Antti Raanta is excited about the Coyotes' direction – so much, in fact, that he would have signed an eight-year contract extension with the team if he could.
But three years will do for now.
The Coyotes announced on Friday that team had signed its starting goaltender to a contract extension that runs through the 2020-21 season. The deal is reported to be worth an annual average value of $4.25 million, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.
For Raanta, signing the deal is a storybook ending in a year that has been rife with obstacles.