Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning finished his final piece of business on Friday, as the team re-signed centre Bo Horvat to a six-year deal worth $33 million, according to TSN’s Pierre LeBrun.
As Iain MacIntrye from Sportsnet pointed it out, Horvat will average about $5.5 million per season. Horvat was widely expected to re-sign for about five-to-six years, with a salary of around $5-6 million per season. So the contract details aren’t exactly surprising.
The Canucks drafted Horvat with the ninth overall pick in 2013, which was acquired from the New Jersey Devils in the Cory Schneider trade.