The Panthers announced this morning that they’ve signed forward Anton Lundmark to a one-year, entry-level contract for the 2025-26 campaign. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Lundmark, 24 later this month, joins the Florida organization after spending the entirety of his professional career in his native Sweden. The right-shot winger has just one season of top-level experience under his belt, though. He’s worked his way up from the third-tier HockeyEttan through the second-tier HockeyAllsvenskan en route to making his Swedish Hockey League debut last season with Timrå IK. In his lone season with the club, Lundmark posted 5-4–9 in 49 games with a plus-two rating and, remarkably, no penalty minutes.
His contract with Timrå runs through 2025-26, but there’s evidently an NHL out-clause built in to allow him to sign with the Panthers. Florida could also opt to loan him back to Timrå partway through the season if he’s not a legitimate NHL option or isn’t receiving much of an opportunity on assignment to AHL Charlotte.
Both those outcomes seem realistic. On paper, Lundmark doesn’t have much upside. While he has good size (6’4″, 192 lbs) and is regarded as an intelligent two-way forward, his lack of offensive production against top-flight European talent is a red flag for his ability to adjust to even a meaningful AHL role next season. He’s not much of a factor physically, either.
Lundmark will report to the Panthers’ training camp in the fall and attempt to prove that wrong and make himself a call-up option. He’ll be a restricted free agent in the summer of 2026.