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Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy has signed an eight-year, $76 million US contract extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The team announced the deal — worth an average of $9.5 million per season — with the Vezina Trophy winner on Monday. Lightning vice-president and general manager Julien BriseBois says the 25-year-old has “shown unmatched work ethic and
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TAMPA, FLA.—Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy has signed an eight-year, $76 million (U.S.) contract extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The team announced the deal — worth an average of $9.5 million per season — with the Vezina Trophy winner on Monday. Lightning vice-president and general manager Julien BriseBois says the 25-year-old has “shown unmatched work ethic
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The Calgary Flames re-signed goaltender David Rittich to a two-year deal worth $5.5 million US total on Saturday.  Rittich, a 26-year-old native of the Czech Republic, first joined the Flames as a free agent in 2016. The two sides avoided arbitration by agreeing to the new contract. Since then, he’s played 67 career games earning a 35-15-8 record, with a .909 save
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Ryan O’Reilly shares the Stanley Cup with his 99-year-old grandmother. He says “granny” has bought him a lot of skates and equipment over the years. (Allison Devereaux/ CBC News ) When the Stanley Cup arrived at Seaforth and Area Fire Department, St. Louis Blues centre Ryan O’Reilly walked directly to his grandmother, Deirdre O’Reilly, to share
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