from Harvey Fialkov and Craig Davis of the SunSentinel,

Panthers goalie Jose Theodore may have played his last game for the Florida Panthers.

Theodore will be out for 5-6 weeks with a torn groin, agent Don Meehan told the Sun Sentinel on Monday.

The season has seven weeks remaining, so Theodore would be available for the playoffs, which seems unlikely with the Panthers currently last in the Eastern Conference.

Theodore told Meehan that the groin won't require surgery. Theodore, 36, who is in the final year of his contract ($1.5 million), isn't expected back with the Panthers next season, but he still, "wants to play and compete,'' his agent said.

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