{"id":462828,"date":"2025-02-22T14:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T19:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=462828"},"modified":"2025-02-22T14:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T19:39:14","slug":"winnipeg-jets-sign-veteran-forward-to-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/22\/winnipeg-jets-sign-veteran-forward-to-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets Sign Veteran Forward to Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/01\/22\/nhl-rumours-future-of-winnipeg-jets-winger\/\" target=\"_self\">Winnipeg Jets<\/a> have made some news on Saturday. Winnipeg announced that forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/namesvl01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-02-22_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vladislav Namestnikov<\/a> signed <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/winnipeg-jets-sign-vladislav-namestnikov-to-two-year-contract-extension-1.2255821\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a two-year contract<\/a> worth $6 million. This deal has an average cap hit of $3 million per season and runs until the end of the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:zazcjahlcb3jfrhcriq7xpn7\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lirsa3mxhs2u\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreicjtczfelavjz5mwive3dgifhce7iq5ubzhaklb2ffp42lzxdtqzu\">\n<p lang=\"en\">The Winnipeg Jets announced that they&#39;ve signed Vladislav Namestnikov to a two-year, $6M contract extension.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a  href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:zazcjahlcb3jfrhcriq7xpn7?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TSN (@tsnofficial.bsky.social)<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:zazcjahlcb3jfrhcriq7xpn7\/post\/3lirsa3mxhs2u?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2025-02-22T17:00:41.912Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Vladislav Namestnikov Signed to Contract Extension<\/h2>\n<p>Namestnikov has played for a number of teams in the league. The 32-year-old has played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/12\/freddys-fanatic-a-die-hards\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Lightning,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/17\/nhl-rumours-future-of-new-york-rangers-veteran-forward\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Rangers,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/11\/nhl-rumours-ottawa-senators-trade-deadline-plans\/\" target=\"_self\">Ottawa Senators<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/09\/nhl-rumours-detroit-red-wings-could-deal-forward\/\" target=\"_self\">Detroit Red Wings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/10\/nhl-rumours-interest-in-colorado-avalanche-forward\/\" target=\"_self\">Colorado Avalanche,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/22\/nhl-predictions-stars-devils\/\" target=\"_self\">Dallas Stars<\/a> and the Jets over his 12-year NHL career.<\/p>\n<p>He has 10 goals and 19 assists for 29 points in 52 games so far this season. Namestnikov has a Corsi for of 51.8 and a relative Corsi of 4.8. Tampa Bay originally drafted him in the first round, 27th overall of the 2011 NHL Draft. The Zhukovskiy, Russia native had a standout junior career with the London Knights of the OHL.<\/p>\n<p>Namestnikov has represented his native Russia on the international level. He has played for his native country at a number of levels. However, he did help Russia get a bronze medal at the 2017 IIHF World Championships.<\/p>\n<h3>What it Means<\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;ve seen Namestnikov bounce around the league and play for a number of teams. However, it seems like he&#8217;s found a home with the Jets. He&#8217;s settled in nicely to roll as a depth forward on the club.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s been a solid player down the middle for the Jets as they chase a deep Stanley Cup Playoff run. His 10 goals have been helpful in giving the team some secondary offence. He was going into Saturday&#8217;s game against the St Louis Blues on a four-game point-streak.<\/p>\n<p>This is a good short-term investment for Winnipeg and it seems like a good value for the veteran. Jets General Manager Kevin Cheveldayoff gives a well-deserved raise out to a player that has been an important piece for the team.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: James Carey Lauder-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Winnipeg Jets have made some news on Saturday. Winnipeg announced that forward Vladislav Namestnikov signed a two-year contract worth $6 million. This deal has an average cap hit of $3 million per season and runs until the end of the 2026-27 season. The Winnipeg Jets announced that they&#39;ve signed Vladislav Namestnikov to a two-year, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":453711,"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":[33,4547,34,4548],"tags":[612,2767,5998],"class_list":["post-462828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jets","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-kevin-cheveldayoff","tag-vladislav-namestnikov","tag-winnipeg-jets-news"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462828","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\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":462829,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462828\/revisions\/462829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}