The Vancouver Canucks have made their fair share of rather interesting personnel decisions under general manager Jim Benning, but this latest one is something else. The team announced a three-year extension for defenceman Erik Gudbranson on Tuesday morning.
TSN’s Bob McKenzie broke down the contract details:
Gudbranson will get $4.4M next season, $4.6M the season after that and $3M in the third and final year of the deal, for an AAV of $4M. This contract does NOT include a NTC of any kind: https://t.co/2yniGgs8co
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) February 20, 2018
And so, the Canucks continue their latest trend of overpaying players that aren’t exactly worth such multi-year extensions.