The Winnipeg Jets have agreed to terms on a two-year contract with defenceman Isaak Phillips.
The move was announced on Friday, completing the process of signing for the restricted free agent recently acquired from Chicago in exchange for Dmitry Kuzmin.
Phillips' contract is of the two-way variety, meaning he can be sent up and down through Waivers with no issue for the duration of the two years. He will make $813K if playing at the NHL level, or an average of $388K if spending his time with the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League.
Phillips, 23, played in three games with the Blackhawks last season, to which he scored a goal. It wasn't his first NHL goal either, as he has been recalled from the Rockford IceHogs in each of the last four seasons. The defender has two goals, 12 points and 31 penalty minutes to his name in 56 NHL contests.
The Barrie, ON. product played 28 games for Rockford last year, collecting eight points, before moving to the Moose, where he added another three goals and eight points in 39 games. Phillips has collected 26 goals, 87 points and 234 penalty minutes in 238 career minor league contests.
He will look to battle for a spot in the current logjam of young defencemen vying for the No. 8 job in Winnipeg.
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