And a Happy New Year to Nick Foligno. The Columbus Blue Jackets forward landed a six-year Nickeil Alexander-Walker Jersey , $33 million contract, which the team announced Wednesday. Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen told reporters that Foligno, 27, was eager to stay with the club he joined in a 2012 trade with the Senators. MORE: "He sticks up for his teammates, he battles, he blocks shots, he plays through injuries and he's a heart-and-soul guy on our team," Kekalainen said, per The A sociated Pre s, before the Jackets' game against the Wild. Foligno also is scoring at an uncharacteristically high (unsustainable?)ratethis season, with a team-high 17 goals (tied for sixth in the NHL)in 33 games prior to Wednesday. He's one away from tying his career high of 18, set last season. As SN's Ben Valentine notes, Foligno's shooting percentage was 23.0, second in the league and almost double hiscareer average of12.3. That's why the intangibles arean important part of this contract. Foligno is the second player in as many days to receive a six-year deal and avoid becoming an unrestricted free agent after the season. Emerging Panthers center Nick Bjugstad . Valentine speculates that the Bjugstad contract helped inflate Foligno's deal. George Hill Jersey