The Montreal Canadiens announced a two-year contract extension for defenseman Greg Pateryn. The contract carries an AAV of $800K per year (though he will still make $575K in 2015-16 as he had a year left on his previous contract).
Greg Pateryn has signed 2-year, 1-way extension in MTL. He's now got 3 years of 1-ways with Canadiens $575K / $750K / $850K. #TSN
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) July 1, 2015
General Manager, Marc Bergevin, made a short statement on the signing:
We very pleased to have reached an agreement with Greg Pateryn.