Oilers give goalie Laurent Brossoit two-year extension

As Gene Principe reports, Curtis Hamilton and Laurent Brossoit will be the 11th and 12th Oilers to make their NHL debuts this season.

The Edmonton Oilers agreed to a two-year extension with goalie Laurent Brossoit.

According to multiple reports, Brossoit’s new contract will carry an average annual value of $750,000.

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Brossoit was scheduled to become a restricted free agent at the end of the 2015-16 season. The 22-year-old has appeared in one NHL game with the Oilers this season and has spent the majority of the year with the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors, recording a .919 save percentage and 2.69 goals-against average.

The Calgary Flames originally selected the goaltender in the sixth round (164th overall) of the 2011 NHL Draft.

February 29, 2016

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Laurent Brossoit
SIGNED BY
Edmonton Oilers
LENGTH
2 yrs
CONTRACT TYPE
Contract Extension
SALARY CAP HIT
$750,000
TOTAL
N/A

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