Toggle sidebar

OT: Florida Panthers All-Time Number Team: #17

Status
Not open for further replies.
Panthers Rock

Panthers Rock

Rebuild 10.0
Apr 17, 2006
6,286
43
Winter Springs, FL
Hey guys, I thought I might start a new fun set of threads that's designed to go through all the numbers Panthers players have ever worn. Each thread will be a poll to decide the best player for that number. When this is all done, I'll put together a list of the Florida Panthers All-Time Number Team

Notes:
  • Some numbers only have one player, so they will represent it by default (and we won't have a thread for them), and obviously some numbers have never been worn and will be skipped.
  • If a player wore more than one number for the Panthers, they will be eligible for all numbers worn. If a player wins a number, they cannot be eligible for another.
  • The voting only matters for the time that player was a Florida Panther. Ignore their work for any other team.
  • In the case of a tie after the 72 hours has completely run out on a poll, we will have a run-off poll to decide that winner.

So far:
Number|Name
1| Roberto Luongo
2| Terry Carkner
3| Paul Laus
4| Jay Bouwmeester
5| Aaron Ekblad
6| Jason Woolley
7| Dmitry Kulikov
8| Peter Worrell
9| Stephen Weiss
10|Pavel Bure
11|Bill Lindsay
12|Olli Jokinen
13|Juraj Kolnik
14|Ray Whitney
15|Jozef Stumpel
16|Aleksander Barkov
Click to read more...
 
iam76

iam76

Registered User
Sep 30, 2011
10,264
4,509
Connecticut
i mean Ryan Johnson maybe??? I bet most dont remember him... but even now i think back to him always being dependable defensive center... good faceoff guy.. pker....

seems like when he hit 82 games or so in his career he would put up 7 goals 14 assists or so...
but now that i look he put up those numbers with us when he was #29 sooooooooooo

Mac it is.
 
FlaPnthrsPunk

FlaPnthrsPunk

Registered User
Apr 17, 2006
4,830
7
Coral Springs, FL
Some real cringers on this list. I chose DMac, but I gave Winchester some consideration as he's a very similar player who plays with tons of effort on the 4th line. I remember Ryan Johnson also providing tons of effort for a Bottom 6 forward. I don't remember Matt Cullen being too bad, but he wasn't here for long. The others yeah....
 
ShootIt

ShootIt

Registered User
Nov 8, 2008
18,338
5,556
Winchester was a unexpected good 4th liner for us.

I rooted for McArdle to succeed due to him having a studdering issue(I had one up until my teenage years).

But, Derek MacKenzie is the best option here.
 
Givememoneyback

Givememoneyback

HFBoards Sponsor
Sponsor
Oct 10, 2007
24,225
12,487
While Johnson brought a similar game and was part of one of my favorite if short lived fourth lines (Worrell-Johnson-Ward), I gotta go with DMac here.
 
Prominence Problem

Prominence Problem

"Some may never live, but the crazy never die."
Sponsor
Dec 14, 2002
16,228
8,664
Blue Jay Way..
In the #13 thread I said that number was cursed, but it doesn't even compare to the list of players who have worn #17 here.

#17 is our most worn sweater with 16 players dawning it (the all-time numerical roster states Jody Hull wore #17, but unless he wore it in '98 before he was traded I can only find him in #12 :dunno: )
Many of these players who wore #17 were high potential draft picks of the Panthers who never really seemed to live up to their draft hype:

Washburn - 3rd round, #78 in '93
Johnson - 2nd round, #36 in '94
Podollan - 2nd round, #31 in '94
McArdle - 1st round, #20 in '05

Part of me wants to vote for Hay as he is a local guy to me (as is Hull), both 20 min. away.

There's so many just OK players it makes it hard to choose. I feel like MacK will win because he is the most current Panther to leave an impression on us. Everyone else was so average it almost hard to remember.

But what I do remember is Johnson could never seem to catch a break here. Whether it wasn't be in with the coaching staff's good books, or injuries ('02), or just couldn't get a chance ('99 - 1 GP, 1 G). He was the original DMacK.


I am going to vote for Johnson, but if anyone can find evidence of Hull wearing #17 (even though most of his damage was done in #12), then my vote will change. I will hold off voting until I hear back, and will then vote for Johnson before the poll closes.
 
LUUUUUIS

LUUUUUIS

Registered User
Nov 2, 2011
1,866
13
Florida
I voted for this guy.

anigif_enhanced-buzz-18880-1428590380-5.gif
 
AwesomePanthers

AwesomePanthers

Maybe next season
Aug 20, 2009
10,301
134
How can McKenzie wins this so easily? Only played a half season here and already the best. Kind of sad for the others.
 
Wander

Wander

Registered User
May 12, 2014
605
86
Easy to vote for the current guy when he's having a good season in a team playing the best regular season hockey in its history.

May be unfair for some of the other guys, but most people here - like me - probably didn't see them play and statistically nobody really stands out.
 

Clint

Registered User
Jul 14, 2003
6,937
604
Acadmus said:
Where's #18 and on? I missed most of the votes, I'm getting impatient to get my say :sarcasm:
Click to expand...
It's because you've become old and crotchety.

What am I saying, you've always been old and crotchety.
 
Android 16

Android 16

Registered User
Jun 23, 2011
9,985
516
Florida
AwesomePanthers said:
How can McKenzie wins this so easily? Only played a half season here and already the best. Kind of sad for the others.
Click to expand...

Greg Adams: Was a part of nothing, not very good, hardly remembered.
Viacheslav Butsayev: Was a part of nothing, not very good, hardly remembered.
Matt Cullen: Good player, but ownership ruined it by trading him.
Mike Foligno: Good player, but wasn't here for too long.
Dwayne Hay: Was a part of nothing, not very good, hardly remembered.
Ryan Johnson: Was a part of nothing, not very good, hardly remembered.
Filip Kuba: Was a part of nothing, not very good, hardly remembered, horrible contract.
Derek MacKenzie: Hard-working fan favorite who is a part of something right now and hopefully that something doesn't stop anytime soon.
Jon Matsumoto: Played like 1 game, who cares.
Kenndal McArdle: Was a part of nothing, not very good, hardly remembered.
Garth Murray: Was a part of nothing, not very good, hardly remembered.
Jason Podollan: Was a part of nothing, not very good, hardly remembered.
Dave Tomlinson: Was a part of nothing, not very good, hardly remembered.
Steve Washburn: Was a part of the early runs, but doesn't stick out in terms of skill whatsoever. Not really remembered.
Jesse Winchester: Similar to Dmac, but was a part of nothing.
 
Prominence Problem

Prominence Problem

"Some may never live, but the crazy never die."
Sponsor
Dec 14, 2002
16,228
8,664
Blue Jay Way..
PantherboyHTR said:
In the #13 thread I said that number was cursed, but it doesn't even compare to the list of players who have worn #17 here.

#17 is our most worn sweater with 16 players dawning it (the all-time numerical roster states Jody Hull wore #17, but unless he wore it in '98 before he was traded I can only find him in #12 :dunno: )
Many of these players who wore #17 were high potential draft picks of the Panthers who never really seemed to live up to their draft hype:

Washburn - 3rd round, #78 in '93
Johnson - 2nd round, #36 in '94
Podollan - 2nd round, #31 in '94
McArdle - 1st round, #20 in '05

Part of me wants to vote for Hay as he is a local guy to me (as is Hull), both 20 min. away.

There's so many just OK players it makes it hard to choose. I feel like MacK will win because he is the most current Panther to leave an impression on us. Everyone else was so average it almost hard to remember.

But what I do remember is Johnson could never seem to catch a break here. Whether it wasn't be in with the coaching staff's good books, or injuries ('02), or just couldn't get a chance ('99 - 1 GP, 1 G). He was the original DMacK.


I am going to vote for Johnson, but if anyone can find evidence of Hull wearing #17 (even though most of his damage was done in #12), then my vote will change. I will hold off voting until I hear back, and will then vote for Johnson before the poll closes.
Click to expand...

It will forever remain a mystery if hull ever wore #17.

So therefore I vote for Johnson.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Ad

Latest posts

Upcoming events

Ad

Ad

Top Bottom