The Florida Panthers have extended their star forward, Sam Verhaeghe, with a seven-year contract worth an average annual value of $7 million. The deal includes a significant signing bonus and trade protection for the player.
Verhaeghe, 29, is in the final year of a contract that carries a $4,166,667 salary cap hit. The new deal, which begins in 2025-26, has an average annual value of $7 million. Sources told ESPN that the deal also includes $48 million in guaranteed signing bonus money and carries trade protection ."This guy's a Florida Panther," general manager and hockey operations president Bill Zito said."We're very blessed to have him."in 2019-20 as a rookie.
Verhaeghe has scored 10 game-winning playoff goals for the Panthers, including the overtime Game 7 winner in Boston during Florida's historic first-round upset of the Bruins in 2023.
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