{"id":13943,"date":"2017-08-01T17:56:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T21:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=13943"},"modified":"2017-08-01T17:56:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T21:56:50","slug":"hurricanes-sign-brett-pesce-six-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/08\/01\/hurricanes-sign-brett-pesce-six-year-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Hurricanes Sign Brett Pesce to Six-Year Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defenseman Brett Pesce<\/a><\/strong> has signed a six-year extension with the Carolina Hurricanes today with an AAV of $4.025M per season and a total of $24.15M. The deal will begin during the 2018-19 season as Pesce still has one more year left on his current contract before this one kicks in.<\/p>\n

Carolina Hurricanes Sign Brett Pesce to Six-Year Extension<\/h1>\n

Pesce has played two seasons with the Hurricanes so far. This past season he played all 82 games for them. He set a career high in assists with 18 and in points with 20 while playing with Jaccob Slavin<\/a><\/strong> who was also extended by the Hurricanes recently. He has six goals and 36 points overall in 151 NHL games through his first two seasons in the league.<\/p>\n

Hurricanes general manager Ron Francis<\/a> spoke about Brett Pesce after the contract was announced and he said (via the team website<\/a>) that, “Brett took another big step forward last season. He plays a smart defensive game and has good ability to move the puck and contribute offensively. We plan for him to be a part of the Hurricanes’ defensive corps for a long time.”<\/p>\n

Pesce was drafted in the third round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft and didn’t need long to make his debut as he made it early during the 2015-16 season. Last season, he had 54.1% Corsi rating at even strength. With Faulk, Slavin, and Pesce all locked up, Carolina will likely turn their attention to Noah Hanifin<\/a><\/strong> who also has only one year left on his deal.<\/p>\n

Pesce also had the third highest Relative Corsi-For percentage on the Hurricanes roster, with a 4.01. This was third to only Teuvo Teravainen<\/a><\/strong> (5.20) and Jordan Staal<\/a><\/strong> (6.49) This points to his effectiveness, and also shows just how smart of a deal this was by Francis and the Hurricanes.<\/p>\n

This deal leaves Carolina with approximately $14 million in cap space with no remaining free agents on the roster.<\/p>\n

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Embed from Getty Images<\/a>