"The Canucks have signed defenceman Sami Salo to a one-year deal, a report says this morning. Separate reports say Vancouver also inked forward Chris Higgins to a two-year deal.

Sportsnet's Nick Kypreos is reporting that Salo's one-year deal would be at around $2 million. Salo would have become an unrestricted free agent today had he not been signed.

TSN's Bob McKenzie also confirmed this morning that Salo has indeed been signed. He added that the Higgins deal is reportedly worth $1.9 million per year.

Salo, 36, is a native of Turku, Finland.

He played in 27 regular-season games this past season after returning in early February following a lengthy recovery from a ruptured Achilles tendon suffered last summer."