Confirmed Trade: [FLA/CHI] Seth Jones (26.3% retained; $7M AAV) and 2026 4th round pick for Spencer Knight and 2026 1st round pick

[PAZ]

To be fair, who suspected FLA would trade Knight?

Uhm, lots of people?

From Florida's POV, Knight was a $4.5 mil backup while they're chasing a cup. Last year he wasn't even back-up quality and he still had 1 year left on his contract with an impending cap crunch.

I frankly would've been surprised if he was on the team at the start of next season. This isn't to negate Knight's potential, but Florida couldn't go into next year with $15 mil tied up in goaltending.

 

[Dread Clawz]

Knight with a .923 save percentage in his second game with the Hawks. Puts him at 8th league wide this season (minimum 20 games).

I told y'all he's gonna be a stud. And he's only 23. Take care of him , he's a good kid. Meanwhile, the Panthers have only allowed 4 goals in 4 games since Jones stepped into the lineup, with two shutouts in there. He's gonna be so good in Florida for such a long time, he looks so much better than he did in Chicago. Looks like mid 10's Jones. Part of that is probably Florida's system and overall team strength, it tends to make a lot of players look better. But that is why he was such a good fit here. Great trade for both teams.

 

[JaegerDice]

Can any Florida Panthers fans comment on how Jones looks via the eye test?

Cause I took a look at his underlying stats out of curiosity, and dear god they’re bad.

14.92 5v5 GF% (-2.66 G/60 Rel)

47.82 5v5 SF% (-7.88 S/60 Rel)

47.94 5v5 CF% (-18.12(!!!) C/60 Rel)

39.19 5v5 xGF% (-1.72 xG/60 Rel)

(Rel is the difference between him on the ice vs rest of team in any combination without him on the ice; so for example, the Panthers are giving up roughly 2.66 goals more per 60 minutes of Jones’ ice time than they do in 60 minutes without him on the ice)

Only 7 game sample size, obviously, so wondering what Panthers fans think of him in his reduced role? Do the numbers seem to match what you’re watching thus far?

 

[Laus723]

Can any Florida Panthers fans comment on how Jones looks via the eye test?

Cause I took a look at his underlying stats out of curiosity, and dear god they’re bad.

14.92 5v5 GF% (-2.66 G/60 Rel)

47.82 5v5 SF% (-7.88 S/60 Rel)

47.94 5v5 CF% (-18.12(!!!) C/60 Rel)

39.19 5v5 xGF% (-1.72 xG/60 Rel)

(Rel is the difference between him on the ice vs rest of team in any combination without him on the ice; so for example, the Panthers are giving up roughly 2.66 goals more per 60 minutes of Jones’ ice time than they do in 60 minutes without him on the ice)

Only 7 game sample size, obviously, so wondering what Panthers fans think of him in his reduced role? Do the numbers seem to match what you’re watching thus far?

He looked good until he moved up to the top pair, so his role was just moved up. He was beaten badly on an Islanders goal. The last 2 games the whole team has been off, though. I’m interested to see how he does the rest of the season, but the Ek suspension seems to be a blessing in disguise to see how Jones would do should we move on from Ek. He may just be a 2nd pair guy, which is fine, we needed one.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

Can any Florida Panthers fans comment on how Jones looks via the eye test?

Cause I took a look at his underlying stats out of curiosity, and dear god they’re bad.

14.92 5v5 GF% (-2.66 G/60 Rel)

47.82 5v5 SF% (-7.88 S/60 Rel)

47.94 5v5 CF% (-18.12(!!!) C/60 Rel)

39.19 5v5 xGF% (-1.72 xG/60 Rel)

(Rel is the difference between him on the ice vs rest of team in any combination without him on the ice; so for example, the Panthers are giving up roughly 2.66 goals more per 60 minutes of Jones’ ice time than they do in 60 minutes without him on the ice)

Only 7 game sample size, obviously, so wondering what Panthers fans think of him in his reduced role? Do the numbers seem to match what you’re watching thus far?

I thought he looked horrible when the Bruins played them the other week. Was getting beat wide a lot. That's only one game though.

 

[Kevin Musto]

He may just be a 2nd pair guy, which is fine, we needed one.

The cope has begun

 

[Laus723]

The cope has begun

What part of that was cope? We had Kulikov on the 2nd pair that Jones moved down, Ek stayed on the top pair and is now suspended. Some of us wondered if Jones could take over Ekblad's spot and we move on from him, that may not be the case. We either re-sign Ek or find someone else. TF are you talking about?

 

[Bear of Bad News]

The cope has begun

What does this mean in this context?

Not that many people were saying that the Panthers were getting an all-star. In fact, quite a few people here were saying that Jones wasn't worth the cap hit.

At the moment, it seems like Jones (sample size notwithstanding) is playing about what would be expected.

 

[PanniniClaus]

He looks atrocious; the Hawks immediately got better when he left. He's been much less a player than Ekblad and slower than slow. The Nurse contract is better if you can believe that.

 

[x Tame Impala]

He's not an intelligent defenseman in his own zone and his athleticism doesn't translate to anything elite offensively.

 

[TLEH]

What does this mean in this context?

Not that many people were saying that the Panthers were getting an all-star. In fact, quite a few people here were saying that Jones wasn't worth the cap hit.

At the moment, it seems like Jones (sample size notwithstanding) is playing about what would be expected.

Felt like the consensus was that the system he was going to would mask his flaws. That Chicago was bringing him down. But he's the same flawed player. He's not just "not worth the cap hit" he's just not even that good. He's an extremely physically gifted player. Thats about it.

 

[Mrfenn92]

The cope has begun

Trade is over let your hatred of Seth go

 

[CallMeShaft]

I hate Seth with a passion, but don't necessarily think we (Hawks fans) need to bump this thread just to talk shit about him. We have our own forums to do that. Doing so here feels like purposefully antagonizing Panthers fans.

I'm happy for the return we got for him. Let it be up to Panthers fans to discuss how they think he's doing in here, they're the ones watching him every night now.