Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: The Panthers ipapo vakatanga eyeing defenceman Jay Bouwmeester, uyo akanga widely tipped kuti vakasarudzwa wokutanga zvachose sarudza panguva
Gwaro ra2002. Zvisinei, ipapo maneja mukuru 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 yekutanga sarudzo 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".