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• #FlaPanthers: With 11 Games Left, Cats Keeping Things Simple ... Brian Campbell Having Career Year ... Alex Petrovic Heading to San Antonio

  BY GEORGE RICHARDS grichards@MiamiHerald.com

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  With 11 games left in their regular season, the Panthers promise they aren't looking too far ahead.

  Although they pulled off their fourth straight win for the first time since 2008 on Saturday against Buffalo, veteran players know how quickly things [...]

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• Florida Panthers Get Elusive Fourth Straight Win, Top Sabres 3-2 as SO goes Seven Rounds ... Kulikov has Two of Cats' Five SO Winners

  BY GEORGE RICHARDS Twitter: @OnFrozenPond Facebook: On Frozen Pond

  For more than 17 minutes of Saturday's game, Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller had nothing to do but check out the creative St. Patrick's Day costumes in the crowd surrounding him.

  The Panthers had been pinned back in their own zone and had [...]

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• Panthers Wojtek Wolski Warms Up in South Florida ... Sabres Try to Keep Cats from Elusive Fourth Straight Win

  BY GEORGE RICHARDS Twitter: @OnFrozenPond Facebook: On Frozen Pond

  The numbers suggest Wojtek Wolski is a player whose game improves once his scenery changes. He vehemently disagrees with that assessment. For good reason. 

  In the three times the talented Panthers winger has been traded, his scoring production has increased.
  When Colorado [...]

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• Panthers Add to Bruins Woes, Roll 6-2 for Third Straight Win ... Cats Get Goals from Six Different Players, 3-0 on Four-game Homestand

  BY GEORGE RICHARDS Twitter: @OnFrozenPond Facebook: On Frozen Pond

  Whether he intended the pun or not, Panthers coach Kevin Dineen compared the slumping Bruins to a “wounded bear” before Thursday night's game in Sunrise. 

  Boston may be the defending Stanley Cup champions and may lead the Northeast Division, but they sure [...]

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• #FlaPanthers Walking Wounded Close to Return: Versteeg, Kulikov, Upshall Back Saturday?

  Kevin Dineen smiled when asked about his injured players working out on Thursday.

  He's about to get a few more options when it comes to his lineup. 

  Kris Versteeg (hip), Dmitry Kulikov (knee surgery) and Scottie Upshall (sports hernia surgery) won't play tonight against the Bruins. But they all could be [...]

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• It's Official: Florida Panthers 'JetBlue' Third Jerseys No More ... Cats Wearing Third Sweaters One More Time

  The Florida Panthers will hold their annual 'Shirt off our Backs' promotion next Sunday when the team plays the Islanders instead of the traditional final day of the season.

  Why?

  Because they are trying to get rid of their Sunday JetBlue* third jerseys.

  That Sunday will be the last time the team [...]

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• Panthers Riding Jose Theodore Down the Stretch ... Kris Versteeg Feeling Better ... Struggling Bruins in Town on Thursday

  BY GEORGE RICHARDS Twitter: @OnFrozenPond

  It would have been real easy for the Panthers to sit Jose Theodore last Friday night against the Penguins.

  It was, after all, Florida's second game on consecutive nights with a third game coming the following Sunday.

  Coach Kevin Dineen instead went back to Theodore, lifting any [...]

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• Florida Panthers Jack Skille Could be Lost for Season ... Kris Versteeg, Dmitry Kulikov Close to Return

  
  BY GEORGE RICHARDS Twitter: @OnFrozenPond

  Winger Jack Skille injured his shoulder after colliding with Bergenheim during Florida's shootout loss at Pittsburgh last week and could be lost for the rest of the season.

  General manager Dale Tallon said he didn't know the extent of the injury because he hadn't [...]

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• Who Owns the Leafs? The Florida Panthers Move to 4-0 v Toronto with 5-2 Win ... Cats Score Five Goals in Each of Four Wins

  BY GEORGE RICHARDS Twitter: @OnFrozenPond

  The Toronto Maple Leafs have a new coach since the Panthers last saw them, yet not much has changed.

  Not only are the Leafs still losing at a remarkable clip, but the offensively-challenged Panthers continue to score a lot of goals on them.

  And if the Panthers [...]

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• Dale Tallon: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade Comments OK With Florida Panthers ... He Wants Manning With Dolphins as Well

  BY GEORGE RICHARDS Twitter: @OnFrozenPond

  PITTSBURGH -- Both LeBron James and Dwyane Wade have made their case in trying to get Peyton Manning to sign with the Dolphins, basically saying they want all the teams in South Florida to succeed. With one exception.

  Guess who was left out?

  Wade tweeted that he [...]

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