The Florida Panthers will have their first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. The Panthers had traded their 2026 first-round pick to the Chicago Blackhawks along with goaltender Spencer Knight for defenseman Seth Jones last year. However, that pick has a ...

On Tuesday night, the National Hockey League held its annual Draft Lottery inside the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Florida Panthers entered the event holding the eighth-best chance at winning the lottery and moving up to either the first or second overall selection at next month’s NHL Draft.

Trading their usual trip to the playoffs for ping-pong balls, the Florida Panthers will try to pull off another upset at the 2026 NHL Draft Lottery on Tuesday. By virtue of their 25 th-place finish, the Panthers,

The Florida Panthers had a 6% chance to win the lottery. Instead, their spot in the draft order fell one spot.

The Florida Panthers find themselves in a situation no one expected them to be in. Fresh off of back-to-back Stanley Cup wins, an injury-riddled season led them to a bottom-10 finish, and with the results of the draft lottery now in,