{"id":1875,"date":"2013-07-01T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.stub.com\/hq\/news\/coyotes-smith-agree-to-six-year-deal\/"},"modified":"2013-07-01T17:57:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T17:57:00","slug":"coyotes-smith-agree-to-six-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/coyotes-smith-agree-to-six-year-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyotes, Smith agree to six-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glendale, AZ (Sports Network) &#8211; The Phoenix Coyotes locked up pending unrestricted free goaltender Mike Smith on Monday, thanks to a new six-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>No financial terms were revealed, but multiple sources indicate it will average approximately $5.7 million per season.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, who was set to hit the market next Friday, finished 15-12-5 with a 2.58 goals-against average, .910 save percentage and five shutouts in 34 games for the Coyotes a season ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are pleased to sign Mike to a multi-year contract,&#8221; said Maloney. &#8220;Mike has emerged as a top NHL goaltender with his size, athletic ability and strong work ethic. He is capable of leading us to a Stanley Cup championship, the goal of our franchise. This is an important signing for our Club.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old native of Ontario came into his own in 2011-12, going 38-18-10 with eight shutouts and a 2.21 GAA in 67 games, and helped Phoenix reach the Western Conference finals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled to re-sign with the Coyotes,&#8221; said Smith. &#8220;We have a great young team and an excellent coaching staff and management team. I&#8217;ve really enjoyed playing in the Valley the past two seasons and this is where I wanted to stay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over 263 games for the Stars, Lightning and Coyotes, Smith has compiled a 120-96-34 record with 24 shutouts, a 2.57 GAA and .913 save percentage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glendale, AZ (Sports Network) &#8211; The Phoenix Coyotes locked up pending unrestricted free goaltender Mike Smith on Monday, thanks to a new six-year contract. No financial terms were revealed, but multiple sources indicate it will average approximately $5.7 million per season. Smith, who was set to hit the market next Friday, finished 15-12-5 with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nhl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}