.Oct 22, 2024, 05:30 PM ETSUNRISE, Fla.-- The Florida Panthers have actually offered an additional big expansion-- this one, to their Stanley Cup-winning coach.Paul Maurice and the Panthers have actually agreed on a prolonged deal, the team declared Tuesday. Maurice was in the final year of a three-year deal, and it was actually a certainty that the Panthers anticipated keeping him around after he took the group to the Stanley Cup Final in each of his first two seasons.Maurice went into Tuesday along with 98 regular-season triumphes along with Fla, already the 3rd most in nightclub past responsible for Jacques Martin (110) and also Peter DeBoer (103 ). And also his postseason success with the Panthers is best he has actually gained 29 playoff games along with Fla-- highlighted by the staff succeeding its own first Stanley Cup last period-- while every other instructor in club record has 25 playoff wins combined.Editor's Picks1 RelatedIt's the most up to date large deal that the crew has actually obtained carried out, and more proof that Florida's championship center may be with each other for many years to come.The Panthers introduced actually this season that they've signed forward Carter Verhaeghe to an eight-year expansion, meaning they possess many of their principals-- also consisting of Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Reinhart, Anton Lundell and also Gustav Forsling-- under agreement by means of a minimum of 2030. And also the crew is actually speaking to forward Sam Bennett about an extension as well.Maurice is actually 2nd in NHL past in video games trained (1,855 going into Tuesday) behind Scotty Bowman (2,141), as well as fourth perpetuity in success (873) behind Bowman (1,244), Joel Quenneville (969) and Barry Trotz (914 ). Final period's headline by the Panthers was actually Maurice's 1st Stanley Cup championship.