The Florida Panthers have agreed to a two-year contract extension with left-winger Jonah Gadjovich . The deal will carry a $905K cap hit, per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman . Florida announced the deal on Gadjovich’s 27th birthday
Few Panthers have a role as defined as Gadjovich’s. He is the team’s go-to enforcer, with a tremendous 164 penalty minutes in just 81 games between the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons. Only two players across the league – Austin Watson and Matt Rempe – averaged more penalty minutes per game played in that span, and Gadjovich still recorded more total PIMs than both. He scored just eight points in the same stretch, and added three points and 33 PIMs in 16 playoff appearances.
Interestingly, Gadjovich has found a way to avoid the penalty booth to start