The Dallas Stars and franchise center Tyler Seguin have agreed to terms on an eight-year contract extension worth $78.8M, the team announced Thursday.
The deal carries an average annual value of $9.85M, and will kick in for the 2019-20 season.
More to come.
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The Dallas Stars and center Tyler Seguin are closing in on a contract extension that could pay him more that $9.5 million, reports TSN's Darren Dreger.
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Patrick Marleau, John Tavares, and Morgan Rielly will all wear a letter for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season, head coach Mike Babcock told TSN's Darren Dreger.
This, of course, would leave out Auston Matthews.
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Two of the Maple Leafs' alternate captains from a year ago - Tyler Bozak and Leo Komarov - departed via free agency this offseason. Rielly was the third alternate captain, while Marleau, a former captain of the San Jose Sharks, wore an "A" on occasion last season.
Tavares spent the last five seasons as the captain of the New York Islanders.
In late August, Matthews said he would be ready to accept the Leafs' captaincy if called upon.
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There's been a "decided increase" in trade talks regarding Ottawa Senators star defenseman Erik Karlsson in the last 24-to-48 hours, according to TSN's Bob McKenzie.
McKenzie adds that the "obvious goal" is to get a trade done before the Senators begin their training camp on Friday.
I would almost be tempted to say it’s close, but the problem with that is I suspect it’s been this close or even closer in the past and it obviously didn’t get done then, so...let’s just wait and see if this is indeed the real thing.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) September 13, 2018
In late August, it was reported that trade discussions were heating up, but nothing materialized.
The Dallas Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Vegas Golden Knights have all been linked to Karlsson at some point this summer.
The 28-year-old is coming off a down year by his standards, scoring 62 points in 71 games during the 2017-18 season. He's scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent following the 2018-19 campaign.
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Former Buffalo Sabres goaltender Robin Lehner exited his final game of the 2017-18 season on March 29 with what the team revealed as a lower-body injury. He was not seen in the dressing room for the rest of the year - even on locker cleanout day.
In a first-person story published by The Athletic on Thursday, Lehner admitted he was addicted to alcohol, sleeping pills, and had suicidal thoughts leading up to his mysterious disappearance late in the season.
The night before his final game on March 29, Lehner called Andrew Allen, the team's goalie coach, and told him he was in a bad place and wasn't sure if he could start the following night. The two agreed to discuss it at the rink the next morning, where Lehner then told him he was good to go.
Throughout the game, he dealt with exhaustion, chest pains, and blurred vision. After the second period, he had a panic attack and could not return to the ice.
"The phone call I made to Andrew the night before? I was drunk," Lehner wrote. "I wanted to kill myself. I was extremely close multiple times. The battle playing hockey was nothing compared to the battle inside my brain. It was at its worst."
Lehner then attended the NHL/NHLPA's rehab program in Arizona, where he went through a three-week detox which he described as "one of the worst that they had seen." He had been taking sleeping pills for the last seven years.
Five weeks into the treatment, Lehner was diagnosed with bipolar 1 with manic phases.
After exiting the treatment center, Lehner had to get his mind back on hockey. As an unrestricted free agent, he needed an employer.
"One of the hardest things now was getting back to hockey. I am an addict that was diagnosed as bipolar and ADHD with PTSD and trauma," Lehner said. "I had never had a sober season of hockey my entire career. Those manic swings, I could see the pattern. When I was hypomanic and in a good mood, I was a solid goalie. The depressive state, not so much."
Lehner says that Sabres GM Jason Botterill was supportive throughout, and understood when the team decided to go in a different direction after signing Carter Hutton as their netminder. He felt a change of scenery would be best as well.
He met with many teams - one of which questioned why he was a "bad person or a bad teammate" - but didn't receive any offers. He then met with New York Islanders president of hockey operations Lou Lamoriello.
"I had two great meetings with (Lamoriello) and, looking back now, those meetings became some of the best moments in my life. We talked about family and life."
Lehner, now sober, signed a one-year deal with New York on July 3.
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Marian Gaborik's availability for the Ottawa Senators this season is up in the air, as the 36-year-old winger still hasn't been medically cleared after undergoing back surgery in April.
"Gaborik has not been fully cleared health-wise," general manager Pierre Dorion told the Ottawa Sun's Bruce Garrioch. "He's still in L.A. seeing a back specialist. Once he gets here, we'll have more information. Right now, I can't tell you more than that."
Garrioch adds there's no guarantee Gaborik will play this season, and at this point, Dorion couldn't answer when he could return to Ottawa. He was initially given an eight-week timeline to recover from his procedure.
Gaborik was acquired in the four-player trade that sent defenseman Dion Phaneuf to the Kings in February. He chipped in four goals and three assists in 16 games for the Senators last season and has amassed 815 points in 1,035 career contests.
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The NHL has suspended Nashville Predators forward Austin Watson for the entire preseason and the first 27 games of the regular season, the league announced Wednesday.
Watson pleaded no contest to a domestic assault charge in late July after being arrested in June.
"I have determined that Nashville player Austin Watson engaged in a physical confrontation with his domestic partner," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. "(Wednesday's) ruling, while tailored to the specific facts of this case and the individuals involved, is necessary and consistent with the NHL's strongly held view that it cannot and will not tolerate this and similar types of conduct."
The NHLPA will file an appeal on behalf of Watson. It could be submitted as early as next week, TSN's Pierre LeBrun reports.
An investigation by the NHL and an in-person hearing last Friday preceded Wednesday's ruling.
Watson is eligible to return Dec. 3 against the Buffalo Sabres.
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The St. Louis Blues will be without starting netminder Jake Allen for the beginning of training camp, as he's set to miss 10-to-14 days due to back spasms, the team announced Wednesday.
Allen is coming off a poor showing in 2017-18, during which he managed a .906 save percentage in 56 starts. His performance this season will be pivotal for the Blues, who raised expectations this summer by trading for Ryan O'Reilly and signing both Tyler Bozak and David Perron, among other moves.
Blues camp is set to open Friday.
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