The two-time Stanley Cup champions are finding themselves in an unfamiliar situation this season. The Florida Panthers could actually look to sell off a body or two as we approach the March 6th trade deadline. 

One pending unrestricted free agent that could become trade fodder is physical bottom-six forward AJ Greer, per analyst Jason Gregor on the DFO Rundown.

An AJ Greer type player, I just wonder, what type of value he might have for a (rival) team? He has won some Cups… He’s a very defined role player, but those types of guys, man, he comes in… he’s physical, and he can play. So I wonder if a team is looking for a little more aggressiveness… I know that’s Florida’s M.O., but are they gonna want to keep both him and (Jonah) Gadjovich?

Both heavy-hitting forwards are pending UFAs. Greer has proven himself in two seasons in Florida as a contributor both on the physical end of things (222 hits last season, 145 thus far this year), and even on the offensive side of the puck a bit this season, with 11 goals and 21 points. 

Gadjovich has yet to show much offensive touch, but his gritty, fearless, imposing physical presence has also been a boon to the Cats in limited minutes on the fourth line. 

The Panthers are in a difficult position cap-wise after all the spending last summer, so Gregor’s point about likely only wanting to keep one or the other of Greer or Gadjovich is well taken. 

Florida has played the whole season without its top player, captain Aleksander Barkov, as well as the entire first half without another key leader, Matthew Tkachuk. As a result, they find themselves in last place in the Atlantic Division, eight points back of a Wild Card spot.  

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