After a season in which they scored an NHL-worst 2.27 goals per game on average, the Florida Panthers will enter the 2013-2014 season with a handful of new faces that will try and improve on last year’s stagnant offense. Newcomers like rookie Aleksander Barkov and veteran Brad Boyes will look to make headlines during their first year wearing Panther red, while South Florida mainstays such as Kris Versteeg and Jonathan Huberdeau are set to add to their growing Panther resumes. Although winger Tomas Fleischmann has quietly led the team in scoring for the past two season, this new influx of offensive talent may finally place a new face atop the Panthers’ scoring charts.

Just days away from opening night and the final roster nearly in place, the question can now be posed  - who will lead the Panthers in scoring this season?

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