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The Florida Panthers were an absolute disaster during 2000s because they failed at drafting good players despite having high picks nearly every year. If the Florida Panthers drafted well during those years, they could have perhaps build a playoff caliber team or even a contendening team. In this blog, i will redraft the Florida Panthers from 2000-2010s. Rules for the redraft: Must select a player in every round Must draft 4 players in every draft 2000: 58-Paul Martin over Vladimir Sapozhnikov 77-Lubomir Visnovsky over Robert Fried 115-John Michael Liles over Chris Eade 120-Henrik Lundqvist over David Parley This draft wasn't very good but the Florida Panthers still manage to draft by far the best player in the draft in Henrik Lundqvist as well as 3 good defenseman in Paul Martin, Lubomir Visnovsky and John Michael Liles. 2001: 4-Mikko Koivu over Stephen Weiss 34-Mike Cammalleri over Greg Watson 68-Tomas Pleckanec over Grant McNeill 169-Jussi Jokinen ove...

The 2007 Draft was loaded with talent with Patrick Kane going first overall to the Chicago Blackhawks but there were a ton of mistakes made after that selection. If the 2007 draft were to be redrafted, the landscape of the NHL would be very different.. *Check out previous redrafts on my blog before continuing with one* 1. Chicago Blackhawks-(RW) Patrick Kane Original pick: Patrick Kane Chicago Blackhawks still select Patrick Kane; he is already one of the 100 greatest players of all time and should be a hall of famer. Patrick Kane has put up over 1,000 points in less than 1,000 regular season games and has 123 points in 127 playoff games. Patrick Kane is a game changer and is threat to score or set up a teammate every time he is on the ice. 2. Philadelphia Flyers-(LW) Jamie Benn Original pick: James Van Riemsdyk James Van Riemsdyk had a great NHL career but he's not the difference maker that Jamie Benn would be for Philadelphia Flyers. Jamie Benn had 6 seasons w...