Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - The Panthers yakabva yatanga kutarisa mudziviriri Jay Bouwmeester, uyo aifungidzirwa nevakawanda kuti aizosarudzwa somunhu wokutanga pakusarudzwa kwese kwedrafiti ya2002. Zvisinei, maneja mukuru wenguva iyoyo Rick Dudley akatumira Florida yekutanga sarudzo kuColumbus Blue Jackets, iyo yakasarudza winger Rick Nash, uye mukudzoka, maPanthers akagamuchira kodzero yekutengeserana kwekutanga-kutenderera sarudzo neBlue Jackets mu2003 Draft
, kodzero iyo isina kushandiswa apo maPanthers akagamuchira sarudzo yekutanga yakazara muna 2003 zvakare. Atlanta Thrashers, mushure mekusarudza muchengeti wepagedhi Kari Lehtonen wechipiri chose, vakazivisa kuti maPanthers akavapa sarudzo mbiri dzekusarudza kuti vavimbise kuti Bouwmeester achiri kuwanikwa pakusarudzwa kweFlorida. Bouwmeester akasarudzwa wechitatu chose chose nePanthers. Murairidzi mukuru panguva iyoyo Mike Keenan akati, "Hatina kufanira kuita izvozvo... Jay angadai akava nhamba-imwe kudai takanga tachengeta chisarudzo ichocho".