Text SizeClarke MacArthur is staying in the nation's capital.
The Ottawa Senators announced on Tuesday the club agreed to terms on a five-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $4.65 million with the veteran forward.
The total value of the contract is $23.25 million, broken down to $4.5 million in each of the contract's first two seasons and $4.75 million in each of the final three seasons.
MacArthur scored 24 goals and added 31 assists in 79 games during his first season with the Senators in 2013-14.
The 29-year-old signed a two-year, $6.5 million contract with the Senators in 2013 free agency after spending his previous three seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
In 482 career games with the Senators, Leafs, Buffalo Sabres and Atlanta Thrashers, he has scored 117 goals and 268 points.
He was drafted in the third round - 74th overall - of the 2003 NHL Draft by the Sabres.
Senators' 2014-15 Cap Hits
Forwards
Bobby Ryan - $5.1 million
Milan Michalek - $4 million
Kyle Turris - $3.5 million
Clarke MacArthur - $3.25 million
David Legwand - $3 million
Colin Greening - $2.65 million
Chris Neil - $1.9 million
Zack Smith - $1,887,500
Erik Condra - $1.25 million
Mika Zibanejad - $894,167
Alex Chiasson - $866,667
Mike Hoffman - $750,000
Mark Stone - $603,333
Defence
Erik Karlsson - $6.5 million
Jared Cowen - $3.1 million
Marc Methot - $3.0 million
Chris Phillips - $2.5 million
Patrick Wiercioch - $2 million
Eric Gryba - $1.25 million
Cody Ceci - $894,167
Mark Borowiecki - $575,000
Goaltending
Craig Anderson - $3,187,500
Robin Lehner - $2.25 million
Players signed: 23
Senators' Cap Payroll: $54.88 M
2014-15 NHL Cap: $69.0 M
Source: Capgeek
