Florida Panthers head coach Paul Maurice shared that celebrity Matthew Tkachuk is anticipated to overlook a few week with an sickness. Maurice mentioned that the group is concentrating on Florida’s October 22 matchup towards the Minnesota Wild as Tkachuk’s return date. He already missed one sport with the ailment, sitting out of Florida’s Saturday loss to the Buffalo Sabres.
Tkachuk joins linemate Aleksander Barkov in Florida’s press field — although, with sickness, hopefully not sitting too shut — whereas Barkov nurses a week-to-week, lower-body damage of his personal. Maurice shared on Sunday that Barkov is anticipated to overlook two-to-three weeks, concentrating on a return earlier than November.
Tkachuk has continued his starring function in Florida, recording 2’s throughout the board thus far — with a stat line that reads two video games performed, two assists, two penalty minutes, and a +2. He was a pivotal in Florida’s run to its first Stanley Cup final season, netting 26 objectives and 88 factors within the common season and 22 factors in 24 postseason video games. That wasn’t sufficient to earn Tkachuk any votes for the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP final 12 months, although he did obtain one vote in 2023 — after netting 24 factors in 20 video games of Florida’s different run to the Stanley Cup Finals.
No matter award voting, Tkachuk has confirmed the premier scorer on Florida’s lineup, stamped by a career-high 109 factors in his first season with the group. His function can be daunting to interchange and certain pressure Florida to lean way more on secondary scorer Sam Reinhart. Rookie Mackie Samoskevich might additionally get a lift, although three scoreless video games to begin this season now have him as much as 10 NHL video games with out his first profession level. If not Samoskevich, then subsequent up can be fellow rookie Patrick Giles.
