{"id":478231,"date":"2026-03-01T04:11:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T04:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/478231\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T04:11:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T04:11:04","slug":"panthers-cole-schwindt-out-long-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/478231\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers’ Cole Schwindt Out Long-Term"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coming out of the Olympics, the Florida Panthers were expecting several injured players back relatively soon, particularly to reinforce their bottom-six. Unfortunately, another void has been opened. Insider George Richards reported<\/a> that forward Cole Schwindt<\/a> is out long-term with a lower-body injury.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the second major injury for Schwindt this season. Earlier this season, he suffered an arm fracture that caused him to miss a few months. Florida didn\u2019t provide any specifics on Schwindt\u2019s injury or recovery timeline. The only known information was that he suffered the injury yesterday evening against the Toronto Maple Leafs.<\/p>\n

Although Schwindt\u2019s absence won\u2019t create a massive hole for the Panthers, it adds another layer of uncertainty that the team has faced all season. Looking to repeat as Stanley Cup champions for the third consecutive season, Florida is in danger of missing the playoffs entirely. That situation has been greatly impacted by the numerous injuries the team has encountered this season.<\/p>\n

Schwindt, 24, is in his first year back with the Panthers. The former third-round pick enjoyed a pair of stops with the Calgary Flames and Vegas Golden Knights before returning to Sunrise last offseason.<\/p>\n

Outside of his pair of injuries, he\u2019s been a decent plug-and-play forward for the Panthers this season. He\u2019s registered three goals and one assist in 22 games while averaging 8:51 of ice time per game. Additionally, he\u2019s recorded 25 hits in his limited role, along with a 52.0% CorsiFor% at even strength.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Coming out of the Olympics, the Florida Panthers were expecting several injured players back relatively soon, particularly to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5102],"tags":[3711,62,57,5141,5,402,4,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-478231","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-injury","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-panthers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116151973925128823","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478231","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=478231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478231\/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=478231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}