Florida Panthers (FLA)

Est. 1993

Current Cap Hit: $105,600,714
Projected Cap Hit: $105,600,714
Projected Cap Space: $-1,600,714
Contracts: 47
Roster: 24
Injuries: 3
Retained Contracts: 0
Daily Cap Breakdown
Team logo history

Draft Picks

Season Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7
2026-2027 * *
2027-2028 *
2028-2029 *
2029-2030

NHL Roster

# Offense Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
16 Aleksander Barkov NMC C 31 UFA $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000
19 Matthew Tkachuk NMC LW 28 UFA $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000
13 Sam Reinhart NMC, M-NTC C 30 UFA $8,625,000 $8,625,000 $8,625,000 $8,625,000 $8,625,000 $8,625,000
8 Brady Tkachuk NMC LW 27 UFA $8,205,714 $8,205,714
9 Sam Bennett NMC C 30 UFA $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 +
23 Carter Verhaeghe NMC C 31 UFA $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 +
63 Brad Marchand Injured NMC LW 38 UFA $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000
15 Anton Lundell C 25 UFA $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000
27 Eetu Luostarinen C 28 UFA $3,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 +
21 Garnet Hathaway (Ret: 50.0%) RW 34 UFA $1,200,000
95 Sandis Vilmanis WE LW 22 RFA $930,000 $925,000 $925,000
12 Jonah Gadjovich Injured LW 27 UFA $905,000 $905,000
44 MacKenzie Entwistle Injured RW 27 UFA $850,000
20 Lars Eller C 37 UFA $850,000
14 Bokondji Imama LW 30 UFA $850,000
# Defense Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
3 Seth Jones (Ret: 26.0%) NMC D 32 UFA $7,030,000 $7,030,000 $7,030,000 $7,030,000
5 Aaron Ekblad NMC D 30 UFA $6,100,000 $6,100,000 $6,100,000 $6,100,000 $6,100,000 $6,100,000 +
42 Gustav Forsling NMC D 30 UFA $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000 $5,750,000
77 Niko Mikkola D 30 UFA $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 +
6 Radko Gudas D 36 UFA $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 35 UFA $1,180,000 $1,180,000
26 Uvis Balinskis D 30 UFA $875,000 $875,000
# Goaltending Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
25 Jacob Markström M-NTC G 36 UFA $6,000,000 $6,000,000
40 Akira Schmid G 26 UFA $2,000,000 $2,000,000

Icons: WE=Waivers Exempt Injured=Injured Suspended=Suspended 🧑‍⚖️=Suspended

Non-Roster

Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit

Non-roster Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
Samu Salminen C 23 RFA $0
($980,000) 		$0
($980,000)
Jack Devine WE RW 23 RFA $0
($972,500) 		$0
($972,500)
Gracyn Sawchyn WE C 21 RFA $0
($934,166) 		$0
($934,166)
Hunter St. Martin WE LW 21 RFA $0
($929,166) 		$0
($929,166)
Cole Schwindt C 25 UFA $0
($875,000) 		$0
($875,000)
Kai Schwindt LW 22 RFA $0
($873,333)
Angus Crookshank LW 27 UFA $0
($850,000)
Sam Lafferty C 31 UFA $0
($850,000)
John Beecher C 25 RFA $0
($850,000)
Nathan Bastian RW 28 UFA $0
($850,000)
Cole Reinhardt LW 26 UFA $0
($812,500)
Matvei Shuravin WE D 20 RFA $0
($1,000,000) 		$0
($1,000,000) 		$0
($1,000,000)
Ludvig Jansson WE D 22 RFA $0
($955,000) 		$0
($955,000)
Emil Pieniniemi WE D 21 RFA $0
($906,666) 		$0
($906,666)
Alexander Petrovic D 34 UFA $0
($875,000) 		$0
($875,000)
Marek Alscher WE D 22 RFA $0
($865,000)
Tobias Björnfot D 25 RFA $0
($850,000)
Casey Fitzgerald D 29 UFA $0
($850,000)
Donovan Sebrango D 24 RFA $0
($850,000)
Mikuláš Hovorka WE D 25 RFA $0
($850,000)
Tyler Muszelik G 22 RFA $0
($960,000) 		$0
($960,000)
Kirill Gerasimyuk WE G 23 RFA $0
($925,000)
Cooper Black WE G 25 UFA $0
($875,000) 		$0
($875,000)

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
2027 Expiration
Albert Wikman 21 D 2027-06-01 2023 127 OA (round 4)
Luke Coughlin 21 D 2027-06-01 2023 191 OA (round 6)
Olof Glifford 21 G 2027-06-01 2023 159 OA (round 5)
Shamar Moses 19 RW 2027-06-01 2025 129 OA (round 5)
2028 Expiration
Linus Eriksson 20 C 2028-06-01 2024 58 OA (round 2)
Simon Zether 20 C 2028-06-01 2024 129 OA (round 4)
2029 Expiration
Arvid Drott 19 RW 2029-06-01 2025 192 OA (round 6)
Brendan Dunphy 20 D 2029-06-01 2025 197 OA (round 7)
Louis-Antoine Denault 20 G 2029-06-01 2026 217 OA (round 7)
Mads Kongsbak Klyvø 19 LW 2029-06-01 2025 112 OA (round 4)
Shea Busch 19 LW 2029-06-01 2025 128 OA (round 4)
Yegor Midlak 19 G 2029-06-01 2025 224 OA (round 7)
2030 Expiration
Cole Zurawski 18 RW 2030-06-01 2026 181 OA (round 6)
Jonas Kemps 18 D 2030-06-01 2026 98 OA (round 4)
Ryder Cali 18 C 2030-06-01 2026 48 OA (round 2)
Simas Ignatavicius 18 RW 2030-06-01 2026 40 OA (round 2)
Vilho Vanhatalo 18 RW 2030-06-01 2026 168 OA (round 6)
Other Expiration
Alexander Delnov 32 LW Indefinite 2012 114 OA (round 4)
Denis Gabdrakhmanov 21 G Indefinite 2024 201 OA (round 7)
Sergei Gayduchenko 37 G Indefinite 2007 202 OA (round 7)
Stepan Gorbunov 20 C Indefinite 2024 169 OA (round 6)
Stepan Zvyagin 22 LW Indefinite 2023 198 OA (round 7)
Vladislav Lukashevich 23 D Indefinite 2021 120 OA (round 4)
Yaroslav Kosov 33 LW Indefinite 2011 124 OA (round 5)
Notes