RALEIGH, NC – The Carolina Hurricanes signed defenseman Sean Walker to a five-year, $3.6 million AAV deal at the opening of free agency.
The 29-year-old blueliner is a smooth skater and is coming off of his best offensive season yet, having had 10 goals and 29 points last season split between the Philadelphia Flyers and Colorado Avalanche.
After signing, Walker spoke with the Carolina media. Here’s what he had to say:
RALEIGH, NC – The Carolina Hurricanes are bolstering their blue line with defenceman Sean Walker.
The 29-year-old spent last season split between the Philadelphia Flyers and Colorado Avalanche. In 81 games, Walker had 10 goals and 29 points while averaging 19:14 of ice time.
In six seasons with the Avalanche, Flyers and Los Angeles Kings, the Keswick, Ont., native has 26 goals and 96 points in 313 regular season games.
PHILADELPHIA, PA – It was just a few days before the start of the Philadelphia Flyers’ season. After facing weeks worth of questions about almost every single player at training camp, head coach John Tortorella sat up at the podium in Voorhees, and faced an unfamiliar query.
What were his thoughts on Sean Walker, unheralded offseason acquisition on defense who — based on practice combinations — appeared to be a lineup lock for Game 1?
“Steady,” Tortorella tersely responded. “You guys don’t talk about him, but you should.”
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia Flyers General Manager Daniel Briere today announced the club has acquired goaltender Cal Petersen, defensemen Sean Walker and Helge Grans and a second-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft from the Los Angeles Kings. The Flyers also acquired a first-round pick (22nd overall) in the 2023 NHL Draft and a conditional second-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for defenseman Ivan Provorov. Los Angeles will retain 30 percent of Provorov’s salary and receive defenseman Kevin Connauton and forward Hayden Hodgson from the Flyers. Columbus must inform Philadelphia which year they elect to trade (2024 or 2025) immediately following the first round of the 2024 NHL Draft for the conditional second-round pick.
LOS ANGELES, CA – The LA Kings have signed defenseman Sean Walker to a four-year contract extension, according to Vice President and General Manager Rob Blake. The contract carries an average annual value (AAV) of $2.65 million.
The 5-11, 195-pound defenseman registered 24 points (5-19=24) in 70 games last season, his first complete NHL campaign. He ranked second among team defensemen in points, average time on ice (18:50) and shots (127).
LOS ANGELES, CA – While scouts were being mesmerized by Nathan MacKinnon and Aleksander Barkov back in 2013, an unknown defenseman named Sean Walker was finding his way in the Ontario Jr. A League with the Newmarket Hurricanes. Walker would go undrafted that summer, but the late-bloomer is now playing solid minutes for the Los Angeles Kings. And it didn’t hurt that he spent his college days at Bowling Green.
LOS ANGELES, CA – LA Kings have recalled defenseman Sean Walker from the Ontario Reign of the American Hockey League, Kings Vice President and General Manager Rob Blake announced today.
The 23-year-old Walker (born Nov. 13, 1994) is a 5-11, 196-pound native of Keswick, Ontario who has appeared in seven games this season for Ontario, posting six points (3-3=6), two penalty minutes and a plus-1 rating.
At the time of his recall, Walker is tied for third among AHL defensemen in goals and tied for ninth in points (leads Ontario blueliners in both categories).
ONTARIO, CA – Sean Walker signed his first professional contract, an AHL deal, with the Reign prior to the 2017-18 season. Walker’s professional career began after a four-season tenure at Bowling Green State University, where he served as team captain during his junior and senior seasons. Walker amassed 80 points (22-58-80) over the course of his four years with the Falcons, including a career-best 24 points (10-14-24) as a senior during the 2016-17 season. No Bowling Green blueliner tallied more goals in a single season than Walker’s 10 since 1995-96, when Kelly Pritchard scored 14.
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