Barkov, Lundell Carry Panthers’ Banner Into IIHF Final Four

Sasha Barkov and Anton Lundell are the only Panthers still standing in the IIHF World Championship semifinals, which is exactly the kind of thin-household-census update front offices hate to see. Florida has plenty of names tied to this tournament, but the bracket has already chewed through the rest of the group. Barkov and Lundell now carry the Panthers’ flag into a stage where every shift looks like a scouting report and every mistake gets magnified.