Blue Jackets Nick Foligno gets paid six years 33 m
And a Happy New Year to Nick Foligno. The Columbus Blue Jackets forward landed a six-year, $33 million contract, which the team announced Wednesday.Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen told reporters Jamaal Wilkes Jersey that Foligno, 27, was eager to stay with the club he joined in a 2012 trade with the Senators.MORE: "He sticks up for Wilt Chamberlain Jersey his teammates, he battles, he blocks shots, he plays through injuries and he's a heart-and-soul guy on our team," Kekalainen said, per The A sociated Pre s, before the Jackets' game against the Wild.Foligno also is scoring at an uncharacteristically high (unsustainable?)ratethis season, with a team-high 17 goals (tied for sixth in the NHL)in 33 games prior to Wednesday. He's Nick Van Exel Jersey one away from tying his career high of 18, set last Vlade Divac Jersey season. As SN's Ben Valentine notes, Foligno's shooting percentage was 23.0, second in the league and almost double hiscareer average of12.3. That's why the intangibles arean important part of this contract.Foligno is the Jordan Clarkson Jersey second player in as many days to receive a six-year deal and avoid becoming an unrestricted free agent after the season. Emerging Panthers center Nick Bjugstad . Valentine speculates that the Bjugstad contract helped inflate Foligno's deal.
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