Rangers, Buchnevich avoid arbitration with reported 2-year, $6.5M deal

The New York Rangers and restricted free-agent forward Pavel Buchnevich have agreed to terms on a new contract, the club announced Friday.

Buchnevich's new deal is for two years at $3.25 million annually, reports the New York Post's Larry Brooks.

The 24-year-old had a salary arbitration hearing scheduled for Monday.

Buchnevich collected a career-high 21 goals while posting 38 points in his third season with the Rangers, who drafted him 75th overall in 2013. He joined New York in 2016-17 after playing parts of four campaigns in the KHL.

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