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The Columbus Blue Jackets have agreed to terms on a four-year contract with defenseman Marc Methot.
General manager Scott Howson announced the deal on Tuesday.
The 26-year-old Methot has become one of the Blue Jackets' most reliable blue-liners. He has six goals and 38 assists in 229 career NHL games with Columbus. Last season, he had 15 assists and 58 penalty minutes and was plus-2 in 74 games, setting career highs in assists, penalty minutes, games played and game time on ice average (19:53).
He ranked second on the club with 176 hits and was third with 98 blocked shots.
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Columbus' seventh pick, and No. 168 overall, in the 2003 draft, Methot made his NHL debut in 2006-07.
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