Suitors interested in Senators D Karlsson
Isles sign Lehner to 1-year deal
WASHINGTON, July 4, (RTRS): The Ottawa Senators’ contract offer to defenseman Erik Karlsson was for eight years and $80 million, and they are now in serious trade talks with multiple highly interested suitors, according to an NBC Sports report on Tuesday.
Senators general manager Pierre Dorion said Sunday the team had offered Karlsson — who is entering the final year of a seven-year, $45 million deal he signed in June of 2012 — an extension, but declined to discuss anything further.
The Islanders signed goaltender Robin Lehner to a one-year deal reportedly worth $1.5 million to complement fellow netminder Thomas Greiss.
Lehner, 26, has played parts of eight seasons with the Ottawa Senators and Buffalo Sabres. He is 72-9735 with a 2.82 goals-against average in 219 games.
Karlsson
Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan said re-signing forward Tom Wilson is his first order of business heading into next season.
“It’s a big priority,” MacLellan said in comments published by NHL. com. “Tom’s a big part of our team, a big part of what we got going and our playoff success. So he’s No. 1 right now.”
The Bruins re-signed center Sean Kuraly to a three-year contract through the 2020-21 season, the team announced.
The package is worth $3.825 million. Kuraly, 25, scored 14 points (six goals, eight assists) in 75 games in his first full NHL season.
The Arizona Coyotes re-signed veteran center Brad Richardson to a two-year contract.
Richardson, 33, tallied 15 points (three goals, 12 assists) in 76 games with Arizona last season. He has 204 points (81 goals, 123 assists) in 683 career games with four teams including the Colorado Avalanche, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks and Arizona.
The Islanders reacquired left wing Matt Martin from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for goaltender Eamon McAdam.
Martin spent his first six-plus NHL
Alex Ovechkin and his offseason sidekick, the Stanley Cup Trophy, are headed to the World Cup.
Ovechkin, the Russian All-Star forward for the Capitals, will bring the trophy to Moscow for fan viewing at a public site before Russia and Croatia play in the quarter-final match at the World Cup on Saturday.
The Nashville Predators have signed forward Colin Blackwell to a two-year, two-way contract.
The deal would pay the former Harvard star $650,000 (NHL) or $100,000 (AHL) in 2018-19 and $700,000 or $100,000 the following season.