Wings agree to Mrazek ‘terms’

Preds sign Jarnkrok

DETROIT, July 28, (RTRS): The Detroit Red Wings agreed to terms with goaltender Petr Mrazek on a two-year contract Wednesday just before the arbitration hearing. The deal is worth a reported $8 million. Mrazek will receive $3.85 million this season and $4.15 million in 2017-18.

The Tampa Bay Lightning avoided arbitration and re-signed forward Vladislav Namestnikov to a two-year contract worth $1.9375 million per season.

Namestnikov, 23, was a restricted free agent and the two sides had an arbitration hearing scheduled for Friday. He made $874,000 last season.

The Ottawa Senators avoided arbitration

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with Mike Hoffman after the forward agreed to terms on a four-year, $20.75 million deal.

Hoffman was scheduled to have an arbitration hearing in Toronto on Aug 4.

The Nashville Predators signed forward Calle Jarnkrok to a six-year, $12 million contract.

Jarnkrok will make $1.7 million next season, $1.8 million in 2017-18, $2.1 million in 2018-19, $2.2 million in 2019-20 and 2020-21, and $2 million in 2021-22.

Carolina Hurricanes coach Bill Peters signed a two-year contract extension that runs through the 2018-19 season.

Financial terms were not disclosed by the team for the 51-year-old Peters, who helped Carolina record five more wins and 15 additional points in 2015-16 than the previous campaign.