Ottawa Senators Extend Tom Pyatt For Two Years

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 2:45 p.m. ET

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The Ottawa Senators extended forward Tom Pyatt to a two-year contract, worth 1.1 million dollars a year.

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Ottawa Senators center Tom Pyatt (10) skates with the puck ahead of Pittsburgh Penguins center Jake Guentzel (59) during the third period in game five of the Eastern Conference Final of the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs at the PPG PAINTS Arena. (Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports)

The Ottawa Senators have signed depth center Tom Pyatt to a two-year contract extension worth 1.1 million dollars a year.

Just 2.2 million over those two years.

The signing came after an offseason for Pyatt which included 2 goals scored and 13 minutes played in each game.

It was Pyatt's first year with the Ottawa Senators after he had spent time in Tampa Bay and Montreal.

Pyatt has 77 points in 327 NHL games and is 30.

He will presumably have the same depth role on the Ottawa Senators for the next two years, after doing it well enough to earn this extension.

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Pyatt was played as a defensive center, something the Senators need with their system of play.

Pyatt ended up playing an average of 15 minutes a night with the Senators.

That was a career high for the center, who had previously averaged about 11 minutes a night.

This signing and his minutes count certainly imply that Guy Boucher, the coach of the Ottawa Senators, has a lot of trust in Pyatt.

With Pyatt on the ice, the Senators save percentage boosted to a 94.3%, despite Pyatt's bad Corsi.

That means that Pyatt isn't half bad at his job of playing defensive center.

Pyatt's new two-year contract will take him to age 32 when the Senators could choose to re-sign him if he continues to excel in his role.

And if that happens, Pyatt could even be cheaper. I don't think there will be a ton of interest in a defensive center over the age of 30.

And if Pyatt doesn't continue to excel, the contract isn't that bad. This is a low-risk high reward contract.

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