Report: Bieksa agrees to new deal with Canucks
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The Vancouver Canucks and Kevin Bieksa have agreed to a new contract, according to a TSN report. The terms have yet to be learned.
The 30-year-old defenseman could have become an unrestricted free agent Friday, but instead chose to re-sign with the team that selected him in the fifth round of the 2001 Entry Draft.
Bieksa had 6 goals and 16 assists last season as the Canucks came within one victory of winning their first Stanley Cup. During the playoffs, Bieksa had 5 goals and 5 assists in 25 games and had the series-clinching goal in double overtime against the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference Final.
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At the start of last season, there was talk that Bieksa could be traded. The Canucks had a glut of defensemen, but Bieksa emerged as one of their most reliable blueliners in a season when virtually every Canucks defenseman suffered an injury.
The Canucks are left with two unrestricted free-agent defensemen they've yet to sign -- Christian Ehrhoff and Sami Salo.