Blue Jackets sign pair of defensemen to entry-level deals

The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed defensemen Blake Siebenaler and Dean Kukan to multiyear entry-level contracts.

Kukan agreed to a two-year contract and Siebenaler signed a three-year deal.

Siebenaler registered 37 points in 66 games for the OHL's Niagara IceDogs. He was a third-round pick of the Blue Jackets in 2014.

Kukan spent the last two seasons with Lulea HF of the SHL in Sweden, tallying 13 points over 52 contests in 2014-15.

He represented Switzerland in the last two World Hockey Championship tournaments, as well as the World Junior Championships in 2012 and 2013.