Morning Skate: Kucherov deal could have Karlsson implications

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Here are all the links from around the hockey world, and what I’m reading while the NHL summer recess is pretty much upon us.

*Pro Hockey Talk has the details of an eight-year contract extension between the Lightning and Nikita Kucherov that will pay the Hart Trophy candidate a sum of $9.5 million per season. It’s a reasonable deal for a superstar in the prime of his career, but one wonders if this kind of deal precludes Tampa from also locking up Erik Karlsson to a theoretical long-term contract as well. It’s reasonable to think the Lightning could afford Karlsson for the upcoming season, but much less clear how they’d be able to do it for the long term.

*If your name is Joseph Patrick Haggerty, then the chances are pretty bloody good that you’re going to like next season’s Notre Dame Fighting Irish-themed Winter Classic logo for the Bruins/Blackhawks game.

*Interesting piece on goalie Chris Darling working hard this offseason to try and bounce back from a horrendous first season with the Carolina Hurricanes.

*The Hockey News isn’t expecting a hangover second season from the Vegas Golden Knights after they made it all the way to the Cup Final last season.

*A group of NHL stars talk about their pet peeves on the ice in this NHL-produced video.

*For something completely different: It was great to hear that all of the soccer players and their coach got out of the cave safely in Thailand. There were many heroes involved whether it was the Navy SEAL divers that did the rescuing, the one Navy SEAL that gave his life in the escape efforts or this Australian doctor that consulted on the rescue mission.

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