Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin rani na 1997 Gagner ya sake motsawa, ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar kyauta tare da Florida Panthers. Gagner zai ciyar da kakar wasa daya da rabi a Florida kafin ya shiga cikin cinikin kasuwanci a ranar 17 ga Janairu, 1999. Gagner, tare da Ed Jovanovski, Mike Brown, Kevin Weekes da zaɓaɓɓen zagaye na 1 na Florida (Nathan Smith) a cikin NHL Entry Draft na 2000
an yi ciniki zuwa Vancouver a musayar ga superstar Pavel Bure, Bret Hedican, Brad Ference da Vancouver ta 3rd zagaye zabi (Robert Fried) 2000 NHL Entry Draft.