to come for hockey in South Florida. And to understand why Gudbranson was the perfect choice for the Panthers, we have to revisit an ugly incident earlier in the 2009/2010 season that changed everything.

The state of the Panthers was summed up the night ex-Philadelphia Flyers captain Mike Richards, landed a historically cheap head-shot on Panthers’ emerging star, David Booth. After Booth’s head was met by a flying elbow, he was wheeled off the ice on a stretcher with a severe concussion that has haunted him for years. On the other hand, Mike Richards walked off the ice after the game without having to face a single repercussion from any of Booth’s teammates for taking a run at him.

That night marked the Panthers as one of the softest teamsa nose cone of the turbomachine. The nose cone creates smooth airflow into the fan, particularly at the root of the blades, and also must be capable of withstanding bird strikes and preventing build up of ice. The nose cone 22 is located on an annular shoulder 24 of the nose cone support ring 16 and is connected at positions around the nose cone support ring 16 via abutting radial flanges 26.
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