What do the Panthers do Next Year

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Created by: BruinsWoahWoah

Team: 2024-25 Florida Panthers

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 29, 2024

Published: Feb. 29, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Three big UFAs in Reinhart, Montour, and Forsling - all taking small discounts here but leaves less than $7M to fill the remaining 10 roster spots and a key RFA in Lundell is unsigned.

Not sure they can afford to keep all three of the big UFAs. Might have to sell Ekblad?

Some real tough decisions looming in FL...

Free Agent Signings

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Reinhart, Sam	8	$9,500,000
Montour, Brandon	5	$6,500,000
Forsling, Gustav	6	$5,500,000

Buyouts

Keith Yandle: $1,241,667

Buried

Spencer Knight: $3,350,000 ($4,500,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
13	$87,700,000	$80,958,334	$0	$0	$6,741,666

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Verhaeghe, Carter $4,166,667$4,166,667 LW UFA - 1	Barkov, Aleksander $10,000,000$10,000,000 C NMC UFA - 6	Reinhart, Sam $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW UFA
Rodrigues, Evan $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, C UFA - 3	Bennett, Sam $4,425,000$4,425,000 C UFA - 1	Tkachuk, Matthew $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW NMC UFA - 6
Luostarinen, Eetu $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, C UFA - 3		Lockwood, William $775,000$775,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Mikkola, Niko $2,500,000$2,500,000 LD UFA - 2	Ekblad, Aaron $7,500,000$7,500,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Bobrovsky, Sergei $10,000,000$10,000,000 G M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2
Forsling, Gustav $5,500,000$5,500,000 LD UFA - 8	Montour, Brandon $6,500,000$6,500,000 RD UFA

Feb. 29 at 1:30 p.m.

Hockey91

Joined: Feb. 2019

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Montour is playing for a lesser contract and Reinhart is also playing towards a lesser contract as of late. But he doesn’t get anything more than 8.5 from them or they let him go.

Feb. 29 at 2:14 p.m.

Rolfadinho

Joined: May 2022

Posts: 702

Likes: 315

Moving Ekblad makes the most sense. He hasn’t been reliable health wise for a while now and he is due for a new contract after next season. That alone would free up $7.5 million.

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Feb. 29 at 2:20 p.m.

BruinsWoahWoah

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Quoting: Rolfadinho

Moving Ekblad makes the most sense. He hasn’t been reliable health wise for a while now and he is due for a new contract after next season. That alone would free up $7.5 million.

Curious what a return for Ekblad would look like though given his health issues and Florida's need to make a move... I was surprised to see that he's only 28. Feels like he has a ton on miles on his body, but he is a #1 RHD.

Feb. 29 at 5:02 p.m.

Rolfadinho

Joined: May 2022

Posts: 702

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Quoting: BruinsWoahWoah

That’s a really hard question to answer to be honest considering all the facts. Great when healthy but is injured so often and can be a bit inconsistent. I don’t know a comparable deal to measure against off the top of my head to be honest.

Mar. 1 at 6:51 p.m.

BJOJUIARI

IKnowPuck

Joined: Jul. 2021

Posts: 89

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I don’t think Montour stays, and we will likely move either Bobrovsky or knight

Balinskis will be a regular guy on the d core next year & Samo will be a regular top 9 guy & Lundelll will sign for 2.5-3m

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