- Bobrovsky’s ask is reportedly as high as $42 million over six or seven years
- Florida wants him back but won’t commit to that term, per Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos
- Read below for the numbers behind his down year and what the Panthers do next
Sergei Bobrovsky won the Panthers back-to-back Stanley Cups. Now he wants Florida to pay him like it.
The pending unrestricted free agent is looking for a deal worth as much as $42 million over six or seven years, per Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos. The Panthers want him back. The term is the holdup.
Bobrovsky turns 38 before next season starts. A deal that long would carry him into his mid-40s, which no goalie has done on a big-money contract. Kypreos says Florida is already weighing who might replace him if the ask doesn’t come down.
His leverage is the easy part to explain. Bobrovsky started all 23 playoff games during the 2025 run and posted a 2.20 goals-against average with a .914 save percentage on the way to a second straight title. He stopped 28 shots in Game 6 to finish the repeat against Edmonton.
Here’s the scene from that night in Sunrise:
The regular season told a rougher story. Bobrovsky went 27-23-1 with a 3.07 goals-against average and an .877 save percentage in 52 games, the worst statistical year of his 16-year career. MoneyPuck pegged him at 12.2 goals worse than expected, 90th out of the 98 goalies who saw NHL action.
His hands are still there, though. Bobrovsky landed on the league’s save-of-the-year reel from this past season:
Bobrovsky is finishing a seven-year, $70 million contract he signed with Florida back in 2019. The Panthers have no obvious answer behind him on the depth chart, which is part of why they went looking this spring. Florida called the Jets about Connor Hellebuyck earlier this month, a sign the front office is thinking past its franchise goalie.
July 1 sorts it out. If the two sides can’t agree on term, one of the best goalies of his generation hits the open market for the first time since 2019.
