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WASHINGTON — Keith Aucoin has signed a two-year contract extension with the Washington Capitals.
Aucoin is currently in the minors with the Hershey Bears, leading the American Hockey League in scoring with 84 points — 31 goals and 53 assists.
He helped lead Hershey to the AHL championship last season.
The five-foot-nine, 162-pound Aucoin has three goals and eight assists in 21 games for the Continue reading ‘Aucoin signs extension with Capitals’
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OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators signed general manager Bryan Murray to a one-year contract extension Friday.
Murray joined the Senators in June 2004 and spent three years as the team’s head coach before being named general manager on June 18, 2007. He was appointed executive vice-president of Senators Sports & Entertainment on July 1, 2009.
“Bryan has proven that he is the right man to lead this team,” Continue reading ‘Senators give GM Murray one-year extension’
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NASHVILLE — Right wing Jordin Tootoo has signed a two-year, US$2.5 million extension with the Nashville Predators.
Tootoo will earn $1.15 million next season and $1.35 million in 2011-12.
General manager David Poile said in a statement Friday that Tootoo has developed on the ice and in the community since the Predators drafted him in 2001.
The 27-year-old has played in 330 NHL games with 71 Continue reading ‘Nashville resigns Tootoo to two-year extension’
BY IAN MENDES,
Sportsnet.ca
Matt Carkner’s storybook season with the Senators just keeps getting better.
The rugged defenseman, who grew up just outside of Ottawa, signed a two-year contract extension with the NHL club on Tuesday afternoon.
The 28-year-old came into training camp as a longshot to make the team, but his strong play has earned him a permanent spot on the blueline this season and beyond. The new contract Continue reading ‘Senators sign Carkner to two-year extension’
By DAN MURPHY
Sportsnet.ca
Vigneault is entering the final year of his deal (signed a one-year extension last summer) and it’s expected he’ll sign a new three-year contract extension sometime during the preseason, which starts on Monday.
This is solid job security for a coach who many thought was ready to be fired in January when the Canucks were going through a major skid. The deal should also put to bed any thoughts that Vigneault Continue reading ‘Vigneault extension expected soon’
BOSTON — The Boston Bruins signed head coach Claude Julien to a contract extension Friday.
Julien won the Jack Adams award last season as the NHL’s best coach for guiding the Bruins to the top of the Eastern Conference. Boston finished 53-19-10 for 116 points.
The Bruins are 94-48-22 in two seasons under Julien.
The Bruins have found success under Julien. The 49-year-old native of Blind River, Ont., led the team to the opening Continue reading ‘B’s sign Julien to multi-yr extension’
TORONTO — Resisting the allure of free agency was easy for Rick Nash.
Earlier this month, the 25-year-old native of Brampton, Ont., agreed to an eight-year contract extension with the Columbus Blue Jackets worth US$62.5 million. Nash would’ve been an unrestricted free agent after next season but said he always wanted to remain with the Jackets.
“It was pretty easy because Columbus wanted to get everything done and I wanted to stay Continue reading ‘Jackets extension easy call for Nash’
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Rick Nash and the Blue Jackets have reached agreement on an eight-year contract extension that will keep the star winger with the team through the 2017-18 season.
The team confirmed the signing in a release Friday. Sportsnet has learned the deal is worth US$62.4 million and will kick in after next season. Nash will make $7 million in 2009-10.
“Rick made a significant statement to Columbus and for Columbus Continue reading ‘Jackets’ Nash signs 8-yr extension’
LOS ANGELES — The Anaheim Ducks signed right-wing Mike Brown to a two-year contract extension on Monday, allowing the team to keep a reliable penalty killer.
Terms were not disclosed.
The 23-year-old Brown was acquired at this year’s trade deadline from Vancouver.
His toughness was something the Ducks were looking for after they traded Brad May to the Toronto Maple Leafs in January.
It worked, but Anaheim Continue reading ‘Ducks give Brown an extension’
OTTAWA — Cory Clouston can consider his audition as head coach of the Ottawa Senators a success.
The Senators signed the 39-year-old to a two-year deal Wednesday, removing the interim tag he held since taking over after Craig Hartsburg was fired on Feb. 2.
With the team’s run of 11 straight post-season appearances having come to an end after a dismal start to the season, owner Eugene Melnyk and general manager Bryan Murray Continue reading ‘Clouston awarded 2-year extension’
