Out of the Playoffs, What Florida Panthers Can Look Forward to Next
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James Lang-Imagn Images The Florida Panthers have known they were not going to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs for a long time now, yet now that it is official, the team can start looking ahead to the future. Florida has five games remaining after playing the host Pittsburgh Penguins again today. There will be a different kind of scoreboard watching to end this season.
The Panthers traded its 2026 first-round pick to the Chicago Blackhawks last year as part of the Seth Jones/Spencer Knight deal. But, Florida made sure the pick was protected just in case its season went off the rails like, well, it did. If the Panthers end up with a draft pick in the top 10 this summer, they get to keep it.
Chicago would get Florida’s first-round pick next year with the Boston Bruins, who were supposed to have the 2027 pick from the Brad Marchand trade, sliding back to 2028. FHN: Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers Officially Eliminated from the Playoffs Right now, the Panthers are ranked 25th in the 32-team NHL. If things stay the way they are and no one moves up or down in the lottery, Florida would have the No.
8 pick. It probably will not stay the way it is right now. Teams both above and below the Panthers are trying to situate themselves in the best possible position to win the lottery in what will be a deep and talented draft.
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