Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I te raumati o te tau 1997 ka neke ano a Gagner, ka haina i tetahi kirimana kaihoko koreutu me nga Florida Panthers. Ka noho a Gagner i te tau me te hawhe i Florida i mua i tana whakauru ki tetahi tauhokohoko nui i te Hanuere 17, 1999. Ko Gagner, me Ed Jovanovski, Mike Brown, Kevin Weekes me te whiringa tuatahi a Florida (Nathan Smith) i te Draft Entry NHL 2000
i tukuna ki Vancouver hei utu mo te whetu Pavel Bure, Bret Hedican, Brad Ference me te whiringa a Vancouver mo te rauna tuatoru (Robert Fried) 2000 NHL Entry Draft.