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Reading Assignments
- Don Waddell is happy with the off-season his team has had. [NHL]
- Breakout candidates for the upcoming season including a familiar face at number one. [NBC Sports]
- It won’t be long now until PNC Arena has a massive upgrade at center ice:
Step 1: New steel ☑️
— PNC Arena (@PNCArena) July 29, 2019
Step 2: Really big crane ☑️
These guys will be lifting a transformer to power the hoist for the new video board. Stay tuned for updates! pic.twitter.com/OHo9CDYQs7
- Tampa Bay signed goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy to an 8-year extension. [Lightning]
- Grading the Vasilevskiy deal: is eight years too much? [ESPN]
- A breakdown of the terms of the Russian goaltender’s new contract:
Andrei Vasilevskiy #Bolts
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) July 29, 2019
Confirmed Breakdown:
20-21: $8.5M SB -$3.5M base
21-22: $10M SB -$1M base
22-23: $6.5M SB -$4.5M base
23-24: $5M SB -$4M base
24-25: $4.5M SB -$5.5M base
25-26: $4M SB-$5M base
26-27: $3M SB-$5M base
27-28: $3M SB-$3M basehttps://t.co/6EqhbjwrLq pic.twitter.com/GkSQ0UGqt1
- The Penguins and Capitals find themselves in similar positions as both are trying to rebuild on the fly. But the paths each are taking are very different. [Pensburgh]
- Why the Detroit Red Wings can easily beat bookmakers low expectations. [Detroit Free Press]
- One big question remains for the Devils after busy summer. [NBC Sports]
- Alex Meruelo’s purchase of the Arizona Coyotes has been finalized by the league, making him the NHL’s first Latino majority owner. [Sporting News]
- Nashville Predators mascot Gnash is all in on the #mascotbackflipchallenge:
I just completed the #mascotbackflipchallenge. I think I did it right. pic.twitter.com/mpEPWG6nEd
— Gnash (@Gnash00) July 26, 2019