Panthers Could Make A Larkin Trade Work - At A Painful Price

Florida can make the math work if it wants Dylan Larkin badly enough, but the real question is whether the bill is worth paying. The Hockey Writers frames it like a classic contender’s dilemma, where the cap sheet and the asset cost start fighting each other in public. That is how these conversations usually go when a team is hunting for one more difference-maker. The Panthers may have a path here, but it is the kind that asks for real pain up front.