The Winnipeg Jets have signed Mathieu Perreault to a four-year contract extension, the club announced Wednesday.
The extension is worth $16.5 million, equaling a $4.125 million AAV.
Perreault, 28, signed with the Jets in 2014, and has proven to be a valuable centerman during his tenure with the team.
Perreault's scored 41 points in each of his seasons with the Jets. Last season, he averaged over 16 minutes of ice time and won 46.3 percent of face offs in 71 games - his lowest clip since 2010-11.
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The NHL's free-agency period yields new faces in new places, and though many players - often star players - find what they think is a fit, sometimes donning the colors of a new uniform just doesn't fit.
Here are five examples of NHLers looking strangely out of place.
Mike Modano - Detroit Red Wings
After 21 seasons with the Stars organization, Modano signed in Hockeytown for one year in 2010-11.
The most prolific American-born scorer in NHL history suited up in 40 games for the Red Wings, scoring 15 points, but the colors - nor No. 90 - suited Modano.
Martin Brodeur - St. Louis Blues
For 20 seasons, Brodeur was the backbone of the New Jersey Devils, capturing four Vezina Trophies and three Stanley Cups in the process.
However, the NHL's all-time leader in wins, shutouts, and games played had a seven-game stint with the Blues in 2014-15, and suffice to say, the new digs seemed odd.
Mats Sundin - Vancouver Canucks
Adding green to his jersey never looked right.
Following a torturous holdout in 2008-09, Sundin broke the hearts of Toronto Maple Leafs fans by signing a one-year contract with the Canucks.
The longtime Leafs captain and franchise leader in every major statistical category played 41 games with Vancouver, putting up 28 points before being eliminated in the second round of the playoffs, and ultimately retiring.
Wayne Gretzky - St. Louis Blues
When The Great One was shipped from the Edmonton Oilers to Los Angeles Kings in 1988, the NHL flipped upside-down, but Gretzky's brief landing in St. Louis was flat-out unnatural.
After a reported rift in Los Angeles, Gretzky was traded to the Blues for Patrice Tardif, Roman Vopat, Craig Johnson, and two draft picks. What?
Regardless, No. 99 joined Brett Hull and the Blues for 18 contests and a brief playoff run, ended by Steve Yzerman's infamous blue-line slapshot.
Bobby Orr - Chicago Blackhawks
Few legends are as synonymous with the franchise they starred with as Bobby Orr and the Boston Bruins, making No. 4's minuscule run with the Blackhawks one of the strangest in NHL history.
Orr signed in Chicago for the 1976 season, but chronic knee injuries limited him to only 26 games over three seasons.
The Hall of Famer wrapped up his illustrious career in the Windy City, but based on the results, it's no wonder how oft-forgotten his time with the Blackhawks is.
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Ken Holland wasn't given an opportunity to lure Steven Stamkos away from the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Detroit Red Wings general manager said Stamkos and his representatives never met with them during the negotiating window before he re-signed.
"Through the interview process, we never talked to him or his camp," Holland told SiriusXM NHL Network Radio on Thursday.
Stamkos - who would have been by far the biggest name on the market - agreed to an eight-year, $68-million extension with the Lightning last week, two days before free agency officially began.
The Red Wings reportedly had him at the top of their wish list, but they settled for their second choice, Frans Nielsen.
Detroit inked the 32-year-old forward - who collected 20 goals and 52 points in 2015-16 for the New York Islanders - to a six-year, $31.5-million deal on July 1.
The Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs both met with Stamkos before he opted to stay in Tampa Bay.
- With h/t to Chris Nichols
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Sabres forward Evander Kane is facing non-criminal harassment charges after an incident outside a Buffalo bar, according to The Buffalo News' Lou Michel, citing police sources.
The charges stem from a June 24 incident where Kane is alleged to have grabbed two women, one by the neck, outside Bottoms Up around 3 a.m. ET. Video surveillance of the incident exists, according to Michel's police sources, who also allege that Kane "yanked the hair and grabbed the throat of a third woman, but she has not come forward to press charges."
Kane's attorney Paul J. Cambria said his client denies any wrongdoing:
Evander steadfastly maintains that he did not do anything wrong. We have seen the videos and they do not support that Kane did anything wrong. I am sick and tired of anonymous sources making inflammatory allegations. If you claim something happened, don't hide in the shadows. Anonymous sources are worthless. The courtroom is where the truth comes out.
Earlier this year, Kane was the focus of an investigation into a possible sexual assault in December 2015. No criminal complaint was filed, and authorities concluded that nothing illegal occurred.
Last week, Sabres general manager Tim Murray said that Kane must behave better, regardless of whether he's cleared with respect to the latest allegations. He plans to meet with the 24-year-old once the legal process is concluded.
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