native Minnesota, signing a 13-year, $98 million contract with the Minnesota Wild. He led the team with 18 goals and 38 points in 48 games, and the Wild returned to the postseason after a four-year absence.Parise was the choice of eight of 13 members of NHL.com's Dream Draft panel."Parise is everything you would want in an elite-level player," NHL.com staff writer Mike G. Morreale said. "He despises losing, is a great teammate, ferocious on the puck, a special-teams demon, and a proven winner at every level. He was an MVP for the Devils two straight years, an NHL All-Star, and is a regular for Team USA on the international stage. He now plays for the Minnesota Wild, and was a key cog in helping the team earn its first playoff berth in five seasons in 2012-13."Voting: Zach Parise, New Jersey (2003) 8; Brent Sutter, New York Islanders (1980) 4; Kevin Hatcher, Washington (1984) 1---
The Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday agreed with vice president of hockey operations and assistant general manager Brad Treliving on a multiyear contract extension. Terms were not disclosed.“We are very pleased to re-sign Brad to a multiyear contract extension,” general manager Don Maloney said. “Brad is a valuable member of our hockey operations department and has done a great job managing our AHL affiliate in Portland.”Treliving is entering his seventh season as assistant GM. He also serves as general manager of the club’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Portland Pirates.“I’m thrilled to re-sign with the Coyotes,” Treliving said. “I have very much enjoyed working with Don and our entire staff the past six seasons and look forward to building a winner here in the Valley.”Treliving, 43, joined the Coyotes after serving as president of the Central Hockey League (CHL) for seven years.Treliving co-founded the Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL) in 1996 and served as the league’s vice president and director of hockey operations for five seasons. The native of Penticton, British Columbia played an integral role in the merger of the WPHL and the CHL in May 2001 upon which he began his tenure as president of the league.Prior to his front-office career, Treliving played five professional hockey seasons from 1990-91 to 1994-95 including stints with the Indianapolis Ice of the International Hockey League (IHL) and the New Haven and Prince Edward Island Senators of the AHL.
Now that Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin has agreed to a long-term, big-money contract, joining company with center Sidney Crosby and forward James Neal, salary cap space is evaporating quickly for the talent-rich club, which will next turn their focus toward negotiating a deal with top defenseman Kris Letang.Letang, 26, was one of the NHL's best on the blue line during the 2012-13 season, with five goals, 38 points, and a plus-16 rating in 35 games. He's set for unrestricted free agency at the end of the 2013-14 season. Kris LetanG - 2013 PLAYOFFSDefense - PITGOALS: 3 | ASST: 13 | PTS: 16SOG: 49 | +/-: 2 At the moment,Nike Roshe Run Women, it's unclear how the eight-year, $76 million contract the Penguins and Malkin agreed to on Thursday will affect their willingness to spend on Letang -- but it's safe to say crafting a deal won't be made any easier. Between Malkin, Crosby and Neal,Free Run 3 Womens Black Purple 2014, Pittsburgh already has more than $23 million in salary tied up for 2014-15.However, Penguins general manager Ray Shero is taking it one step at a time and locking down his big names."I would prefer to retain a player like Evgeni Malkin, instead of saying, ‘Boy, I'm not sure if we can do this or fit this in,' and two years from now see the cap going up and say,Free Run 4 Cyan Yellow, ‘Boy, why didn't we sign him?'" Shero said at a press conference Thursday. "And so, I want to operate in today, keeping a great player, and keeping this thing together either by salary cap, the play of our team, the happiness of everyone, and go from there."Like other general managers of quality teams playing in the salary-cap