Canucks re-sign Brandon Sutter to one-year, $1.125M contract

July 28, 2021 - 3:25pm

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Veteran centre Brandon Sutter is returning to the Vancouver Canucks on a one-year, $1.125 million contract.

Welcome back Suttsy!#Canucks GM Jim Benning announced that the club has re-signed forward Brandon Sutter to a one-year contract worth an average annual value of $1.125 million.

DETAILS https://t.co/Y9aru9cliT pic.twitter.com/oaxTlSlq0g

— Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) July 28, 2021

Sutter, who has been with the Canucks since the 2015-16 season, had nine goals and 12 points in 43 games with the Canucks last season. That included the first hat trick of his career.

The 32-year-old has appeared in 770 NHL games with the Hurricanes, Penguins and Canucks over 13 seasons and has 152 goals and 289 points.

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