{"id":16965,"date":"2025-06-26T18:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/16965\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T18:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:28:07","slug":"panthers-acquire-daniil-tarasov-from-blue-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/16965\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers Acquire Daniil Tarasov From Blue Jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Florida Panthers are making quick work to fill in their hole at backup goaltender. According to TSN\u2019s Pierre LeBrun<\/a>, the Florida Panthers have acquired netminder Daniil Tarasov<\/a><\/strong> from the Columbus Blue Jackets. In response to LeBrun\u2019s report, Aaron Portzline of The Athletic shared<\/a> that the Blue Jackets are acquiring a late-round draft pick in the trade. Columbus confirmed<\/a> the trade, announcing they\u2019ve acquired Florida\u2019s 2025 fifth-round pick (160th overall) for their former backup.<\/p>\n

As a potential non-tender candidate heading into the offseason, the Blue Jackets did decent work in not letting Tarasov leave for nothing. After being surpassed toward the end of the 2024-25 campaign by youngster Jet Greaves<\/a><\/strong>, there was little chance Tarasov would remain in Columbus for next season. Now, he\u2019ll attempt to revive his career behind fellow countryman Sergei Bobrovsky<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

There was a time when Tarasov was believed to be the future of the crease for the Blue Jackets. Columbus selected Tarasov with the 86th overall pick of the 2017 NHL Draft, and he quickly impressed a year later with the MHL\u2019s Tolpar Ufa. After spending a few years in the Liiga and KHL, including a strong 2020-21 season with Salavat Yulaev Ufa, where Tarasov recorded an 11-3-2 record in 16 games and achieved a .925 save percentage, the Blue Jackets brought Tarasov to North America.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, his professional career in North America got off to a slow beginning. In his first two years with the Blue Jackets and their AHL affiliate, the Cleveland Monsters, Tarasov participated in just 43 games, which limited his development opportunities.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until the 2023-24 season that Tarasov became a full-time member of Columbus\u2019 goaltending tandem. He managed an 8-11-3 record in 24 games with a .908 SV% and 3.18 GAA. His underlying metrics were strong, including 3.9 goals saved above average (GSAA) and a .565 quality start percentage, indicating that his development had returned to the right track.<\/p>\n

Alas, this past season undid most of the positive steps he took a year ago. After starting the year as the backup again, Tarasov ended with a 7-10-2 record in 20 games, posting a .881 save percentage and a 3.54 goals against average, which caused his GSAA to drop to -10.5, resulting in the loss of his roster spot.<\/p>\n

Given that Bobrovksy started 54 games for the Panthers during the 2024-25 season, and hasn\u2019t shown any signs of slowing down, Tarasov should garner similar deployment next season. He\u2019ll benefit from a stronger defensive core in front of him and may see his earning power grow before he becomes an unrestricted free agent before the 2026-27 NHL season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida Panthers are making quick work to fill in their hole at backup goaltender. According to TSN\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[3110,16572,1323,1649,293,62,1650,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-16965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-columbus-blue-jackets","9":"tag-daniil-tarasov","10":"tag-florida-panthers","11":"tag-newsstand","12":"tag-nhl","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-transactions","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114751085225199524","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}