Source: Lundqvist signs extension
By Pierre LeBrun | ESPN.com
The New York Rangers have re-signed star goalie Henrik Lundqvist to a seven-year, $59.5 million contract extension, sources confirmed to ESPN.com on Wednesday.
The deal is worth an average of $8.5 million per season and will make Lundqvist the highest-paid goaltender in the NHL ahead of both Boston's Tuukka Rask and Nashville's Pekka Rinne, who each have a cap hit of $7 million next season.
The 31-year-old Lundqvist, a former Vezina Trophy winner and the team's undisputed MVP in recent years, was in the last year of a six-year, $41.25 million contract.
Lundqvist, who has been benched for the past two games in favor of Cam Talbot, is 8-11 this season with a 2.51 GAA and a .917 save percentage.
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