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The Florida Panthers‘ quest to become the first professional organization to three-peat since the Los Angeles Lakers in the early 2000s has not gotten off to a hot start.

Sasha Barkov might miss the entire season after tearing his ACL just before the season started, and Matthew Tkachuk remains on injured reserve to treat the groin injury he suffered way back during the 4 Nations tournament.

Tomas Nosek, Dmitry Kulikov, and Jonah Gadjovich have all missed time due to injury, and forward Eetu Luostarinen will be joining them after an unforeseeable injury.

The Panthers said Luostarinen suffered burns in a “barbecuing mishap,” and there is no timetable for his return.

“I’m going to list him as week to week because we don’t have a lot of experien

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