2022-23 Florida Panthers Offseason Recap

As far as the roster is concerned, the Panthers had tons of decisions to make and not enough cap space to keep everyone.

Heading into free agency, the Panthers had a gluttony of unrestricted free agents that needed to be paid. Trade deadline acquisitions like Claude Giroux and Ben Chiarot as well as Mason Marchment headlined the crop that needed to be extended.

There were also crucial depth pieces like center Noel Acciari and defenseman Markus Nutivaara that were needing to be extended as well. The Panthers lost all those names and more:

• Center/Winger Claude Giroux – Ottawa (3 years, $19.5 million)
• Defenseman Ben Chiarot – Detroit Red Wings (4 years, $19 million)
• Left Winger Mason Marchment – Dallas Stars (4 years, $18 million)
• Defenseman Markus Nutivaara – San Jose Sharks (1 year, $1.5 million)
• Center/Winger Noel Acciari – St. Louis Blues (1 year, $1.25 million)
• Defenseman Robert Hagg – Detroit (1 year, $800,000)
• Defenseman Chase Priskie – Buffalo Sabres (1 year, $800,000)

A couple of other notable depth players that are still on the open market as of this article are goalie Jonas Johansson and center Joe Thornton.

Thornton remains unsigned as we are still waiting to see if he’ll return to the NHL for another year. Defenseman Petteri Lindbohm and forward Maxim Mamin also left to join clubs in Sweden and Russia, respectively.

However, even with the number of players that Florida lost, they were able to accumulate a collection of others to fill depth needs on the roster that became open with the aforementioned departures.