The opportunity to acquire a defenseman like Seth Jones might seem like a simple decision. It was not that way for the Florida Panthers. A day after pulling off the deal that brought Jones in from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for goaltender Spencer Knight,

It was not that way for the Florida Panthers. A day after pulling off the deal that brought Jones in from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for goaltender Spencer Knight, Panthers general manager and hockey operations president Bill Zito said the Stanley Cup champions took their time before finally executing the move and agreeing to bring on Jones — who has five years left on a big-money contract.

Knight, who will make his first Hawks start Monday against the Kings, creates a tricky three-goalie rotation for the Hawks at the moment — not that they're complaining.

The opportunity to acquire a defenseman like Seth Jones might seem like a simple decision. It was not that way for the Florida Panthers. A day after pulling off the deal that brought Jones in from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for goaltender Spencer Knight,

Seth Jones was traded to the Florida Panthers by the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday for goalie Spencer Knight. Chicago also received a conditional first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft for Jones and Chicago's fourth-round pick in the 2026 draft.

Spencer Knight got right to work with the Chicago Blackhawks. Knight was slated to start Monday night against the Los Angeles Kings in the goaltender's first game since he was acquired in a trade with the Florida Panthers on Saturday night.

The Chicago Blackhawks are set to play the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night. This will be their first matchup at the United Center following the big Seth Jones trade. The night of the deal, Chicago beat the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center.

The goalie will make his Chicago Blackhawks debut when he starts against the Los Angeles Kings at United Center on Monday (8:30 p.m. ET; FDSNW, CHSN, TVAS), two days after being acquired in the trade that sent defenseman Seth Jones to the Florida Panthers.

When the Florida Panthers selected Spencer Knight with the 13th pick on June 21, 2019, they found their goalie of the future. The Panthers had never really had a homegrown goaltender—Roberto Luongo was originally drafted by the New York Islanders.

Making first start with new team