Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A lokacin kakar wasa ta farko, Bitz ya kafa kansa a matsayin dan wasa na jiki a cikin NHL, halayyar da ya zama wanda aka fi so a Boston. Bayan wasanni 45 tare da Bruins a cikin 2009-10 duk da haka, an yi musayar shi zuwa Florida Panthers, tare da Craig Weller da zaɓaɓɓen zagaye na biyu a cikin
2010, a musayar Dennis Seidenberg da kuma Matiyu Bartkowski, a ranar 3 ga Maris, 2010. Kwana takwas bayan sayen sa daga Panthers, ya sami rauni a ƙasan jikinsa, wanda ya fitar da shi don wasanni huɗu. A wasan farko da ya dawo, ya zira kwallaye na farko da na farko a matsayin Panther a ranar 20 ga Maris a cikin rashin nasara 3<unk>1 ga Buffalo Sabres. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, ya sami rauni a gwiwar hannu wanda ya tilasta masa ya rasa sauran wasanni takwas na kakar wasa. Tsakanin Boston da Florida, Bitz ya zira kwallaye 5 da maki 11 a wasanni 52 a kakar wasa ta biyu ta NHL.