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Friday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
ESPN’s Burning questions for all 32 NHL teams this preseason article had this to say about the Florida Panthers. It was strange to see the Panthers outside the playoff mix last season — but perhaps it was inevitable they’d slide down the standings following multiple championship runs (and minus captain Aleksander Barkov for the season). But this isn’t the same team it was in 2025-26. The Panthers broke the internet — again — trading for Brady Tkachuk to enhance a ...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Brendan Dunphy
The Florida Panthers selected 19-year-old Californian Brendan Dunphy in the seventh round of the 2025 NHL Draft at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. After going undrafted in 2024, the Panthers took Dunphy with the 197th pick after the physical defenseman scored four goals and added 18 assists in 47 games with the Western Hockey League’s Wenatchee Wild. He joined the club after startng the season in the BCHL with the Langley Rivermen (19 games, six assists) after the Wild acquired his rights...
Wednesday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
Sportsnet’s Ryan Dixon examines the best, worst scenarios for every Atlantic Division team . Let see what he had to say about the Florida Panthers. Key additions Brady Tkachuk, W; Jacob Markstrom, G; Radko Gudas, D; Garnet Hathaway, W; Akira Schmid, G; Lars Eller, C Key subtractions Sergei Bobrovsky, G; Evan Rodrigues, W; Mackie Samoskevich, W; A.J. Greer, W; Daniil Tarasov, G Cap space today $34,286 Best case A fourth trip to the Stanley Cup Final i...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Cole Zurawski
The Florida Panthers chose energetic, shoot-first forward Cole Zurawski in the sixth round (181st overall) of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft in Buffalo, NY. During his draft season, Zurawski put up 24 goals and 22 assists in 63 games for the Owen Sound Attack during his second OHL campaign after recording 16 goals and 15 assists in his first year in the league, which was split between the Flint Firebirds and Owen Sound. The Attack acquired the then 16-year-old via trade on January 8, 2025. ...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Emil Pieniniemi
The Florida Panthers acquired defenseman Emil Pieniniemi from the Pittsburgh Penguins on June 13, 2026 for the rights to forward Oliver Okuliar. Pieniniemi was selected by the Penguins in the third round (91st overall) of the 2023 NHL Draft. During his draft season he played 31 games for Kärpät’s team in the U20 SM-sarja, finishing with one goal and 12 assists, and he also made his Liiga debut for the organization. He was chosen tenth overall by the Kingston Frontenacs in t...
Saturday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
In Sportsnet’s One player who has to deliver for every Atlantic Division team writer Ryan Dixon tabbed Jacob Markstrom has the man who has to come through for the Florida Panthers. Look around the Cats lineup and, even for a team coming off a horrendous injury-filled season, there are a lot of sure things. You can’t say that about the crease. The one prominent UFA to leave the championship nest in the past few summers was goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, for whom the Cats obviously didn...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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: Shea Busch
The Florida Panthers selected burgeoning power forward Shea Busch in the fourth round (128th overall) of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft at Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles. During his draft season, Busch split his time between the Vernon Vipers of the BJHL, where he played the year prior, and the WHL’s Everett Silvertips. In 22 games with the Vipers, Busch totaled 12 goals and five assists. His numbers in Everett were a respectable 11 goals and eight assists in 39 games. It was his performan...
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...
Wednesday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
Sportsnet’s Top 10 most impactful NHL moves made this summer had a couple of Florida Panthers-related bits, including the blockbuster deal that brought Brady Tkachuk to South Florida and the departure of two-time Stanley Cup-winning goalie Sergei Bobrovsky. 2. Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers The Panthers missed the playoffs after going to the Stanley Cup Final three years in a row, leading to action from GM Bill Zito. He beat everyone to the punch by making a bombshell trade to...
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...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Ryder Cali
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...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Marek Alscher
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...
Friday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
We’re still in the midst of the hockey dog days of August, however, there were a smattering of interesting Florida Panthers tidbits on the interweb worth checking out. In The Athletic’s Ranking the best NHL players and prospects under 23 article, Cats forwards Sandis Vilmanis (ranked 133rd) and Simas Ignatavicius (ranked 138th) were placed in Tier 6 (Middle of the lineup player). Corey Pronman had this to say about Florida’s top two prospects: Vilmanis had a very positive season. He ...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Simas Ignatavičius
Just when it looked like the Florida Panthers were actually going make a first-round choice or two at the 2026 NHL Draft, they pulled a fast one on us and traded both picks to the Ottawa Senators for Brady Tkachuk and didn’t make their initial selection until early in the second round, when they took forward Simas Ignatavičius 40th overall. Born in Memphis, TN and raised in Lithuania, Ignatavičius became just the fourth player from that country drafted by an NHL team, joining Darius ...
Wednesday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
The Florida Panthers were ranked 27th (up from 29th last year) in The Athletic’s NHL Pipeline Rankings 2026: From Sharks to Avalanche, the best prospects and under-23 players article. Here’s what Corey Pronman had to say about Florida’s system and Top 8 under-23 prospects: The Panthers’ system isn’t the deepest, but they still have some solid young forwards like Sandis Vilmanis and Simas Ignatavicius. There isn’t much high-end skill after them; however, Florida has a decent number of...
Tuesday Florida Panthers Offseason Forum
It remains pretty quiet on the NHL landscape as we grind through August and make our way towards the opening of rookie camps around the U.S. and Canada. There is a little bit of internet scuttlebutt building that the Florida Panthers are doing their due diligence on Patrik Laine (contract?, PTO?) with Brad Marchand on the mend from his recent surgery. We’ll see what happens, but I don’t like the fit. There was some hockey played in Europe yesterday. Action from the preseason Sal...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Gracyn Sawchyn
After taking the opening round off at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft in Nashville, Florida Panthers general manager Bill Zito selected center Gracyn Sawchyn from the Western Hockey League’s Seattle Thunderbirds late in the second with the 63rd overall pick. Sawchyn is a hard-working, high-energy prospect who was somewhat polarizing among scouting services and hockey publications, who had him ranked anywhere from 13th to 90th, at the time. EliteProspects had this to say: Sawch...
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