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Florida Panthers Acquire Goalie Daniil Tarasov from Columbus Blue Jackets

Originally posted on Inside The Rink | By Chris Lavallee | Last updated Jun 26, 2025 4:37 PM ET

The Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers have acquired restricted free agent goalie Daniil Tarasov from the Columbus Blue Jackets , according to Pierre LeBrun of TSN. The Panthers are sending a 2025 fifth-round pick to Columbus. The pick is the 160th overall pick. Florida’s backup goalie from this season, Vitek Vanecek, is an unrestricted free agent, so Tarasov will serve as the backup to Sergei Bobrovsky. This also likely means Jet Greaves will serve as the backup for Elvis Merzļikins in Columbus. Tarasov this season went 7-10-2 with a 3.54 goals-against average, a .881 save percentage, and a shutout. In two games in the AHL, he went 1-1-0-0 with a .908 save percentage and a 2.96 goals-against average.

Cup champion Florida Panthers have acquired goalie Daniil Tarasov from the Columbus Blue Jackets
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 26, 2025

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Daniil Tarasov

The Blue Jackets drafted Tarasov with the 86th overall pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. In 65 career games, he is 19-34-6 with a 3.44 goals-against average, a .898 save percentage, and a shutout. In 34 games in his career at the AHL, he went 17-12-3 with a .894 save percentage and a 3.25 goals-against average. Before joining the Blue Jackets organization, he played in the KHL in 2020-21, between Salavat Yulaev Ufa and Toros Neftekamsk. In 16 games at Salavat Yulaev Ufa, he went 11-3-2 with a .925 save percentage, a 2.07 goals-against average, and two shutouts. In five games at Toros Neftekamsk, he went 3-1-1 with a 2.16 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage.

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