The Vancouver Canucks shares wonderful news for their fans a few minutes ago. Indeed, they've extended the contract of top forward Elias Pettersson. <div align='center' style='padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;'><img src='https://i.marqueur.com/habsetlnh/i/photo/384636.webp' width='100%' border='0' alt='image' loading='lazy' defer /></div> <h2>Elias Pettersson Signs Massive Eight-Year Extension With The Vancouver Canucks</h2> Elias Pettersson, one of the Canucks' top forwards, agreed on the terms of an eight-year extension, valued at $11.6 million a year. <q>Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the club has agreed to terms with forward Elias Pettersson on an eight-year contract.</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/CanucksPR/status/1763942241486205237?s=20'> </a></blockquote></div> <q>Elias Pettersson will carry the NHL's fifth-highest cap hit at $11.6M next season in what is his final RFA year -- behind Auston Matthews ($13.25M), Nathan MacKinnon ($12.6M), Connor McDavid ($12.5M) and Artemi Panarin ($11.642M).</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1763946108328288378'> </a></blockquote></div> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/frank_seravalli/status/1763945351461974112'> </a></blockquote></div> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1763942740604203237?s=20'> </a></blockquote></div> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/TheFourthPeriod/status/1763944770676588901'> </a></blockquote></div> Pettersson scored 71 points in 62 games with the Canucks this season. More to come.