Florida Panthers: Sam Montembeault Will Serve an Important Role as the Backup Netminder

Heading into the new season, goaltender Sam Montembeault will serve an important role as the Florida Panthers’ backup.

Just recently, Sam Montembeault accepted his qualifying offer, which will keep him in South Florida for another season at $708K.

For the Florida Panthers, this gives them another year to decide if they want to move forward with Montembeault as the backup.

Given the recent arrival of Sergei Bobrovsky as the team’s new No.1 stopper and the latest first-round selection in Spencer Knight, the crease will primarily be occupied as someone not named Sam Montembeault.

Now, this doesn’t mean that Montembeault doesn’t have a future with the Panthers for the foreseeable future; however,…