McLaren Signs 3-year, $12 Million Contract Extension

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Less than 24 hours ago, Addison McLaren noted that while he hadn't yet heard from the Reign on a contract extension, he was confident they would get something done relatively quickly. Today, McLaren signed a three-year, $12 million extension with the Reign, on the same day the team also announced new contracts for Justin Lose, Linus Zetterstrom, and Cabe McJake, locking up most of the key pieces from their S75 core. There's still some work to be done, but the Reign have managed to get a significant chunk of their off-season handled early on.

 

"I'm super happy to be back here with these guys to give it another go," said McLaren. "Confident things will be different here going forward. It's great to see the other guys feel the same and are sticking around."

 

Though McLaren's first two seasons haven't gone extremely well, the upcoming season might be a make-or-break year for S75's 8th overall pick. With just 40 goals and 78 points through his first two seasons, both player and team are hoping there are better times to come.

 

The three-year deal is perhaps a sign of faith from both sides that things will turn around. McLaren could've headed to Free Agency or signed a short-term deal to give himself an out if the Reign don't play up to expectations again, while the Reign may have taken a short-term deal to alleviate themselves of some risk if McLaren continues to struggle offensively. That wasn't how it played out in negotiations. "They let me know they still have faith in me as a player and I let them know that we're going to turn this thing around. Staying here for three more seasons was an easy decision," said McLaren.

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As always you have done a nice article, i like how you divided the interview from the normal text, seems like a real interview.

In the end this gets a solid 9 out of a 10, keep it up.

OH I was forgetting,  we are happy to still  have you here in the Riga family.