Post by thedarkangel1975 on Jun 27, 2011 18:11:11 GMT -5
Defenceman Kevin Bieksa has agreed to terms on a new five-year, $23 million contract with the Vancouver Canucks.
The deal will pay the blueliner $4.6 million per season, and also includes a no-trade clause.
Bieksa was eligible to become an unrestricted free agent on Friday. He just completed a three-year, $11.25 million contract with Vancouver.
The 30-year-old Bieksa has spent all six of NHL seasons with the Canucks since entering the league in 2005-06.
He had six goals and 16 points in 66 games for the Canucks this season and worked his way from prime trade candidate last off-season to being one of Vancouver's top defenceman. Bieksa added five goals and five assists in 25 playoff games during Vancouver's run to the Stanley Cup Final.
Bieksa has 34 goals and 113 assists in 347 career NHL games.
The native of Grimsby, Ontario was Vancouver's fifth-round pick in the 2001 Draft.
