{"id":112064,"date":"2021-06-15T19:43:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T23:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=112064"},"modified":"2021-06-15T19:43:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T23:43:03","slug":"florida-panthers-lucas-wallmark-signs-a-khl-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/06\/15\/florida-panthers-lucas-wallmark-signs-a-khl-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Panthers Lucas Wallmark Signs a KHL Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Panthers forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/wallmlu01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lucas Wallmark<\/a> has signed a one-year deal with CSKA Moscow in the Kontinental Hockey League. Wallmark was due to become a restricted free agent at the end of the 2020-21 season. News of his NHL departure broke via George Richards, publisher of Florida Hockey Now.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FlaPanthers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FlaPanthers<\/a> and Lucas Wallmark have parted company \u2014 again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7cSEvMJVrx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/7cSEvMJVrx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; George Richards (@GeorgeRichards) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeRichards\/status\/1404797299038040078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Lucas Wallmark leaves Panthers for KHL<\/h2>\n<p>This will be the second time that Wallmark has left the Panthers organization. He was acquired by Florida for the first time at the 2020 Trade Deadline, as part of a package deal that ultimately sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/trochvi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vincent Trocheck<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/hurricanes\/\" target=\"_self\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>. Wallmark&#8217;s first stint in Florida was brief. After the Islanders eliminated the Panthers in the Stanley Cup Qualifiers, Wallmark left and signed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/blackhawks\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> in free agency. However, he would later be traded back to Florida at the following deadline; Panthers&#8217; general manager Bill Zito re-acquired Wallmark in a cap-maneuvring deal that paved the way for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/montobr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Montour<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bennesa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Bennett<\/a> trades.<\/p>\n<p>A fourth-round draft pick in 2014, Wallmark has played 197 NHL games, potting 23 goals and 59 points. During his time in Sunrise, the 25-year-old Swedish centre played only 11 regular-season games, scoring one goal and two points. He did not feature in the Panthers&#8217; recent <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/05\/28\/andrei-vasilevskiy-and-tampa-bay-lightning-too-much-for-the-florida-panthers\/\" target=\"_self\">4-2 First Round loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means Going Forward<\/h3>\n<p>Wallmark joins a team with a good pedigree in the world&#8217;s second-best professional hockey league; CSKA recently lost in this year&#8217;s Gargarin Cup Final, the KHL&#8217;s equivalent to the Stanley Cup Final. Although, they will need more production from the 25-year-old Swede, who has seemed out of sorts this last season. He hasn&#8217;t scored a goal since March 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, this deal isn&#8217;t set in stone. If Florida wanted to submit a qualifying offer, the team could retain Wallmark&#8217;s rights, because of his RFA status. However, it seems unlikely that they go down that route. After all, Wallmark played the fourth-fewest minutes per game among all Panthers skaters during the 2021 stretch run.<\/p>\n<p>For now, at least, Lucas Wallmark seems KHL-bound.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"2XGlYpyYQxxzyHH501fiRw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1204534202\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'2XGlYpyYQxxzyHH501fiRw',sig:'T_UAcrnbEZaR1tSHwP0lpFiJpWGheOvsJ91ZQxMEFPA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1204534202',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Panthers forward Lucas Wallmark has signed a one-year deal with CSKA Moscow in the Kontinental Hockey League. Wallmark was due to become a restricted free agent at the end of the 2020-21 season. News of his NHL departure broke via George Richards, publisher of Florida Hockey Now. 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