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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...
Sunday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
Florida Panthers forward Brad Marchand confirmed on social media that he recently underwent a procedure that will keep him off the ice for the near future. Marchand was supposed to play in former teammate Zdeno Chara’s charity game in Slovakia on Friday, but confirmed he would not be able to take part. While Marchand may not be ready for the start of the 2026-27 season, the Panthers have the depth to absorb his temporary absence. The Sherbrooke Phoenix beat the Victoriaville Tigres 3-1 in...
Saturday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
We are a week away from the end of the eight-year maximum contract in the NHL. Will Pittsburgh Penguins winger Ville Koivunen be the last or will someone else beat the buzzer? Check out TSN’s Have we seen the last eight-year deal in the NHL? article for more. The Montreal Canadiens signed restricted free agent forward Sasha Pastujov to a one-year, two-year contract worth $850K. Pastujov was acquired by the Canadiens from the Anaheim Ducks on July 27. He played 71 games with the San Diego ...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Tyler Muszelik
Under general manager Bill Zito, the Florida Panthers like to go goalie late in the NHL draft and at the 2022 event at Montreal’s Bell Centre, that’s exactly what they did, selecting Tyler Muszelik in the sixth round with 189th overall pick. Muszelik appeared in 16 USHL games with the United States National Team Development Program during his draft season, posting a 10-3-2 record, 3.71 GAA and .900 save percentage. Over 34 career USHL games with the USNTDP, Muszelik compiled a 15-13-4 rec...
Thursday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
In case you missed it, yesterday was Florida Panthers day on NHL.com. Start with the Inside look at the Cats and from there you can link to articles about the club’s three biggest questions , top five prospects , fantasy projections and NHL Edge stats . The Vancover Canucks signed forward Adam Novotny to a three-year, entry-level contract. Vancouver selected Novotny with the 24th overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. Novotny put up 34 goals and 31 assists in 58 games for the Peterborough Pe...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Sandis Vilmanis
The Florida Panthers selected Latvian foward Sandis Vimanis in the fifth round (157th overall) of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft at Belle Centre in Montreal. During his draft season, Vilmanis played in 40 games with Luleå HF’s junior team in Sweden’s J20 Nationell, where he tied for the club lead with 18 goals and ranked third in points with 32. On the international stage, the 6-foot-1, 192-pound Riga native skated in four games with Latvia at the 2022 IIHF U18 World Junior Championship, w...
Tuesday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
In The Athletic’s Hockey Hall of Fame tiers, 2026 edition: Which active NHL stars are headed for induction? Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov was one of three players in the second tier, Probably in — and still rising along with Cale Makar and Auston Matthews. Here what writer’s Peter Baugh and Max Bultman had to say about the category and Barkov. A good case could be made that any of these three players belong in the top tier. Each already has the requisite on-ice peak, ind...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Kirill Gerasimyuk
The Florida Panthers took Russian goaltender Kirill Gerasimyuk in the fifth round (152nd overall) of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft after selecting forward Mackie Samoskevich and defensemen Evan Nause and Vladislav Lukashevich earlier at the event. During his draft year, Germasimyuk appeared in 27 games with SKA-Varyagi St. Petersburg of the MHL. The 17-year-old recorded a 14-13-0 record, .931 save percentage, 2.59 goals against average and four shutouts. Gerasimyuk also played up a tier in fiv...
Sunday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
Canada routed the United States 8-1 to win the 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta. Maddox Schultz and Liam Pue each produced two goals and an assist and Landon DuPont, the early favorite to go first overall in the 2027 NHL Draft, finished with four assists. Gunnar Conboy scored the lone goal for the Americans. Finland took the Bronze medal, rallying from two down to defeat Slovakia by a 3-2 count. Roni Kuukasjarvi scored the game-winner on the power play with 6:3...
Saturday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
The dog days of summer drag on, but hockey was played yesterday in Edmonton at the 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Host Canada advanced to the final by pulling away from Finland for a 6-3 victory. They will meet the United States, who dispatched Slovakia by a 5-2 count to remain undefeated at the tournament. In the fifth place game Switzerland cruised to a 5-1 win over Czechia. Today’s schedule Bronze medal game: Finland vs. Slovakia 2 p.m. (Rogers Place) Seventh place game: Sweden v...
Friday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
The Pittsburgh Penguins made a big investment in their future, signing restricted free agent forward Ville Koivunen to an eight-year deal worth $4 million per season. Koivunen, acquired in the March 7, 2024 trade with Carolina that sent Jake Guentzel to the Hurricanes, had two goals and five assists in 39 games with Pittsburgh during the 2025-26 season. The Philadelphia Flyers have re-signed resticted free agent forward Nikita Grebenkin to a two-year contract that carries an average annua...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Simon Zether
The Florida Panthers grabbed forward Simon Zether in the fourth round (129th overall) of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft at Sphere in Las Vegas after they selected fellow Swedish forward Linus Eriksson in the second round and Russian defenseman Matvei Shuravin in the third. During his draft season, Zether impressively appeared in 42 Swedish Hockey League games for Rögle BK, collecting four assists for the club that finished in ninth-place in the fourteen team circuit. After winning its play...
Wednesday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
Florida Panthers Key arrivals: Brady Tkachuk, W; Jacob Markstrom, G; Radko Gudas, D; Akira Schmid, G; Garnet Hathaway, W; Lars Eller, C. Key departures: Sergei Bobrovsky, G; Mackie Samoskevich, W; Evan Rodrigues, W; A.J. Greer, W Grade: A The Panthers got the off-season going with a bang when they acquired Brady Tkachuk from the Ottawa Senators for a package built around the ninth-overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. That draft pick was on...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Jack Devine
The Florida Panthers capped off the 2022 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal by taking forward Jack Devine in the seventh round with the 221st overall pick. At this point, the selection continues look like a very good one, indeed. A product of the U.S. National Development Team Program, Devine appeared in 36 games with the NCAA’s Denver Pioneers during his draft season, producing three goals and 19 points, which ranked 11th on the team. He blocked 18 shots, amassed 16 penalty minutes, had four mu...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Jack Devine
The Florida Panthers capped off the 2022 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal by taking forward Jack Devine in the seventh round with the 221st overall pick. At this point, the selection continues look like a very good one, indeed. A product of the U.S. National Development Team Program, Devine appeared in 36 games with the NCAA’s Denver Pioneers during his draft season, producing three goals and 19 points, which ranked 11th on the team. He blocked 18 shots, amassed 16 penalty minutes, had four mu...
Monday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
Florida Panthers forwards Matthew and Brady Tkachuk and Sam Reinhart made the cut among NHL Network’s top 20 ranked wings in the league. Matthew placed 8th while little brother Brady was ranked 18th. Reinhart was 14th on the list, which was topped by Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov. The Panthers and Lightning were the only teams to land three players in the top-20. 8. Matthew Tkachuk Tkachuk had 34 points (13 goals, 21 assists) in 31 games after not playing until January 19 because ...
Sunday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
In The Athletic’s Which NHL jerseys should make a comeback? One pick for every team article, the staff picked the Florida Panthers 2022-23 Reverse Retro with James Mirtle having this to say: Panthers fans love this thing. Maybe it’s the sky blue. Maybe it’s the other throwback colors. Or maybe it’s the fact that it acts like the ultimate recruiting tool, mocking opponents in Winnipeg in February with its sunshine and palm tree. And then, a few months later, they all want to sign in Sunris...
Saturday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
Today marks the final day of play at the World Junior Summer Showcase in Windsor, Ontario. Expect 2026 Florida Panthers sixth-rounder Vilho Vanhatalo to be in the lineup when Finland (1-3) takes on nemesis Sweden at noon. The 18-year-old Vanhatalo has played in all four games and has put up a goal and an assist. The event closes with a battle between the United States and Canada at 4 p.m. Did 2025 fourth-rounder Shea Busch do enough in Thursday’s 5-3 win over the Finns to make the lineup ...
Friday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
The Florida Panthers fell from fourth to eighth in The Athletic’s yearly NHL contract efficiency rankings . Dom Luszczyszyn had this to say about the Cats, who still received an A- grade after a tough, injury-riddled season: The Panthers are still in the top 10 after a rough year, but don’t rank as highly as they once did. Age, injuries and some recent extensions signed that were just fair (Eetu Luostarinen, Niko Mikkola) play a role, but it has more to do with the rest of the l...
Thursday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
The Florida Panthers fell from fourth to eighth in The Athletic’s yearly NHL contract efficiency rankings . Dom Luszczyszyn had this to say about the Cats, who still received an A- grade after a tough, injury-riddled season: The Panthers are still in the top 10 after a rough year, but don’t rank as highly as they once did. Age, injuries and some recent extensions signed that were just fair (Eetu Luostarinen, Niko Mikkola) play a role, but it has more to do with the rest of the l...
Wednesday Florida Panthers Offseason Caterwaul
The Florida Panthers dynamic duo of Aleksander Barkov and Sam Bennett were ranked third in The Athletic’s Every NHL team’s top-6 center duos, ranked from best to worst article. Barkov and Bennett were placed in the second tier (Elite) with Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon and Brock Nelson. Edmonton’s Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl topped the list, as they were only duo ranked Generational. Here’s what writer Harman Dayal had to be say about Barkov and Bennett: This might be a tad too high f...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Albert Wikman
The Florida Panthers selected mobile Swedish defenseman Albert Wikman in the fourth round (127th overall) of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft in Nashville. Wikman is a smooth-skating blueliner with decent size who excels in transition and at best, projects to be a bottom-pairing guy at the NHL level unless he can add some offense and physicality to his game as he develops to lift his ceiling. During his draft year, he suited up at two different levels for the Färjestad BK organization during...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Albert Wikman
The Florida Panthers selected mobile Swedish defenseman Albert Wikman in the fourth round (127th overall) of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft in Nashville. Wikman is a smooth-skating blueliner with decent size who excels in transition and at best, projects to be a bottom-pairing guy at the NHL level unless he can add some offense and physicality to his game as he develops to lift his ceiling. During his draft year, he suited up at two different levels for the Färjestad BK organization during...
2026 Panthers Prospect Profile: Linus Eriksson
Tthe Florida Panthers selected Swedish center Linus Eriksson in the second round (58th overall) of the 2024 NHL Entry Draft held at Sphere in Paradise, NV. During his busy draft season, the well-rounded Eriksson split his time between Djurgårdens IF’s professional team in the second-tier HockeyAllsvenskan and its squad in the J20 Nationell. In 29 games with the men, Eriksson put up a respectable three goals and eight assists while acqutting himself well in a bottom-six role. He ...
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