The Florida Panthers have acquired veteran goalie Jacob Markstrom and centre Angus Crookshank from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for forward Evan Rodrigues, centre Jesper Boqvist and forward prospect Ben Steeves.
New Jersey is not retaining any salary in the move, adds TSN Hockey Insider LeBrun.
Following the addition of Markstrom and Akira Schmid from the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday, it appears the Panthers are moving on from veteran goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, who will become an unrestricted free agent on Wednesday.
Bobrovsky, who won two Stanley Cups with the Panthers, is No. 1 on TSN’s Top 50 UFA List.
Markstrom, 36, went 23-19-1 with the Devils last season with a 3.07 goals-against average and an .883 save percentage.
The 6-foot-6 netminder is entering the first season of a two-year, $12 million contract that carries a cap hit of $6 million. He is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2027-28 campaign.
The 32-year-old Rodrigues scored 11 goals and 20 assists over 69 games with the Panthers in 2025-26, his third season in Florida.
Boqvist, 27, tallied four goals and nine assists over 73 games with the Panthers last season, his second in Florida.
Rodrigues helped the Panthers win Stanley Cups in 2024 and 2025 while Boqvist was on the 2025 championship squad.
Steeves, 24, scored 23 goals and 22 assists over 72 games with the AHL’s Charlotte Checkers in 2025-26.
The 26-year-old Crookshank played eight games with the Devils, scoring one goal. He add 24 goals and 12 assists over 60 games with the AHL’s Utica Comets.
Drafted 31st overall by the Panthers in 2008, Markstrom has a career 264-231-64 record with a .907 save percentage and 2.73 GAA split between the Panthers, Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, and Devils.
Markstrom’s best season came during the 2021-22 campaign where he went 37-15-9 with a .922 save percentage and 2.22 GAA as a member of the Flames, finishing second in Vezina Trophy voting.
The Gavle, Sweden, native represented his country at Milano Cortina 2026, finishing in seventh place. He also represented Sweden four times at the World Hockey Championship, winning gold in 2013.
Panthers Acquired Schmid on Monday
The Panthers already added a goalie to their roster this week, acquiring Akira Schmid from the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft.
Schmid, 26, appeared in 34 games for the Golden Knights this past season, where he registered a 2.59 goals-against average and an .893 save percentage to go along with a 16-10-6 record.
The fifth-year goaltender spent the past two seasons with Vegas after starting his career with the New Jersey Devils.
Originally selected in the fifth round (136th overall) in the 2018 NHL Draft by the Devils, Schmid made his NHL debut three years later with New Jersey.
Over 82 career NHL games played, the native of Bern, Switzerland has a record of 32-28-10 to go with a 2.67 GAA and a .898 save percentage.
Schmid was a member of Switzerland’s roster at the men’s Olympics in February, where he played in three games.
