{"id":458759,"date":"2024-12-17T16:23:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=458759"},"modified":"2024-12-17T16:23:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:23:48","slug":"blueliner-staying-in-calgary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/12\/17\/blueliner-staying-in-calgary\/","title":{"rendered":"Blueliner Staying in Calgary"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Calgary Flames<\/a> are retaining the services of one of their defenceman. The team announced on Tuesday that they have re-signed defenceman Brayden Pachal<\/a> to a two-year contract extension.<\/p>\n

Pachal Signs New Contract<\/h2>\n
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Brayden is staying in #yyc<\/a>!<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve signed the blueliner to a two-year contract extension!<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcc4: https:\/\/t.co\/7jUBxp1YQJ<\/a>#Flames<\/a> | @original16beer<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/J0PFaywdAw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) December 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pachal’s new contract carries a cap hit of $1.19 million a season over the next seasons. That is good value for the Flames, who have clearly been impressed with Pachal’s play since they acquired the defenceman via waivers this past February.<\/p>\n

The Flames headed into training camp knowing Pachal would be an option for their defence<\/a>. However, the results have been better than the Flames expected. The 25-year old has played in all 31 contests for the Flames. He has scored goal and recorded an assist. While those are not eye-popping numbers, Pachal’s physicality is where he has his value. He has 72 hits on the season so far, which is good for third on the team.<\/p>\n

Pachal signs this new contract while on milestone watch. The defenceman is just seven games away from reaching 100 games played in the NHL.<\/p>\n

Career Before Calgary<\/h3>\n

Before joining the Flames, Pachal was a member of the Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> organization. He signed an entry-level contract with the Golden Knights. In 2023, Pachal helped the Golden Knights win their first Stanley Cup<\/a>. Despite only playing in ten regular-season games and one playoff game, the Golden Knights filed a petition to have Pachal’s name engraved on the Stanley Cup<\/a> alongside the rest of the team. The request was granted. Pachal’s name is now engraved on one of the most prestigious trophies in professional sports.<\/p>\n

Work to Do<\/h3>\n

The Flames are in the thick of the playoff chase in the Western Conference. The team is just a point out of the final wild card spot. Behind Pachal’s physicality, the Flames will look to return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.<\/p>\n

Main Photo: Sergei Belski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Calgary Flames are retaining the services of one of their defenceman. The team announced on Tuesday that they have re-signed defenceman Brayden Pachal to a two-year contract extension. Pachal Signs New Contract Brayden is staying in #yyc! We\u2019ve signed the blueliner to a two-year contract extension! \ud83d\udcc4: https:\/\/t.co\/7jUBxp1YQJ#Flames | @original16beer pic.twitter.com\/J0PFaywdAw \u2014 Calgary Flames […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3464,"featured_media":458772,"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":[34,22,4547,4548],"tags":[7983,103],"class_list":["post-458759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-flames","category-hockey","category-nhl","tag-brayden-pachal","tag-calgary-flames"],"modified_by":"Tommy Bennett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458759","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\/3464"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458759"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458774,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458759\/revisions\/458774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}