The Colorado Avalanche needed only four games to commit long term to goalie Mackenzie Blackwood .
The Avalanche announced Friday that they had signed Blackwood to a five-year contract extension that runs through the 2029-30 season. The contract carries an average annual value of $5.25 million against the salary cap, a source told ESPN. Blackwood is in the final season of a two-year contract worth $2.35 million against the cap.
Blackwood, 28, was acquired from San Jose on Dec. 9 in a multiplayer trade that saw Alexandar Georgiev , Colorado’s previous starting goalie, and 25-year-old forward Nikolai Kovalenko sent to the Sharks.
Blackwood is 3-1-0 in four starts for the Avalanche with a .931 save percentage and a 2.03 goals-against average. He is 84-92-25 in 219 career games over seven seasons with the New Jersey Devils , Sharks and Avalanche.
“When we acquired Mackenzie a few weeks ago, we wanted to let him get to Denver, get acclimated to his new team, new city and then in due time we’d reach out to him and his representatives,” Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland said in a statement. “We are thrilled to get this deal done now and have Mackenzie under contract for the next six years.