{"id":326933,"date":"2026-07-02T05:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/326933\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T05:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:11:14","slug":"nhl-free-agency-florida-panthers-sign-veteran-lars-eller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/326933\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Free Agency: Florida Panthers Sign Veteran Lars Eller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE \u2014 The Florida Panthers added a few new pieces to their roster when NHL Free Agency opened Wednesday with GM Bill Zito saying veteran Lars Eller will join the team. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eller, a Stanley Cup champ with the 2018 Washington Capitals, comes to Florida on a one-year contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Panthers previously signed defenseman Alex Petrovic as a free agent, and locked down Radko Gudas with a six-year deal paying $1.5 million per.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eller will likely take over centering Florida\u2019s fourth line and will give the Panthers a great option on the penalty kill. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 37-year-old spent last season with Brady Tkachuk and Ottawa where he scored five goals with 15 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eller started his career with the Blues during the 2009-10 season and then played six seasons with the Canadiens, parts of eight with the Capitals as well as Colorado, Pittsburgh, and Ottawa. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has been to the playoffs in 13 of his 17 seasons playing in 116 postseason games.<\/p>\n<p>ON DECK: FLORIDA PANTHERS\u00a0OFFSEASON<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE \u2014 The Florida Panthers added a few new pieces to their roster when NHL Free Agency&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[135116,28,30,29,16995,96106,51475,96129,35154],"class_list":["post-326933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-alex-petrovic","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-florida-panthers","tag-lars-eller","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-washington-capitals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326933","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=326933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}