The Calgary Flames retained the services of Anton Babchuk on Monday, signing the defenseman to a two-year deal worth $2.5 million per season.Babchuk had tested the free-agent market following a solid season which saw him score 11 goals and add 24 assists in 82 games between the Flames and Carolina Hurricanes, who dealt him to Calgary early in the campaign.The 27-year-old is getting a significant raise after making $1.4 million in 2010-11.Babchuk, a native of the Russia, has 34 goals and 62 assists in 250 career games with the Flames, Hurricanes and Chicago Blackhawks, who made him the 21st pick in the 2002 draft. His best season came in 2008-09, when he had a career-high 16 goals for Carolina.
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