{"id":441676,"date":"2024-07-01T13:30:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T17:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=441676"},"modified":"2024-07-01T13:33:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T17:33:30","slug":"veteran-centre-gets-rewarded-with-new-contract-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/07\/01\/veteran-centre-gets-rewarded-with-new-contract-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Centre Gets Rewarded With New Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/stephch02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-05-26_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chandler Stephenson<\/a> has landed a new contract. The veteran centre is signing with the Seattle Kraken and is locked up for the next seven years. Furthermore, he will have an AAV of $6.25 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chandler Stephenson 7 x around $6.25M Seattle<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1807827601349554539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Stephenson Gets Rewarded With New Contract<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Stephenson has been an exceptional player in his career. His career began slow with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/capitals\/\" target=\"_self\">Washington Capitals<\/a>, but once he made his way over to the Sin City it took a turn for the better. Ever since being part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/vegas-golden-knights\/\" target=\"_self\">Golden Knights<\/a>, he has emerged onto the scene. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Stephenson has consistently finished with 20+ points every season with the Golden Knights. Also, he has been a huge boost down the middle of the ice. If a player ever went down with injury, he was there to fill the void. Also, he has significantly gotten better, as he has two straight 60-point seasons and a 50-point season during the 2023-24 season. He is more than his point totals, as he is a legit faceoff specialist. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Stephenson over the last three seasons has maintained a 50% <a  href=\"https:\/\/moneypuck.com\/stats.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">success rate in the faceoff circle<\/a>. That goes a long way towards maintaining possession, which is a bonus for many teams. Stephenson is a great add and brings alot to the table. This Stephenson contract makes sense for both sides.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What this Means for the Seattle Kraken<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Chandler Stephenson contract is great for both sides. This is great value for him and for what he brings to the team. He is a player that has consistently gotten better and gets rewarded because of it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He brings tremendous depth and is a good offensive threat. Also, he is able to help in the faceoff circle, which is an added bonus and can be deployed in key moments of the game. This is a great day for both sides and should make for a great 2024-25 season. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Main Photo: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandler Stephenson has landed a new contract. The veteran centre is signing with the Seattle Kraken and is locked up for the next seven years. Furthermore, he will have an AAV of $6.25 million. Chandler Stephenson 7 x around $6.25M Seattle \u2014 Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 1, 2024 Stephenson Gets Rewarded With New Contract Stephenson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4194,"featured_media":441677,"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":[4547,34,4548,5369],"tags":[1885,6894],"class_list":["post-441676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","category-seattle-kraken","tag-chandler-stephenson","tag-seattle-kraken-news"],"modified_by":"Colton Osmond, Dept Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441676","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=441676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}