Florida Panthers Power Rankings - 2012-13
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| WEEK | RECORD | RANK | COMMENT | |
| Week 15 | 15-27-6 | 30 | After an opening-night win, it was pretty much all downhill for the Panthers. | |
| Week 14 | 13-26-6 | 30 | The Panthers have lost six in a row and seven of eight and are completely out of gas, as they are now firmly entrenched as the NHL's worst team. Seth Jones, come on down. | |
| Week 13 | 13-22-6 | 29 | Injuries started from day one and never allowed the Panthers to get their heads above water. | |
| Week 12 | 13-20-6 | 28 | They might not have many points but the Panthers never quit, as was evident in their win Sunday over Ottawa. If there's a bottom-dwelling team that actually deserves the first overall pick, the Panthers might be it. | |
| Week 11 | 11-19-6 | 29 | Kudos to the Panthers and head coach Kevin Dineen for keeping the Panthers working hard and playing the role of spoiler as they've won two in a row and four of seven. | |
| Week 10 | 9-18-6 | 30 | A Panthers club decimated like no other team in the NHL is just playing out the string. | |
| Week 9 | 7-16-6 | 30 | The defending Southeast Division champs have put a lock on the designation as Worst Team in the NHL by a Country Mile. | |
| Week 8 | 7-13-6 | 30 | Massive injuries, slumping veterans and time to turn the page on the 2013 season. | |
| Week 7 | 6-11-5 | 30 | Things are pretty ugly in South Florida for the defending Southeast Division champs, who are dead last in the league by a wide margin in goals allowed per game and have only two wins in their past 12 outings, including being erased twice on the weekend by Carolina. | |
| Week 6 | 5-9-4 | 28 | When does GM Dale Tallon pull the plug and start the fire sale? Sooner rather than later. | |
| Week 5 | 4-6-4 | 28 | Speaking of collapses, the Panthers -- shut out by Montreal 1-0 in overtime earlier in the week -- couldn't hold a two-goal lead late against Tampa and allowed the tying goal with 10.4 seconds left in regulation and then gave up the winner in OT for their third straight overtime loss. | |
| Week 4 | 4-6-1 | 26 | Smoked 5-0 by the last-place Caps on Saturday, the Panthers get a quick shot at redemption with a Tuesday home date against Washington. | |
| Week 3 | 3-5-0 | 24 | The Panthers are starting to get healthy and starting to pull themselves out of an early-season funk. Their rally against the Sabres Sunday was their second straight win. | |
| Week 2 | 1-4-0 | 28 | A pile of injuries and perhaps the reality that the Panthers team overachieved last season has led them here. | |
| Week 1 | 0-0-0 | 10 | The Southeast Division might end up being the closest of the six divisions, but we still give the nod to its defending champs. The Panthers need to sort out injury issues and get Dmitry Kulikov signed, but there's lots to like. Keep an eye on rookie Jonathan Huberdeau. | |
| Preseason | 0-0-0 | 22 | I know Panthers fans will be all over me for dropping them so low, but this is about the big picture. I love where this team is going long-term. I think this year is about one step back to take two steps forward in the big picture. This organization is stacked with high-end prospect talent. Now, if they get Roberto Luongo after the lockout, I'll need to revise my take on them. | |
| Spring Training | 0-0-0 | 19 | We were on the Cats' bandwagon early last year and kudos to Dale Tallon and Kevin Dineen for delivering the team's first playoff berth since 2000. It won't get any easier in a suddenly compelling Southeast, but if the Panthers do end up with Roberto Luongo, as many believe will ultimately be the case, we like them as a playoff team once again. | |
