Rangers sign Lafreniere, NHL’S top overall pick
The New York Rangers agreed to terms Monday on a three-year, entry-level deal with No. 1 draft pick Alexis Lafreniere, who is expected to play in the NHL when next season
starts.
The left winger signed a day after turning 19.
The league is targeting a Jan. 1 start for what it hopes to be an 82-game 2021 season.
More NHL: The Montreal Canadiens signed forward Tyler Toffoli to a four-year deal on Monday. The deal carries an average annual value of $4.25 million. Toffoli played 10 regularseason games for the Vancouver Canucks this season after being acquired in a February trade from the Los Angeles Kings. ... The Chicago Blackhawks agreed to one-year contracts with Mattias Janmark and Lucas Wallmark on Monday, adding a pair of forwards to help make up for the loss of Brandon Saad, who was traded to Colorado on Saturday. Janmark played for Dallas last season; Wallmark played for Carolina and Florida. ... The Minnesota Wild re-signed goalie Kaapo Kahkonen to a two-year contract on Monday to avoid salary arbitration.
NBA: New Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan let Jim Boylen assistants Karen Stack Umlauf, Dean Cooper, Nate Loenser and Roy Rogers go.
Tennis: Stan Wawrinka saved three match points to achieve a comeback win over Dan Evans and reach the second round of the St. Petersburg Open on Monday, after the tournament was disrupted by an unnamed player’s coronavirus case. ... American Steve Johnson rallied to upset fifth-seeded Filip Krajinovic at the Cologne Indoors. ... Italian teen Lorenzo Musetti beat eighth-seeded Pablo Cuevas in the first round of the Forte Village Sardegna Open.
Obituary: Charlie Moore, the 400-meter hurdles champion at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, died Thursday from pancreatic cancer. He was 91. Cornell University also confirmed the passing of the school’s former athletic director and star athlete.