Yanni Gourde signs 6-year contract with Tampa Bay Lightning
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Yanni Gourde will continue his career in Tampa following the announcement by vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois that he has signed a six-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Lightning detailed that Gourde was brought back to Tampa Bay through a three-team trade involving the Detroit Red Wings and Seattle Kraken, which took place on March 5, 2025.

Gourde played in 21 games with the Bolts, collecting 13 assists and 14 points.

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After the trade, Gourde ranked third among all Lightning skaters for assists, and his 50 hits were the second-most on the team, the Lightning said.

Gourde also played in all five of Tampa Bay’s playoff games this year.

Gourde is a back-to-back Stanley Cup champion with the Lightning in 2020 and 2021.

Originally undrafted, Gourde joined the Lightning as a free agent on March 10, 2014. He stepped onto the NHL stage with Tampa in December 2015 in Toronto, where he achieved his first career point, an assist.

Gourde played 310 regular-season games with the Lightning from 2015 to 2021, where he had 80 goals and 187 points to rank seventh on the team for goals and eighth for points during that time.

From 2018 to 2021, Gourde played in 69 Lightning playoff games and recorded 16 goals, 29 points, and led the team with 47 takeaways.

Gourde was selected by Seattle in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft and appeared in 271 regular-season games with 52 goals, 146 points, and 219 penalty minutes.

According to the Lightning, Gourde’s six-year contract is worth an average annual value of $2.33 million.

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