Aaron Ekblad signed an eight-year, $48.8 million contract to remain with the Florida Panthers on Monday. It has an average annual value of $6.1 million.

The Panthers re-signed veteran defenseman Aaron Ekblad to a long-term extension, keeping Ekblad with the team that drafted him.

We kind of wax poetic about the team and the community they’ve become, and I think this is a great example of what it means to them.’