cmw00
09-10-2003, 05:17 PM
Well with this the ducks will be tough again this year!
Ducks lock up Giguere with 4-year deal
TSN.ca Staff
9/10/2003
ANAHEIM - The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim announced that the club has agreed to terms with goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere on a four-year contract. TSN has learned that the deal is worth $19.5 million.
Giguere will make $4.5 million in each of the next two seasons, and $5.25 million in each of the final two years of the contract.
The winner of the 2003 Conn Smythe Trophy (playoff MVP), Giguere played in all 21 playoff games as the Ducks advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals. He finished the postseason with the best goals-against average (1.62) and save percentage (.945) in the league, also establishing the longest playoff overtime shutout streak in NHL history (168:27, active streak). In the Conference Finals vs. Minnesota, Giguere set an NHL playoff record for fewest goals allowed in a best-of-seven series (one).
He began his playoff career with a six-game winning streak, including two 60+ save performances (63 saves vs. Detroit in Game 1, 60 saves vs. Dallas in Game 1). In sweeping the Detroit Red Wings in the first round, Giguere and the Ducks became the first team since 1952 (Detroit over Toronto) to sweep a defending Stanley Cup Champion in the first round. Following the playoffs, he also won the "Best NHL Player" award at the 2003 ESPY Awards (voted on by the fans).
Giguere played in 65 regular season games last season, going 34-22-6 with a 2.30 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage. He set new club records in wins (tied for fifth in the NHL) and shutouts (8, tied for second in the NHL). The 6-1, 200-pound netminder recorded a scoreless minutes streak of 237:07 from Dec. 8-18 (spanning four games), the third longest by a goaltender in the modern era and the NHL's longest since 1950.
Ducks lock up Giguere with 4-year deal
TSN.ca Staff
9/10/2003
ANAHEIM - The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim announced that the club has agreed to terms with goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere on a four-year contract. TSN has learned that the deal is worth $19.5 million.
Giguere will make $4.5 million in each of the next two seasons, and $5.25 million in each of the final two years of the contract.
The winner of the 2003 Conn Smythe Trophy (playoff MVP), Giguere played in all 21 playoff games as the Ducks advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals. He finished the postseason with the best goals-against average (1.62) and save percentage (.945) in the league, also establishing the longest playoff overtime shutout streak in NHL history (168:27, active streak). In the Conference Finals vs. Minnesota, Giguere set an NHL playoff record for fewest goals allowed in a best-of-seven series (one).
He began his playoff career with a six-game winning streak, including two 60+ save performances (63 saves vs. Detroit in Game 1, 60 saves vs. Dallas in Game 1). In sweeping the Detroit Red Wings in the first round, Giguere and the Ducks became the first team since 1952 (Detroit over Toronto) to sweep a defending Stanley Cup Champion in the first round. Following the playoffs, he also won the "Best NHL Player" award at the 2003 ESPY Awards (voted on by the fans).
Giguere played in 65 regular season games last season, going 34-22-6 with a 2.30 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage. He set new club records in wins (tied for fifth in the NHL) and shutouts (8, tied for second in the NHL). The 6-1, 200-pound netminder recorded a scoreless minutes streak of 237:07 from Dec. 8-18 (spanning four games), the third longest by a goaltender in the modern era and the NHL's longest since 1950.