Revisiting the Panthers’ Trade of Nathan Horton to the Bruins
In 2010, Florida Panthers general manager Dale Tallon and Boston Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli made a deal with ramifications for both franchises for a few seasons. On June 22,…
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Friday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
Florida Panthers prospect Vilho Vanhatalo lit the lamp in Tappara’s 6-3 win over HC Bílí Tygři Liberec in opening day action from the 2026-27 Champions Hockey League. The game was played at Nokia Arena in Tampere. It was the 18-year-old’s first top-flight goal and came with Tappara up a man. You can check out the nasty power-play snipe here: https://x.com/ScoutWithAnni/status/2095562340351549603 The Panthers were ranked first in Sportsnet’s Top 10 teams most likely to make the playof...
3 burning Panthers questions entering 2026-27 NHL season
The Florida Panthers have dominated the 2020s. They were Presidents’ Trophy winners at the beginning of the decade. And in the middle part, they went to three straight Stanley Cup Finals. Of course, they won two of those Cups in 2024 and 2025. Unfortunately, the 2025-26 campaign was a painful one, literally and figuratively. The […] The post 3 burning Panthers questions entering 2026-27 NHL season appeared first on ClutchPoints .
2026-27 NHL team preview: Florida Panthers
The 2024 and 2025 Cup champs fell apart last season. Are the now-healthy Panthers contenders to win it all in 2027?
Brad Marchand is correct about the Senators’ leadership void
Heartbreaking, but we have to give it up for Brad Marchand: he’s certainly correct about the Ottawa Senators’ leadership void. As summer comes to an end, the Senators are still without a captain, after Brady Tkachuk engineered a trade to the Florida Panthers, joining his brother Matthew in pursuit of an elusive Stanley Cup. Ottawa…
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Shamar Moses
The Florida Panthers selected right wing Shamar Moses in the fifth round (129th overall) of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft held at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. After putting up 25 points in his first year in the OHL with the Barrie Colts, Moses began his draft season in Barrie, where he played five scoreless games before he was traded to the North Bay Battalion. He totaled 12 goals and 36 assists in 61 games with North Bay. He collected three assists in five postseason games as the Battalion...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Shamar Moses
The Florida Panthers selected right wing Shamar Moses in the fifth round (129th overall) of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft held at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. After putting up 25 points in his first year in the OHL with the Barrie Colts, Moses began his draft season in Barrie, where he played five scoreless games before he was traded to the North Bay Battalion. He totaled 12 goals and 36 assists in 61 games with North Bay. He collected three assists in five postseason games as the Battalion...
Dallas Stars Reportedly Among 4 Teams Interested In Patrik Laine
DALLAS — The Dallas Stars are among four teams with reported interest in unrestricted free agent winger Patrik Laine, Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen reported Tuesday. Garrioch listed the Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers, Dallas, and the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Ottawa Senators discussed signing Laine, according to Garrioch, who wrote that a deal […]
Report: Patrik Laine's Free-Agent Decision Down to 5 Teams
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...
Flames forward Jonathan Huberdeau had ‘little bit of a setback’ in recovery from hip surgery
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…
Brad Marchand Takes Shot at Tim Stutzle's Potential Captaincy
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...
Wednesday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
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...
Get the best of Cat Scratch Reader on the new SB Nation app
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 […]
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Vilho Vanhatalo
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...
NHL Off-Season Rankings: No. 4, Florida Panthers
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.
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Arvid Drott
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...
Could The Panthers Acquire Hellebuyck And Create An NHL Super Team?
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?
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Luke Coughlin
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...
Old Is New: 10 Things To Watch In The 2026-27 NHL Season
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
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Hunter St. Martin
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...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Mads Kongsbak Klyvø
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...
Brady Tkachuk lists Vancouver and Seattle as Canadian cities he didn’t get booed in
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…
Every NHL Team's All-Time Starting Lineup
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 […]
Revisiting the Predators & Panthers’ Tomas Vokoun Trade
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…
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Ludvig Jansson
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...
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