Breaking: Seth Jones acted according to Florida Panthers

The Seth Jones drama is over. Within eight days, the veteran defender switched from his desire for a trade display to a former member of the Chicago Blackhawks. Several reports from the top insiders of the league began to roll tonight that Jones will go to the reigning Stanley Cup champions, the Florida Panthers.

According to Frank Seravalli from Daily Faceoff, the Blackhawks Jones send Jones to the Panthers with a selection in the first round of 2026 for a 2026 pimple and goalkeeper in the fourth round. Spencer Knight. The Blackhawks will keep 2.5 million US dollars on Jones' salary over the next five years. That is about 26% of his salary.

Jones will fit well in Florida and he could be a long -term replacement for Aaron Ekbladwho will be an unrestricted free agent this summer. In the next five seasons you will be $ 7 million of his salary on the hook.

Spencer Knight is a former first round (13^TH Overall) by the Panthers. His path to the NHL was made more difficult Sergei Bobrovsky Signation of a seven -year contract with Florida, shortly after he was collected. Knight turns 24 in April and could be the goalkeeper of the Blackhawks of the future. In 80 career-NHL games it is 44-24-7 with a percentage of 0.906, 2.76 goals and average and five exclusions. It will be interesting to see how the Blackhawks deal with the goalkeeper situation with a technically under contract.

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