Denis Malgin, just 21-years-old, was the last restricted free agent that needed to be signed by the Florida Panthers this off-season. The deal was officially announced by the Panthers’ PR team as a one-year, one-way contract.
The reasoning for the delay in the contract extension was not revealed, but it was most certainly an issue of money. The Panthers spent a lot of cash this off-season on Sergei Bobrovsky, Anton Stralman, and Brett Connolly, leaving the team with just $1.5 million to re-sign Malgin.
It was questionable whether Florida would bring him back at all after July passed, he was the last RFA for a long time.