Alex Baumgartner
@ABaumgartner91
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Florida Panthers beat writer @5reasonssports | @ThePHWA member |@journalismtmu alum | Big Swiss sports guy🇨đź‡
Florida, USA
Joined August 2019
There’s never been a Panthers player named a finalist for the Norris. If that was the criteria — for them — nobody gets their jersey retired. They don’t win two cups without him.
@ABaumgartner91 @cfeldz The panthers have only been a club for what - 30ish years? Ekblad has never been even nominated for a Norris. Is this really the bar you want to set for your franchise - stick around as a very good but not great player for long enough, your number gets retired?.
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Barkov, Ekblad, Tkachuk and Bobrovsky are locks in my opinion. I think multiple guys are well on their way if they keep current form. Definitely come a long way since having only one for sure retired guy (Luongo).
When all is said and done, we could end up seeing several current Panthers players with their numbers hanging in the rafters. But who? How many would make the cut?. We'll examine in the coming days, and we start with the obvious choice @TheHockeyNews ⬇️
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I’d think Florida has to go Bure here. You already have Bobrovsky, so you wouldn’t go Luongo. Jay Bouwmeester was another stud in the wrong Panthers era.
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Rib Rolls in the Stanley Cup. South Florida wins again.
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The Panthers have signed defenseman Tobias Bjornfot to a one-year, two-way contract.
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Panthers announce they’ve signed forward Wilmer Skoog to a one-year, two-way contract. He had 7 points in 18 playoff games with the Checkers last season.
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The Florida Panthers DO NOT win the ESPY for Best Team. That honor goes to the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Also, Florida will play 9 of 10 games in this block on the road.
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Unsurprisingly, the 2026 Winter Classic will be a night game. Rangers vs Panthers at 8 ET in Miami.
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A few key dates:. •Brad Marchand returns to Boston Oct. 21.•First Stanley Cup rematch is Nov. 22 at home.•Winter Classic Jan. 2 at Loandepot.•No games Feb. 6-25 (Olympic break).
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Full NHL schedule comes out today at 1 ET. Florida will head to Jersey Oct. 16 for the Devils home opener.
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NEW: The Florida Panthers will begin the NHL season on October 7 with a Stanley Cup banner-raising ceremony against the Chicago Blackhawks. The game is at 5 on a Tuesday, so if you can’t make it, ESPN will have you covered @5ReasonsSports .
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The 2025-2026 NHL season will kick off on Tuesday, Oct. 7 with the back-to-back Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers hosting the Chicago Blackhawks in Sunrise at 5 p.m. ET. Â This will be the first...
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Hope you guys have PTO stashed.
@ABaumgartner91 A Tuesday at 5pm! Embarrassing! Can you imagine any league doing that to the reigning 2x champion!.
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Just realized, this will also be Spencer Knight’s first game against Florida since being traded at the deadline.
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The NHL season will begin on October 7, with the Florida Panthers hosting the Chicago Blackhawks at 5 ET. The Panthers will raise their second straight Stanley Cup banner.
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