That added depth combines with an abundance of high-end talent already in place. Bolstered by limited graduations in the past seasons, the Panthers prospect pool is overloaded with former first-round picks like Owen Tippett and Grigori Denisenko --players who are legitimately on the cusp of making impacts with the NHL club.

On top of that, the Panthers have a high-end piece in-net, with Spencer Knight, and a difference-maker down the middle in Anton Lundell, taken 12th-overall last October.

While their prospect pool lacks projectable NHL defenders, it's flush down the wing, with many prospects projecting as depth players at the very least.

If the “NHL’s” version of the Rosetta Stone existed, I wouldn’t be surprised if Lundell authored it.

Lundell is all details. His hockey sense, in terms of h