{"id":87949,"date":"2020-10-09T18:51:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T22:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=87949"},"modified":"2020-12-26T16:23:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T21:23:59","slug":"florida-panthers-sign-vinnie-hinostroza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/09\/florida-panthers-sign-vinnie-hinostroza\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Panthers Sign Vinnie Hinostroza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_self\">Arizona Coyotes<\/a> did not give forward <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hinosvi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vinnie Hinostroza<\/a><\/strong> a qualifying offer, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/panthers\/\" target=\"_self\">Florida Panthers<\/a> today signed the young forward.<\/p>\n<h2>Panthers Sign Vinnie Hinostroza<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Vinnie Hinostroza signed with the Panthers. One year at $1 million. Good bargain bet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Mirtle (@mirtle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mirtle\/status\/1314694470240215040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Chicago born, Notre Dame product had been with the Coyotes for two seasons. The contract locks him up for on year, through next season for $1 milion. In a full 68 games with the Coyotes last season, Hinostroza scored five goals and 17 assists for 22 total points. Had there been an 82-game season, he was on pace to finish with 26 points, a second-best season. The 26-year-old centreman\/winger will be looking to prove his potential as a true top-six forward for Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The salary for this contract is a decrease for the forward. Last season he was on a $1.5 million deal that he had originally signed after being traded to Arizona from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/blackhawks\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a>. That deal saw Hinostroza, defenceman <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/oestejo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan Oesterle<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hossama01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marian Hossa<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s contract moved to Arizona. The Blackhawks received <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/krugema01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Kruger<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>Mackenzie Entwistle<\/strong>, <strong>Jordan Maletta<\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/campban01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Campbell<\/a><\/strong>, as well as a fifth rounder in 2019.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>Hinostroza has always had the upside to be a true top-six forward in the NHL. This contract allows him to prove that notion in the upcoming season. Hinostroza, will look to prove his worth to the Panthers&#8217; new general manager, <b>Bill Zito.\u00a0<\/b>He will turn 27-years-old next year and will be eligible to become an unrestricted free agent.<\/p>\n<p>Hinostroza was on the third line and swapped playing centre often. His win percentage at the dot was low, but don&#8217;t let that lower his value. He needs to improve from last year&#8217;s numbers and increase his offensive production going forward. Hinostroza played a little over 13 minutes a game, and will surely be used in an increased role this season.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"8lCF_e0GRl5-sUQ-YlJ_Lw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1203419051\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'8lCF_e0GRl5-sUQ-YlJ_Lw',sig:'8b6HlKPWKrEao1uqnkco2dOhbNXK7hEtrlNbBK5IMNE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1203419051',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Arizona Coyotes did not give forward Vinnie Hinostroza a qualifying offer, the Florida Panthers today signed the young forward. Panthers Sign Vinnie Hinostroza Vinnie Hinostroza signed with the Panthers. One year at $1 million. Good bargain bet. \u2014 James Mirtle (@mirtle) October 9, 2020 The Chicago born, Notre Dame product had been with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3463,"featured_media":88075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4547,34,4548],"tags":[106,37,5738,2569,38,662,955,2763],"class_list":["post-87949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-panthers","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-florida-panthers","tag-hockey","tag-hockey-news","tag-news","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-nhl-news","tag-vinnie-hinostroza"],"modified_by":"William Grigsby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}