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The new contract has the same value as Markstrom’s expiring six-year, $36 million deal. New Jersey acquired the 16-year veteran during the 2024 offseason.
When the contract kicks in starting with the 2026-27 NHL season, Martin Necas will count $11.5 million against the salary cap annually.
Brad Marchand missed Florida’s game against Anaheim. Coach Paul Maurice expects Marchand to be available when the back-to-back defending Stanley Cup champions face Dallas.
Cooley will count $10 million against the salary cap beginning when the contract that was announced Wednesday kicks in next season.
The extension will begin next season and run through the 2033-34 season for $84.696 million, an annual average value of $10.587 million.
Adam Fox teamed up with Tackle ALS, launched by former NFL player Tim Green, his father-in-law.
A fan at Monday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and St. Louis Blues was taken to a hospital after falling from the upper concourse at PPG Paints Arena.
Rickard sustained the injury while blocking a shot in the third period of a shootout loss to Columbus on Saturday night.
The Capitals and their fans had a chance to celebrate the latter accomplishment, but goal No. 900 will have to wait. Washington was drubbed 7-1 by the Senators on Saturday night.
Nashville captain Roman Josi is week to week with an upper-body injury the Predators said Saturday, an injury not related to the POTS diagnosis announced by the Predators in June.