ORCHARD PARK, N. Kenrich Williams Pelicans Jersey .Y. -- The Buffalo Bills have secured at least one half of their starting safety tandem after signing Aaron Williams to a four-year, $26 million contract extension Wednesday. A person with knowledge of the contract said Williams is guaranteed $14.625 million. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the terms were not released by the Bills. The extension locks up Williams through 2018, and comes at a time when the Bills risk losing three-time Pro Bowl safety Jairus Byrd, who is preparing to test free agency next week. "I told them I accept the role of leading this defence to where it used to be," Williams said. "Im just blessed that they gave me that opportunity, and they trusted me to be here long-term to get this team back to where it started." Williams, Buffalos second-round pick in the 2011 draft, was entering the final year of his contract. He was rewarded with the extension after successfully making the switch from cornerback to safety last season. In 14 games last year, Williams had a career-best 82 tackles and tied Byrd for the team lead with four interceptions. Overall, he has five interceptions and two forced fumbles in 34 career games. "Aaron is the type of young, core player we targeted early in the process to retain for years to come," general manager Doug Whaley said in a released statement. "We expect Aaron to continue to grow into a key contributor for the Bills organization." The question is whether Williams will continue to develop alongside Byrd. This week, the Bills decided against applying the franchise tag for a second consecutive year to retain Byrds rights, opening the door for the fifth-year player to test free agency on March 11. Williams is hoping the Bills can still reach a deal to re-sign Byrd, because the two established a solid on-field rapport last season. "If Jairus does come back, that would be the greatest thing ever, because our chemistry is unbelievable," Williams said. "If he doesnt come back, good luck to him. Were always going to be best friends. ... Well just have to move on and find another piece to try to replace his role." The Bills defence is undergoing another off-season change, with Jim Schwartz taking over as co-ordinator after Mike Pettine left to become the Cleveland Browns head coach. Schwartz has a similar aggressive defensive coaching philosophy, which is expected to ease the transition. "I feel real confident that nothing major is going to change," Williams said. "There might be a few things here and there, but I think team-wise, once we get all the pieces together we will be fine." The Bills also announced free-agent linebacker Jameel McClain had arrived in Buffalo to meet with team. 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Kesler, traded in June for Luca Sbisa and Nick Bonino, will be returning for the second time to Vancouver, where he spent the first 10 seasons of his career. He scored against Calgary to end a season-worst six-game point drought. His former teammates have had some offensive issues. The Canucks had a three-game winning streak snapped with a 4-1 loss at Tampa Bay last Tuesday - the fourth time in seven games theyve scored one goal or none. The power play let the Canucks down with an 0-for-7 night, falling to 2 for 25 in the last eight games. The penalty kill has made up for it with a 30-for-32 mark over nine games, but Henrik Sedin was focused on the limited offense. We had enough chances on the power play to win on the power play, Sedin said. So that lost us the game. Ryan Miller allowed three goals on 25 shots, but he has a 1.01 GAA over a 3-1-0 stretch. In addition to the game, the Canucks lost Kevin Bieksa to a broken hand against the Lightning, and the defenseman will be out indefinitely. Forward Brad Richardson has missed two games with a foot injury and is listed as day-to-day. The Ducks visit the Canucks looking to extend their overall winning streak to six and make it 10 straight games at Rogers Arena without a regulation loss. The Ducks (31-10-6) have won five straight in Vancouver and havent lost there in regulation since March 24, 2010 - a 7-0-2 stretch with an average of 4.11 goals per game. Theyre 2-0-1 in the season series to extend their overall dominance against the Canucks (26-16-3) to an 8-0-1 run with just 1.33 goals per game allowed. Corey Perry has onnly appeared in one of the meetings this season, though he has 11 points on a six-game streak against Vancouver - all Anaheim wins. Nicolo Melli Pelicans Jersey. The Ducks are 9-0-3 against the Canucks when Perry scores a goal. The forward has also had a strong impact on the teams current run with four goals, three assists and a plus-7 rating on a four-game point streak. He had two assists in Wednesdays 6-3 home win over Calgary, one of which set up Ryan Getzlaf. Getzlaf, Anaheims lone All-Star, has scored in consecutive games and has five points on a four-game streak along with a plus-8 rating. Coach Bruce Boudreau might not have minded most of his team having the break entirely off, given the coming schedule. When we do come back, we have 29 games in 54 days, Boudreau said after the Calgary win. I want them to relax and get away from the game. But when they come back, I want them to have the same attitude that theyve had for the last couple of weeks. Hopefully well be able to take off from where we left off. The break might have been especially good for goaltender Frederik Andersen, who had been battling the flu. He made 30 saves against the Flames and has won six straight to begin the new year. His career-best seven-game winning streak came last month, and hes 16-2-1 with a 2.24 goals-against average since the start of December. That includes a win over Vancouver to improve to 5-0-1 with a 1.29 GAA in the series. Hes allowed more than a goal to the Canucks just once. Game Notes: All 3 games between teams this season decided past regulation, ANA 2 wins ANA has won 5 straight in VAN VAN (26-16-3): lost 2 straight at home, 1GF, 0/6 on PP Burrows (1G, 2A) past 4 games, he has 1G, 1A vs ANA this season ANA (31-10-6): won 5 straightm, outscoring opponent 21-10, 5/14 on PP Perry (4G, 3A) 4 game PT streak ' ' '