{"id":441369,"date":"2024-07-01T13:13:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T17:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=441369"},"modified":"2024-07-01T13:13:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T17:13:56","slug":"avalanche-agree-to-new-deal-with-defenceman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/01\/avalanche-agree-to-new-deal-with-defenceman\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Hurricanes Agrees to New Contract With Defenceman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Defenceman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/walkese01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Walker<\/a> has himself a new contract. After splitting time between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Colorado Avalanche, he is <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/friedgehnic\/status\/1807823359972880552?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">now signing with the Hurricanes<\/a>. Details are still to come, but that\u2019s a great add for the club after losing Brett Pesce and Brady Skjei. After a standout year for both clubs, he gets a new deal. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Walker Signs Contract <\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Defensive Defenceman don\u2019t get the recognition that they deserve, but they should. Walker is not going to light up the stats sheet like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hughequ01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quinn Hughes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/makarca01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cale Makar<\/a>, but he is however going to shutdown the opposing team. He is a big body, standing at 5\u201911 and weighing 195 pounds and plays a heavy game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Between the Flyers and the Avalanche, Walker did score a career high ten goals and 29 points. Also, <a  href=\"https:\/\/moneypuck.com\/stats.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he is unafraid of physical play<\/a>, as he threw 118 hits and also was a shot blocking machine (136). Walked can play on the penalty kill and has shown he can log second pair minutes. This is a tremendous asset on the back end and will be a key contributor as the team advances to next season. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What this Means for the Team<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Walker contract makes a ton of sense for both sides. Walker gets a deal where he knows he\u2019s staying put and the team is getting a top four defenceman. Walker may not have the points, but he has shown flashes of offence. Primarily as a shutdown defenceman, he brings a much needed edge and grit to the lineup and can play in multiple situations. Walker was a great add on a playoff team in the Avalanche and is going to benefit this team as a contender. It is a great deal for both sides and should be beneficial in the long run. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Main Photo: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defenceman Sean Walker has himself a new contract. After splitting time between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Colorado Avalanche, he is now signing with the Hurricanes. Details are still to come, but that\u2019s a great add for the club after losing Brett Pesce and Brady Skjei. After a standout year for both clubs, he gets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4194,"featured_media":441370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,4547,34,4548],"tags":[5781,3847],"class_list":["post-441369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avalanche","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-colorado-avalanche-news","tag-sean-walker"],"modified_by":"Tommy Bennett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}