The Calgary Flames have signed 31-year-old defenseman and captain Mark Giordano to a six-year contract extension the club announced on Tuesday. The deal is worth a reported $40.5 million overall, and carries an annual average value of $6.75 million.
Giordano - who turns 32 prior to the beginning of this upcoming season - is entering the final year of his current five-year, $20.1 million contract, so obviously this new deal represents a significant and well earned raise. It's also a pretty big win for Flames management, considering that Giordano's camp reportedly was looking for an eight-year deal worth more than $70 million.