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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenseman Chris Tanev to a five-year extension, the team announced on Tuesday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The deal will keep Tanev in Vancouver through the 2020-21 season.&amp;nbsp;The 25-year-old has two goals and 14 assists for the Canucks this season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;General manager Jim Benning said Tanev will play a big role in the team\u2019s future.\r\n\r\n\u201CChris has developed into an excellent NHL defenseman and is an extremely important part of our team,\u201D Benning&amp;nbsp;said. \u201CHe\u2019s a player you want on the ice in the most critical points of a game and we\u2019re excited about having him with our group as we continue to play to win today, with an eye to the future.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;\u200BMUIR: Ilya Kovalchuk may use loophole to return to NHL\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tanev&amp;nbsp;was signed as an&amp;nbsp;undrafted&amp;nbsp;free agent in May 2010 after playing one season of college hockey at&amp;nbsp;RIT.&amp;nbsp;He joined the Canucks full-time last season after splitting the previous three seasons between Vancouver and the American Hockey League.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vancouver is currently second in the Pacific Division, two points ahead of the third-place Calgary Flames and four points up on the fourth-place Los Angeles Kings.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022&amp;nbsp;\u200BMUIR: Rare gems among college free agents\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Phil Watson&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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