Canucks sign goaltender Jacob Markstrom to three-year extension
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have signed goaltender Jacob Markstrom to a three-year contract extension.
The contract will carry an annual average value of US$3.67 million and will run through the end of the 2019.20 season.
Markstrom established career highs for games played (33), starts (30) and wins (13), in 2015-16, his sixth NHL season.
The 26-year-old Gavle, Sweden native finished the season with a 2.73 goals-against average, a .915 save percentage and set career-highs for most shots faced (48) and most saves made (47) in a single game on March 22 at Winnipeg.