Blue Jackets announce 2-year extension with Boone Jenner

The Columbus Blue Jackets signed Boone Jenner to a two-year contract extension Monday, the club announced.

The deal has an average annual value of $2.9 million, according to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, and Jenner will be a restricted free agent in the summer of 2018.

Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said the following in a statement:

Boone Jenner is a terrific young player, who works extremely hard at both ends of the ice and is just beginning to scratch the surface of what he can be as a National Hockey League player. He has tremendous character and is an exemplary representative of our club on and off the ice.

Jenner, 22, has a career-high 22 goals and 13 assists in 63 games.