Jacob Markstrom will start the 2011-12 season as Florida's number two netminder. He beat out Tyler Plante for the position after Scott Clemmensen went down with a knee injury. "It was a good battle to try to earn that roster spot. At the end of it, it was performance based," coach Kevin Dineen said. "It wasn't potential based for me. We're not here to sell the future. Guys who perform well on ice are going to earn their way into the lineup and that's the way the situation played out." Markstrom is highly regarded as a strong goaltending prospect, but he struggled last year in the AHL with Rochester.