Suspense remains about whether the Florida Panthers avoided the worst-case scenario with Sasha Barkov’s latest injury. The Panthers’ captain was placed on long term injured reserve Saturday.
The Florida Panthers have called up some reinforcements after placing captain Aleksander Barkov on long-term injured reserve earlier this afternoon. According to a team announcement, the Panthers have recalled forward Sam Lafferty and defenseman Alexander Petrovic ahead of tomorrow’s matchup against the Anaheim Ducks.
The return of a healthy Aleksander Barkov was supposed to be one of the biggest factors in the Florida Panthers being a top Stanley Cup contender for the 2026-27 NHL season.
The Florida Panthers have received an encouraging update on Aleksander Barkov, despite placing their captain on long-term injured reserve. According to ESPN’s Emily Kaplan, there is optimism that his latest injury will not end his season.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
The Florida Panthers placed captain Aleksander Barkov on long-term injured reserve Saturday. The move means Barkov will be sidelined at least the next 10 games as he nurses a left leg injury.
The Florida Panthers will be without Aleksander Barkov for the near future, after placing the veteran forward on Long Term Injured Reserve on Saturday.
There’s at least a partial update on the status of injured Panthers center Aleksander Barkov. Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press reports (Twitter link) that Florida has placed the center on long-term injured reserve. That means that he will miss at least the next 10 games and 24 days.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
The Florida Panthers opened their road trip with a hard-fought battle on Thursday night. They erased a three-goal deficit, yet still dropped a 4-3 overtime win vs.
The suspense about Sasha Barkov’s leg injury will apparently continue until Saturday for everyone outside the team. While the Panthers captain was scheduled for a MRI on Friday, the team had the day off and there was no media availability planned until they practice Saturday in California in preparation for Sunday’s game at Anaheim.
If Aleksander Barkov suffers another serious injury, expect plenty of chatter about Dylan Larkin and a possible trade to the Florida Panthers. Barkov missed significant time last season with a long-term injury.
Brad Marchand has joined the growing debate over no-trade clauses, and he isn’t siding with the commissioner. Responding to recent comments from Gary Bettman, Marchand called the current setup a “broken system” and argued the issue cuts both ways for players and teams.
Aleksander Barkov could potentially have another big lower-body injury to heal. This stems from Barkov skating straight off the ice while his Florida Panthers were down 2-0 to the San Jose Sharks as they were trying to climb back in the middle of the second period on the power-play.
Not even a week into their season, the Florida Panthers might have been hit with a worst-case scenario. In Thursday’s road game against the San Jose Sharks, Panthers center Aleksander Barkov suffered an apparent leg injury which forced him to leave for the dressing room.
Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov left Thursday’s game against the San Jose Sharks after an awkward fall that appeared to injure his left knee, raising fears of another setback for the star center.
For the third straight year, the Florida Panthers’ first game of the season featured a banner-raising ceremony, but this time, it wasn’t theirs. The Cats
Gustav Forsling scored with five seconds left in overtime as the Florida Panthers opened the season with a 1-0 win over the reigning Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday in Raleigh, N.C.
Sergei who? The Florida Panthers faced the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday at Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, in a clash of the past two Stanley Cup champions.
Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice will be wired for the beginning of the 2026-27 NHL campaign, perhaps more so than for some past seasons. The offseason layoff was a long one for the Panthers, vastly different from the previous two years.
After a solid set of preseason games, the Cats have a good idea of how everyone looks for the season. Florida went 2-0-2 in the preseason, with the team winning both first matches against their opponents and losing the second game in a shootout.
The Florida Panthers traded for Brady Tkachuk this summer in a deal with the Ottawa Senators. Tkachuk reunited with his brother, Matthew Tkachuk, on the Panthers with this move.
After a longer than their used to summer, the Panthers are finally all back together in South Florida. Even though last season didn’t go the way the team anticipated, the feeling was still high at the end of last season, and that hasn’t changed as of media day.
Brad Marchand will begin his second full season with the Florida Panthers on the sidelines after undergoing surgery in August following an injury-plagued 2025-26 campaign.