The Vancouver Canucks have signed forward Pius Suter to a two-year contract worth an average annual value of $1.6 million.

Training camp is on the horizon and teams are scooping up some last-minute depth. 

The Vancouver Canucks solidified themselves down the middle on Friday, agreeing to terms with forward Pius Suter on a two-year contract worth an average annual value of $1.6 million. 

The deal ties Suter to Vancouver through the 2024-25 season and sets the 27-year-old up nicely to hit the open market once the salary cap is expected to rise significantly. 

Credit where credit is due, the Canucks have had a very promising offseason. Suter is another piece of that puzzle, giving his new club a capable body to insert in their bottom six who can drive play and chip in offensively. In 79 games for the Detroit Red Wings last season, Suter finished with 14 goals and 10 assists for 24 points, logging a career-low 14:04 in average nightly ice time that likely contributed to his offensive dip. 

On a Canucks team that will need his minutes, Suter seems to be in a much better position to get back to his old pace of production and comes in at a very reasonable yearly cap hit. 

With Suter now on the books, the Canucks sit nearly $5 million over the salary cap in the event Ilya Mikheyev is healthy on opening night. Clearly, this will not be the last move GM Patrik Alvin makes this summer.