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Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy has agreed to an 8-yr, $76 million contract extension, a supply told ESPN on Friday.
The 23-12 months-outdated was thanks to be a restricted free of charge agent after the season. McAvoy is in the final yr of a a few-12 months bridge deal that compensated him $4.9 million per year and is now receiving the major deal in Bruins franchise heritage.
The $9.5 million common annual price on McAvoy’s offer is in line with several defensemen close to the NHL who gained substantial contracts all through the offseason, which include the Colorado Avalanche’s Cale Makar (six decades, $9 million AAV), the Dallas Stars’ Miro Heiskanen (8 decades, $8.45 million AAV), the Chicago Blackhawks’ Seth Jones (8 yrs, $9.5 million AAV), the Columbus Blue Jackets’ Zach Werenski (6 a long time, $9.58 million AAV) and the New Jersey Devils’ Dougie Hamilton (seven years, $9 million AAV).
Soon after starting his occupation paired with Zdeno Chara, McAvoy inherited the true No. 1 defenseman position previous period. He led all Bruins skaters in ice time (23:59 for each video game) while tallying five targets and 25 helps in 51 online games. McAvoy concluded fifth in Norris Trophy voting.
“We believe remarkably of him both as a player and as a person,” Bruins standard manager Don Sweeney explained to reporters previously this 7 days. “He’s escalating into a leadership purpose, he’s been integrated in that leadership group, and ideally which is an indication that Charlie’s grown into the person, both as a leader as a participant, that we all hoped he would be.”
McAvoy, who played at Boston University, was picked by the Bruins with the No. 14 total decide of the 2016 draft. The Extended Seashore, New York, indigenous is predicted to be portion of the blue line for Team United states at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing.
The Bruins open their season Saturday at home towards the Stars.
