Ludvig Jansson

Jansson is a depth right-shot defenseman prospect who is very unlikely to open the season with Florida and is best watched as a call-up name to monitor if the Panthers' blueline gets hit by injuries.

Role

Per The Hockey News' training camp preview (published mid-September 2026, also carried by Canucks World), Florida's top six defensemen are set (Forsling-Ekblad, Mikkola-Jones, Kulikov-Gudas) with Uvis Balinskis as the seventh defenseman. Beyond that the depth chart is described as murky, and Jansson is grouped with Marek Alscher and Mikulas Hovorka as players who got NHL games last season and project to open in the AHL with Charlotte, in line for a call-up if injuries strike the Florida blueline. He appeared on the Panthers' 2026-27 training camp roster (wearing No. 54, per Litter Box Cats and Yardbarker, checked late September 2026), but no Daily Faceoff line combination page or exhibition game report places him on Florida's projected NHL roster or power play. Last season (2025-26) he played four NHL games for Florida, recording one assist, before being returned to Charlotte on April 17, 2026, per Wikipedia's transaction note.

Where analysts split

There is no reported disagreement among analysts about Jansson himself; the actual open question in current coverage is which of Alscher, Hovorka, or Jansson would be first in line for a Panthers call-up if the blueline is hit by injury, and that has not been settled by camp or preseason play as of the reporting checked.

Research confidence: thin. Outlooks are grounded in web search over current reporting and refreshed through the season.

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