AZ Central’s Sarah McLellan reports that Arizona Coyotes restricted free agent Anthony Duclair signed a one-year, $1.2MM contract today with the team today. He is the team’s last remaining free agent.
After being traded to the Coyotes in a 2015 trade from the New York Rangers, Duclair was given the opportunity for a full-time role in Arizona and he took advantage of that, scoring 20 goals and adding 24 assists for 44 points in his first full season. However, he was not able to duplicate that last year, as he was only able to put up five goals and 10 assists in 58 games before being demoted to the Tucson Roadrunners of the AHL. His one-year deal will be a “prove it” contract.
Often referred to as a player who does not create his own offense, Duclair should have an improved year with all the new talent that is arriving from Arizona this year. The team added Derek Stepan as well as are counting on youngsters like Clayton Keller, Dylan Strome and Christian Dvorak to help aid the offense.
Rick Dhaliwal of 1130 Sports reported the amount of the one-year deal, while Craig Morgan of AZ Central reported the two sides were close to a deal.