<p>Ilya Mikheyev has signed a four-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks worth $4.75 million annually, his agent Dan Milstein announced on Twitter. </p>







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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ilya Mikheyev agrees to 4 year $4.75 AAV contract with Vancouver Canucks. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreGoldStar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeAreGoldStar</a>! <a href="https://t.co/LHjHTwtf67">pic.twitter.com/LHjHTwtf67</a></p>— Dan Milstein-Hockey (@HockeyAgent1) <a href="https://twitter.com/HockeyAgent1/status/1547262626698334215?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2022</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>Mikheyev signed a one-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs as an undrafted free agent in 2019 following a few strong seasons in the KHL. Over three seasons in Toronto, Mikheyev scored 36 goals and 72 points over the course of 146 games. He’s also been a stalwart on the team’s penalty kill.</p>



<p>The 2021-22 season was the best of Mikheyev’s NHL career, as he scored a career-high 21 goals and 32 points over 53 games. Given that performance and the team’s tight salary cap situation, it was inevitable that Mikheyev would leave Toronto in free agency. </p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="135"></div>



<p>Mikheyev joins a Canucks team that’s in limbo. Vancouver finished the 2021-22 season with a disappointing 40-30-12 record and they fired general manager Jim Benning and head coach Travis Green mid-season. </p>



<p>Adding <meta charset="utf-8">Mikheyev gives the Canucks a veteran Russian player to have around as 2019 first-round pick Vasily Podkolzin and KHL free agent signing Andrei Kuzmenko adjust to life in North America. </p>



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