Price, Habs go 8 more
The Montreal Canadiens have signed goaltender Carey Price to an eight-year contract extension.
General manager Marc Bergevin announced the deal yesterday, the second day Price was eligible to be extended. Price’s new contract begins with the 2018-19 NHL season and runs through 2025-26.
Getting Price re-signed was a top priority for Montreal. He won the Hart Trophy as MVP and Vezina Trophy as the top goaltender in 2014-15 when he led the NHL with a 1.96 goals-against average and .933 save percentage.
Price, who turns 30 in August, is 270175-55 with a 2.40 GAA and .920 save percentage in 509 games over 10 NHL seasons. He bounced back from a knee injury that cost him most of 2015-16 to start 62 games last season, finishing third in the Vezina voting. . . .
Patrick Marleau has left the San Jose Sharks to sign an $18.75 million, threeyear deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Marleau will count $6.25 million against the salary cap through the 201920 season.
The 37-year-old was considered one of the top free agents available and had been considering his options. Marleau spent his first 19 seasons with the Sharks.
Hours later, Joe Thornton announced he is staying in San Jose for at least one more season. Thornton tested the free agent market for the first time in his career before officially signing his $8 million contract. . . .
The Washington Capitals re-signed center Evgeny Kuznetsov to a $62.4 million, eight-year deal.
Kuznetsov will count $7.8 million against the salary cap through the 202425 season.
The 25-year-old Russian, who was a restricted free agent, is now the second-highest paid player for Washington behind captain Alex Ovechkin. Kuznetsov’s cap hit surpasses Nicklas Backstrom’s $6.7 million. . . .
The Vegas Golden Knights landed Chicago Blackhawks center Marcus Kruger, after all.
Two weeks after not selecting Kruger in the NHL expansion draft, Vegas gave up undisclosed future considerations to acquire the two-time Stanley Cupwinner in a trade with the Blackhawks.
Misc.: Germany takes Cup
Germany’s experimental young soccer side overcame street-wise Chile to win a bruising Confederations Cup final, 1-0, in St. Petersburg, Russia, vindicating Joachim Loew’s decision to leave most of his world champions at home.
Lars Stindl scored his third goal of the World Cup warm-up tournament in the 20th minute, tapping into an empty net after a defensive blunder. . . .
Germany’s Marcel Kittel met expectations and won the second stage of cycling’s Tour de France with a commanding sprint finish in Liege, Belgium, while three-time champion Chris Froome managed to finish in the main pack after falling to the pavement amid a mass crash.
Froome’s Sky teammate Geraint Thomas held on to the leader’s yellow jersey.
Names: Imhoff dies at 78
Darrall Imhoff, the former University of California and U.S. Olympic champion men’s basketball center who played 12 seasons in the NBA, has died. Imhoff was 78. . . .
Oregon wide receiver Darren Carrington has been suspended from the football team indefinitely after being arrested on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence.