Penguins lock up Brian Dumoulin with 6-year, $24.6-million contract

The Pittsburgh Penguins signed restricted free-agent defenseman Brian Dumoulin to a six-year contract with an average annual value of $4.1 million, the team announced Monday.

Dumoulin, who will be 26 years old by the beginning of the coming season, has been an integral part of Pittsburgh's back-to-back Stanley Cup victories. He logged a team-high 21:59 minutes of ice time per game during their most recent playoff run.

The 6-foot-4 blue-liner has scored just two career regular season goals and three career playoff goals, but he has proven to be one of the league's better shutdown defensemen, and is now getting paid like one.

This contract leaves the Penguins with $6.28 million in cap space, according to Cap Friendly. Forward Conor Sheary is the team's last remaining RFA without a contract.