The Columbus Blue Jackets signed restricted free agent ahead Cole Sillinger to a two-year, $4.5 million contract Wednesday.
Sillinger, 21, performed in 77 video games with Columbus final season, tallying a career-high 32 factors (13 objectives, 19 assists).
“Cole Sillinger is a really sensible, two-way heart who competes extraordinarily onerous at each ends of the ice,” Blue Jackets common supervisor Don Waddell stated in a press release. “He performed over 200 NHL video games earlier than turning 21 and is coming off his greatest season, so we’re wanting ahead to his continued progress as a participant. He’s going to be an necessary a part of the current and way forward for this membership.”
The Blue Jackets chosen Sillinger with the No. 12 total choose of the 2021 NHL draft. In 220 profession video games, he has 74 factors (32 objectives, 42 assists).
