Patrik Laine continues to train in south Florida for the upcoming NHL season, and with training camps kicking off in the very near future, many around the league are surprised he's yet to sign a new contract. From the sounds of it, we won't be waiting much longer. Bruce Garrioch: Re Patrik Laine: There is reportedly interest from the Maple Leafs, Panthers, Stars and Lightning - Ottawa Citizen (9/1) According to Senators beat reporter Bruce Garrioch, the Senators are among five teams interested...
Folks, one of the biggest question marks for the Calgary Flames heading into the 2026-27 campaign centres on the health of their highest-paid player, Jonathan Huberdeau. Acquired in a blockbuster trade with the Florida Panthers in July 2022 coming off a season where he set the single-season assists record for a left wing, Huberdeau signed…
If the Ottawa Senators and Florida Panthers weren't considered rivals before this season, expect to see the heat turned up to 1000, as these two teams have no other option but to hate each other now. With Brady Tkachuk, the Senators former captain demanding a trade to his brother Matthew in Florida, it's left a vacant 'C' in Ottawa. Turns out, the Senators are working through the motions right now of naming a new captain, and one player who's in the conversation is Tim Stutzle. Yes, the very s...
The New Jersey Devils acquired forward Luke Evangelista from the Nashville Predators on Tuesday. Nashville received a conditional first-round pick and a second-round selection in the 2028 NHL Entry Draft. New Jersey previously received the conditional first-round pick from the Calgary Flames in a trade for defenseman Simon Nemec on June 23. Evangelista had a career-high 56 points (12G/44A) in 81 games with the Predators in 2025-26.
The New York Rangers singed unrestriced free agent forwar...
It’s a big day for Cat Scratch Reader. Today, the SB Nation app is live, and it’s the best way to follow the Panthers. You can download it by searching SB Nation for iOS or Android. A year ago we made some big changes to our community, including offering fewer ads and the addition of […]
The Florida Panthers selected forward Vilho Vanhatalo in the sixth round (168th overall) of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft held at KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY.
This feisty Finn spent the majority of the 2025-26 season anchoring Tappara’s U20 team in the SM-sarja, where he posted 10 goals and nine assists while racking up 43 PIM in 38 games.
His impressive performance earned him eight games with the men’s squad in Liiga, where he recorded his first professional assist.
Vanhatalo retu...
As part of TheHockeyNews.com's current series ranking the off-seasons of every NHL team, we're focusing today's article on team No. 4 – the Florida Panthers.
The Florida Panthers selected right-shooting forward Arvid Drott in the sixth round (192nd overall) of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft held at Peacock Theater in La La Land.
While his name suggests an origin in the Star Wars universe, Drott is a toolsy Swede who put up an impressive 18 goals and 18 assists in 40 games for the Djurgårdens organization’s high-scoring squad in the J20 Nationell during his draft season. His 36 points were good for seventh-most on the team, which included Viggo Björc...
It's wild to think about considering their salary cap space and already moving mountains to acquire Brady Tkachuk earlier in the off-season. But could the Florida Panthers find a way to acquire Winnipeg Jets superstar Connor Hellebuyck?
The Florida Panthers selected left-shot defenseman Luke Coughlin in the sixth round (191st overall) of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
Before being chosen by the Panthers, the mobile two-way blueliner played two seasons for the Rimouski Oceanic after being taken fourth overall in the first round of the 2021 QMJHL Draft.
Coughlin was limited to just 37 regular season games during his draft year, totaling five goals and 14 assists. His 19 points were one mor...
The 2026-27 NHL season has a throwback feel. The schedule is returning to 84 games. Mike Babcock is back behind a bench. And the Panthers are doing their best Broadstreet Bullies impression
The Florida Panthers selected wiry forward Hunter St. Martin in the sixth round of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft at the astounding Sphere in Paradise, Nevada.
During his draft season, the smooth-skating left wing produced 24 goals and 28 assists in 68 regular season games for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League. His 52 points were a 30-point improvement over his total in his first full season in the league.
In the WHL playoffs, St. Martin scored a goal and added four assi...
The Florida Panthers selected Danish winger Mads Kongsbak Klyvø in the fourth round (112th overall) of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles. It was the trade-happy Cats first pick of the event.
Klyvø spent the majority of his draft season with Frölunda HC’s junior squad in the J20 Nationell. He put up impressive numbers for a 17-year-old, recording 14 goals and 15 assists in 42 games. In the postseason, he was even more productive, amassing four goals and eight points in six games play...
Apparently, former Ottawa Senator and now Florida Panthers forward Brady Tkachuk thinks Seattle is a Canadian city. On the Wingmen podcast with Matthew and Brady Tkachuk, the brothers began discussing a game in which Brady was booed in Calgary. He sounded surprised by the fact that they would boo him, considering he cheered for…
Building an all-time team for each NHL franchise is no easy task. With decades of star players to choose from, narrowing each roster down to just six names creates plenty of difficult decisions. Below, we’ll select one left winger, one center, one right winger, two defensemen, and one goalie for all 32 NHL teams. The […]
On draft day in 2007, the Florida Panthers acquired goaltender Tomas Vokoun from the Nashville Predators in exchange for a 2007 second-round pick, a 2008 first-round pick, and a 2008…
The Florida Panthers selected mobile, right-handed defenseman Ludvig Jansson in the fourth round (125th overall) of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft at Bell Centre in Montreal.
Jansson appeared in 47 games with Södertälje SK of HockeyAllsvenskan during his draft season, posting two goals and five points, which ranked seventh among under-20 defensemen in the league which sits on the second level of the Swedish hockey pyramid.
The 6-foot, 181-pound Stockholm native also appeared in three inter...
In July 2022, in the aftermath of a season where he set the single-season National Hockey League assists record for a left wing, Jonathan Huberdeau was traded to the Calgary Flames as part of a blockbuster transaction that sent Matthew Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers. In August 2022, then-Flames general manager Brad Treliving inked Huberdeau…
Some of my favorite sports uniforms are red. This has always been true, and my choices of teams to support have only reinforced that. (A chicken-egg situation?) Other than the Miami Marlins (who did have the snazzy Sugar Kings red jerseys a few years back), the Miami Heat, the New England Patriots (god, I love those red throwbacks ), Liverpool, Barcelona, and MY Florida Panthers all have red(-ish) uniforms.
I therefore feel uniquely qualified to contribute a ranking of red jerseys across th...
The Florida Panthers selected center Ryder Cali in the second round (48th overall) of the 2026 NHL Draft, using the pick they acquired from the Washington Capitals for Justin Sourdif.
Cali has a very interesting hockey background as his mother, a Canadian, was a professional player toiling in Switzerland who continued to suit up during the first trimester of her pregnancy with Ryder.
When he was three, his family moved from Switzerland to the Cayman Islands, where Cali started off pl...
Let’s take a trip back in time to March 7, 2025 — a day so consequential that it paved the way for the next two Stanley Cup champions, significantly changing the balance of power atop the NHL. Just minutes before the trade deadline that afternoon, the Florida Panthers acquired Brad Marchand from the Boston Bruins,…
Patrik Laine is one of the most intriguing unrestricted free agents still available. It’s been widely rumored and speculated where he’ll end up. However, I think the Florida Panthers could…
Dating back years, the Calgary Flames were seemingly forced to trade Matthew Tkachuk when he made it clear he didn’t see a long-term future with the Flames, and they decided…
The Florida Panthers first selection of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft at Bell Centre in Montreal was defenseman Marek Alscher of the WHL’s Portland Winterhawks, who was taken in third round with the 93rd overall pick.
During his draft season, Alscher appeared in 61 regular season games with the Winterhawks, producing seven goals and 16 points, while racking up 48 PIM and posting a plus-20 rating. Well regarded for his defensive play, Alscher helped the Winterhawks, who placed third in the West...
The Ottawa Senators traded captain Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers this offseason. Tkachuk requested a trade away from the Canadian capital after spending his entire career there to date. Now, he plays with his brother Matthew in Sunrise. Meanwhile, Tim Stutzle and his Ottawa teammates are left to pick up the pieces. Stutzle is […]
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