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Lightning Morning News: A big trade on the eve of the new season

Lightning News: The Lightning will sit back the next few days as the rest of the NHL drops the puck on the new season. The Panthers head to Raleigh to face the Stanley Cup winning Carolina Hurricanes at 5 p.m. today while the Lightning won’t start their season until Thursday night at Madison Square Garden against the Rangers. The Lightning made their final roster cuts and as they finalize their opening night roster. [ Raw Charge ] One of the last cuts this year was forward Benjamin R...

Islanders News: Rosters set as NHL begins with big trade

The NHL returns Tuesday night to kick off the 2026-27 season with five games on the schedule, including a meeting of the Southeast contenders and last three Cup champs in the Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers. Before all that, there was a huge trade between Toronto and Columbus that included two second-tier stars and a […]

Gameday 1: Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes

The Florida Panthers are in Raleigh to open the 2026-27 regular season against the defending Stanley Cup champions, the Carolina Hurricanes. The team is healthy again (except for Jonah Gadjovich), captain Aleskander Barkov is back after working the rust off with a successful turn at the World Championship, prize acquisition Brady Tkachuk will play his first game as a Cat, and returning goalkeeper Jacob Markstrom will be between the pipes instead of Sergei Bobrovsky. Carolina, who defeated...

Season Opener: Hurricanes vs Panthers Preview, How to Watch, Game Thread

We’ve had parades, the Stanley Cup has travelled around the globe—except for Russia, the rings have been handed out, and the banners are set to go. Later this afternoon the Hurricanes will celebrate they are the 2026 Stanley Cup Champions one more time. Then they’ll try to win it again. Carolina opens the season today […]

Monday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum

Training camp is over and after posting 2-0-2 record during the truncated preseason, the Florida Panthers are ready to start the 2026-27 regular season “Revenge Tour.” On Sunday, the Panthers signed forward Nathan Bastian to a one-year, two-way deal worth $850K at the NHL level. Props to Bastian for coming to camp on a PTO and earning a contract. The team also placed Bastian and the following seven players – forwards Cole Reinhardt and Cole Schwindt, John Beecher, Sam Lafferty and Ka...

Panthers Sign Nathan Bastian To Two-Way Deal

By Josh Erickson | at September 27, 2026 5:16 pm The Panthers announced that they have signed right-winger Nathan Bastian to a two-way deal for the upcoming season. Bastian will earn the league-minimum $850K salary if on the NHL roster and a $525K minor-league salary with a $575K guarantee, per PuckPedia. Bastian was one of the dozens of players placed on waivers today, so he likely won’t be on Florida’s opening-night roster submission tomorrow and will be assigned to AHL Charlotte if he clear...

Panthers sign Nathan Bastian to one-year contract

The Florida Panthers have agreed to terms on a one-year, two-way contract with forward Nathan Bastian, PuckPedia reported Sunday afternoon. The deal reportedly carries an $850,000 NHL cap hit. Bastian, 28, had been attending the Panthers’ 2026 training camp on a PTO. The 6’4″ right wing spent the 2025-26 season in the Dallas Stars organization, collecting six goals and seven points in 36 NHL games with the club. According to PuckPedia, Bastian’s contract includes a hefty $525,000 salary for an...

Bruins Name David Pastrnak Captain

The Boston Bruins announced today that star winger David Pastrnak has been named the 28th captain in franchise history. Pastrnak has spent the last half-decade as an alternate captain for the team. Boston’s most recent captain was winger Brad Marchand, who held the position until he was traded to the Florida Panthers. Of the Bruins’ trio of alternate captains last season, the choice likely came down to Pastrnak and No. 1 defenseman Charlie McAvoy. Pastrnak has the edge over McAvoy in terms of ...

Why Senators can be optimistic, even without Brady Tkachuk

The post-Brady Tkachuk era has begun in Ottawa, where the Senators are moving on without their captain of the past five seasons. Though disappointing, Tkachuk’s departure for the rival Florida Panthers is not going to derail the Senators’ mission of reaching the playoffs for the third consecutive year. “I think we’ve progressed the last two seasons, for a lot of reasons,” Senators coach Travis Green told reporters. “Our players have improved. We’ve still got a relatively young group. I looked ...

Preseason Game 4 Postgame Reaction vs Lightning | 9.26.26

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Sunday Caterwaul: Cats close preseason with 3-2 loss to Bolts

The Florida Panthers finished the preseason slate with a 2-0-2 record after dropping a 3-2 shootout decision to the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amernat Bank Arena. Lucas Mercuri buried a backhanded centering feed from Nick Abruzzese to open the scoring 8:50 into the first period. The secondary assist went to Jeffrey Viel, who did some fine work along the wall. The Panthers countered at 17:58 when Sandis Vilmanis quickly fired home after Kai Schwindt knocked the puck away from defenseman J...

Paul Maurice, Panthers Postgame: Preseason Ends with 3-2 SO Loss to Lightning

Florida Panthers coach Paul Maurice speaks after his team wrapped up their preseason with a 3-2 shootout loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Sunrise on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. The Panthers went 2-0-2 in the preseason. Florida opens its season on Tuesday at 5 p.m. against the defending Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh (ESPN). Video Courtesy Florida Panthers / @FlaPanthers / Panthers Vision Where Does Brady Tkachuk Fit with the Panthers? Next to Matthew, of course: https://fl...

One more for the road, well, on the road

The Tampa Bay Lightning’s preseason comes to an end in Sunrise tonight as they take on the Florida Panthers just a couple of days after the two teams met in Tampa. With the majority of the assumed regular season starters on both teams having hit their two-game maximum, tonight’s tilt should resemble a Syracuse Crunch versus Charlotte Checkers game more than a NHL contest. That doesn’t mean it’s not worth a watch, especially for Lightning fans. If the lines from the morning skate are to be...