2023–24 Florida Panthers season

2023–24 Florida Panthers
Eastern Conference Champions
Atlantic Division Champions
Division	1st Atlantic
Conference	3rd Eastern
2023–24 record	52–24–6
Home record	26–13–2
Road record	26–11–4
Goals for	268
Goals against	200
Team information
General Manager	Bill Zito
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Aleksander Barkov
Alternate captains	Aaron Ekblad Matthew Tkachuk
Arena	Amerant Bank Arena
Average attendance	18,632
Team leaders
Goals	Sam Reinhart (57)
Assists	Matthew Tkachuk (62)
Points	Sam Reinhart (94)
Penalties in minutes	Jonah Gadjovich (104)
Plus/minus	Gustav Forsling (+56)
Wins	Sergei Bobrovsky (36)
Goals against average	Anthony Stolarz (2.03)
<2022–23

File:Amerant Bank Arena before a first-round playoff game against the Tampa Bay Lightning during the 2023-24 season.jpg

Amerant Bank Arena before the Panthers' Game 2 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

The 2023–24 Florida Panthers season is the 30th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established in 1993. They entered the season as the defending Eastern Conference champions, having lost in five games to the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals.

On March 28, 2024, the Panthers clinched a playoff berth for the fifth straight season following the Detroit Red Wings' 4–0 loss against the Carolina Hurricanes. On April 16, the Panthers clinched their third Atlantic Division title and fourth all-time division title following the win against the Toronto Maple Leafs alongside a Boston Bruins loss to the Ottawa Senators.

The Panthers averaged 18,632 fans in attendance this season. This mark is the highest average attendance in team history.

The Panthers met the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Panthers and Lightning previously met in the Playoffs twice, with Tampa Bay winning both series. The Panthers eliminated the Lightning in five games. They faced Boston Bruins in the second round, winning the series in six games. The Panthers defeated the New York Rangers in the conference finals in six games, advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals for the second consecutive season.

Previous season

After barely clinching a wild card spot in the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Panthers were set to face the Boston Bruins, who had set the NHL record for most wins and points in a season. After being down 3–1 in the series, the Panthers came back and won the series in overtime in Game 7 to pull off one of the biggest upsets in NHL history. The Panthers would then upset the Toronto Maple Leafs to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in 27 years. Subsequently, the Panthers would sweep the Carolina Hurricanes to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1996. In the Stanley Cup Finals, the Panthers were defeated by the Vegas Golden Knights in five games. Coupled with the Miami Heat's defeat one night earlier in the NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets (which was also decided in five games), South Florida had two teams lose their respective sport's finals on consecutive days.

30th anniversary celebrations

In July 2023, the Florida Panthers announced announced celebrations for their 30th Anniversary season including the unveiling of the club's 30th Anniversary logo. The Panthers celebrated thirty years of Panthers hockey with a theme night honoring each decade. On January 11 as the Panthers hosted the Los Angeles Kings, fans celebrated the birth of the franchise in the 1990s. On March 7 versus the Philadelphia Flyers, the 2000s were spotlighted and on March 28 versus the New York Islanders, game presentation and in-game themes highlighted the 2010s into the current era.

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Boston Bruins	15	12	1	2	10	51	30	+21	26
2	Florida Panthers	15	10	4	1	8	49	43	+6	21
3	Detroit Red Wings	15	8	5	2	7	55	49	+6	18
4	Toronto Maple Leafs	15	8	5	2	4	55	54	+1	18
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	16	6	6	4	6	53	59	−6	16
6	Montreal Canadiens	16	7	7	2	2	45	55	−10	16
7	Buffalo Sabres	16	7	8	1	6	46	52	−6	15
8	Ottawa Senators	13	6	7	0	6	50	44	+6	12

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	15	8	5	2	4	55	54	+1	18
2	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	16	8	7	1	8	51	47	+4	17
3	ME	Pittsburgh Penguins	14	8	6	0	7	51	37	+14	16
4	AT	Tampa Bay Lightning	16	6	6	4	6	53	59	−6	16
5	AT	Montreal Canadiens	16	7	7	2	2	45	55	−10	16
6	ME	New Jersey Devils	14	7	6	1	6	51	55	−4	15
7	AT	Buffalo Sabres	16	7	8	1	6	46	52	−6	15
8	ME	New York Islanders	15	5	6	4	5	36	48	−12	14
9	AT	Ottawa Senators	13	6	7	0	6	50	44	+6	12
10	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	16	4	8	4	3	44	58	−14	12

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 23, 2023.

2023 preseason game log: 4–4–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 25	Nashville	0–5	Florida		Knight	6,160	1–0–0
2	September 25	Nashville	2–5	Florida		Bobrovsky	6,365	2–0–0
3	September 27	Florida	1–4	Carolina		Knight	15,368	2–1–0
4	September 29	Carolina	2–4	Florida		Stolarz	8,869	3–1–0
5	October 1	Florida	2–4	Ottawa		Knight	4,926	3–2–0
6	October 3	Florida	0–2	Tampa Bay		Bobrovsky	16,802	3–3–0
7	October 5	Florida	6–3	Tampa Bay		Stolarz	12,924	4–3–0
8	October 7	Tampa Bay	4–2	Florida		Bobrovsky	13,780	4–4–0
Notes: A Indicates split-squad.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 27, 2023.

2023–24 game log
October: 4–3–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 Florida 0–2 Minnesota Bobrovsky 18,976 0–1–0 0 2 October 14 Florida 4–6 Winnipeg Bobrovsky 13,410 0–2–0 0 3 October 16 Florida 4–3 New Jersey Bobrovsky 15,023 1–2–0 2 4 October 19 Toronto 1–3 Florida Bobrovsky 19,288 2–2–0 4 5 October 21 Vancouver 5–3 Florida Bobrovsky 16,991 2–3–0 4 6 October 24 San Jose 1–3 Florida Stolarz 16,142 3–3–0 6 7 October 28 Seattle 2–3 Florida Bobrovsky 16,780 4–3–0 8 8 October 30 Florida 2–3 Boston OT Bobrovsky 17,850 4–3–1 9
November: 10–4–1 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 6–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 2 Florida 2–0 Detroit Bobrovsky 17,233 5–3–1 11 10 November 4 Florida 2–5 Chicago Stolarz 18,666 5–4–1 11 11 November 6 Columbus 4–5 Florida OT Bobrovsky 17,103 6–4–1 13 12 November 8 Florida 4–3 Washington OT Bobrovsky 16,104 7–4–1 15 13 November 10 Carolina 2–5 Florida Bobrovsky 17,845 8–4–1 17 14 November 12 Chicago 3–4 Florida Bobrovsky 19,359 9–4–1 19 15 November 14 Florida 5–3 San Jose Stolarz 10,108 10–4–1 21 16 November 16 Florida 1–2 Los Angeles Bobrovsky 17,243 10–5–1 21 17 November 17 Florida 2–1 Anaheim Stolarz 14,932 11–5–1 23 18 November 20 Edmonton 3–5 Florida Bobrovsky 19,628 12–5–1 25 19 November 22 Boston 3–1 Florida Bobrovsky 19,327 12–6–1 25 20 November 24 Winnipeg 3–0 Florida Bobrovsky 18,801 12–7–1 25 21 November 27 Florida 5–0 Ottawa Bobrovsky 15,594 13–7–1 27 22 November 28 Florida 1–2 Toronto SO Stolarz 18,508 13–7–2 28 23 November 30 Florida 5–1 Montreal Bobrovsky 21,105 14–7–2 30
December: 8–5–0 (Home: 5–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 2 NY Islanders 4–3 Florida Stolarz 18,721 14–8–2 30 25 December 6 Dallas 4–5 Florida Bobrovsky 18,376 15–8–2 32 26 December 8 Pittsburgh 1–3 Florida Bobrovsky 18,640 16–8–2 34 27 December 10 Florida 5–2 Columbus Stolarz 16,269 17–8–2 36 28 December 12 Florida 0–4 Seattle Bobrovsky 17,151 17–9–2 36 29 December 14 Florida 0–4 Vancouver Bobrovsky 18,873 17–10–2 36 30 December 16 Florida 5–1 Edmonton Bobrovsky 18,347 18–10–2 38 31 December 18 Florida 1–3 Calgary Stolarz 16,813 18–11–2 38 32 December 21 St. Louis 4–1 Florida Bobrovsky 18,753 18–12–2 38 33 December 23 Vegas 2–4 Florida Bobrovsky 19,364 19–12–2 40 34 December 27 Florida 3–2 Tampa Bay Bobrovsky 19,092 20–12–2 42 35 December 29 NY Rangers 3–4 Florida Bobrovsky 19,723 21–12–2 44 36 December 30 Montreal 1–4 Florida Stolarz 19,663 22–12–2 46
January: 9–2–2 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 7–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 2 Florida 4–1 Arizona Bobrovsky 4,600 23–12–2 48 38 January 4 Florida 4–1 Vegas Bobrovsky 18,044 24–12–2 50 39 January 6 Florida 8–4 Colorado Bobrovsky 18,132 25–12–2 52 40 January 9 Florida 5–1 St. Louis Stolarz 18,096 26–12–2 54 41 January 11 Los Angeles 2–3 Florida OT Bobrovsky 18,616 27–12–2 56 42 January 13 New Jersey 4–1 Florida Bobrovsky 19,526 27–13–2 56 43 January 15 Anaheim 5–4 Florida OT Stolarz 17,885 27–13–3 57 44 January 17 Detroit 3–2 Florida OT Bobrovsky 17,958 27–13–4 58 45 January 19 Minnesota 6–4 Florida Stolarz 19,595 27–14–4 58 46 January 22 Florida 4–1 Nashville Stolarz 17,159 28–14–4 60 47 January 24 Arizona 2–6 Florida Bobrovsky 17,020 29–14–4 62 48 January 26 Florida 3–2 Pittsburgh SO Bobrovsky 18,188 30–14–4 64 49 January 27 Florida 3–2 NY Islanders OT Stolarz 17,255 31–14–4 66
February: 9–2–0 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 6 Philadelphia 2–1 Florida Stolarz 17,340 31–15–4 66 51 February 8 Washington 2–4 Florida Bobrovsky 17,645 32–15–4 68 52 February 10 Colorado 0–4 Florida Bobrovsky 19,304 33–15–4 70 53 February 14 Florida 5–2 Pittsburgh Bobrovsky 17,967 34–15–4 72 54 February 15 Florida 4–0 Buffalo Stolarz 14,277 35–15–4 74 55 February 17 Florida 9–2 Tampa Bay Bobrovsky 19,092 36–15–4 76 56 February 20 Ottawa 2–3 Florida OT Bobrovsky 19,000 37–15–4 78 57 February 22 Florida 0–1 Carolina Bobrovsky 18,700 37–16–4 78 58 February 24 Washington 2–3 Florida OT Bobrovsky 19,887 38–16–4 80 59 February 27 Buffalo 2–3 Florida Bobrovsky 18,243 39–16–4 82 60 February 29 Montreal 3–4 Florida SO Stolarz 18,918 40–16–4 84
March: 7–6–1 (Home: 2–5–0 ; Road: 5–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 2 Florida 4–0 Detroit Bobrovsky 19,515 41–16–4 86 62 March 4 Florida 4–2 NY Rangers Bobrovsky 18,006 42–16–4 88 63 March 5 Florida 5–3 New Jersey Stolarz 16,042 43–16–4 90 64 March 7 Philadelphia 2–1 Florida Bobrovsky 18,817 43–17–4 90 65 March 9 Calgary 1–5 Florida Stolarz 19,358 44–17–4 92 66 March 12 Florida 4–3 Dallas Bobrovsky 18,532 45–17–4 94 67 March 14 Florida 0–4 Carolina Bobrovsky 18,700 45–18–4 94 68 March 16 Tampa Bay 5–3 Florida Bobrovsky 19,396 45–19–4 94 69 March 21 Nashville 3–0 Florida Bobrovsky 19,780 45–20–4 94 70 March 23 Florida 3–4 NY Rangers SO Bobrovsky 18,006 45–20–5 95 71 March 24 Florida 4–1 Philadelphia Stolarz 18,712 46–20–5 97 72 March 26 Boston 4–3 Florida Bobrovsky 18,689 46–21–5 97 73 March 28 NY Islanders 3–2 Florida Stolarz 19,201 46–22–5 97 74 March 30 Detroit 2–3 Florida SO Bobrovsky 19,290 47–22–5 99
April: 5–2–1 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 1 Florida 4–6 Toronto Bobrovsky 18,776 47–23–5 99 76 April 2 Florida 3–5 Montreal Stolarz 21,105 47–24–5 99 77 April 4 Florida 6–0 Ottawa Bobrovsky 17,653 48–24–5 101 78 April 6 Florida 2–3 Boston OT Bobrovsky 17,850 48–24–6 102 79 April 9 Ottawa 0–2 Florida Stolarz 17,872 49–24–6 104 80 April 11 Columbus 0–4 Florida Bobrovsky 18,451 50–24–6 106 81 April 13 Buffalo 2–3 Florida OT Bobrovsky 19,319 51–24–6 108 82 April 16 Toronto 2–5 Florida Stolarz 18,317 52–24–6 110
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs

Player statistics

As of May 17, 2024

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Sam Reinhart	82	57	37	94	+29	31
Matthew Tkachuk	80	26	62	88	+19	88
Aleksander Barkov	73	23	57	80	+33	24
Carter Verhaeghe	76	34	38	72	+17	36
Sam Bennett	69	20	21	41	+17	100
Evan Rodrigues	80	12	27	39	+26	34
Gustav Forsling	79	10	29	39	+56	43
Anton Lundell	78	13	22	35	+19	46
Brandon Montour	66	8	25	33	+1	46
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	80	9	23	32	+10	76
Eetu Luostarinen	82	12	15	27	+1	26
Dmitry Kulikov	76	1	19	20	+15	63
Aaron Ekblad	51	4	14	18	+27	50
Niko Mikkola	82	3	14	17	+11	69
Kevin Stenlund	81	11	4	15	−10	62
Nick Cousins	69	7	8	15	+1	64
Vladimir Tarasenko†	19	6	8	14	0	0
Josh Mahura	30	0	9	9	−2	20
Ryan Lomberg	75	5	2	7	−1	80
Jonah Gadjovich	39	2	2	4	0	104
Uvis Balinskis	26	1	2	3	0	8
Steven Lorentz	38	1	2	3	−9	10
Will Lockwood	26	0	1	1	+2	16
Mackie Samoskevich	7	0	0	0	−3	0
Mike Reilly‡	2	0	0	0	−2	2
Tobias Bjornfot†	3	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Sourdif†	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Okposo†	6	0	0	0	0	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Matthew Tkachuk	11	4	10	14	+2	17
Aleksander Barkov	11	5	8	13	+4	2
Carter Verhaeghe	11	6	5	11	+2	12
Sam Reinhart	11	5	4	9	+3	12
Anton Lundell	11	2	7	9	+3	10
Brandon Montour	11	3	5	8	+4	6
Gustav Forsling	11	2	5	7	+8	8
Evan Rodrigues	11	3	3	6	–1	2
Vladimir Tarasenko	11	2	3	5	+2	2
Sam Bennett	6	2	2	4	–1	2
Eetu Luostarinen	11	1	3	4	+1	18
Oliver Ekman-Larsson	11	1	3	4	–2	16
Aaron Ekblad	11	0	4	4	+6	10
Steven Lorentz	9	2	1	3	+1	0
Niko Mikkola	11	1	1	2	+1	16
Kyle Okposo	8	0	2	2	+2	2
Kevin Stenlund	11	0	1	1	+2	0
Nick Cousins	8	0	1	1	+1	20
Ryan Lomberg	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dmitry Kulikov	11	0	0	0	0	12

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Sergei Bobrovsky	58	58	3,414:14	36	17	4	135	2.37	1,584	.915	6	0	2	4
Anthony Stolarz	27	24	1,506:27	16	7	2	51	2.03	684	.925	2	0	2	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Sergei Bobrovsky	11	11	657:18	8	3	26	2.37	264	.902	0	0	0	0

• ^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Panthers. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
• ^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
• Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster

Updated August 13, 2021

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
55		Noel Acciari	C	R	32	2019	Johnston, Rhode Island
16		Aleksander Barkov (C)	C	L	28	2013	Tampere, Finland
9		Sam Bennett	C	L	27	2021	East Gwillimbury, Ontario
72		Sergei Bobrovsky	G	L	35	2019	Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union
32		Lucas Carlsson	D	L	26	2021	Gävle, Sweden
44		Kevin Connauton	D	L	34	2021	Edmonton, Alberta
14		Grigori Denisenko	RW	R	23	2018	Novosibirsk, Russia
10		Anthony Duclair	LW	L	28	2020	Laval, Quebec
5		Aaron Ekblad (A)	D	R	28	2014	Windsor, Ontario
42		Gustav Forsling	D	L	28	2021	Linköping, Sweden
7		Radko Gudas	D	R	34	2020	Kladno, Czechoslovakia
20		Aleksi Heponiemi	C	L	25	2017	Tampere, Finland
70		Patric Hornqvist	RW	R	37	2020	Sollentuna, Sweden
11		Jonathan Huberdeau (A)	LW	L	31	2011	Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
58		Noah Juulsen	D	R	27	2021	Surrey, British Columbia
8		Matt Kiersted	D	L	26	2021	Elk River, Minnesota
30		Spencer Knight	G	L	23	2019	Darien, Connecticut
83		Juho Lammikko	C	L	28	2014	Noormarkku, Finland
94		Ryan Lomberg	LW	L	29	2020	Richmond Hill, Ontario
53		John Ludvig	D	L	23	2019	Liberec, Czech Republic
27		Eetu Luostarinen	C	L	25	2020	Siilinjärvi, Finland
78		Maxim Mamin	C	L	29	2016	Moscow, Russia
17		Mason Marchment	LW	L	29	2020	Uxbridge, Ontario
33		Sam Montembeault	G	L	27	2015	Bécancour, Quebec
62		Brandon Montour	D	R	30	2021	Ohsweken, Ontario
65		Markus Nutivaara	D	L	30	2020	Oulu, Finland
22		Chase Priskie	D	R	28	2020	Pembroke Pines, Florida
13		Sam Reinhart	C	R	28	2021	North Vancouver, British Columbia
79		Cole Schwindt	RW	R	23	2019	Kitchener, Ontario
19		Joe Thornton	C	L	44	2021	St. Thomas, Ontario
74		Owen Tippett	RW	R	25	2017	Peterborough, Ontario
77		Frank Vatrano	C	L	30	2018	East Longmeadow, Massachusetts
23		Carter Verhaeghe	C	L	28	2020	Toronto, Ontario
52		MacKenzie Weegar	D	R	30	2013	Ottawa, Ontario

Awards and honors

Awards

Aleksander Barkov won the Frank J. Selke Trophy.

Milestones

Sam Reinhart became the second Florida Panthers player in history with a 50-goal season.

Transactions

The Panthers have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 season.

Key:

   Contract is entry-level.
   Contract initially takes effect in the 2024–25 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 29, 2023 (2023-06-29)	To San Jose Sharks Anthony Duclair	To Florida Panthers Steven Lorentz 5th-round pick in 2025
March 6, 2024 (2024-03-06)	To Ottawa Senators Conditional 4th-round pick in 2024 3rd-round pick in 2025	To Florida Panthers Vladimir Tarasenko
March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ludovic Waeber Conditional 7th-round pick in 2025	To Florida Panthers Magnus Hellberg
	To Buffalo Sabres Calle Sjalin Conditional 7th-round pick in 2024	To Florida Panthers Kyle Okposo

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	Vancouver Canucks	1-year	Free agency
	Dmitry Kulikov	Minnesota Wild	1-year	Free agency
	Niko Mikkola	New York Rangers	3-year	Free agency
	Mike Reilly	Boston Bruins	1-year	Free agency
	Kevin Stenlund	Winnipeg Jets	1-year	Free agency
	Anthony Stolarz	Anaheim Ducks	1-year	Free agency
July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02)	Will Lockwood	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency
	Evan Rodrigues	Colorado Avalanche	4-year	Free agency
	Alexander True	Seattle Kraken	1-year	Free agency
July 5, 2023 (2023-07-05)	Rasmus Asplund	Nashville Predators	1-year	Free agency
October 16, 2023 (2023-10-16)	Jonah Gadjovich	San Jose Sharks	1-year	Free agency
March 8, 2024 (2024-03-08)	Tobias Bjornfot	Vegas Golden Knights		Waivers

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Evan Fitzpatrick	Syracuse Crunch (AHL)	1-year	Free agency
	Radko Gudas	Anaheim Ducks	3-year	Free agency
	Alex Lyon	Detroit Red Wings	2-year	Free agency
	Givani Smith	San Jose Sharks	2-year	Free agency
July 3, 2023 (2023-07-03)	Marc Staal	Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	Free agency
July 21, 2023 (2023-07-21)	Aleksi Heponiemi	EHC Biel-Bienne (NL)	1-year	Free agency
July 31, 2023 (2023-07-31)	Connor Bunnaman	Oulun Kärpät (Liiga)	1-year	Free agency
August 3, 2023 (2023-08-03)	Max Gildon	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	1-year	Free agency
October 9, 2023 (2023-10-09)	John Ludvig	Pittsburgh Penguins		Waivers
November 25, 2023 (2023-11-25)	Mike Reilly	New York Islanders		Waivers

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Lucas Carlsson	1-year
	Grigori Denisenko	2-year
July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02)	Gerald Mayhew	1-year
July 25, 2023 (2023-07-25)	Eetu Luostarinen	3-year
December 7, 2023 (2023-12-07)	Josh Davies	3-year
January 3, 2024 (2024-01-03)	Uvis Balinskis	2-year
March 7, 2024	Gustav Forsling	8-year

Draft picks

See also: List of Florida Panthers draft picks

Below are the Florida Panthers' selections at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, which will be held on June 28 and 29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	63	Gracyn Sawchyn	C	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
4	127	Albert Wikman	D	Sweden	Färjestad BK (J20 Nationell)
5	159	Olof Glifford	G	Sweden	HV71 (J18 Nationell)
6	191	Luke Coughlin	D	Canada	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
7	1983	Stepan Zvyagin	LW	Russia	Dinamo Minsk (KHL)

Notes

1. The Florida Panthers' first-round pick will go to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on March 16, 2022, that sent Ben Chiarot to Florida in exchange for Ty Smilanic, a conditional fourth-round pick in 2022 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – Montreal will receive a first-round pick in 2023 if Florida's first-round pick in 2022 is outside of the top ten selections – was converted when the Panthers qualified for the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs on April 3, 2022.
2. The Florida Panthers' third-round pick will go to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on July 13, 2022, that sent Brent Burns and Lane Pederson to Carolina in exchange for Steven Lorentz, Eetu Makiniemi and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – San Jose will receive the lowest of the Flyers', Hurricanes', Rangers' or Panthers' third-round picks in 2023 – was converted when Florida advanced to the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals, ensuring that their third-round pick would be the lowest, on May 24, 2023.
3. The Arizona Coyotes' seventh-round pick will go to the Florida Panthers as a result of a trade on July 26, 2021, that sent Anton Stralman, Vladislav Kolyachonok and second-round pick in 2024 to Arizona in exchange for this pick.
4. The Florida Panthers' seventh-round pick will go to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on July 8, 2022, that sent a seventh-round pick in 2022 to Florida in exchange for this pick.