FORT LAUDERDALE — The Florida Panthers did not trade two-time Stanley Cup champion goalie Sergei Bobrovsky at the NHL Trade Deadline on Friday and are instead looking to sign him to a new contract.
Bobrovsky has spent seven seasons with the Panthers after signing with Florida as a free agent in 2019 but is at the end of the seven-year, $70 million deal he got with the team in 2019.
He helped lead the Panthers to three straight appearances in the Stanley Cup Final with championships in 2024 and 2025.
There had been rumors Bobrovsky could be on the move although that was obviously not something the Panthers, nor Bobrovsky, were set on doing.
“I love this team, love the city, love the organization,’’ Bobrovsky told FHN a few weeks ago. “I don’t really think about the future. I’m just in the moment right now. I think about the next practice, that’s about it. I’m sure I’m going to be fine.
“I don’t know what’s being said outside, but I love the team, these guys.”
A.J. Greer was expected to be moved at the deadline but the Panthers will also try and sign him to an extension.
Bobrovsky, 37, is in the midst of his worst statistical season of his 16 seasons in the NHL.
In seven seasons with Florida, Bobrovsky is 196-109-21 with a .903/2.80. He has 19 shutouts with the Panthers.
Over the past three postseasons, he was 44-22 with a .912/2.41 and six shutouts.
Bobrovsky is currently eighth on the NHL’s all-time wins list with 451, three back of Curtis Joseph for seventh.
He is expected to start tonight in Detroit against the Red Wings after Daniil Tarasov started on Thursday in Columbus.
General manager Bill Zito will meet the media later this afternoon at the IcePlex.
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