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

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.
 
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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.
 
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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
I think he's looked ok. When Ek gets back I think he'll look a lot better. He'll be lights out playing with Mikkola on the 2nd pair. And they did look fantastic the 3 games they were together and Ek is was still playing top pair. Right now he's playing 25-28 minutes a night , learning a new system.
 
Hawks fans salivating to bump at any mistake he makes. Real quiet the first 3 games but now want to run their mouth lol. The team is taking their usual 10 games off in March.
Yeah what do we know, just watched the guy play 259 games in the Indian Head...

Stay on the Panthers board if you don't want dissenting opinions.
 
Yeah what do we know, just watched the guy play 259 games in the Indian Head...

Stay on the Panthers board if you don't want dissenting opinions.
Well yeah your team sucks. You guys are so desperate for your gotcha moment you can’t think rationally. You clowns were quiet when he played great his first couple of games. Now that the team has started their general trash 10 games of March, you goof balls are coming out of the woodworks. Learn some hockey before you start some discourse on the main boards. Thank you for your cooperation. Don’t ever speak to the champions like that
 
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Well yeah your team sucks. You guys are so desperate for your gotcha moment you can’t think rationally. You clowns were quiet when he played great his first couple of games. Now that the team has started their general trash 10 games of March, you goof balls are coming out of the woodworks. Learn some hockey before you start some discourse on the main boards. Thank you for your cooperation. Don’t ever speak to the champions like that
1st time winning a Cup so I'll forgive your arrogance. I don't need a gotcha moment, I watched him play and defended him for years. What I said about him (unintelligent, athleticism doesn't translate to elite offense) is very true and you'll find that out for yourself. It means nothing to me if you do or don't, I'll happily enjoy Knight and your 1st rounder. Even if neither of those assets pan out to anything we still don't have to worry about his cap hit another 5 seasons so I'm very happy.
 
1st time winning a Cup so I'll forgive your arrogance. I don't need a gotcha moment, I watched him play and defended him for years. What I said about him (unintelligent, athleticism doesn't translate to elite offense) is very true and you'll find that out for yourself. It means nothing to me if you do or don't, I'll happily enjoy Knight and your 1st rounder. Even if neither of those assets pan out to anything we still don't have to worry about his cap hit another 5 seasons so I'm very happy.
You didn’t even watch hockey when the Hawks won so please spare me lmao. You didn’t do any of the above, you’re just someone who trashes someone who left your team. Learn some class like Panthers fans. We wished Knight nothing but the best. Your team won’t be competing any time soon lmao. You’ve been drafting nothing special. Like I said, no comments those first 3 games, but when the team looks bad then you come out of the woodworks. Pathetic tbh. Bedard isn’t that good btw.
 
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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.
I honestly think jones would be a fine second pairing guy and second PP guy as long as you can accept that he is a bit bipolar in his play even in that role. He’ll often be excellent or terrible.
 
I honestly think jones would be a fine second pairing guy and second PP guy as long as you can accept that he is a bit bipolar in his play even in that role. He’ll often be excellent or terrible.
So Brandon Montour. Like we said…. But you guys just want to shit on Jones because you don’t like him.
 

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