“Panthers’ Ekblad Breaks Silence: What’s Next After Controversial Ban?”
His absence has been part of a long list of Florida players missing from the lineup in recent weeks.
The Panthers lost Matthew Tkachuk in February and hope to have him back for Game 1 of the playoffs. Brad Marchand missed his first few weeks with Florida after being acquired from Boston. Aleksander Barkov has missed a few games down the stretch, defenseman Dmitry Kulikov and forward Sam Bennett might be back Monday, and the Panthers are giving some other regulars a bit of rest as well.
Seeing Ekblad back on the ice, even just for practice, was enough to make Panthers coach Paul Maurice smile. Ekblad wasn’t able to be around the team for weeks as part of the suspension; he can now do everything other than play games.
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