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The Carolina Hurricanes have signed star center Sebastian Aho to an eight-year, $78-million contract extension.
Aho will earn $9.75 million annually on his new deal, which will kick in after his current contract expires at the end of next season. The two-time All-Star agreed to a five-year deal ($8.46M AAV) with Carolina in 2019 after the Hurricanes matched the offer sheet Aho signed with the Montreal Canadiens.
"Sebastian has developed into one of the best two-way centers in hockey," Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell said. "He's a tremendous leader on and off the ice who sets a great example for our younger players. We're grateful that he's decided to stay in Carolina for the foreseeable future."
It’s a perfect birthday present for the 26-year-old, who has been one of the Hurricanes’ foundational pieces since entering the league in 2016-17 after being drafted 35th overall in 2015.
Aho recorded 36 goals and 67 points in 75 regular-season games, adding five goals and 12 points in 15 postseason contests last year. Although it’s early in his career, Aho has never recorded fewer than 11 points during any given postseason. The Rauma, Finland native has averaged 0.90 points per game during his career, topping out at 83 points during the 2019-20 season.
He is the rare player who excels in all situations. The Hurricanes controlled 60% of the expected goals at 5-on-5 when he was on the ice during the 2022-23 season, and carried greater than 53% of the expected goals over the course of Aho’s career. He is tremendously adept at drawing penalties while playing a tenacious game that belies his undersized stature.
Aho is deployed on Carolina’s top scoring line, first power-play unit and second penalty kill group, and he’s arguably been the Hurricanes’ most valuable forward since his sophomore season.
This is a perfect deal for both parties as Aho is entering his apex years and it’s unlikely to age badly during the latter stages of the contract. It’s clever business from one of the league’s smartest franchises as it has locked up its franchise center with one year remaining, avoiding the endless speculation that would certainly surround Aho’s future.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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