{"id":119830,"date":"2021-10-12T16:10:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T20:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=119830"},"modified":"2021-10-12T16:10:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T20:10:04","slug":"vancouver-canucks-alex-chiasson-agree-to-one-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/10\/12\/vancouver-canucks-alex-chiasson-agree-to-one-year-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Canucks and Alex Chiasson Agree to One-Year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/10\/09\/puck-drop-preview-2021-22-vancouver-canucks\/\" target=\"_self\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> have signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/chiasal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Chiasson<\/a> to a one-year contract worth $750K.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alex Chiasson: Signing: The Canucks have signed Alex Chiasson to a one-year contract worth $750K. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yjUAYnhsr4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/yjUAYnhsr4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daily Faceoff &#8211; Fantasy (@DFOFantasy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DFOFantasy\/status\/1447992348927946755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Chiasson Agrees to Contract with Vancouver Canucks<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/chiasal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Chiasson<\/a> is moving on to a new team this season. The Canucks have signed the journeyman forward to a one-year contract on Monday at the league minimum.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Chiasson has played in 564 career NHL games, amassing 101 goals and 101 assists.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>This will be the sixth team he has played for in his career thus far. He was drafted back in 2009 in the second round, 38th overall, by the Dallas Stars.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The 31-year-old spent the last three seasons playing for the Edmonton Oilers. Most of his tenure there was spent playing bottom-six minutes but he did find himself plugged into the Oilers&#8217; lethal power play.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>What This Means Moving Forward<\/h3>\n<p>Chiasson has a nice touch around the net and showed he is capable of finding open space and finishing on the power play. Of Alex\u2019s 42 goals scored with Edmonton, 19 came on the man advantage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Canucks will be hoping his knack for scoring on the power play will continue, as Vancouver <a href=\"https:\/\/canucksarmy.com\/2021\/06\/11\/back-future-analyzing-where-canucks-pp-went-wrong-under-newell-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">struggled mightily with the man-advantage last season<\/a>. Despite all the offensive weapons available, the Canucks power play operated at a dreadful 17% efficiency which ranked 25th in the league.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Signing Chiasson to a league-minimum deal is a nice low-risk, medium-reward kind of deal. Vancouver gets a veteran guy who has been around the league and has played in all types of scenarios. He is a versatile player that can move up and down the lineup. He has also shown an ability to play alongside star players as he did with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcdavco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor McDavid<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/ovechal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Ovechkin<\/a>. So should injuries happen to the Canucks top six, the former Terrier could slide into that mix and be an effective player while temporarily filling a hole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Chiasson has only one 20-goal season under his belt, and that came while playing alongside McDavid and the Oilers\u2019 high-octane offence. So Vancouver shouldn\u2019t expect anything close to that type of production out of him this year. But what they are getting is a versatile, veteran player who can chip in on the offensive side of the game and bring leadership into a young dressing room.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"UbxatQNjQj94OD-waeR6MA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1235699365\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'UbxatQNjQj94OD-waeR6MA',sig:'eFNciAuVScCQLJ90Muhs7wOZoKGdEy3MMFnPoKLL1ik=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1235699365',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vancouver Canucks have signed Alex Chiasson to a one-year contract worth $750K. Alex Chiasson: Signing: The Canucks have signed Alex Chiasson to a one-year contract worth $750K. https:\/\/t.co\/yjUAYnhsr4 &mdash; Daily Faceoff &#8211; Fantasy (@DFOFantasy) October 12, 2021 Chiasson Agrees to Contract with Vancouver Canucks Alex Chiasson is moving on to a new team this season. 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