Penguins sign veteran F Jeff Carter to 2-year extension

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jeff Carter nonetheless has loads of hockey in entrance of him.

The veteran Pittsburgh Penguins ahead agreed to a two-year contract extension with the workforce on Wednesday that runs by the 2023-24 season. The deal carries a median annual worth of $3.125 million.

The 37-year-old Carter, a two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Los Angeles Kings, has flourished since arriving on the commerce deadline final spring. He scored 9 targets in 14 video games following his acquisition and doesn’t seem like slowing down in his seventeenth season.

Carter is certainly one of seven lively gamers with 400 profession targets. He has 12 targets and 14 assists in 36 video games this season for the Penguins, who've gained 17 of 19 to maneuver into second place within the heated Metropolitan Division on the season’s halfway level.

The 2-time All-Star indicated just lately he deliberate to play by the top of his previous deal, which expired on the finish of this season.

The Penguins play Thursday night time towards Seattle.

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Pittsburgh Penguins' Kris Letang (58) celebrates with Jeff Carter after scoring in the course of the third interval of an NHL hockey sport towards the Arizona Coyotes in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. It was Letang's second purpose of the 6-3 Penguins win.

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