The
Boston Bruins on Friday signed forward
Brad Marchand to a four-year contract worth $18 million (an average of $4.5 million per season), the team announced. The deal kicks in after the 2012-13 season and keeps him in Boston through 2016-17.
The 24-year-old Marchand is coming off his second season with the Bruins, in which he registered 55 points on 28 goals and 27 assists. He had 41 points in his rookie season (2010-11), when he established himself as a key agitator and clutch scorer in helping the Bruins win the Stanley Cup.
Marchand, who will make $3 million this season in the second year of a two-year pact he signed just before camp last September, would have become a restricted free agent at the end of the season.
