Versteeg avoids arbitration with four-year deal

Versteeg now seems to be a member of the Florida panthers into the foreseeable future, as he and his team have signed a four-year contract on Monday morning.

Versteeg was a restricted free agent and had an arbitration hearing scheduled for Monday in Toronto.

Versteeg and the team avoided arbitration with the contract worth $ 4.4 million a year.

"Kris has played an important role last season, the success of our club and we are pleased to have reached a long term contract with him," said GM Dale Tallón in a statement.

"We hope to continue their offensive production, as well as his contributions off the ice of the South Florida community."

Tallón originally brought Versteeg in Chicago in 2007 and became a regular Versteeg for the Blackhawks after the season and won the Stanley Cup in 2010.

Versteeg was transferred to Toronto after the championship run in Chicago, mainly for financial reasons, but not in tune with the maple leaves and was traded to Philadelphia for his playoff career.

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Oshie signs five-year deal with Blues

The St. Louis Blues forward TJ Oshie was signed 25 years in a five-year contract worth just under $ 21 million.

Oshie finished his fourth season with the team captain Backes David tied with 54 points. In 80 games, scored 19 goals Oshie.

Blues general manager Doug Armstrong things Oshie is a key to the future of this franchise.

"We are happy to have you believe, if a central element of our team," he said. "I" consistent with our strategy of having our key signature. We believe we are gong to be a very competitive team in the future and we are very happy for that. "

The signing comes after the club said Oshie David Perron 24 years, another key piece to this team's offensive to a four-year contract.

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Philadelphia Flyers sign Nashville D Weber to 14-year offer sheet

The Flying Star Philadelphia have signed defender Shea Weber, a 14-year offer sheet worth more than $ 100 million.

Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren Weber confirmed Thursday that the team has signed the offer sheet to a Weber. He gave no details.

Predators co-owner W. Brett Wilson posted on Twitter: "I am aware of the supply of Philadelphia."

A restricted free agent, Weber has spent his entire career with the Nashville Predators, who have seven days to match the offer from Philadelphia, which was first reported by TSN.

If the predator decides not to match the offer, they would have received four first-round draft pick of the airmen, according to TSN.

Weber-out would be a devastating blow for a team that already lost Nashville All-Star defender Ryan Suter, who has signed a 13-year-old, $ 98 million agreement with the Minnesota Wild.

A child three times All-Star and captain of the predators in the past two years, Weber has scored 19 goals and had 49 points last season while anchoring one of the best defensive teams in the NHL.

Weber, 26, has 99 goals and 164 in his career serving seven years.

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Drew Doughty will not face sexual assault charges

Citing insufficient evidence, the Los Angeles County prosecutors declined to file charges against sexual violence Wednesday LA Kings player, Drew Doughty, who was investigated by police in Playa Hermosa in relation to an accusation of sexual violence.

The charges date to March 1, when Doughty wife of 25 years old, met in a bar near the pier at Playa Hermosa. It rejected a proposal to Doughty several teammates, police said.

They took a taxi home, where Doughty was accused of having violated. The woman reported the incident to the police the same day. According to the decline of deposit, the woman told police the two had consensual sex a few months before the accident.

He said that during the second incident, Doughty threatened, but "the desire sex with her against her." I had

Detectives told the Times that he asked the woman to call the hockey player and listened, but she refused. He said the woman was "less cooperative" and that the district attorney's office and the police have credibility problems "found."

Doughty was the second choice by Kings in the 2008 draft. The Canadian defense lost almost all of training camp before this season before signing a child of eight years, an agreement of 56 million made ??him the highest paid player on the team from the annual average value .

He had two goals and four assists in the Stanley Cup final, with goals against St. Louis and Phoenix on the road to the championship.

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Capitals sign Mike Green to three-year extension

Shortly after he refused their offer of qualifying, Mike Green has signed for three years, $ 18,250,000 contract extension with the Washington Capitals Monday.

The experienced defender will earn $ 6 million in 2012-13 and 2013-14, and $ 6,250,000 in 2014-15.

"We are very pleased to re-sign Mike Green to a new contract," said general manager George McPhee Heads in a statement. "Mike is one of the best young defenders in the National Hockey League and enters his first work. Will remain a fundamental part of our team forward."

Green, 26, had three goals and four assists, and was over-5 in 32 games last season with the capital.

He missed 47 games due to injury of the regular season, but added two goals and two assists and one more vote-5 in 14 postseason games with the capital, ranks second in points among defenders of Washington and tied in second place team in playoff plus / minus.

The Calgary native has 251 points (82 goals, 169 assists) and a few more votes-62 in 398 career NHL games, all with Washington. And "one of the defenders of the assets, along with Erik Karlsson, the Ottawa, having recorded 70 points and a season is the only active supporter of having recorded two seasons of 70 points or more.

Since the 2007-08 season, ranks fourth among NHL blueliners in the green points (236), second in goals (79) and first in points per game (0.77). The 6-foot-1, 207 pounds is a member of twice the first NHL All-Star team twice and the Norris Trophy runner. He was appointed to his first NHL All-Star Game in 2010-11.

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Selanne Re-Ups For 20th NHL Season

Those in the world of hockey watching Teemu Selanne believe can still play for some years, and leading the Ducks in scoring with 41 years they only reinforce that feeling.

Apparently Selanne also believes he has much left in your tank also.
The future Hall of Fame wing, which is the 12 th of the NHL's all-time list with 663 goals, is back for another season with the Anaheim Ducks, who already has signed a one-year contract worth $ 4.5 million.

Selanne, who turned 42 years old on July 3, went beyond his own time to decide whether to put in play again, but has some positive news in what has long been summer for ducks .

The fan club had to deal with the main prospect Justin Schultz did not sign with the franchise that selected and perennial 30-goal scorer Bobby Ryan expressed his discontent rumors that continually change.

But the return of the best player in Ducks history proved a good tonic.

"Very happy," said Selanne, who was on a conference call while vacationing in Italy. "It is obvious that there is some unfinished business from last year. Expect to start the season again."

The wing has loved each one of last summer to decide if they are willing to put to work to see the high level of play that has been shown in 19 seasons in the NHL.

Such was the case in 2011-12, and Selanne led the Ducks with their horrible first three months and finally ended with 26 points and 66 points, the last of which led the team.

"I saw the first half of the season, and I thought it would be" difficult, "he said." But the second half again was fun.

I've always tried to take four weeks, six weeks, which may be after the season to clear my mind and think about how much I liked and how I am healthy.

"I think this year what kind of knew I still had a lot of fun."
The top scorer of all time in the history of the Ducks, Selanne could realistically take Jaromir JAGRA, Luc Robitaille, Mario Lemieux, Steve Yzerman and Mark Messier's list of career goals. It has a couch to be the seventh player in NHL history to score 700 goals.

Selanne also sits in 19 of all time with 1406 points and joins Hall of Fame JAGRA and Stan Mikita as the only European-born player to score 1400 points or more. The 11 times All-Star has 436,501 registered goals and assists in 13 seasons with the Ducks.

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Jaromir Jagr agrees to 1-year-$4.5 million deal

There were about 20 teams that investigate Jaromir JAGRA when free agency began. Many of these teams remaining in the derby, when the price became apparent - at least $ 4 million a year.

So from this perspective, the news that JAGRA Jaromir was talking to the stars had a feeling.

But now we have official word of JAGRA cowboy ridin the Lone Star State ... wow.

Pierre Lebrun of ESPN reported Tuesday that JAGRA Stars and Dallas agreed to a year, $ 4.5 million deal. This is $ 1.2 million more than was paid by the Philadelphia Flyers last season when he scored 54 points in 73 games, Claude Giroux contributed to an offensive star of the season making.

It's the first time JAGRA played by a team from the Western Conference, and you get far more than most rivals. It's also a JAGRA decision to play for a team that lost in the playoffs the last four seasons and is not far from the Cup competitor that was when the pilots JAGRA signed in Philadelphia.

JAGRA joins Ray Whitney (two-year, $ 9 million) and Aaron Rome (three years and $ 4.5 million) as free agents acquisitions of major stars and center Derek Roy (acquired in a trade with Buffalo Sabres), a new face for the first six teams.

Keep this in mind about JAGRA: In Philadelphia, his work ethic was an inspiration to airmen beyond normal working hours to maintain his 40-year-old frame in shape. The star players are now JAGRA and Whitney will be the models for a collection of young talent.

Dallas will tell you also want to win today, and this gives a potential between the first six: Jamie Benn, Loui Eriksson, Michael Ryder, Ray Whitney, Derek Roy and Jaromir JAGRA. This group has a formidable score of history _ including some very good seasons in recent years.

Therefore, it is a ploy to win a move to bring in leadership to help build a bridge to the future, or just a circus designed to sell some tickets? However, it will probably be very funny.

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Sidney Crosby to sign mega-deal

The Pittsburgh Penguins Sidney Crosby and are finalizing a new contract is worth $ 104,400,000 over 12 years.

Penguins, announced the agreement Thursday on its Web site. The contract will have an average salary of about $ 8.7 million per season, although it will be front loading.

The new contract must be in place for the 2013-14 season.

"This is a great day for hockey and terrible news for the Pittsburgh Penguins and our fans," said co-owner Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle in a joint statement. "We are very grateful for all that Sidney Crosby has done for our franchise coming to Pittsburgh in 2005, both on and off the ice, and hope to have it in the uniform of the Penguins for the rest of his career. "

Crosby has played in just 28 games in the last 18 months after suffering a concussion in the Winter Classic against the Washington Capitals in January 2011. He finished with eight goals and 29 assists last season and scored three goals in a first round playoff loss to Philadelphia.

Crosby can not sign the contract until Sunday, the rules of the collective agreement for players who have one year of their contracts.

His new contract will not be fully insurable, both for its history of head injury and because no NHL contract over seven years is fully insurable. All details will not be known until the extension was officially announced.

Last year, Crosby in their accounts of $ 8.7 million against the salary limit.

Known to legions of "Sid the kid" Crosby led the Penguins to the Stanley Cup in 2009, becoming, at age 21, the youngest captain to lift the Cup in the history of the NHL.

He also won the Hart Trophy as MVP, Art Ross Trophy as the mark of champions, the Rocket Richard Trophy as scoring champion, and Ted Lindsay Award as the best player in his seven seasons in the NHL.

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