UPDATE (1:22pm on Tuesday) -- Brent Burns signed an eight-year contract extension, the Sharks announced.
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The Sharks and Brent Burns are reportedly getting closer to a contract extension.
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According to a tweet from ESPN’s Pierre Lebrun, the “Sharks and Brent Burns have made serious progress in negotiations on a new deal. Still not done but could be close.”
Burns is a pending unrestricted free agent in the final year of a five-year, $28.8 million contract, and will likely be getting a sizable raise in his next deal.
The 31-year-old has 16 points (7g, 9a) in 19 games this season, first in the NHL among defensemen. He finished in third place in voting for the Norris Trophy last season.
More to come...