Vancouver Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen signed a five-year, $22.5 million contract extension on Friday.
Lankinen, 29, has stepped up instead of the injured Thatcher Demko, posting a 19-8-7 file with 4 shutouts, a 2.53 goals-against reasonable and .905 save share over 34 video games (32 begins) this season.
That is fairly the go back on funding for Lankinen, who signed a one-year, $875,000 contract in September.
“Kevin has achieved a perfect task for us in web this season,” Canucks common supervisor Patrik Allvin stated. “Proper from the beginning of the yr, he has proven a powerful need to compete and a willingness to do no matter it takes to win hockey video games. A just right chief and teammate, we would not be within the place we’re in at this time with out his sturdy play.”
Undrafted to start his occupation, Lankinen has a 64-51-19 mark with seven shutouts, a 2.94 GAA and .905 save share in 146 video games (133 begins) with the Chicago Blackhawks, Nashville Predators and Canucks.
Lankinen represented his local Finland on the contemporary 4 International locations Face-Off.
–Box Degree Media