The Florida Panthers traded its third round pick in 2019 to Nashville for the Predators 2018 third-rounder and ended up selecting five players during day two of the 2018 NHL Entry Draft in Dallas. The Cats picked skilled Russian forward Grigori Denisenko in the first round (15th overall) on Friday night,
Florida selected forward Serron Noel in the second round (34th overall), forward Logan Hutsko in the third round (89th overall), forward Justin Schutz in the sixth round (170th overall), and defensemen Cole Krygier (201st overall) and Santtu Kinnunen (207th overall) in the seventh round.