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Panthers Re-Sign Patrick Giles, Matt Kiersted

June 28, 2024 at 2:05 pm CDT | by Josh Erickson Leave a Comment

The Panthers have re-upped minor-league forward Patrick Giles on a two-year, two-way deal, per a team announcement. It pays him $775K NHL/$100K AHL ($132.5K guaranteed) in 2024-25 with a minor pay bump to $775K NHL/$150K AHL ($180K guaranteed) in 2025-26, PuckPedia reports. He was slated to become an RFA with arbitration rights on July 1. They’ve also extended defenseman Matt Kiersted on a one-year, two-way pact, keeping their lips sealed on cap figures for that one.

Giles, 24, first found his way into the Panthers organization after wrapping up a four-year career at Boston College, inking an amateur tryout with AHL Charlotte to end the 2021-22 campaign. He earned an invite to Panthers training camp the following fall, earning an entry-level contract in the process.

The big-bodied 6’4″ forward can play both center and right-wing and has been a serviceable bottom-six piece in Charlotte the last two years, scoring 16 goals and 21 assists for 37 points in 148 showings for the Checkers. The Maryland native may not have much of an NHL future ahead of him, but he’s a good energy presence to help insulate Florida’s more promising up-and-comers. Assuming he plays fewer than 80 NHL games over the life of his extension, he’ll hit UFA status early via a Group VI exception in 2026.

Like Giles, Kiersted was an undrafted free-agent signing out of college, but he didn’t need to wait until the fall to land his first NHL deal. Florida added him to the roster immediately after he wrapped up his senior season with the University of North Dakota in 2021. Now 26, he was expected to challenge for major-league time after being named to the NCHC’s First All-Star Team in his final season with the Fighting Hawks, but he hasn’t managed to stick around.

Kiersted has spent most of the past three seasons in Charlotte, where he has 56 points in 169 career games with a +23 rating. He’s developed into a top-four fixture there, but 2023-24 was his first season without NHL time since turning pro. Kiersted did play in 37 NHL games between the 2020-21 and 2022-23 campaigns, recording two goals, six assists and a -8 rating while averaging a paltry 11:59 per game. His one-year extension walks him to UFA status next summer.

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