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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 broke down the Panthers 4-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs in game one of their long six-game road trip. The Panthers were slow out of the gate where the Leafs were on from the jump. Florida would've been fortunate to...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Jim Biringer( @JimBiringer ) from Full Press Hockey to break down the Panthers 2-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche, bouncing back from a poor performance from the Winter Classic with a performance that was playoff-like against a contender in Colorado. The Avs were on the second end of a back-to-ba...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Florida Panthers/Marlins Historian( @FLACatsHistory and @MarlinsHistory ) Francisco Oporta to the show to break down the 2026 NHL Winter Classic from LoanDepot Park in Little Havana. The hype up to the event was everything that South Florida fans could ask for with the amount of people arriving fr...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) was joined by Jon Chik( @JChik17 ) of Locked On NY Rangers to preview the 2026 NHL Winter Classic from LoanDepot Park. The guys start off with what it means to have an outdoor game in Florida, which will be the first of it's kind, and the backlash that it's gotten for the game not being played in a "traditio...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is joined by NHL President of Events and Content Steve Mayer on the show to discuss everything in relation to the 2026 NHL Winter Classic. The two discuss the success of the Florida Panthers and how they earned an opportunity to host the game, history from past outdoor games to what future will look like, th...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Jacob Winans( @JakeW_8 ) to break down the Panthers' 3-2 OT loss to the Montreal Canadiens, where the Panthers blew a two-goal lead with five minutes to go. Neither team got on the scoreboard until the third period when man of the hour Brad Marchand, who had a pregame ceremony celebrating getting...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez(@Mandoman12) is here to break down the Panthers 5-3 win over the Washington Capitals, as it was another comeback win with Washington breaking the tie in the third, but the Panthers responding with three unanswered. It was a high event, high scoring period in the first with four goals combined, while the second provided zer...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) predicts the roster for the US and Canadian Olympic teams, which will be finalized this Wednesday, December 31st. Everydayer Club If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Kassi Coviello( @Kassi_Coviello ) of Chick in The Stands to discuss the Panthers 4-2 loss at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night where the Panthers were able to get 11 power play opportunities as the Bolts ended up going to the penalty box more often after a game with a bunch of...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here with Jacob Winans ( @JakeW_8 ) to discuss the Panthers 5-2 comeback win, where the Panthers looked lifeless after the first 40 minutes only registering 8 SOG's. The change for the Panthers was switching up the wingers in the middle six (Carter Verhaeghe and AJ Greer) and Head Coach Paul Maurice went...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to discuss one major hurdle that could get in the way of Matthew Tkachuk returning to the Panthers roster in time for the 2026 NHL Winter Classic. One important name in college football has now taken his work to the NHL, and recognized the Florida Panthers for their level of success over the last few...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to discuss the Panthers weekend back-to-back where they made history with coming back from down 3-0 with less than 10 minutes left in the third period to force overtime, and then getting the win in the shootout to get the two points to temporarily have them in a pl ayoff spot. It was always going to...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) and Nich Fairbanks( @Prudentia0 ) discuss what Panther fans had been hoping once opening night came around, where the hope was the team treading water as they are currently on a 6-1-1 stretch since December 4th. The Athletic put out an article on a poll of who has the best front office in all of sports, the...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) and Jacob Winans( @JakeW_8 ) broke down the Panthers' 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings, where the Panthers found themselves in a bit of a struggle keeping up with the Kings speed in their first game back from their long road trip. Luckily, only one goal against after one had the Panthers in striking distan...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Jackson Holzer( @JacksonH_52 ) to break down the Panthers 5-2 road win over the Tampa Bay Lightning as the Cats finished off the road trip getting six out of a possible eight points. Florida was able to get two goals quickly in less than four minutes after the Bolts put on some early pressure in t...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to break down the Panthers' 4-0 shutout win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday night for their first road shutout in Dallas since the 2011 season. Florida gave up 15 shots and kept Mikko Rantanen, Roope Hintz and Jason Robertson without. single shot on the even, but the key to the game was the ability...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) was joined by Nich Fairbanks( @Prudentia0 ) to break down the Panthers' 6-2 loss to the league-best Colorado Avalanche, where the cards were stacked against the Panthers before the game even started. With the Cats being on a second end of a back-to-back, Colorado coming off a loss from the last game of their...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Alex Lopez( @CF3234 ) from Panther Pourri to break down the Cats 4-3 OT win over the Utah Mammoth to start off their road trip with two regulation points. It was a slow start as the Panthers did not get their first shot on net until they were short handed, and on two occasions, they had to start t...

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 theming for the 2026 Winter Classic as discussed from President of NHL Events, Steve Mayer on how the field is going to look like at Loan Depot Park as they're going to mix winter and summer for the game. The Ath...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to discuss the back-to-back weekend where the Panthers got two wins in two different ways, and they defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 7-6 in OT after being down three goals, in the second period and getting their first win when going into the third period trailing, while also scoring the second late...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) brought in Joey Ganzi( @Mister_Joester ) to break down the Panthers 2-1 OT loss to the Nashville Predators, where the Panthers had the lead for the majority of the game, thanks to new dad Carter Verhaeghe., There were many opportunities to create insurance goals with six power play opportunities and even get...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to discuss how the math is against the Panthers being in last place and having to climb back up. Florida will have to play at a better points percentage than they did after the new year in 2023, but there is still time before they get there. Florida can't waste any time, but what do the odds say abou...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) was joined by Jacob Winans( @JakeW_8 ) to break down the Panthers 4-1 loss to Toronto, where it was the Leafs bottom six getting on the board in the first eight minutes of the contest. The same line of Dakota Joshua-Nicholas Roy-Bobby McMann were the ones to convert on the night as they created the first two...

On today's edition of the Locked On FLORIDA Panthers Podcast, Armando Velez( @Mandoman12 ) is here to discuss the Panthers 5-3 loss to the Calgary Flames, where it's another two-goal lead that the Panthers blew, this time with Daniil Tarasov in net for the Cats. Florida has been trying to do so much to create chances offensively that it's come at a sacrifice in their own zone, and it's resulting i...

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 two discuss the upcoming December schedule. With Sergei Bobrovskys sub-par play and four back-to-back's, we'll see more starts from Daniil Tarasov, but how do the Panthers handle the rest of the month? Will they be closer to...