Restricted free agent Mats Zuccarello and the New York Rangers avoided arbitration on Tuesday when the Norwegian Olympian agreed to a one-year deal
worth $3.
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and was reportedly seeking a deal in the $4.5 million-range. Zuccarello is
entering his fifth season with the Eastern Conference champions after posting
career-highs of 19 goals and 40 assists last season in 77 games played. He added
five goals and eight assists in the Rangers playoff run to the Stanley Cup
final. The Rangers and Zucarello will continue to work towards a long-term deal
for the player, but that cant be signed until January 1, 2015. With Zuccarello
under contract, Glen Sather and the Rangers still have two restricted free
agents headed to arbitration. Chris Kreider is scheduled for a July 23rd
hearing, while Derick Brassards is five days later. Negotiations are ongoing
with both players.
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Leading 3-0 with only 11:25 left, the Colorado Avalanche committed a seemingly
meaningless penalty to give the New York Islanders a power play. But then, the
Avalanche committed three more infractions over the next 3:44, and the Islanders
took advantage to score two 5-on-3 goals. Somehow, Colorado survived Saturday
night. The Avalanche regained their composure, and held on to beat the Islanders
5-2 -- the deceptive margin coming as the result of two empty-net goals in the
final minute. Matt Duchene scored twice in a 2:44 span to give Colorado that
three-goal advantage. Nathan MacKinnon got the Avalanche on the board, and
Gabriel Landeskog and Paul Stasny added the empty-netters.
Jean-Sebastien Giguere allowed the two 5-on-3 goals, but was otherwise string,
stopping 30 shots. Colorado coach Patrick Roy credited his squad for not
panicking after giving up the 5-on-3 goals. "I thought we remained pretty calm
on the bench," Roy said. "We had a power play that gave us some momentum back.
... And we also had (a) great save. I think (Giguere) touched it with his glove
at the end. That was a big save for us." Duchene broke a nine-goal drought to
reach 101 for his career. Roy didnt believe Duchene was pressing in search of
his 100th goal. "People made a big story of that, but not me," Roy said. "He had
chances.every night. It was just a matter of time. And tonight he was resilient.
He went to the net, he stayed there, and took advantage of the rebound. And then
the second shot was a perfect shot. Right under the bar. It was a beauty." The
win snapped a two-game skid for Colorado, and gave it some momentum going into
the Olympic break. "Im vvery proud of our players," Roy said.
Youssouf Sabaly Jersey. "Hopefully, our guys have a good 10 days off." For the Islanders it was a disappointing end to the
pre-Olympic portion of the schedule. All appeared to be lost in the second
period, where they looked extremely sluggish and could only manage four shots on
goal. But the flurry of Colorado penalties ignited the New York offence.
John Tavares scored his 24th goal of the season to put the Islanders on the
board with 8:43 remaining. Just 57 seconds later, Lubomir Visnovsky added
another, to cut the deficit to one. The Islanders had the momentum on their
side, and a raucous crowd behind them. They also had another 1:55 on the power
play. But they were unable to get the equalizer. Islanders coach Jack Capuano
was frustrated by the fact that his team was dominant in significant stretches
of the first and third periods, but couldnt turn it into a positive result.
"Same old story," Capuano said. "We dominated the game, and we dont win the
hockey game. ... We had some unbelievable chances. Give their goaltender credit.
He played extremely well." Capuano expressed hope that his club will bounce back
after the time off. "We will take.three or four days and regroup, and go through
some video of the first half, things that we need to work on, and try to
concentrate on those areas." NOTES: Landeskog extended his point streak for the
Avalanche to nine games. He assisted on MacKinnons first period goal, in
addition to the empty netter. ... PA Parenteau was held without a point in his
return to the Nassau Coliseum. Parenteau spent two seasons with the Islanders
before signing with the Avalanche in the summer of 2012.
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