Lightning keep trade add Gourde on 6-year deal

The Tampa Bay Lightning signed guardant Yanni Gourde to a six-year hold worthy $14 cardinal Monday.

Gourde, 33, was acceptable to go an unrestricted escaped cause July 1.

Gourde played the last 21 games of the play successful Tampa Bay aft the nine reacquired him from the Seattle Kraken successful a three-team commercialized March 5. The Lightning mislaid Gourde erstwhile the Kraken selected him successful the 2021 enlargement draft.

He combined for 31 points (7 goals, 24 assists) for the Kraken and Lightning successful 57 games successful 2024-25. Gourde added an assistance successful 5 playoff games for the Lightning.

Gourde missed 2 months of the regular play aft undergoing country to repair a sports hernia successful January.

He has 347 points (133 goals, 214 assists) successful 602 vocation games, with each but 52 of those goals with the Lightning. He spent his archetypal six NHL seasons successful Tampa Bay and won back-to-back Stanley Cup titles successful 2020 and 2021.