{"id":450608,"date":"2024-09-10T12:53:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T16:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=450608"},"modified":"2024-09-10T12:53:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T16:53:25","slug":"seattle-kraken-sign-veteran-defenseman-to-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/09\/10\/seattle-kraken-sign-veteran-defenseman-to-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Kraken Sign Veteran Defenseman To Contract Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kraken have a big announcement to make on this Tuesday. The Seattle Kraken have signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/larssad01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Larsson<\/a> to a four-year contract extension worth $21 million. Yesterday Frank Seravalli said it was close, and today it became official.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Kraken have signed Adam Larsson to a four-year, $21M contract extension. \ud83e\udd91 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d5UriGzvf3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/d5UriGzvf3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sportsnet\/status\/1833537452679835887?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Seattle Kraken Extend Larsson<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sources say <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SeaKraken?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SeaKraken<\/a> and defenseman Adam Larsson are closing in on a 4-year contract extension.<\/p>\n<p>Still some work to do, but sounds like it will end up somewhere between $5 to 6 million AAV. Could be finalized as soon as tomorrow.<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyFaceoff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DailyFaceoff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frank_seravalli\/status\/1833301528800600089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Larsson is staying in Seattle, as he has signed a multi-year extension with the club. Although Larsson isn&#8217;t an offensive defenseman, he has carved a reputation as a reliable defenceman to slot in the lineup. In his three-year tenure with Seattle, he has twice played a full 82-game season, missing one game last season. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.hockeydb.com\/ihdb\/stats\/pdisplay.php?pid=118565\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In that same stretch, he had 25, 33, and 18-point seasons in that order<\/a>. This extension with Seattle now makes them Larsson&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/07\/21\/seattle-kraken-sign-ufa-adam-larsson\/\" target=\"_self\">longest-tenured team<\/a> by the time the extension expires, considering he has stayed in Edmonton and New Jersey for five seasons each.<\/p>\n<p>Larsson was part of the infamous <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TSNBobMcKenzie\/status\/748238297273610240?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2016 Taylor Hall trade<\/a> that shook the hockey world at the 2016 NHL Trade Deadline. This comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/beniema01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Beniers<\/a> was extended to a 7-year, $49.99 million deal in late August, solidifying another piece of the core.<\/p>\n<h3>What The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/larssad01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Larsson<\/a> Contract Means<\/h3>\n<p>As mentioned earlier, this brings back another reliable defenceman that new head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bylsmda01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dan Bylsma<\/a> could consistently pencil into the roster. With Beniers signed to a long-term extension and Larsson&#8217;s deal now in place, it&#8217;s clear that the organization values contending with the current team more than completely retooling the core. DailyFaceoff&#8217;s Line Combinations feature ranks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/larssad01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Larsson<\/a> as being on the first defensive pairing with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dunnvi02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vince Dunn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although it may seem like a bit of an overpay to give a steady defenceman who usually gets more PIMs than actual points a (blank) million-dollar extension, Larsson has a big role on this team. He has consistently put up more points with Seattle than at any other point in his career. Next year could be a step this well, considering that several younger players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/wrighsh01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shane Wright<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/wintery01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-10_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Winterton<\/a> want to join the NHL within the next few seasons. This move will most likely ramp up the Kraken&#8217;s offensive production and could boost Larsson&#8217;s overall numbers.<\/p>\n<p>MAIN PHOTO: Stephen Brashear-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kraken have a big announcement to make on this Tuesday. The Seattle Kraken have signed Adam Larsson to a four-year contract extension worth $21 million. Yesterday Frank Seravalli said it was close, and today it became official. The Kraken have signed Adam Larsson to a four-year, $21M contract extension. \ud83e\udd91 pic.twitter.com\/d5UriGzvf3 &mdash; Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4073,"featured_media":450616,"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":[195,5067,6894,947],"class_list":["post-450608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","category-seattle-kraken","tag-adam-larsson","tag-contract-extension","tag-seattle-kraken-news","tag-western-conference"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450608","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\/4073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}