George Richards of Florida Hockey Now: (a couple of days ago) The Panthers and Aleksander Barkov are believed to be close to a contract extension or that he’s agreed to an extension.
Barkov is expected to arrive in Florida next week and a deal could be announced before camp opens on September 22nd.
An eight-year deal is most likely but the money is unknown. He may take less to remain Florida than he’d get on the open market. If he hit free agency he could possibly get as much as $11 million a season.