Carolina’s mid-season acquisition from the Dallas Stars is here for the long haul.
The Carolina Hurricanes announced on Tuesday that Logan Stankoven has signed an eight-year contract extension worth $48 million.
The deal, which will carry a cap hit and average annual value of $6 million, will begin in the 2026-2027 season, as Stankoven still has one year remaining on his entry-level contract.
From the moment he arrived in Raleigh, it was clear to us that Logan was a Hurricane,” general manager Eric Tulsky said via the team’s press release. “We’re thrilled that he agrees, and is committed to being a big part of this organization long term.”
Stankoven, whom the Hurricanes acquired in the trade that sent Mikko Rantanen to the Dallas Stars, put up 9 points in 19 regular season games with the team after the trade.
The 22-year-old upped his game in the Stanley Cup playoffs, as he scored 5 goals in 15 games on the team’s run to the Eastern Conference Final.
The British Columbia native found a niche on the team’s checking line alongside Jordan Martinook and Jordan Staal, and he was one of the few players able to make an offensive impact against the Florida Panthers.
Stankoven made an odd bit of NHL history, as he became the first player in the league to appear in both conference finals while still a rookie, as he and the Stars made it there in 2024.
This contract will be one of the last eight-year deals in the league, as the new CBA is set to reduce the maximum contract length to seven years for contracts with current teams and six years for deals inked in unrestricted free agency.
Tulsky and the Hurricanes have some work to do this year, as despite an increasingly weak free agent market, the team still needs to add roughly $2 million in salary commitments to its roster to be compliant with the salary cap floor.