Full Marcus Pettersson Contract Details: All we know about AAV, no-trade, no-move clauses of his $33,000,000 Canucks contract extension 

The Vancouver Canucks locked up defenceman Marcus Pettersson to a six-year, $33,000,000 contract extension on Wednesday. The deal carries an average annual value of $5.5 million.

Pettersson was acquired by the Canucks last week in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

As per NHL insider Frank Seravalli, the contract extension provides the Swede with a full no-move/no-trade clause for the first three years of the deal. In the final three years of the contract, he has a modified no-trade clause that allows him to submit a 15-team no-trade list.

"In just a couple of games, Marcus has already shown us the type of leadership, poise and character that we want in a top four defenceman," Canucks GM Patrik Allvin said via NHL.com.

"He has a calming influence on the ice, uses his long reach and hockey smarts to break up plays and has a good first pass to help us create more offensively. We are extremely happy to get this deal done and look forward to working with him in both the short term and long term," he added.

Marcus Pettersson was originally drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in the second round of the 2014 NHL draft. He was traded to Pittsburgh in December 2018 in exchange for Daniel Sprong. In 493 career NHL games, Pettersson has tallied 17 goals and 151 points.

NHL analyst Mike Rupp's take on Marcus Pettersson

NHL analyst Mike Rupp compared newly acquired Vancouver Canucks defenseman Marcus Pettersson to Carolina Hurricanes blueliner Jaccob Slavin.

"Marcus Pettersson, for me, he's a Jaccob Slavin-like," Rupp said via NHL.com. "I think he is a top-five defensive defenseman in the league, and any team and all teams, I think, have been calling [Penguins GM and POHO] Kyle Dubas and talking to him over the last, probably, year-plus about Marcus Pettersson."

Rupp pointed out that Pettersson will be missed in Pittsburgh, but the team made the necessary move. He added that Vancouver made a good deal.

Canucks' President of Hockey Operations Jim Rutherford echoed Rupp's assessment.

“He’s just what we need, in my opinion,” Rutherford said via The Athletic. “You know what he is? He’s just a very, very steady defensive defenceman. You need to have guys like that if you want to win in this league. And he’s one of the really good ones.”

Pettersson was traded to the Canucks last week along with Drew O'Connor in exchange for Danton Heinen, Vincent Desharnais, prospect Melvin Fernstrom and a conditional 2025 first-round pick going to Pittsburgh.