Marcus Pettersson signed a six-year, $33 million contract with the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. It has an average annual value of $5.5 million and begins next season.
The 28-year-old defenseman is in the final season of a five-year, $20.125 million contract ($4.025 million AAV) he signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Jan. 28, 2020. He has no points in two games for the Canucks since they acquired him and forward Drew O’Connor in a trade with the Penguins on Friday for forward Danton Heinen and defenseman Vincent Desharnais. Pittsburgh also received forward prospect Melvin Fernstrom and a conditional pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.
“Expectations are high, It’s a young, hungry group looking to win every game we can and looking…