthers lineup when it is eligible to come off of LTIR on January 27th. There...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to break down the Panthers' 4-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks on Monday night, where it was the much anticipated return of Matthew Tkachuk. Both teams came out of the first intermission scoreless, and within seven minutes of the second period, the Panthers found themselves down three goals, due to poor...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to break down the Panthers 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night, bouncing back after a poor performance in Carolina the night before. Paul Maurice went one-by-one on the Panthers bench to thank them for bouncing back, and one of the many examples of the culture being in a great plac...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here with Nich Fairbanks(@Prudentia0) for another edition of Fairbanks Friday. The two broke down the Panthers 9-1 loss against the Carolina Hurricanes, where they did not give themselves a single chance to win. The Canes were well in control of the game from the start, and it looked like the Panthers wer...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to discuss the Panthers and D Uvis Balinskis agreeing to a two-year contract extension that will carry until the 2027-28 season, the Panthers have six players on their D corps locked up until 2028, which breeds continuity. What does this mean for the Panthers salary cap situation come this offseason?...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Jacob Winans( @JakeW_8 ) for another edition of Winans Wednesday. The Cats were back at practice, where we got new updates on Matthew Tkachuk and Brad Marchand. While the return is imminent, AJ Greer has stepped up nicely in the mean time. The Panthers will have to be cap compliant when Tkachuk re...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in TJ Peterson( @Parallelcircle ) from Panther Pourri to break down the Panthers' 4-3 win against the Buffalo Sabres, giving Buffalo their second loss in the last 15 games. The Panthers were the faster team on the night winning races to the puck and the ability to counter attack, making life difficul...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to break down the Panthers 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday night as the Cats turned it on after giving up the first goal off a strange bounce, Panthers made a change to the power play placing alternating Gustav Forsling and Uvis Balinskis on the top power play units, and getting two goal...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) is here to break down the Panthers 6-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens where the Panthers fell behind early again and had to play the catchup game. Already without Brad Marchand, the lineup was shuffled with AJ Greer on the second line, and the special teams with different personnel, the Panthers injuries are r...