Panthers -Center Sam Bennett returns from a memorable summer, former star coach Peter Deboer regrets Jake Oettinger after the play -off elimination of the club, the Flyers goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov to the Blue Jackets, and more in today’s NHL Morninge Hadlines.
Florida Hockey Now: After a memorable summer, Sam Bennett is enthusiastic about the coming season with the Panthers.
Florida Panthers Vooruit Sam Bennett (NHL images).
The 29-year-old center won the Conn Smythe trophy (the first player to do this in the franchise history) while he led the Panthers to their second Straight Stanley Cup Championship. He then signed a new eight -year contract with the club and married Zoe, his partner in the adoptions of Humane Society.
Bennett is not worried about the short offseasons he and his teammates have had since reaching the 2023 Stanley Cup final. “You can stay a lot easier in shape,” he said. “You don’t have that much time to get out of shape.”
Note from Spector: the Panthers are entering this season in the hope of becoming the first team since the New York Islanders in 1982 to win three straight Stanley Cups. That team would win four directly from 1980 to 1983.
However, winning their third consecutive cup can be the most challenging for the Panthers. The toll of those long seasons and short summers could overtake them, plus they will be Matthew Tkachuk until January without left -wing player while recovering from injuries that arose during the previous season. From July 1The Panthers also had one of the oldest gratings on their way to 2025-26.
Nhl.com: Former Dallas Stars head coach Peter Deboer said that he has no regrets of pulling goalkeeper Jake Oettinger early in Game 5 of the Western Conference Final 2025 against the Edmonton Oilers. However, he regrets how he dealt with the story after the stars were eliminated after a loss of 6-3 for the oilers.
‘Listen, we were all the fault that they were short again, and it starts with me, “Deboer told Mike Zeisberger of Nhl.com.” It was on me, it was on the coaches, it was with all players, it was on the organization as a whole. We all created the disappointment. We were all the culprit, not just one man. “
When all the postgame questions about Oettinger, Deboer thought he should have redirected the subject to emphasize that it was not about the goalkeeper, but about the whole team.
After they had lost that series, the stars shot the farmer and replaced it by Glen Gulutzan. Deboer, however, remains one of the assistant coaches of Canada for the Winter Winter Olympics 2026.
Note of the Spector: Deboer has a strong record for regular season and also led the New Jersey Devils 2011-12 and the 2015-16 San Jose Sharks to the Stanley Cup final. In the near future he will land with another NHL team, perhaps a little wiser of his wrong action of the situation during his last game with the stars.
Athletics: The Philadelphia Flyers traded goalkeeper Ivan Fedotov to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for a sixth round pick in the NHL design of 2026. The jackets have its full cap -hit of $ 3,275 million in itself, although he eagerly eagly $ 775k to bases salary.
Aaron Portzline writes that Fedotov is being brought in to add depth to the goal convening position of the jackets. It is expected that Jet Greaves will make a backup of starter Elvis Merzlikins. Kevin Kurz reports that the move knew a logjam between the pipes for the flyers, who then added Vladar earlier this summer with a two -year contract.
ESPN.COM: Greg Wysnski reported that Washington Capitals Assistant Coach Mitch Love was placed with a leave imposed by the team pending the results of an NHL study.
Wysnski indicated that an NHL source stated that the competition received a letter with accusations with regard to Love’s personal behavior during his interviews for coaching jobs with rival clubs during the low season. Two of the teams with whom he is reportedly interviewed received similar letters. The allegations date from before his term of office at the capitals.
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