Canucks re-sign Jett Woo to one-year, two-way contract

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The strong progress Jett Woo made within the 2022-23 season for the Abbotsford Canucks has gained him a brand new contract.

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The Vancouver Canucks introduced Wednesday they’d re-signed the younger defenceman to a one-year, two-way contract.

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In response to CHEK-TV’s Rick Dhaliwal, Woo’s contract requires him to make $775,000 within the NHL and $100,000 within the AHL.

That NHL wage is definitely lower than the $874,125 qualifying provide his expiring entry-level deal known as for, suggesting he traded the next AHL wage in change for a barely decreased NHL wage.

He’s almost certainly to be an AHLer to start out the season once more subsequent 12 months, however by retaining him this can be a assertion by the Canucks that they nonetheless suppose he has an opportunity to play NHL video games.

A right-shot defenceman, Woo turns 23 this summer season. He’s nonetheless an extended shot to turn into an NHL common, given his place on the Canucks’ depth chart, however he’s come a good distance in a 12 months. In 2021-22, he was a daily scratch and when he did play, it was typically as a ahead.

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This season, although, he made nice progress, one thing Abbotsford normal supervisor Ryan Johnson highlighted in a post-season press convention.

Johnson mentioned Woo lastly discovered his id as a participant below new AHL Canucks head coach Jeremy Colliton.

“This 12 months, his development in his sport, constructing his id as a participant, as a puck-moving, bodily, heavy (participant). And he contributed offensively as properly, he even performed on the second unit energy play at instances,” Johnson mentioned earlier in Could.

“He’s shot himself ahead, that’s for positive.”

Johnson mentioned he thought Woo has constructed his sport up sufficient that he might play NHL video games subsequent season.

The Canucks’ depth chart received critically examined late within the season, with accidents hitting their defence corps within the last months of the season, resulting in a variety of AHL call-ups. After which a number of the AHL call-ups have been injured on NHL responsibility — by the top of the 12 months, all three of Christian Wolanin, Noah Juulsen and Guillaume Brisebois have been on the injured record.

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On the finish of the 2022-23 season, there have been solely two defencemen in Abbotsford on NHL offers who didn’t see NHL motion: Woo and Brady Keeper.

Within the AHL this season, Woo set profession skilled highs for video games performed, penalty minutes and factors: he skated in 68 video games, scoring targets and including 14 assists, whereas gathering 96 penalty minutes, most on the crew.

Abbotsford followers voted him the crew’s Unsung Hero.

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