{"id":319605,"date":"2026-06-25T17:27:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/319605\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T17:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:27:23","slug":"panthers-acquire-garnet-hathaway-draft-pick-from-flyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/319605\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers acquire Garnet Hathaway, draft pick from Flyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Panthers general manager Bill Zito announced Thursday he made his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/2026\/06\/23\/excited-for-this-next-chapter-brady-tkachuk-ecstatic-to-join-brother-matthew-with-panthers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">second trade for a veteran forward<\/a> this week, acquiring Garnet Hathaway and a sixth-round pick in the 2026 NHL draft from the Philadelphia Flyers. In exchange, the Flyers receive Florida\u2019s fifth-round selection in this year\u2019s draft and a fourth-round pick in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Hathaway joins the star-studded Panthers just four days after they made a blockbuster trade for star Brady Tkachuk.<\/p>\n<p>Hathaway has one year left on his contract at a salary cap hit of $2.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>Florida marks the fifth stop of the 34-year-old\u2019s NHL career. After spending time with the Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals and Calgary Flames throughout his 11 seasons, Hathaway joins as a seasoned player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGarnet is a physical and highly competitive player who will complement our group well,\u201d Zito said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to add his veteran presence to our group for the upcoming season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his three seasons in Philadelphia, the Naples, Florida, native recorded 18 goals, 23 assists and 41 points. He\u2019s racked up 163 points in his career, and he nears his 700th NHL game, a milestone he will likely reach this season with the Panthers.<\/p>\n<p>A physical addition, Hathaway led Philadelphia with 252 hits last season, which ranked ninth in the NHL. He was also the team\u2019s nominee for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-2 gritty forward made his NHL debut for the Flames in February 2016 and has been one of the nation\u2019s leaders in hits for a majority of his seasons since.<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/2026\/06\/25\/florida-panthers-prepare-for-draft-without-first-round-pick\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 draft rapidly nearing<\/a>, this shift leaves Florida with two second- and sixth-round picks, as well as a fourth- and seventh-round selection. The veteran also gives the Panthers added depth at forward \u2014\u00a0 something they weren\u2019t sorely lacking even before the addition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida Panthers general manager Bill Zito announced Thursday he made his second trade for a veteran forward this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[16995,249,251,250,114,5691,110],"class_list":["post-319605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-florida-panthers","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-latest-headlines","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}