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Tampa Bay Lightning linebacker Victor Hedman is not going wherever.
Hedman, who spent the primary 15 seasons of his NHL profession with Tampa Bay, signed a four-year, $32 million contract extension on Tuesday to stay with the Lightning by way of the 2028-29 season.
The 33-year-old Hedman scored 76 factors (13 targets, 63 assists) in 78 video games final season.
In 1,052 profession video games, Hedman accrued 156 targets and 572 assists. He’s a two-time Stanley Cup champion and six-time All-Star who received the Norris Trophy because the league’s greatest defensive participant in 2018 and took residence the Conn Smith Trophy because the playoff MVP in 2020.
In different strikes, Tampa Bay gave Emile Martinson-Lierberg a two-year, $1.6 million contract extension whereas signing free agent Cam Atkinson to a One-year, $900,000 contract.
— Pavel Buchnevich acquired a brand new six-year, $48 million contract from the St. Louis Blues.
Buchnevich, 29, was in his third recreation with St. Louis after scoring 63 factors (27 targets, 36 assists) in 80 video games final season. He spent the primary 5 seasons of his profession (2016-21) with the New York Rangers, scoring 162 targets and 239 assists in 517 NHL video games.
The Blues have additionally been lively on the commerce market, buying ahead Radek Faksa from the Dallas Stars as future draft compensation. St. Louis additionally prolonged future consideration to the Ottawa Senators, buying ahead Mathieu Joseph and a 2025 third-round decide.
Corey Schueneman and Adam Jiricek (entry degree contracts) additionally signed with the Blues. Joseph’s brother Pierre-Olivier Joseph may also reportedly be a part of the workforce.
— Guard Jake Middleton will stay with the Minnesota Wild after signing a four-year, $17.4 million contract extension.
The 28-year-old Middleton performed 80 video games within the 2023-24 season, scoring 7 targets and 18 assists. He has performed three seasons in Minnesota after the San Jose Sharks traded him to the Wild in March 2022.
Middleton has 57 factors (14 targets, 43 assists) in 239 profession video games with San Jose (2018-22) and Minnesota.
–Ahead Victor Olofsson joined the Vegas Golden Knights on a one-year deal value $1,075,000.
Olofsson, 28, has spent his complete six-year profession with the Buffalo Sabers, tallying 182 factors (90 targets, 92 assists) in 314 video games.
Final season, Olofsson solely performed 51 video games on behalf of the workforce, scoring 7 targets and eight assists. He had 20 targets in every of his first two seasons.
–The Toronto Maple Leafs made some noise, signing free brokers Dakota Mermis, Phillip Myers and Cedric Parr to one-year offers.
The 30-year-old Mermis performed in 47 video games for Minnesota final season, setting a profession excessive with three targets and 5 assists. Myers, 27, will play simply 5 video games for Tampa Bay in 2023-24, whereas Parr, 25, has but to play an NHL recreation.
–The Rangers, final season’s Presidents’ Trophy winner, added free brokers Casey Fitzgerald and Bo Groulx.
Groulx will seem in 45 video games with the Anaheim Geese in 2023-24, whereas Fitzgerald has solely performed within the AHL.
The Florida Panthers signed Mackenzie Entwistle to a one-year, $775,000 two-way contract whereas competing for the Stanley Cup and reportedly will add Nate Schmidt Particular, a one-year contract value $800,000.
— The San Jose Sharks signed Lucas Karlsson to a two-year contract and Jimmy Schulte to a one-year deal after their worst season within the NHL.
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