{"id":126300,"date":"2025-07-01T10:34:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=126300"},"modified":"2025-07-01T10:34:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:34:50","slug":"vancouver-canucks-give-connor-garland-a-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/07\/01\/vancouver-canucks-give-connor-garland-a-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Canucks Give Connor Garland a Contract Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Canucks have signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/garlaco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-01_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conor Garland<\/a> to a <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/canucks\/news\/canucks-agree-to-terms-with-conor-garland-on-a-six-year-contract-extension\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contract extension<\/a>. This deal is a six-year deal with an average cap hit $6 million per season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Canucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Canucks<\/a> have agreed to terms with forward Conor Garland on a six-year contract with a $6 million AAV.<\/p>\n<p>DETAILS | <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XHb8wPcKEK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/XHb8wPcKEK<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iUrpt4lzx6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/iUrpt4lzx6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Canucks\/status\/1940047785925173354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Vancouver Canucks Sign Conor Garland to Extension<\/h2>\n<p>Speculation on who among the Canucks forwards would leave has swirled wildly over the past few seasons. Every name including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/petteel01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elias Pettersson<\/a> has been mentioned at one time or another as their obvious need for cap space and equally obvious excess of wingers continued.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old Garland was in his seventh NHL season and his fourth as a Canuck. He was the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/07\/23\/conor-garland-traded-ekman-larsson-vancouver\/\" target=\"_self\">prize return<\/a> for Vancouver taking on the final six years of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/ekmanol01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oliver Ekman-Larsson<\/a>&#8216;s contract. That&#8217;s among other parts of a complex, astoundingly high-risk deal that just didn&#8217;t pay off for Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s provided good secondary scoring for a team that needed it. There was worry that he wasn&#8217;t a fit on the roster. However, Patrik Allvin has decided to commit to him long-term.<\/p>\n<p>He was given permission to seek other venues, according to a report by Elliott Friedman last season. However, those trade rumours are seemingly gone at the moment.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means<\/h3>\n<p>Garland is a quick, evasive forward who is very good at holding the puck when he has to. He has an underrated tenacity, and never plays a small or soft game. Garland can play either wing in the top six without losing efficiency, but that&#8217;s not where he fit best in Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>While he&#8217;s not particularly fast, he is very quick and hard to stop. That and his passing abilities make Garland a big threat in the offensive zone. He&#8217;s got good vision, an underrated shot.<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver has already done some work at the start of free agency with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/demkoth01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-01_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thatcher Demko<\/a> getting a contract extension. Some thought Garland would move on, but he&#8217;s staying put in Cascadia.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Bob Frid-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Canucks have signed Conor Garland to a contract extension. This deal is a six-year deal with an average cap hit $6 million per season. General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the #Canucks have agreed to terms with forward Conor Garland on a six-year contract with a $6 million AAV. 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