Checkers Alum Justin Sourdif Lands Eight-Year, $50.8M Capitals Extension
The former Charlotte forward who helped push the Checkers to the 2025 Calder Cup Finals is now signed in Washington through 2034-35.
Justin Sourdif, who spent three seasons developing with the Charlotte Checkers, signed an eight-year, $50.8 million contract extension with the Washington Capitals. The deal carries an average annual value of $6.35 million and runs through the 2034-35 season.
"Justin is a good young forward who has continued to develop steadily throughout his career," Capitals senior vice president and general manager Chris Patrick said in the team's release. "He is versatile and demonstrated his ability to play an important forward role for our team whenever the opportunity arose last season."
The AHL portion of that development was substantial. Sourdif, 24, played 149 games for Charlotte and put up 96 points (35 goals, 61 assists). His best regular season came in 2024-25, when he recorded 34 points (16 goals, 18 assists) in 43 games, a 0.79 points-per-game rate that was second on the Checkers among skaters with at least 20 games played.
He was also a factor in Charlotte's run to the Calder Cup Finals that spring, finishing third on the team in playoff scoring with 10 points in 18 games and tying for the team lead with two game-winning goals. Four of those points came in the Finals, which the Checkers lost in six games to the Abbotsford Canucks.
A year earlier, in 2023-24, Sourdif set an AHL career high with 38 points (12 goals, 26 assists) in 58 games for Charlotte.
Originally a third-round pick of the Florida Panthers in 2020 (87th overall), Sourdif was traded to Washington last summer for a second-round pick and a sixth-round pick. He finished his rookie NHL season with 35 points (15 goals, 20 assists) in 78 games and tied for eighth in scoring among NHL rookies. On Jan. 5 against Anaheim, he recorded his first career hat trick and matched the Capitals record for points in a game by a rookie with five.
