Twitter will begin streaming weekly live out-of-market NHL and MLB games and a new nightly highlight show, the social media platform announced Monday in conjunction with MLBAM.

NHL events will be available free to Twitter users in the United States, while MLB games will be livestreamed worldwide.

A schedule is to be released at a later date.

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The Philadelphia Flyers avoided a third-party ruling with Brayden Schenn, signing the breakout performer to a four-year contract extension worth a reported $20.5-million, according to TSN's Bob McKenzie.

Schenn's $5.125-million average annual hit is reasonable value for a 25-goal, near-60-point scorer on an upward trajectory, but Flyers general manager Ron Hextall did make concessions with this deal. Schenn was apparently asking for $5.5 million in arbitration, whereas Philadelphia had countered with roughly $4.3 million.

The contract was agreed upon moments before the scheduled arbitration hearing.

Schenn, 24, hit career highs across the board last year, emerging as first-line scoring threat. He played the last three-and-a-half months of the season as a point-per game contributor, totaling 44 points in 44 games to lead all Flyers.

He'll have the fourth-highest cap hit among Flyers, earning less than only Claude Giroux, Jakub Voracek, and Mark Streit. Roughly half his salary is insured in signing bonuses.

Philadelphia will have plenty of cap room to sign its last remaining restricted free agent, defenseman Brandon Manning.

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Ben Scrivens has signed with Belarusian outfit Dynamo Minsk on a one-year deal, the KHL team announced Monday.

The 29-year-old goalie started with the Bakersfield Condors last season after failing to crack the Edmonton Oilers roster out of camp. He then found back-up work with the Montreal Canadiens with Carey Price out, and also made a start for the St. John's IceCaps.

Scrivens had an .890 save clip in 57 starts for the Oilers during the 2014-15 season, his last full NHL campaign.

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Kris Versteeg is indeed heading to Switzerland.

SC Bern of the Swiss National League A confirmed the signing of the two-time Stanley Cup champ and habitual rental commodity with a press release Monday.

Versteeg scored 15 goals and 38 points in 77 games split between the Carolina Hurricanes and Los Angeles Kings last season, which is right in line with the serviceable half-point-per-game he's contributed over the last three years.

He replaces Cory Conacher - who's returning to the NHL with the Tampa Bay Lightning - on Bern's import roster.

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The Toronto Maple Leafs are nearing a contract agreement with journeyman backup Jhonas Enroth, reports Johan Svensson from Swedish outlet Expressen, as relayed by TSN.

Enroth stopped pucks at a respectable .922 clip last season, his first with the Los Angeles Kings. But he was entrusted with just 13 starts in a support role for Jonathan Quick, a workload the 28-year-old grew frustrated with.

He would certainly take on a heightened role in Toronto, and in a backup role behind Frederik Andersen. The former Anaheim Ducks split starter - the only NHL-caliber netminder in the Leafs' system after Jonathan Bernier came to represent a portion of his return - has a career-best 53 starts in a season, and just 114 over the last three years.

Enroth would keep Garret Sparks and Antoine Bibeau splitting duties with the Toronto Marlies.

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He may have just one season under his belt, but Connor McDavid appears ready to lead his team, both on and off the ice.

On his path to superstardom, speculation has many already calling for McDavid to be named the Edmonton Oilers next captain, but while the 19-year-old doesn't want to get ahead of himself, he admits being named the 19th captain in franchise history would be a great honor.

"Obviously. If I was ever the captain at any point I think it would be one of the greatest honors and one of the accomplishments that I would definitely take the most seriously," McDavid said, according to Ian Shantz of the Toronto Sun.

"I don't want to comment on it too much, but obviously it would be an unbelievable feeling."

McDavid had a sensational rookie campaign finishing first among all first-year players with 1.07 points per game - good enough for third in the league overall.

Heading into year two, McDavid admits he is feeling a lot less pressure than he did last year.

"I'm really excited. I definitely feel a little bit more comfortable this summer than I did last summer, not knowing basically what to expect about anything," McDavid said. "And now you come back and you have a season under your belt, you can kind of feel a little more comfortable and have a better understanding for certain situations."

Come September, before McDavid joins the Oilers for his second regular season in the NHL, he will suit up for Team North America at the World Cup of Hockey in Toronto - a potential showcase for not only his skills as a player, but as a leader as well.

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A five-year professional with shutdown defensive skills, it's easy to forget that Sean Couturier's still a kid. His latest accomplishment won't do much to alter the common assumption otherwise.

Couturier, 23, cemented luminary status in his hometown of Bathurst, New Brunswick over the weekend, as he was presented with a street sign that bears his name.

"It's special, it's a great honor," Couturier said, according to CBC's Shane Ross. "It's not something you dream of growing up, but if you can be an example for other young kids and remind them even coming from a small town like Bathurst, anything is possible if you make the sacrifices and believe in what you can do."

Sean Couturier Avenue leads to the rink where the Philadelphia Flyers center played his minor hockey as a member of the Bathurst Titan - no more than a decade ago.

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