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mikez9999

Tomas Zubrus
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Forum: Mock-DraftJul. 11, 2021 at 2:13 p.m.
Thread: Reply with how you like your teams pick/picks
As a guy who follows the Panthers, I feel like Olausson although would add to winger depth, is not the replacement needed for the elephant in the room. Keith Yandle being bought out of his contract is seemingly inevitable at this point. A potential sleeper D-Man and someone who I have going to the Panthers is Everett Silvertips defenseman Olen Zellweger, he really impressed me with his play at the U18's and while Yandle can play decent on the Power Play, defensively, he's abysmal. Zellweger may not be the biggest guy but he's a smooth skating D-Man who on special teams would quarterback the powerplay and would be a pest to play against in other situations. He's also reliable defensively which is one of the biggest needs the Panthers' LHD core needs.

With that said, I like Olausson as a player and he would certainly find a role in the top 9 sooner rather than later, but right now I don't believe he is the solution to the Panthers problems.