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Panthers re-sign Tobias Björnfot and Wilmer Skoog

The Florida Panthers have agreed to terms on a one-year, two-way contracts with defenseman Tobias Björnfot and forward Wilmer Skoog. Both players wereestricted free agents. Björnfot suited up in 14 regular season games with the Panthers in 2024-25. He did not produce any points. registered a total of ten shots on goal, and went minus-three with 2 penalty minutes. In 50 games with the…

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Weekend ‘Waul: Florida Panthers Open Forum

Let’s catch up on a busy week of NHL transactions, starting with the doings of the Florida Panthers’ Atlantic Division rivals. The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired forward Dakota Joshua from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft. Joshua, 29, played in 57 games last season with the Canucks, missing the first part of the season as he recovered from surgery…

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2025 Panthers Prospect Profile: Albert Wikman

After taking Gracyn Sawchyn in the second round of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft in Nashville, Florida Panthers general manager Bill Zito selected mobile Swedish defenseman Albert Wikman in the fourth round (127th overall) of the event. Wikman is a smooth-skating defender with decent size who excels in transition and projects to be a bottom-pairing guy at the NHL level unless he can add some…

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Tuesday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum

There were a total of 13 instances cited in the Must-see NHL games for 2025-26 season published by NHL.com and the Florida Panthers will appear in four of them. With all the Panther hate out there, it’s good to see the boys get some love. For the second straight season, Florida will raise a Stanley Cup banner, this time against Connor Bedard and Chicago, which has a new coach in Jeff…

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2025 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 appeared in 42 Swedish Hockey League games for Rögle BK, collecting four assists for the club…

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2025 Panthers Prospect Profile: Gracyn Sawchyn

After taking the opening round of the 2023 NHL Entry Draft in Nashville off – the cost of acquiring defenseman Ben Chiarot from the Montreal Canadiens on March 16, 2022 – Florida Panthers general manager Bill Zito selected center Gracyn Sawchyn from the Western Hockey League’s Seattle Thunderbirds. late in the second (63rd overall). Sawchyn is a hard-working, high-energy prospect who was…

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2025 Panthers Prospect Profile: Ludvig Jansson

After selecting Marek Alscher in the third round of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, Florida Panthers general manager Bill Zito addressed the blue line a second time with the selection of mobile Swedish defenseman Ludvig Jansson in the fourth round (125th overall) of the event. Jansson appeared in 47 games with Södertälje SK of HockeyAllsvenskan during his draft season, posting five points (2G/3A)…

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Saturday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum

The Carolina Hurricanes were the busiest team during a rather slow week of NHL transactions. Let’s take a look at what went down around the league over the last seven days. Carolina inked forward Jackson Blake to an eight-year contract extension worth $45 million. Blake is coming off an impressive rookie season that saw him score 17 goals and add 17 assists in 80 regular season games.

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Eriksson lone Panthers prospect at World Junior Summer Showcase

Linus Eriksson will be the only Florida Panthers prospect taking part at this year’s World Junior Summer Showcase, which begins today at Ridder Arena on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis. Eriksson, who recently attended his second development camp in Fort Lauderdale, will be playing for Team Sweden at the event, which serves as an evaluation camp for 2026 World Junior…

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Monday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum

Florida Panthers prospect Linus Eriksson was part of Sweden’s 5-2 win over USA Blue at the World Junior Summer Showcase in Minneapolis on Sunday. Wearing #14, Eriksson centered Eddie Genborg and Melvin Fernstrom on Sweden’s second line. The trio did not figure in the scoring. Ivar Stenberg’s hat trick was the difference in the game. Eriksson and the Swedes will take on USA White…

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Wednesday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum

The Florida Panthers were the unanimous No. 1 in NHL.com’s latest Super 16 power rankings. Here’s what senior director of editorial Shawn P. Roarke had to say about the Cats: Total points: 208 “The two-time defending Stanley Cup champions return virtually intact from the team that steamrolled through the playoff field last season, capped by defeating the Edmonton Oilers in the Final…

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Thursday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum

Florida Panthers prospect Linus Eriksson scored an empty-net goal and added an assist in Sweden’s impressive 6-3 win over the United States at the World Junior Summer Showcase in Minneapolis on Tuesday. Eriksson centered Sweden’s third line, flanked by Filip Ekberg (Carolina) and Eric Nilsson (Anaheim). Nilsson is the son of former Panther Marcus Nilsson. The Panthers’ second-round pick…

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Tuesday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum

Florida Panthers prospect Linus Eriksson took part in Sweden’s exciting 4-3 comeback victory over USA White at the World Junior Summer Showcase in Minneapolis on Monday. Eriksson centered Sweden’s second line with Eddie Genborg (Detroit) and Melvin Fernstrom (Vancouver) on his wings. The trio did not figure in the scoring. Defenseman Felix Ohrqvist lit the lamp with nine seconds…

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Friday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum

Florida Panthers prospect Linus Eriksson will be in action this afternoon when Sweden takes on Canada at the World Junior Summers Showcase in Minneapolis at 2 p.m. In Sweden’s last game, a 6-3 win over Team USA on Wednesday, Eriksson centered the third line and finished the tilt with a goal and an assist, his first points of the showcase. The Swedes are a perfect 3-0 so far. After they play Canada…

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Saturday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum

Sam Bennett helped lead the Cats to back-to-back Stanley Cups and earned the 2025 Conn Smythe Trophy, but it wasn’t enough to keep him off The Athletic’s NHL’s 10 worst contracts, 2025 edition. ($) Here’s what Dom Luszcyzszyn had to say about Bennett’s recently signed eight-year deal. 8. Sam Bennett Contract: $8.0M x eight years Surplus Value: -$20M Positive Value Probability: 20 percent…

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Sunday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum

Florida Panthers prospect Linus Eriksson did not play in Sweden’s 3-1 loss to Finland in the final day of action at the World Junior Summer Showcase in Minneapolis. Eriksson played the first three games of the showcase, all wins against various iterations of Team USA, and produced an empty-net goal and an assist. The Toronto Maple Leafs and Nick Robertson settled their contract dispute…

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2025 Panthers Prospect Profile: Josh Davies

Florida Panthers general manager Bill Zito grabbed his second forward of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal when he chose pesky Josh Davies in the sixth round (186th overall). The Panthers received this pick from the Columbus Blue Jackets for helping facilitate the trade of Maxi Domi to the Carolina Hurricanes on March 21, 2022. Davies appeared in 64 games with the WHL’s Swift Current…

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Tuesday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum

On the latest ’32 Thoughts’ podcast, NHL insider Elliotte Friedman’s said that Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk, who had a torn adductor and sports hernia in the 2025 playoffs, will miss the start of the regular season and his goal could be to return in time for the 2026 Olympics in Italy in February. Matthew Schaefer, the first overall selection in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft…

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2025 Panthers Prospect Profile: Evan Nause

Mobile defenseman Evan Nause was selected by the Florida Panthers in the second round (56th overall) of the virtual 2021 NHL Entry Draft after completing his first season with the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL. During his draft year, Nause produced four goals and 18 assists and appeared in all 32 of Quebec’s pandemic-shortened regular season games after joining the Remparts after he was…

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Thursday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum

It’s been quite the week for Matthew Tkachuk. In addition to getting the cover of EA Sports NHL 26 (brother Brady and pops Keith join him on the cover of the Deluxe Edition), Florida’s heart and soul forward ranked seventh while teammate Sam Reinhart ranked eighth on NHL Network’s Top 20 Wings Right Now countdown, highlighting the National Hockey League’s top-performing wingers. Tkachuk…

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