Florida Panthers (FLA)
Est. 1993
Current Cap Hit: $100,578,331
Projected Cap Hit:
$100,578,331
Projected Cap Space:
$3,421,669
Contracts: 31
Roster: 31
Injuries: 5
Retained Contracts: 0
Team logo history
Draft Picks
| Season | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 |
| 2025-2026 |
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NHL Roster
| # | Offense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | 30 | UFA | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | + |
| 15 | Anton Lundell | C | 24 | UFA | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | ||||
| 17 |
Evan Rodrigues
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C | 32 | UFA | $3,075,000 | |||||||
| 27 | Eetu Luostarinen | C | 27 | UFA | $3,000,000 | |||||||
| 70 | Jesper Boqvist | C | 27 | UFA | $1,500,000 | |||||||
| 38 |
Jack Devine
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RW | 22 | RFA | $972,500 | $972,500 | ||||||
| 59 |
Gracyn Sawchyn
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C | 21 | RFA | $934,166 | $934,166 | ||||||
| 95 |
Sandis Vilmanis
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LW | 22 | RFA | $930,000 | |||||||
| 85 |
Hunter St. Martin
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LW | 21 | RFA | $929,166 | $929,166 | ||||||
| 12 |
Jonah Gadjovich
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LW | 27 | UFA | $905,000 | $905,000 | ||||||
| 97 |
Kai Schwindt
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LW | 22 | RFA | $873,333 | |||||||
| 44 | MacKenzie Entwistle | RW | 26 | UFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| 23 | Cole Reinhardt | LW | 26 | UFA | $812,500 | |||||||
| # | 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 | 31 | 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
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D | 30 | UFA | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | + | |
| 7 | Dmitry Kulikov | D | 35 | UFA | $1,180,000 | $1,180,000 | ||||||
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Matvei Shuravin
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D | 20 | RFA | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | ||||||
| 54 |
Ludvig Jansson
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D | 22 | RFA | $955,000 | $955,000 | ||||||
| 79 |
Emil Pieniniemi
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D | 21 | RFA | $906,666 | $906,666 | ||||||
| 26 | Uvis Balinskis | D | 29 | UFA | $875,000 | $875,000 | ||||||
| 51 |
Marek Alscher
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D | 22 | RFA | $865,000 | |||||||
| # | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| Tyler Muszelik | G | 21 | RFA | $960,000 | $960,000 | |||||||
| 80 |
Kirill Gerasimyuk
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G | 22 | RFA | $925,000 | |||||||
| 31 |
Cooper Black
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G | 25 | UFA | $875,000 | $875,000 | ||||||
| # | LTIR | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 16 | Aleksander Barkov | NMC | C | 30 | UFA | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | |||
| 63 | Brad Marchand | NMC | LW | 38 | UFA | $5,250,000 | $5,250,000 | $5,250,000 | $5,250,000 | $5,250,000 | ||
| # | Free Agents | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 79 | Cole Schwindt | C | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
| 11 | Mackie Samoskevich | RW | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| 6 | Donovan Sebrango | D | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| 71 | Luke Kunin | C | 28 | UFA | ||||||||
| 92 | Tomáš Nosek | LW | 33 | UFA | ||||||||
| 18 | Vinnie Hinostroza | C | 32 | UFA | ||||||||
| 10 | A.J. Greer | LW | 29 | UFA | ||||||||
| 40 | Daniil Tarasov | G | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| 72 | Sergei Bobrovsky | G | 37 | UFA |
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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 | ||
| Ben Steeves | LW | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Wilmer Skoog | C | 26 | RFA | ||||||||
| Evan Nause | D | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Michael Benning | D | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Mikuláš Hovorka | D | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Tobias Björnfot | D | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
| Jack Studnicka | C | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| Noah Gregor | C | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| Nolan Foote | LW | 25 | UFA | ||||||||
| Louis Domingue | G | 34 | UFA | ||||||||
Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| Ben Steeves | 24 | LW | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| Cole Schwindt | 25 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 81 OA (round 3) |
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| Donovan Sebrango | 24 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 63 OA (round 3) |
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| Evan Nause | 23 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 56 OA (round 2) |
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| Mackie Samoskevich | 23 | RW | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 24 OA (round 1) |
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| Michael Benning | 24 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 95 OA (round 4) |
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| Mikuláš Hovorka | 24 | D | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| Tobias Björnfot | 25 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 22 OA (round 1) |
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| Wilmer Skoog | 26 | C | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| 2026 Expiration | ||||||
| Logan Hutsko | 27 | RW | 2026-06-30 | 2018 | 89 OA (round 3) |
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| Albert Wikman | 21 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 127 OA (round 4) |
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| Luke Coughlin | 21 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 191 OA (round 6) |
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| Olof Glifford | 21 | G | 2027-06-01 | 2023 | 159 OA (round 5) |
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| Shamar Moses | 19 | RW | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 129 OA (round 5) |
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| 2028 Expiration | ||||||
| Linus Eriksson | 20 | C | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 58 OA (round 2) |
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| Simon Zether | 20 | C | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 129 OA (round 4) |
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| 2029 Expiration | ||||||
| Arvid Drott | 18 | RW | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 192 OA (round 6) |
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| Brendan Dunphy | 20 | D | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 197 OA (round 7) |
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| Mads Kongsbak Klyvø | 19 | LW | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 112 OA (round 4) |
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| Shea Busch | 19 | LW | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 128 OA (round 4) |
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| Yegor Midlak | 19 | G | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 224 OA (round 7) |
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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Alexander Delnov | 32 | LW | Indefinite | 2012 | 114 OA (round 4) |
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| Denis Gabdrakhmanov | 20 | G | Indefinite | 2024 | 201 OA (round 7) |
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| Sergei Gayduchenko | 37 | G | Indefinite | 2007 | 202 OA (round 7) |
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| Stepan Gorbunov | 19 | C | Indefinite | 2024 | 169 OA (round 6) |
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| Stepan Zvyagin | 22 | LW | Indefinite | 2023 | 198 OA (round 7) |
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| Vladislav Lukashevich | 23 | D | Indefinite | 2021 | 120 OA (round 4) |
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| Yaroslav Kosov | 32 | LW | Indefinite | 2011 | 124 OA (round 5) |
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