The opportunity is there for Patrick Giles to make the Florida Panthers’ Opening Night roster. And with a little more than a week left in the preseason before things begin for real on Oct. 8 when Florida hosts the Boston Bruins to begin their Stanley Cup title defense, Giles is doing everything right to make his case.

The Florida Panthers are entering their final week of training camp. Florida is in the midst of an intense preseason stretch in which they’re playing five games in eight days, one that wraps up following the home and home with Tampa Bay that starts Monday night in Sunrise.

Florida Panthers President of Hockey Operations & General Manager Bill Zito announced today that the Panthers Roster has been reduced to 42. Florida’s roster consists of 25 forwards, 12 defensemen and five goaltenders.