Florida Ships Away Pending Free Agents, Gains Assets

The Florida Panthers were expected to be one of the most active teams at the deadline this year, but that didn't exactly happen. Yes, they made a few moves -- shipping Dennis Seidenberg to Boston, for one -- but it wasn't the fire sale that many thought was coming.

Still, Panthers fans are generally happy with the day.

Here's Donny Rivette at SBN's Litter Box Cats:

From where I sit, this was a semi-successful day, from the angle of the Panthers getting some decent assets for a departing unrestricted free agent. Lots more could have been done, of course, but as the GM stated, anything less than full value for Florida's current crop of players - love them or hate them - is simply not acceptable. Today's result only ups the ante on Panthers management to perform in a big way at the draft in June.