The Vancouver Canucks have signed unrestricted free agent defenceman Luke Schenn and forward Paul Cotter to one-year deals.
Schenn’s contract is for $2.25 million and Cotter’s is for $2.15 million.
Schenn, 36, finished last season with the Buffalo Sabres after he was acquired, along with blueliner Logan Stanley, from the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for defenceman Jacob Bryson, forward Isak Rosen, and two draft picks at the trade deadline.
He had one goal and seven points in 50 games split between the Jets and Sabres last season while averaging 13:40 of ice time. Schenn appeared in two playoff games before the Sabres bowed out in the second round.
The 6-foot-2, right-shot defenceman is coming off a three-year, $8.25 million contract that carried a cap hit of $2.75 million.
This will be Schenn’s third stint with the Canucks. He skated in 18 games with the team in 2018-19 before re-joining them in 2021-22, where he played until 2023.
Drafted fifth overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2008, Schenn has 45 goals and 212 points in 1,122 games split between the Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Arizona Coyotes, Anaheim Ducks, Canucks, Tampa Bay Lightning, Nashville Predators, Jets, and Sabres.
He won back-to-back Stanley Cup titles with the Lightning in 2020 and 2021.
Cotter, 26, registered nine goals and 15 points in 79 games with the New Jersey Devils last season.
The 6-foot-2 winger was acquired by the Devils, along with a draft pick, from the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for forward Alexander Holtz and goaltender Akira Schmid in July of 2024.
He is coming off a three-year, $2.325 million contract that carried an annual cap hit of $775,000 and became an unrestricted free agent after the Devils failed to give him a qualifying offer.
Drafted 115th overall by the Golden Knights in 2018, Cotter has 47 goals and 82 points in 296 career games split between the Golden Knights and Devils.
Cotter helped the Golden Knights to their first Stanley Cup championship in 2023.
