Florida Panthers stay quiet at the deadline, and Sergei Bobrovsky is the real story

Sam Walker

Mar 6, 2026 (4:06 PM)

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Sergei Bobrovsky stayed put on trade deadline day, and Florida Panthers fans felt the tension, because this wasn't a buyer's day and it still stings.

Florida didn't do much when the clock hit Friday, and that silence said plenty about where this season sits right now.

The Panthers basically chose patience over chaos, even with teams around the league wheeling and dealing.

The only clear Florida move in the official trade tracker was shipping Jeff Petry out for a conditional 7th-rounder.

So when you hear «trade chips,» it's not about a blockbuster, it's about what Florida refused to cash in.

Pierre LeBrun's reporting put a spotlight on A.J. Greer staying in place because the Panthers are trying to re-sign him.

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That tracks with the broader noise that Florida was listening on pending UFAs instead of pushing more bodies in.

And then there's the big one between the pipes.

Bobrovsky's contract expires at the end of this season, and his cap hit sits at $10,000,000.

His 2025-26 line is rough by his standards, 22-19-1 with a 3.13 GAA and .873 save percentage in 43 games.

Honestly, this is the kind of deadline that makes a fanbase grumpy, because you can see the logic and still hate the feeling.

If you're Florida, you're weighing a short-term flip against the reality that goalies do not grow on trees.

Even if Bobrovsky isn't stealing games nightly, the room knows who he is when a playoff series gets nasty.

Greer is a different kind of chip, but he matters to winning hockey.

Anthony-John Greer is 29, drafted in 2015 in Round 2 by the Colorado Avalanche, and he's sitting on 11-11-22 in 61 games this year.

He's also a pending UFA with an $850,000 cap hit, which makes him the exact kind of depth winger contenders chase.

Keeping him while trying to extend him is a bet that Florida still wants that edge in its bottom-six, not just draft picks.

The next few games will tell you if the quiet deadline was discipline, or denial.

Previously on Sunrise Hockey Insider

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