Hurricanes agree to 8-year contract with forward Andrei Svechnikov
Deal will keep former 2nd overall pick in Carolina through the 2028-2029 season
The Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to terms with forward Andrei Svechnikov on an eight-year contract, which is set to keep the No. 2 overall draft pick from 2018 with the franchise through the 2028-29 season.
The team said Thursday the deal will pay the 21-year-old Svechnikov an average annual value of $7.75 million US per season. The team has scheduled an online news conference for Svechnikov with team president and general manager Don Waddell for Thursday afternoon.
The 6-foot-2, 195-pound Svechnikov has been a fixture and physical presence on Carolina's top line alongside Sebastian Aho and Teuvo Teravainen.
Svechnikov's arrival has coincided with the team ending a nine-season playoff drought and reaching the postseason for three straight years.
He had 15 goals and 27 assists in 55 regular-season games for the Hurricanes last year, which saw the Hurricanes win a division championship for the first time in 15 years. He also had two goals and six assists in 11 playoff games before the Hurricanes lost to eventual Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay in the second round.
The previous year, he posted the first postseason hat trick in franchise history against the New York Rangers in a Stanley Cup qualifier series in the Toronto bubble following the NHL's restart amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
