UPDATE (4:17 p.m. ET): Here’s a salary breakdown of Loui Eriksson’s contract with the Vancouver Canucks.
$28 mil of Eriksson's $36 mil total is paid in signing bonus. No move first 2 yrs, no trade next 2 and ltd no trade in final two yrs.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) July 1, 2016
Eriksson salary pays $1 mil in first 5 years and $3 mil in final year. SB goes $7mil,$7mil,$6mil,$4mil,$3mil and $1 mil. Guaranteed.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) July 1, 2016
UPDATE (4:10 p.m. ET): It’s official: Loui Eriksson is a Vancouver Canuck.
OFFICIAL: #Canucks sign forward Loui Eriksson to six-year deal
RELEASE → https://t.co/38ewhmiSZt pic.twitter.com/S0v2Uv6Nfl
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) July 1, 2016
ORIGINAL STORY: The Loui Eriksson era with the Boston Bruins is over.
The 30-year-old winger has signed a six-year contract worth a total of $36 million with the Vancouver Canucks, per Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos.
https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/748909253679681536
6/36M for Eriksson is big ticket, but he has game that can be sustained. Bridge player who will be around after Sedins.
— Iain MacIntyre (@imacSportsnet) July 1, 2016
It’s a good fit for Eriksson. He’ll likely be on the first line alongside Henrik and Daniel Sedin, both of whom have played with Eriksson during international competition on Sweden, including the Winter Olympics.
Eriksson spent three seasons with the Bruins. The first was hampered by multiple concussions, but he bounced back well. He tallied 63 points (30 goals, 33 assists) in 82 games for Boston last season.
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