Matthew Tkachuk missed the start of the 2025-26 season
The Florida Panthers will have no forward Matthew Tkachuk at the start of the 2025-26 season. He will start his season at LTIR after off-season surgery as the injuries he suffered in four countries confrontations representing Team USA are “very likely”.
Dave Pagnotta of Phase 4: “Matthew Tkachuk had surgery a few weeks ago and would miss the start of the season. The schedule is not clear, but he can stop acting as long as sometime in January.”
Breaking news
Another confirmation.
As discussed with many before the free agent agency, on July 1, Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk will undergo off-season surgery. It’s just a question of when. # -Timetohunt @tsn690 @kj_lups @NJL1888 @cms_305 # -Timetohunt pic.twitter.com/gxcrbq43us
— Jim Burlinger (@jimbiringer) August 22, 2025
Luke Kunin and the Florida Panthers logo
The Florida Panthers announced they would sign a one-year contract for striker Luke Kunin. According to Puckpedia.com, the transaction price for a year is $775,000.
David Dwork of Hockey News: “The Panthers have signed Luke Kunin as a one-year contract. Bill Zito of Kunin: “Luke is a physically highly competitive forward with excellent leadership and strong character.” ”
Matthew Tkachuk: “Playing uncertainty in the playoffs”
nhlrumors.com Note: The Panthers knew they needed to join in advance and once the Kooning contract was announced, many began to doubt whether Matthew Tkachuk would have off-season surgery. As NHLrumors.com writes and reports, although he told ESPN’s Greg Wyshynski, he said he was unsure, Tkachuk always had off-season surgery and missed the start of the season.
If he is really that uncertain, Evan Rodrigues, Tomas Nosek or Jesper Boqvist will be moved to get the Panthers to meet the cap. The Florida Panthers have been planning to get Matthew Tkachuk on LTIR to start the season, which is a big reason why they can keep Aaron Ekblad, Brad Marchand and Sam Bennett. From the beginning, everyone knew what the decision was.
NHL will not include IIHF in upcoming World Cup hockey
TSN’s Darren Dreger: “At this point, it seems that the NHL will continue to prepare for the World Cup without the involvement of IIHF. The league has notified IIHF that it intends to work directly with each hockey federation in the planned 2028 event.”
Dave Pagnotta of the fourth stage: “In addition, NHL Deputy Director Bill Daly told me that today they hoped eight countries would compete in the 2028 World Cup hockey, initial matches in 1 European city and one North American city, and one NA City to host the semi-finals and finals.”
NHL and NHLPA announce Olympics and World Cup Hockey
Jim Biringer: “I’m not surprised to see this.
The last World Cup in 2016 was the NHL and NHLPA events.
The 2004 and 1996 World Cups involved IIHF.
Commissioner Bettman did say this at a press conference in four countries that the IIHF would not be involved. ”
nhlrumors.com Note: When the NHL and NHLPA announced that they would bring back World Cup hockey in a four-country standoff, Commissioner Betteman, Deputy Director Bill Daly, NHLPA Executive Director and NHLPA Assistant Director Ron Hainesey told the attending media that the IIHF would not be involved in the event. They may ask for help from the field team, but this is another NHL-NHLPA event.
World Cup hockey must be the best
It will be a game of eight teams, including qualifying. This is likely to be five powers plus three other teams. The most important key will be the environmental changes in Russia and 2028. If things don’t change, don’t expect to see Russians at the Hockey World Cup.
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