{"id":487991,"date":"2026-03-06T00:29:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/487991\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T00:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T00:29:27","slug":"a-j-greer-out-for-panthers-bobrovsky-backing-up-vs-blue-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/487991\/","title":{"rendered":"A.J.Greer out for Panthers, Bobrovsky backing up vs. Blue Jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida Panthers<\/a> forward A.J. Greer<\/a> will not be in the lineup against the Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> on Thursday while goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky<\/a> will serve as backup to Daniil Tarasov<\/a> in net as the team plays their final game before the NHL Trade Deadline.<\/p>\n

Bobrovsky sits at No. 19 on TSN\u2019s most recent Trade Bait Board<\/a> while Greer is No. 21 as the Panthers continue to fall out of the playoff race.<\/p>\n

#FlaPanthers<\/a> lines vs. #CBJ<\/a> <\/p>\n

Rodrigues – Lundell – Reinhart
Samoskevich – Bennett – Tkachuk
Verhaeghe – Luostarinen – Marchand
Vilmanis – Nosek – Boqvist<\/p>\n

Forsling – Ekblad
Mikkola – Kulikov
Sebrango – Balinskis<\/p>\n

Tarasov
Bobrovsky<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jameson Olive (@JamesonCoop) March 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Bobrovsky, 37, has a 22-19-1 record this season with an .873 save percentage and 3.13 goals against average.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-2 netminder is on the final season of a seven-year, $70 million contract that carries a cap hit of $10 million. He is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

Greer, 29, has 11 goals and 22 points in 61 games with the Panthers this season.<\/p>\n

The 6-foot-3 winger is in the second season of a two-year, $1.7 million contract that carries a cap hit of $850,000. He is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

Florida are on the verge of missing the playoffs for the first time since since the 2018-19 seasons and sit last in the Atlantic Division with a 30-28-3 record. They are 10 points behind the Boston Bruins<\/a> for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n