AP: Panthers, Barkov Agree On 8-Year, $80M Extension

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SUNRISE (AP) — Aleksander Barkov and the Florida Panthers person agreed connected an $80 million, eight-year declaration hold with an yearly wage headdress deed of $10 million, according to 2 radical with nonstop cognition of the negotiations.

Barkov and the Panthers had been moving for respective days to implicit the deal, said the people, who spoke to The Associated Press connected information of anonymity due to the fact that the presumption were not instantly released by the team.

Barkov, Florida’s captain, is entering his ninth twelvemonth with the Panthers; lone Jonathan Huberdeau, entering his 10th season, has been with Florida longer. Barkov has scored 181 goals for Florida, 7 shy of matching Olli Jokinen’s franchise record, and helium trails lone Huberdeau for the Panthers’ all-time leads successful assists (330-284) and points (498-465).

The declaration is the largest successful presumption of full worth successful Panthers history, topping the $70 million, seven-year woody for goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky successful 2019. Barkov becomes the 12th progressive subordinate successful the NHL with a declaration with a full worth of astatine slightest $80 million.

It besides means Florida’s halfway is astir wholly locked up present for aggregate seasons. Forwards Frank Vatrano, Noel Acciari and Ryan Lomberg tin beryllium escaped agents adjacent summer, and Huberdeau’s adjacent hold is apt a twelvemonth distant — but for the astir part, the Panthers cognize who they tin person wherever for years to come.

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