Four years after pulling off a blockbuster trade to get Matthew Tkachuk, the Florida Panthers acquired younger brother Brady on Sunday evening. <\/p>\n
The trade to get Brady Tkachuk from the Ottawa Senators gives the Panthers perhaps the deepest top-9 forward group in the NHL. <\/p>\n
One could argue no team in the league is deeper 1-12 than the Panthers. <\/p>\n
Brady Tkachuk, who was captain of the Senators, plays on the left side. <\/p>\n
Which is awful convenient. <\/p>\n
Florida\u2019s top line once the season opens up should be Sasha Barkov centering Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Reinhart.<\/p>\n
That leaves the second line wide open for the Tkachuk boys and Sam Bennett.<\/p>\n
Bennett right in the middle; Brady on the left and Matthew on the right.<\/p>\n
Woof.<\/p>\n
Florida\u2019s third line remains intact with Anton Lundell centering Eetu Luostarinen and Brad Marchand. <\/p>\n
That leaves Evan Rodrigues, again, right now, centering a fourth line with a combination of different players including Jesper Boqvist, Jonah Gadjovich, Cole Reinhardt, Cole Schwindt, Sandis Vilmanis, and others moving in and out.<\/p>\n
With about $7 million under the salary cap, expect more trades from the Panthers. <\/p>\n
Right now, they just have a lot of players \u2014 and no goalies. <\/p>\n
ON DECK: FLORIDA PANTHERS\u00a0OFFSEASON<\/p>\n