{"id":411635,"date":"2026-01-16T23:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/411635\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T23:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T23:18:06","slug":"florida-panthers-to-activate-cole-schwindt-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/411635\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Panthers To Activate Cole Schwindt \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Florida Panthers will return a depth forward to their lineup tonight. According to rinkside reporter Katie Engleson<\/a>, forward Cole Schwindt<\/a> will be in the lineup for the Panthers tonight, confirming he\u2019ll be activated from the team\u2019s injured reserve.<\/p>\n

Now in his second stint in Florida, the 24-year-old hasn\u2019t played for the team in two months due to a broken arm suffered against the Vancouver Canucks on November 17th. Before the injury, Schwindt had scored two goals while averaging 8:38 of action per game.<\/p>\n

It\u2019ll be interesting to see how the Panthers make room for Schwindt on the active roster. The easiest option would be to reassign rookie Sandis Vilmanis<\/a>, who is one of the few waiver-exempt players on the roster. Still, the team could demote little-used forward Noah Gregor<\/a>, who cleared waivers<\/a> last Saturday but remained with the team.<\/p>\n

Regardless, it\u2019s a positive step in the right direction for the defending Stanley Cup champions. Florida has dealt with numerous injuries this season, which has hindered their ability to jockey for playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n

Still, even outside of returning Schwindt to the lineup, the team is close to returning Brad Marchand<\/a> and Matthew Tkachuk<\/a>, as well. Leading up to the trade deadline, and as they get closer to a completely healthy roster, the Panthers will be a dangerous team as they look to defend their crown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida Panthers will return a depth forward to their lineup tonight. According to rinkside reporter Katie Engleson,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5102],"tags":[3711,62,57,5141,5,4,63,405],"class_list":{"0":"post-411635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida-panthers","8":"tag-cole-schwindt","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-panthers","11":"tag-floridapanthers","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-panthers","15":"tag-transactions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115907334563338599","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}