Where does Sergei Bobrovsky end up this summer?
It was a difficult 2025-26 campaign for Sergei Bobrovsky, who in 52 appearances with the Florida Panthers went 27-23-1 with an .877 save percentage (SV%) and a 5-on-5 goals saved above expected (GSAx) of -12.
Bobrovsky, 37, hasn’t posted a save percentage below .900 since 2011-12, and after leading the Panthers to three consecutive Stanley Cup Final appearances, Florida missed the playoffs last spring.
Now Bobrovsky must consider what’s next, as his seven-year, $70-million contract is expiring, making the 16-year veteran an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Will teams take a chance on the two-time Vezina Trophy winner?
On Thursday’s episode of Daily Faceoff LIVE, Tyler Yaremchuk and former NHL goaltender Carter Hutton discuss Bobrovsky’s future and how he could contribute to a team in 2026-27.
Carter Hutton: There’s concern, there’s a lot of concern that this is starting to be an age factor for Bobrovsky. For a guy who is such a workhorse and puts so much time into his off-ice training, who’s been to three Stanley Cup Finals, there’s concern. When I think of concern, I think of him playing 52 games last year. I think Bobrovsky could be a big piece to a team in that 1-A, 1-B situation. You think of him taking a little bit of a step back, managing his minutes.
I always go back to that template the Boston Bruins had with Tuuka Rask, where they knew what they had in how elite he was, but they surrounded him with another guy that was a little bit better than a backup. Rask could be a 1-A, but you know you had another guy in a “break glass in case of emergency” situation.
I think for Bobrovsky, it will be interesting to see where he goes. At an .877 save percentage, the worst of his career, you think of all those years in Florida when he was well over .900. I know that we put last season as an outlier for the Panthers, but there was still a good amount of players there where Bob could put up numbers.
You can watch the full segment and the rest of the episode here…