Jets bring back Burmistrov, agree with Pardy, Halischuk
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) The Winnipeg Jets started free agency by locking up two of their own players and bringing back another.
Winnipeg agreed to terms on a two-year contract with forward Alexander Burmistrov and one-year deals with defenseman Adam Pardy and forward Matt Halischuk on Wednesday.
The 23-year-old Burmistrov has spent the past two seasons in the Kontinental Hockey League with Kazan Ak-Bars.
He spent his first three professional seasons with the Atlanta/Winnipeg franchise, scoring 23 goals and adding 35 assists in 194 games.
Burmistrov was selected eighth overall in the 2010 draft by Atlanta.
Pardy, who dealt with a shoulder injury in the playoffs, will make $1 million next season.
Halischuk got a two-way deal that pays him $750,000 in the NHL.
Winnipeg re-signed winger Drew Stafford to an $8.7 million, two-year contract Tuesday night.