Olympic run puts four Florida Panthers on a triple gold club path
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Jonathan Ouimet
Feb 10, 2026 (3:26 PM)
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Sam Reinhart hits the Milano Cortina Olympics with Triple Gold Club history on the line, and the Florida Panthers can feel the heat through the whole room.
The Panthers are sending a league-leading 10 players to the Games, so this isn’t a side story for them. It is the break, the reset, and a giant spotlight all at once.
Reinhart is the cleanest “one piece left” case. He already has World Championship gold from 2016, and he has a Stanley Cup ring from Florida’s run.
Right now he’s driving play like a top-line finisher again, sitting at 27-28-55 in 2025-26. That’s the kind of production Canada builds a man-advantage around.
Brad Marchand is the other Canadian Panther everyone will circle. He’s at 25-25-50 this season, and the guy still plays like every puck is personal.
Here’s the post that kicked the whole conversation back up.
Marchand also has a key international box checked already, with a 2016 World Championship gold on his résumé. If Canada wins Olympic gold, the legacy talk gets even louder.
Then you’ve got Team Finland, and that’s where the “four Cats” angle really lands. Eetu Luostarinen and Niko Mikkola were part of Finland’s 2019 Worlds group.
Sam Reinhart pushes Florida Panthers into rare air
Panthers fans should be nervous and proud at the same time, because this is exactly how you end up with banged-up stars in February and banners in June.
Luostarinen isn’t flashy, but he’s money in tough minutes, and he’s sitting at 7-17-24. If Finland goes on a heater, his two-way value plays up fast.
Mikkola is the blue line glue, and his 1-8-9 line tells you what he is: simple, heavy, and reliable. A one-goal game in international ice is his kind of night.
Finland winning the 2019 World Championship matters here, because Olympic gold would complete the set for those guys once you add their Stanley Cup hardware.
That’s the sneaky part: Florida’s repeat championships turned “nice international career” into “hockey history chase.”
Back home, the Panthers are 29-25-3, so they’ll need clean energy when the NHL schedule resumes.
The next stretch is going to feel like two seasons stitched together, and the first few games back will tell you if the legs are there.
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