Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad of Windsor, Ontario is out for the rest of the 2024-25 National Hockey League regular season and first two games of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs according to Rogers Sportsnet on Monday. The reason why Ekblad will not be in the Panthers lineup is because he has been suspended for taking a performance enhancing drug.
Ekblad recently took the drug to recover from an injury. However, he did not check with Panthers personnel first to see if the drug was permissible for him to take.
