Canes sign Brock McGinn, avoid arbitration
The Carolina Hurricanes and forward Brock McGinn avoided contract arbitration Saturday, agreeing on a two-year, $4.2 million deal.
McGinn, 25, will be paid $1.9 million in 2019-20 and $2.3 million in 2020-21.
McGinn did not miss a regular-season game last season for the Canes, finishing with 10 goals, 16 assists and a career-best plus-10 rating as the Canes reached the Eastern Conference finals in the playoffs.
McGinn scored one of the most memorable goals in franchise history in the first round -- the double-overtime winner in Game 7 to beat the Washington Capitals. He had two goals and four assists in 15 playoff games.
McGinn, a second-round draft pick by Carolina in 2012, was coming off a two-year contract with an average salary cap hit of $887,500. A restricted free agent with arbitration rights, he elected to take the team to arbitration and a meeting was initially scheduled for Saturday but not needed.
“We’re relieved to have this settled before going to arbitration,” Canes general manager Don Waddell said in a statement. “Brock was an important part of what we accomplished last season and we’re happy to have him as part of our group moving forward.”
This story was originally published July 20, 2019 at 10:53 AM.
