Veteran forward Thomas Vanek and the Vancouver Canucks agreed to a one-year contract on Friday worth $2 million US. The 33-year-old Vanek had 17 goals and 31 assists in 68 games split between Florida (2-8-10 in 20 games) and Detroit (15-23-38 in 48 games) last season. Vanek has ranked 10th in goals (333) and second in power-play goals (129) since entering the NHL in 2006-07. In 885 NHL regular-season games split between Florida, Detroit, Minnesota, Montreal, the New York Islanders, and Buffalo, Vanek has 333 goals and 364 assists. A native of Vienna, Austria, Vanek was originally selected by Buffalo in the first round (fifth overall) at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

Source: CBC News September 01, 2017 22:08 UTC