Everyone Has Florida Back in the Top Five. The Panthers Spent the Summer Fixing the Half of the Rink That Was Going to Fix Itself.

Florida's bounce-back consensus rests on Barkov, both Tkachuks and a crease it says it fixed. The offence will come back. But the Panthers ranked 27th in slot shots against with the same blue line, and they replaced the 58th-ranked goaltender in the league with the 57th.