Ducks sign Corey Perry for five more years

Perry's agent, Mark Guy, confirmed on Tuesday that the Ducks signed the winger to a five-year contract extension worth $26.63 million, the same amount that his linemate and good friend Ryan Getzlaf signed for last November.

Perry's contract includes an $8 million signing bonus spread over the five years. Including the bonus, he will make $4.5 million next season, $6.5 million in 2009-10, $5.38 million in 2010-11 and 2011-12 and $4.88 million in 20012-13.

The Ducks were pressed up against the salary cap until the NHL raised the ceiling another $6.4 million to $56.7 million. Once the new figures were released by the league, General Manager Brian Burke, his assistant Peter McNab and Guy worked quickly to get the deal done.

"Brian made it very clear that Corey was a top priority," Guy said. "All of them did. If it wasn't for the tagging issues, with the way the new CBA [collective bargaining agreement] is structured, there likely would have been a deal done earlier than now."

Perry, 23, led the Ducks with 29 goals and finished with 54 points despite missing the last 12 games of the regular season because of a torn quadriceps muscle. He returned in the playoffs and scored goals in Games 5 and 6 of the Ducks' first-round loss to Dallas.

In January, Perry participated in his first NHL All-Star game when he appeared as an injury replacement for Colorado's Paul Stastny.

eric.stephens@latimes.com