Ryan Dzingel has signed a two-year contract, one-way contract, the first year at $3.25M and the second year at $3.5M. Dzingel scored a combined 26 goals for both the Ottawa Senators and Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2018-19 regular season. In nine playoff games for the Blue Jackets, he scored one goal and maintained a +3 plus-minus.
The contract was well-thought out by the Hurricanes front office. The low AAV is beneficial to the team to sign the remaining restricted free-agents like Haydn Fleury, Brock McGinn, and others. The contract length is only two years, which is perfect, it allows Don Waddell to pick and choose who goes and stays, when he has to pay Andrei Svechnikov big time as he becomes a restricted free agent.