Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Ryan McDonagh signed a three-year, $12.3 million contract extension Thursday.
McDonagh, 36, has six points (three goals, three assists) in 15 games this season while playing in the final campaign of a seven-year, $47.25 million contract. He currently is on injured reserve.
McDonagh is one season removed from leading the NHL with a plus-43 rating.
“Mac is one of a kind,” Lightning coach Jon Cooper said Thursday. “If guys like Ryan McDonagh can’t get in the Hall of Fame, I’m not sure why we would have a Hall of Fame. That’s basically what I think.”
A two-time Stanley Cup champion with Tampa Bay in 2020 and 2021, McDonagh has totaled 426 points (83 goals, 343 assists) while averaging 22:32 of ice time in 1,025 career games with the New York Rangers, Lightning and Nashville Predators.
McDonagh was selected by the Canadiens with the 12th overall pick of the 2007 NHL Draft before being traded to the Rangers on June 30, 2009, as part of a six-player deal that sent Scott Gomez to Montreal.
