{"id":32144,"date":"2018-07-01T11:04:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T15:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=32144"},"modified":"2018-07-01T11:04:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T15:04:40","slug":"austin-czarnik-signs-two-year-deal-with-calgary-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/07\/01\/austin-czarnik-signs-two-year-deal-with-calgary-flames\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Czarnik Signs Two Year Deal With Calgary Flames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/flames\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calgary Flames<\/a> have signed center <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/czarnau01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Czarnik<\/a> to a two year deal worth $2.5 million with an AAV of $1.25 million per season. This deal carries him through the 2019-20 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hearing Ryan deal is approx 3&#215;3.125 and Czarnik 2&#215;1.25 in CAL; word out of VAN is Beagle is 4&#215;3 and Roussel 4&#215;3.25<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1013396041960308736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Austin Czarnik Joins Calgary Flames<\/h1>\n<p>Czarnik has spent his entire two-year career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/bruins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Bruins<\/a>. He has scored five career goals and added 12 assists for 17 career points in 59 career games.<\/p>\n<p>Last season Czarnik had four assists in 10 games. His possession numbers were 57.7 percent Corsi with a relative Corsi of 2.8 percent. Czarnik is coming off a one year $675,000 contract that he signed in July 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Before being signed as an undrafted free agent in March of 2015, Czarnik spent four seasons playing NCAA Division I hockey with the Miami RedHawks. For the RedHawks, Czarnik posted 46 goals and 123 assists in 159 career NCAA games.<\/p>\n<p>While in college, Czarnik earned honors such as CCHA Player of the Year, as well as CCHA First Team All-Star in 2013. He was named to the NCHC First All-Star Team in 2014 and Second All-Star Team in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>After being signed, Czarnik has spent time back and forth between the NHL and the AHL. His longest stint with the Bruins came in 2016-17 when he spent 49 games in the NHL. He posted five goals and eight assists that season after 22 games in the AHL.<\/p>\n<p>Czarnik scored his first NHL goal in a 5-2 loss against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/\/nhl-teams\/rangers\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Rangers<\/a> on October 26, 2016.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/bruins\/video\/embed\/czarnik-scores-first-career-goal\/t-277437088\/c-45720203?autostart=false\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>What This Means for the Future<\/h1>\n<p>At 5&#8217;9 Czarnik will have to overcome his small size to have a successful career in the NHL but has shown potential at the AHL level. Czarnik had a great year last year leading Providence in goals (25), assists (44) and points (69).<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt that he can be a 10-15 goal scorer in the NHL with experience. He will be joining a young Flames team who will be looking to rebound after their collapse at the end of the year to miss the playoffs. Expect Czarnik to be battling for a spot on the Flames third or fourth line during training camp this season. He has been praised for his passing ability and ability to make his line-mates better. 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