Canucks secure Zeev Buium with an eight-year contract extension

In Vancouver, British Columbia, the Vancouver Canucks signed defenseman Zeev Buium to an eight-year contract extension worth $9.38 million per season. The 20-year-old player had three goals and nine assists in 45 games last season. Buium was acquired from the Minnesota Wild in a trade that sent Quinn Hughes to Minnesota, and he has recorded six goals and 20 assists in 76 career NHL games.