Breaking: Canucks sign former first round pick to multi-year deal.

The Vancouver Canucks and general manager Jim Benning have just made an announcement.

According to a report from the Canucks official website, the team has signed former 2012 first round draft pick Brendan Gaunce to a new two-year contract, the financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. 

Gaunce was selected 26th overall by the Canucks and while the 23-year-old center has only appeared in 77 total games for the Canucks since then, the team felt he earned himself a new contract coming off a 55 game National Hockey League season with the Canucks in 2016-2017.

The big news for Gaunce here is that this will be a one-way deal, something that presumably indicates he will continue to have a significant role in the Canucks lineup.

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