.Oct 22, 2024, 05:30 PM ETSUNRISE, Fla.-- The Florida Panthers have actually distributed yet another big expansion-- this one, to their Stanley Cup-winning coach.Paul Maurice and also the Panthers have settled on a prolonged contract, the group introduced Tuesday. Maurice was in the final year of a three-year offer, and it was an assurance that the Panthers intended on keeping him around after he took the staff to the Stanley Cup Final in each of his first pair of seasons.Maurice entered Tuesday with 98 regular-season wins along with Fla, actually the 3rd very most in nightclub history responsible for Jacques Martin (110) and Peter DeBoer (103 ). As well as his postseason effectiveness with the Panthers is beyond compare he has won 29 championship game with Fla-- highlighted due to the staff gaining its own very first Stanley Mug final time-- while intermittent trainer in club past has 25 playoff gains combined.Editor's Picks1 RelatedIt's the latest huge bargain that the staff has gotten performed, and also even more verification that Florida's championship core could be all together for a long times to come.The Panthers declared already this season that they've signed ahead Carter Verhaeghe to an eight-year expansion, indicating they possess much of their key players-- additionally including Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Reinhart, Anton Lundell and also Gustav Forsling-- under deal with at least 2030. As well as the staff is speaking with forward Sam Bennett about an extension as well.Maurice is 2nd in NHL past history in video games trained (1,855 getting into Tuesday) behind Scotty Bowman (2,141), as well as 4th all time in victories (873) behind Bowman (1,244), Joel Quenneville (969) as well as Barry Trotz (914 ). Final time's headline by the Panthers was actually Maurice's very first Stanley Cup champion.