Sam Reinhart has been rewarded for a huge career year with a new contract.
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported that Reinhart and the Florida Panthers agreed upon an eight-year contract. As the deal was signed before midnight ET on June 30, the Panthers were able to give him the maximum term.
Financial terms were not immediately known.
Reinhart set career highs with 57 goals and 94 points this season, while helping the Panthers to win their first Stanley Cup in franchise history. He scored the game-winning goal in Game 7 against the Edmonton Oilers to clinch the Cup.
The 28-year-old is coming off a three-year, $19.5-million contract he signed with the Panthers shortly after being acquired from the Buffalo Sabres in 2021.
The West Vancouver native was selected second overall by the Sabres at the 2014 NHL Draft and played seven seasons for the club.
