导出博客文章PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins locked up another elite young player long
term and kept a key player off the market Tuesday, agreeing to terms with
defenceman Kris Letang and re-signing forward Pascal Dupuis. A finalist for the
Norris Trophy as the NHLs top defenceman, Letang received an eight-year, $58
million contract extension. He would have entered the final season of an
existing contract that carried an annual salary-cap hit of $3.5 million. That
will now jump to $7.25 beginning in 2014-15. Dupuis potentially couldve been a
free agent this week and cashed on his 11-point post-season, but chose to stay
to sign a $15 million, four-year deal. Letang, 26, tied for the scoring lead
among NHL defencemen last season with 38 points in 35 games. He has 44 goals and
165 assists in 385 career games over six-plus seasons. Letang joins star centres
Sidney Crosby (12 years, $104.4 million) and Evgeni Malkin (eight years, $76
million) as players the Penguins have given long-term contracts to in the past
13 months. Under the collective bargaining agreement, Letang cannot sign until
Friday. The pact -- the longest allowable by terms of the new CBA -- will run
through the 2021-22 season, when the 6-foot, 201-pound native of Montreal will
be 35. Beginning in 2014-15, the Penguins will be committing $25.45 million of
salary cap space to just three players for every season until 2021-22. For the
2014-15 season alone -- counting contracts given wingers James Neal and Chris
Kunitz, defenceman Paul Martin and goalie Marc-Andre Fleury -- the organization
already has $44.3 million of cap space accounted for just seven players. The
salary cap for the 2013-14 season is projected at $63.4 million, although it is
expected to increase dramatically the following year. The swift and skilled
Letang is one of the NHLs top offensive defencemen. But at times, the former
third-round pick has been criticized for play in the defensive end -- most
recently during a stunning sweep of the Penguins by the Boston Bruins in the
Eastern Conference finals. Letang had no points in the series and was a minus-5
over the first two games. During Pittsburghs run to the Stanley Cup in 2009,
Letang had 13 points, tying for the post-season lead among defencemen with four
goals. Over the past three seasons, Letang leads all NHL defencemen in assists
(107). His 0.77 points-per-game average over that span ranks second to Ottawas
Erik Karlsson for players at that position. Since the end of the regular season,
general manager Ray Shero has said extending Letang was a priority. Before the
Penguins were swept by Boston, they defeated the Islanders and Senators in the
first and second rounds, respectively. Though he and agent Kent Hughes talked
for a while, Shero could have traded Letang during the NHL draft Sunday. A
similar scenario played out last summer, when centre Jordan Staal rejected a
10-year contract offer and Shero dealt him to the Carolina Hurricanes in a trade
announced from the podium. It never reached that point with Letang. Pittsburgh
also didnt have to deal with replacing Dupuis. The 34-year-old winger was third
on the team in goals, tied for third with 38 points and led the league with a
plus-31 rating, the first Penguins to pull off that feat since Ron Francis did
during the 1994-95 season. He is also a key penalty-killer, who blocked 36 shots
and is tied for the NHL lead with eight short-handed goals over the past three
years. Dupuis, who also helped the Penguins hoist the Cup four years ago, has
175 goals and 374 points in his career with Minnesota, the New York Rangers,
Atlanta and Pittsburgh.
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records. OAKLAND, Calif. -- Starting point guard DAngelo Russell?will miss at
least two weeks?after receiving a platelet-rich plasma injection in his sore
left knee, the Los Angeles Lakers?announced Wednesday.Dr. Steve Yoon performed
the procedure in Los Angeles.?The Lakers said Russell will be re-evaluated in
one week.Lakers coach Luke Walton said he didnt think Russell would need
surgery.No, not unless somebody else tells me something different, Walton said
before Wednesday nights 149-106 loss to the Golden State Warriors at Oracle
Arena. I like to keep it pretty positive. If they tell me that they think this
is going to help and get him back out there, then Im going with [the idea] that
in two weeks, hell be ready to play again.Russell, the Lakers second-leading
scorer (16.1 points per game), missed Fridays game against San Antonio?and
Tuesdays game against Oklahoma City. He had been scheduled to miss Wednesdays
game against Golden State, as well.Walton said he wasnt sure how long Russell
has been dealingg with this injury.ddddddddddddIt kind of caught me by surprise,
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bothering him. I know he played through it; I dont remember the day or for how
long, but he was playing through it for a while there and playing good.
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State?standout, was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2015 draft.Lakers starting
forward Julius Randle also missed Wednesdays game, with a hip pointer. Randle
originally suffered the injury during practice earlier this week.He tried to
play through it [Tuesday] night, Walton said. Obviously, he didnt look like the
same that hes been the last couple games before that. Its pretty painful every
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