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The Panthers open the season on a long road trip but they get points and now a veteran team is ready for a long haul of a season that hopefully ends with them hoisting The Stanley Cup.

The 2026-27 Florida Panthers season preview show is here with Doug Plagens live on the West Coast. They play some postgame sound from after last night's game vs. the Anaheim Ducks. Special guest Tim Reynolds from the Associated Press joins the show as they talk about the early West Coast road trip and the roster so far without Barkov, with his injury happening on Thursday night against the Sharks. To end hour 1, Doug Plagens and Trevor Harris predict the league awards for this upcoming season. In hour 2 doug plays some practice sound from Monday afternoon as they are in Los Angeles; they hear from Sam Reinhart and Paul Maurice. We hear from Julian McKenzie as he covers the NHL for The Athletic. They talk about how it’s kinda like wrestling now and how the Florida Panthers are like the NWO. Billy Lindsay joins the show as they talk about the first 3 games this season as they are on the west coast, expectations with Markstrom in net, and so much more. To end the show, Doug and Trevor Harris give out their playoff predictions for this upcoming season in the NHL

Doug and Trevor Harris give out their playoff predictions for this upcoming season in the NHL

Billy Lindsay joins the show as they talk about the first 3 games this season, as they are on the west coast, expectations with Markstrom in net, and so much more.

Julian McKenzie as he covers the NHL for The Athletic. They talk about how it’s kinda like wrestling now and how the Florida Panthers are like the NWO

Doug Plagens and Trevor Harris predict the award winners for the upcoming NHL season. There is a lot of chalky answers, but it's definitely worth to look forward to for the season

Tim Reynolds from the Associated Press joins the show as they talk about the early West Coast road trip and the roster so far without Barkov, with his injury happening on Thursday night against the Sharks and so muich more

The Panthers open the season on the road in a great way but what about Barkov?

Doug Plagens and Bill Lindsay are back together for the 2026 Florida Panthers draft show. They recap the latest that’s going on in the NHL and the Florida Panthers. Joining the show, Florida Panthers Forward Sam Reinhart joins Doug and Billy Lindsay as they talk about the offseason, draft stories, and so much more. They talk about the draft and who the Toronto Maple Leafs will take at number 1.Doug Plagens and Billy Lindsay talk about the draft after the Toronto Maple Leafs selected Gavin McKenna from Penn State. Doug and Billy talk to a season ticket holder who’s been with the Florida Panthers since day 1, David Frauman joins, and he talks about his story from why he got the tickets and how he’s still kept them since the 1993-94 Season. He talks about how he became a Florida Panthers fan, why he loves the sport of hockey, and so much more. They talk about the Hockey hall of fame class for 2026 and so much more. Doug Palgens and Billy Lindsay talk about all the picks going off the board right now in the top 10. We hear from the newest Florida Panther, Garrnett Hathaway, that they got him via trade from the Philadelphia Flyers. We also hear from draft stories from Sam Bennett and Seth Jones and what was going on through the process. WPTV Anchor, Mike Trim, joins the draft show as they talk about Panthers' growth, his experience at the Olympics, his new show on WPTV Panthers 360, and so much more.

Doug Palgens and Billy Lindsay talk about all the picks going off the board right now in the top 10. We hear from the newest Florida Panther, Garrnett Hathaway, that they got him via trade from the Philadelphia Flyers. We also hear from draft stories from Sam Bennett and Seth Jones and what was going on through the process. WPTV Anchor, Mike Trim, joins the draft show as they talk about Panthers' growth, his experience at the Olympics, his new show on WPTV Panthers 360, and so much more.