The Florida Panthers went on an improbable and impressive run all the way to the Stanley Cup Final last season on the backs of some impressive performances from major fantasy hockey stars. Stars that are now once again in the news, some for good reasons and others not so much. Aaron Ekblad and Brandon Montour have returned to the Panthers' lineup just in time to see its captain in Aleksander Barkov go out with what could have been a much more serious injury following a knee-on-knee hit.

Are the Panthers for real? What do you do with Barkov in the meantime and the other blue-line options now back in the fold? Tune in and find out. You can also discover some of the top fantasy hockey players off to bad starts that could benefit from a change of scenery.

Such as Columbus Blue Jackets stars in Patrik Laine and Johnny Gaudreau, both of whom were benched last game and both seem to be lost in the sauce. Others that could benefit from a move elsewhere would be Calgary Flames forward Elias Lindholm, New York Islanders big man Anders Lee, and of course, currently struggling netminder Juuse Saros.

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