Florida attached its long -time defender.
Aaron Ekblad will continue in Florida. AOP / USA Today Sports
Florida Panthers defender Aaron Ekblad concluded an eight -year extension with the club, says TSN reporter Bob McKenzie Message service in X.
The total value of a 29-year-old defender is approximately $ 48.8 million, which guarantees the Canadian seasonal earnings of about $ 6.1 million.
Signing the contract removes Ekblad from the free players’ market that will open on Tuesday.
Ekblad has been an important loop downstairs for 11 seasons. Ekblad has played 732 NHL matches in his career with 118+262 = 380.
In his second release, McKenzie pointed out that many believed that Ekblad would receive up to $ 9 million in seasonal earnings from the free market.
Ekblad is the Panthers’ number one reservation for the 2014 NHL Draft.
The Panthers captain is Finnish Alexander Barkov. The club won the Stanley Cup, the NHL championship in the past season. The victory was another consecutive.