Quick hits from around the league including, several extension that got one at the 11th hour of the Collective Bargaining Agreement expiring.
  • Cam Fowler re-upped with the Anaheim Ducks on a five-year, $20 million contract. The blueliner saw his production dip in his second season to 29 points after notching 40 in his rookie season. But Fowler has the gifts to be one of the better offensive defensemen in the game and he’s still just 20 years old. His three-year, $2.7 million entry-level contract still has one more year left, so this extension won’t kick in until 2013-14.
  • Agent Scott Norton predicted the lockout could last for a year and a half.  The general feeling is that there will be hockey this year, but that the regular season would start between Thanksgiving and the Winter Classic. But Norton doesn’t agree. “The NHLPA, agents, and players are much more unified than they were at the start of the last work stoppage [in 2004],” said Norton.  ”We are all impressed with [NHLPA executive director] Donald Fehr’s abilities, persona, and the way he has involved players and agents in meetings, and feel very strongly that NHLPA will stick together this time, if it means a missing a month [of games] or 2 seasons.”
  • Matt Martin signed a four-year, $4 million with the New York Islanders on Saturday night. The tough guy had just 14 points in 80 games last season, but he did collect 121 penalty minutes and lead the league with 374 hits.
  • The Winnipeg Jets locked up Evander Kane to a six-year deal worth $31.5 million.  The two sides get a deal done literally an hour before the collective bargaining agreement expires. Kane was coming off a three-year deal that carried a $3.1 million cap hit. Kane is very talented, he’s only 21 and has seen his production increase each of his three years in the NHL to 30 goals and 57 points in 2011-12.
  • The Buffalo Sabres and Tyler Ennis reached an agreement on a two-year, $5.625 million extension. The 23-year-old forward had 15 goals and 19 assists in an injury-shortened season that saw him play in only 48 games. “Tyler is a very important part of our offense and we are very happy to have him signed,” general manager Darcy Regier said. “He has progressed as a player over the past few seasons and we are excited to see his growth both as a person and professional in the years to come.”

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