Maple Leafs sign defenceman Giordano to 2-year contract extension

38-year-old had 8 goals, 27 assists this season split between Toronto, Seattle

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Caption: Mark Giordano, seen during a game in April, has 151 goals and 393 assists in 1,024 career regular-season NHL games with Toronto, Seattle and Calgary. (Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)

The Toronto Maple Leafs signed veteran defenceman Mark Giordano to a two-year contract extension Sunday.
The average annual value of the contract is $800,000 US.
Giordano, 38, had eight goals and 27 assists in 75 games this season split between Toronto and the Seattle Kraken. He added two assists in seven playoff contests with the Maple Leafs.
Giordano, a Toronto native, has 151 goals and 393 assists in 1,024 career regular-season NHL games with Toronto, Seattle and Calgary. He has also accumulated nine points (one goal, eight assists) in 30 playoff games.
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