After just one season with the Florida Panthers, Jason Demers is heading back to the Pacific Division. The 29-year-old defenseman will start the season with the Arizona Coyotes.
Demers’ future with the Panthers has been up in the air for awhile. Though the five-year contract he signed as an unrestricted free agent last summer included a modified no trade clause, there’d been rumors well before the expansion draft that the Panthers were interested in moving him. According to George Richards of the Miami Herald, Dale Tallon had first attempted to ship Demers to Vancouver to acquire former Florida Panthers defenseman, Erik Gudbranson.