{"id":208208,"date":"2025-10-12T16:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T16:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/208208\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T16:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T16:24:09","slug":"panthers-sign-forward-jonah-gadjovich-to-two-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/208208\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers sign forward Jonah Gadjovich to two-year extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gadjovich and the <a class=\"sn-team-post-link\" data-team=\"florida-panthers\" data-league=\"nhl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/teams\/florida-panthers\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Florida Panthers<\/a> agreed to a two-year contract extension, the team <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FlaPanthers\/status\/1977381468394450954\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced<\/a> on Sunday. Sportsnet&#8217;s Elliotte Friedman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1977390601323659556\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a> the deal is worth $1.81 million ($905,000 AAV).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJonah has become an integral part of our locker room and a strong contributor for our group on the ice,\u201d Panthers general manager Bill Zito said in a statement. \u201cHe possesses a fearless attitude and unrelenting competitiveness, and we are excited for Jonah to continue with us in South Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old forward made a name for himself with the Panthers by playing with physicality and intensity. While he didn&#8217;t suit up in the playoffs during Florida&#8217;s 2023-24 Cup run, Gadjovich played in 16 games last post-season, recording two goals and an assist while delivering 63 hits.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining the Panthers, his 19.54 hits per 60 minutes leads the team among all skaters to appear in at least 10 games. He has one assist through three games this season.<\/p>\n<p>In six seasons, the two-time Stanley Cup champion has totalled 19 points (10 goals, 19 assists) in 163 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gadjovich and the Florida Panthers agreed to a two-year contract extension, the team announced on Sunday. Sportsnet&#8217;s Elliotte&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-208208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}