The Vancouver Canucks and forward Jannik Hansen have avoided arbitration by agreeing to a three-year contract.
Hansen had a career-best 29 points while playing all 82 games last season, and his 9 goals tied a career-best. He also was second on the team with 149 hits and third among the team's forwards with an average of 2:24 per game in shorthanded ice time.
He added 3 goals, 9 points and a team-best plus-7 rating in 25 playoff games to help the Canucks reach the Stanley Cup Final. It was the first time he played a full season in the NHL after splitting the previous three seasons between the Canucks and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Manitoba Moose.
Drafted by the Canucks in the ninth round of the 2004 Entry Draft, Hansen has 24 goals and 41 assists in 189 games.
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