The Montreal Canadiens signed rookie blue-liner Jordan Harris to a two-year pact with an average annual value of $1.4 million, the team announced Friday.

Harris, 22, was scheduled to become a restricted free agent once his current deal expired.

The Massachusetts native has one goal and 10 assists in 47 games this season while averaging 18:26 minutes per contest, good for the fifth-most ice time among first-year defensemen in 2022-23.

The Canadiens selected Harris in the third round of the 2018 draft.

Montreal still has some decisions to make regarding other restricted free agents, headlined by injured sniper Cole Caufield.

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