Every little thing was trying good for the Florida Panthers and their quest to win a 3rd consecutive Stanley Cup. Not solely did they’ve one of many NHL’s greatest rosters on paper, however they managed to retain all their main free brokers this offseason by re-signing ahead Sam Bennett, ahead Brad Marchand and defenseman Aaron Ekblad.
It appeared that the one factor that might sluggish them down could be accidents.
Properly, the accidents are occurring. Considerably so. And so they acquired the worst damage information of all on Friday, and it places a major dent of their three-peat hopes.
Aleksander Barkov might miss total season
The Panthers introduced on Friday that Aleksander Barkov, their greatest total participant and probably the greatest all-around gamers in hockey, suffered a knee damage in observe on Thursday, underwent surgical procedure on Friday and will probably miss all the 2025-26 common season.
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