Now the defenseman has signed a agreement that will reportedly fork out him $33 million across six a long time to perform in Ohio's cash city.

"My household and i also are definitely thrilled for being part of the Blue Jackets business and I am looking ahead to gaining to Columbus to help this kind of group win video games,in . Wisniewski stated inside of a website article. "I consider that is a team which is willing to consider the subsequent step and I am fired up to assist us turn out to be a new profitable staff as well as a Stanley Cup contender."

Wisniewski is just 27 and is also coming off the very best period of his vocation. He'd 51 details (10 plans, 41 assists) in 74 video games mixed concerning the new York Islanders and Montreal Canadiens. The Habs traded his negotiating rights for any seventh-round draft pick in 2012 on Wednesday, but while using situation should Wisniewski indicators with Columbus the compensation would boost into a fifth-round select.

"James is a player we determined pretty ahead of time and we are thrilled to possess him as a member with the Columbus Blue Jackets," Columbus GM Scott Howson mentioned in the pr release. "He provides offensive ability and grit to our blue-line, character to dressing place and can be a important contributor to our hockey club."

Wisniewski has additionally played for Chicago and Anaheim. Bigger 148 factors and 302 penalty minutes in 329 game titles because producing his NHL debut while using the Hawks throughout the 2005-06 season.

Chicago traded Wisniewski on March four, 2009. The Ducks held through to him right until July thirty, 2010, once they shipped him to the Islanders for the conditional third-round draft decide on. The Islanders then traded Wisniewski to Montreal for a second-round draft select plus a conditional fifth-round select on Dec. 28, 2010.

Wisniewski becomes a key cog in what's anticipated to become a rebuilt blue line in Columbus. Fedor Tyutin, Kris Russell and Grant Clitsome are under contract although Marc Methot can be a restricted free of charge agent.