Where Are They Now? The Jonathan Cheechoo Edition
This article was originally written in August, 2015. Updated in 2020. In 2005-06, a 25-year-old native of Moose Factory, Ontario, one of the most northern settlements in the Province located…
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Senators re-sign goalie Mads Sogaard to 2-year deal
The Ottawa Senators re-signed restricted free-agent goaltender Mads Sogaard to a two-year contract, the team announced Monday.
The first year of his new pact is two-way, but it will become a one-way deal in 2025-26. Sogaard's contract is worth $775,000 at the NHL level.
Sogaard appeared in six games this past season, amassing a 1-3-0 record and .859 save percentage. He spent the bulk of the campaign with the AHL's Belleville Senators, where he registered a .916 save percentage, 2.45 goals against average, and 18 victories in 32 showings.
The Denmark native went on to post a .910 clip in six playoff games with Belleville.
Ottawa selected Sogaard in the second round of the 2019 NHL Draft.
The 23-year-old owns a career .884 save percentage and 10 wins in 27 appearances across three NHL seasons.
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Stamkos: ‘I’d be lying’ to say leaving Bolts wasn’t heartbreaking
Steven Stamkos opened up on his emotional exit from the Tampa Bay Lightning earlier this summer.
"These past few weeks have been bittersweet," the 34-year-old wrote in The Players' Tribune. "I never thought this day would come. I did everything I felt I could do to make it work, but sometimes things just happen. It didn't work. And I'd be lying if I said it wasn't heartbreaking. But my family and I, we're human, you know? Tampa is home. It's where our three kids were born … it's where our memories are. It's always going to mean so much to us."
Stamkos signed a four-year, $32-million contract with the Nashville Predators July 1, concluding a 16-season tenure with the Lightning. Tampa Bay made a pair of trades to clear cap space in the lead-up to free agency but brought in Jake Guentzel on a long-term deal rather than retaining its captain.
General manager Julien BriseBois said he understands Lightning fans are disappointed the team didn't keep Stamkos. After Tampa Bay was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs this past spring, head coach Jon Cooper said Stamkos "feels like a Bolt for life."
The Lightning drafted Stamkos first overall in 2008. He captained the club to the Stanley Cup twice and is the franchise's all-time leader in games played (1,082), goals (555), and points (1,137).
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