Stayed away,” the Florida Panthers’ goaltender said. “It was nice.” The break gave him a chance to reset, an opportunity to briefly get out of his routine before the Panthers make a push over the final two months of the season ahead of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The opportunity to acquire a defenseman like Seth Jones might seem like a simple decision. It was not that way for the Florida Panthers. A day after pulling off the deal that brought Jones in from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for goaltender Spencer Knight,

Seth Jones was traded to the Florida Panthers by the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday for goalie Spencer Knight. Chicago also received a conditional first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft for Jones and Chicago's fourth-round pick in the 2026 draft.

The Florida Panthers have acquired defenseman Seth Jones from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for goaltender Spencer Knight, and a conditional first-round pick, the Florida Panthers announced on Saturday .

The Blackhawks have traded defenseman Seth Jones and a fourth-round pick to the Panthers for Spencer Knight and a first-round pick.

Spencer Knight got right to work with the Chicago Blackhawks. Knight was slated to start Monday night against the Los Angeles Kings in the goaltender's first game since he was acquired in a trade with the Florida Panthers on Saturday night.

CHICAGO — Nearly 36 hours after being traded from the Florida Panthers to the Chicago Blackhawks, goalie Spencer Knight was still analyzing everything.

When the Florida Panthers selected Spencer Knight with the 13th pick on June 21, 2019, they found their goalie of the future. The Panthers had never really had a homegrown goaltender—Roberto Luongo was originally drafted by the New York Islanders.

The Florida Panthers made a massive trade on Saturday night, but now they’ve got to make a big decision regarding their goaltending.

The goalie will make his Chicago Blackhawks debut when he starts against the Los Angeles Kings at United Center on Monday (8:30 p.m. ET; FDSNW, CHSN, TVAS), two days after being acquired in the trade that sent defenseman Seth Jones to the Florida Panthers.