Uvis Balinskis

which means as of right now, the Florida Panthers could have $42 million in cap space to fill out nine roster spots.

So the situation for the Panthers then would be the expiring contract with Brady Kachuk, Dmitry Kulikov, and both goaltenders, along with Uvis Balinskis.

So looking at the situation for the Panthers, we know that eventually Brady Kachuk is going to be the highest paid Panther only for a few years.

But I just think of the goaltending situation where I was thinking once they made that break a truck trade and knowing that you had to pay him, the Panthers were going to have to do some bridge contracts again with goaltenders.

So I just wonder as well when it comes to the blue line, because it feels like, at least from just all the offseason moves that they made and knowing that it's not a bunch of turnover on their blue line is, is there really a chance for these blue liners like a Donovan Zabrango or a Alex Petrovich? Do they really have a chance to make the roster? Because we feel like for the most part, the seven defensemen are set for the Florida Panthers.

Forsling, Ekblad, Niko Mikula, Seth Jones, Budas, and Dmitry Kulikov, and then Uvis Balinskis, and then...

And then you look at Uwe Spolinskas, even though he's perceived as the seventh defenseman, he's played a whole bunch of playoff games for the Florida Panthers, especially when Aaron Eckblad was suspended multiple times, the first for the 20 games for the PEDs and carrying over to the playoffs.

and then him taking the forearm to Brandon Hagel and then concussing him, and then an additional two games.

But the silver lining is in that is that they came out of there with, uh, seven medals total, um, which doubled the amount they had in their, um, in their franchise's history.

And for the most part, the, for, for the Panthers coming into this season, really only there's one or two injury questions when it comes to the Florida Panthers in Brad Marchand, uh, and Jota Gadric, and maybe even Uvis Balinskis, because he did not play in the world championships.

But it's crazy to think that when the Florida Panthers decide to start maintaining guys and leaving them on the shelf, uh, for the rest of the season, you, I looked up and down about when certain guys's, uh, last games were.

I mean, you look at Uvis was, his last game was on March 10th.