{"id":11345,"date":"2017-06-23T19:34:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T23:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=11345"},"modified":"2017-06-23T19:41:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T23:41:46","slug":"patrick-eaves-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/06\/23\/patrick-eaves-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Eaves Re-Signs with the Anaheim Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right winger Patrick Eaves<\/a><\/strong> signed a three-year, $9.45 million contract\u00a0with the Anaheim Ducks. He will carry a cap hit of $3.15 million until 2020. Eaves has spent the first 10 years of his career with six different clubs, four and a half of them with the Detroit Red Wings.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnaheimDucks\/status\/878394241365487616<\/p>\n

Patrick Eaves Re-Signs with the Anaheim Ducks<\/h2>\n

Eaves’ season was cut short in the middle of the second round with a lower-body injury that limited him to just seven postseason games. The Ducks could have used him in the Western Conference Finals against the Nashville Predators, a series they dropped in six games. Though he suffered an injury at an inopportune time, it was the first year he’s played in more than 70 games in a full season since 2008-09. That will be a key going forward with his new club.<\/p>\n

Eaves started his career coming out of the draft as the 29th overall pick in 2003 with a bang, scoring 20 goals in 58 games in his rookie campaign with the Ottawa Senators. He’d be shipped out in the middle of his third year, however, in a trade to the Carolina Hurricanes for Cory Stillman<\/a><\/strong> and Mike Commodore<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In Carolina, he didn’t find his niche either, playing 84 total games scoring seven goals and 19 points, getting bought out in the second year of a three-year contract. In Detroit, he lasted the longest he’s ever lasted with one organization, but was never able to score 15-plus goals and played 44 games total from 2011-13. He’d be shipped to the Predators for a five-game spin at the 2014 Trade Deadline in a deal that sent Calle Jarnkrok<\/a><\/strong> to Nashville and David Legwand<\/a><\/strong> to Detroit.<\/p>\n

Eaves finally found some impressive success this season at age 33, scoring 32 goals and 51 points in 2016-17, shattering career highs in goals, points, power-play goals (13), power-play points (18) and shots (209) in 79 combined games with the Dallas Stars and Anaheim Ducks. The Ducks acquired him for a conditional second round pick that became a first with their run to the Conference Finals.<\/p>\n

In terms of contract history, Eaves has been a cheap commodity and was due for a payday after a career season. The highest cap hit he’s ever had has been $1.4 million and he’s coming off of a one-year $1 million deal. The last three contracts with Dallas have been one-year pacts and his last multi-year deal was a three-year, $3.6 million deal.<\/p>\n

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