COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 3 (UPI) -- The Columbus Dispatch reported Friday that forward Rick Nash had signed an eight-year, $62.4 million contract extension with the Blue Jackets.
Nash, 25, earned the huge contract with a 40-goal 2008-09 season. He has spent his entire six-season NHL career with Columbus after being the first overall pick of the 2002 draft and has a franchise-record 194 goals to go with 161 assists in 441 games.