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UFA of the Day: Andrej Sekera

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Andrej Sekera

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Check PHT every day until June 30 for a new pending unrestricted free agent of the day. Today’s UFA of the Day is…

Andrej Sekera

The 29-year-old defenseman recorded 44 points with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2013-14, but that’s the only time he’s even reached the 30-point mark. He certainly didn’t come close to repeating that level of offensive success last season.

Which isn’t to say his campaign was bad. He still logged top-four minutes and looked good from an analytics perspective. He had a 54.2% five-on-five Corsi rating compared to his teams’ 51.1% when he was off the ice, which means that in terms of puck possession, an argument could be made that 2014-15 was one of his better seasons.

He started the 2014-15 campaign with the Hurricanes, but was shipped to Los Angeles on Feb. 25 in exchange for Roland McKeown and a 2016 first round pick. He made a good first impression with the Kings and they’ve shown interest in re-signing him.

He’s likely to get a significant raise after completing his four-year, $11 million deal, but the Kings might be able to accommodate him after they added their own suspension to Slava Voynov on top of the NHL’s, giving the team more certainty that he’ll be off the books next season.

If Los Angeles can’t re-sign him though, then Colorado’s quest for a left-handed defenseman might lead to Sekera, per the Denver Post.

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