*Six Year Deal Confirmed*
Flames fans should be happy to know that it is now official, Dion Phaneuf will remains a Flame into the 2015 season. Details below.
The rumor mills have been swirling and fans have been sitting on the fence regarding the impending contract with Flames defencemen Dion Phaneuf. Many fans have argued that they’d prefer to keep Huselius and Langkow over Phaneuf, however, in the grand scheme of things, it seems like the hockey minds (namely GM Sutter) know that 4 1st rounders won’t add up to a future Pronger-like defencemen. Signing Phaneuf has been a priority after Iginla, Regehr, and Kiprusoff were signed.
Calgary Flames Lock Up Phaneuf for Six
The deal is rumored to be worth 39 million over 6 years, or about 6.6 a year. More details to come once things become official.
Career Stats
| Recent Career | ||||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GW | GT | SOG | Pct | |
| 2005-06 | CGY | 82 | 20 | 29 | 49 | 5 | 93 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 242 | .083 | |
| 2006-07 | CGY | 79 | 17 | 33 | 50 | 10 | 98 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 230 | .074 | |
| 2007-08 | CGY | 54 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 5 | 106 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 176 | .051 | |
| Career Totals (Full) | 215 | 46 | 88 | 134 | 20 | 297 | 34 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 648 | .071 | ||
More details: Flames sign Phaneuf.
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