The Vancouver Canucks have signed winger Drew O鈥機onnor to a two-year, US$5-million extension.
The Canucks announced the deal Tuesday, less than three weeks after Vancouver acquired O鈥機onnor from the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The 26-year-old forward from Chatham, N.J., has eight goals and 10 assists across 57 games for the Canucks and Penguins this season.
O鈥機onnor put up a career-highs in goals (16), assists (17) and points (33) points for Pittsburgh during the 2023-24 campaign, He has 32 goals and 36 assists over 214 career NHL regular-season games.
The six-foot-four, 209-pound forward joined the Canucks on Feb. 1 in a deal that saw Vancouver send a conditional first-round draft pick 鈥� acquired up earlier in the day from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for star centre J.T. Miller 鈥� and a package of depth players to Pittsburgh in exchange for O鈥機onnor and defenceman Marcus Pettersson.
Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin says in a release that O鈥機onnor has 鈥渕ade a good first impression鈥� since coming to Vancouver.
鈥淲e like his size, speed and ability to get in on the forecheck and hound pucks,鈥� Allvin said. 鈥淥ur staff also feel confident that they can help Drew take his game to another level and we are excited to see what the future holds for him with the Vancouver Canucks.鈥�
