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Cat Scratch Fever: NHL Panthers Hope Acquisitions Result In Renewed Interest

No team in the NHL is "making a bigger splash in refashioning itself" this offseason than the Panthers, and that "splash has created a wake ... an awakening for a stagnant franchise and fandom," according to Greg Cote of the MIAMI HERALD. The team Friday will introduce several recent acquisitions, including D Ed Jovanovski and G Jose Theodore, and after "flat-lining for years," the team is "right to feel reborn by the nine new players." The Panthers have not made the playoffs since '00 and have just one postseason win since making the Stanley Cup Final in '96. Panthers GM Dale Tallon "helped build the Chicago Blackhawks into champions," and Panthers fans are "not wrong to believe Tallon might do here what he managed in Chicago." However, his "honeymoon is done and the hard work of marriage begins." Signing Jovanovski "has that warm, rosy feel -- he reminds fans of the halcyon days, of rubber rats" -- but questions remain about whether his four-year, $16.5M deal can be justified. Cote: "The wisdom of Tallon's free agency bounty relies on other ifs turning his way. ... Meanwhile change itself is enough for now, for a franchise stagnant for way too long" (MIAMI HERALD, 7/8).

TICKET PRICES GOING UP? Panthers President & COO Michael Yormark indicated that the team is "considering an increase in season-ticket prices that would take effect on July 15." Yormark said, "We don't expect a significant increase, but our prices are now on the lower end of the NHL, and at some point we have to come up to the league average" (PALM BEACH POST, 7/8).

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