The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Florida Panthers were two of the teams set to play in the Panthers rookie camp tournament that would begin on September 15.
↵Unfortunately, that's also the date that the NHL has decided to lock out the players if a new CBA has not been ratified. The good folks at Raw Charge, SB Nation's Lightning blog, aren't encouraged by what this means:
↵↵So, the Panthers decided to nix the camp this season. Consider it the first of what could be many casualties of the ongoing and unsettled labor dispute. I don't even want to think about what will be nixed next. I do know that the lingering issue is ruining my revelry in the 20th Anniversary season for the Lightning, which the team has been promoting since the 2012 NHL draft.
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