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LAS VEGAS (AP) One year ago Pittsburgh Penguins Hats Authentic , the Vegas Golden Knights were in the midst of forming their first team. On Sunday, they were in the middle of the free-agent market as they look to fine-tune the roster for another run at the Stanley Cup Final.The defending Western Conference champions signed veteran forward Paul Stastny to a reported three-year, $19.5 million contract, hours after losing David Perron.Stastny totaled 53 points (16 goals, 37 assists) in 82 games last season, appearing in 63 games with the St. Louis Blues before being acquired by the Winnipeg Jets on Feb. 26. During the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs, the 32-year-old Quebec City native recorded a career-high 15 points (six goals, nine assists) and helped Winnipeg reach the Western Conference Final before losing to Vegas in five games.”Sometimes you gotta go with your gut feeling. Sometimes it’s just one of those things that it’s best fit hockey-wise, family-wise and everything in between,” Stastny said during a conference call Sunday. ”They always played such a high, kind of fast-paced game Custom Pittsburgh Penguins Jerseys , aggressive, everyone involved, not just one line, all four lines involved.”During his 12-year NHL career, Stastny has 220 goals and 426 assists, with the 646 points ranking 33rd among active players.The addition of Stastny figures to take some pressure off top-line scorers William Karlsson, a restricted free agent who is expected to ink a new deal with Vegas, Jonathan Marchessault and Reilly Smith.”We have had our eye on him for quite a while, he’s a really talented, skilled guy – he’s a playmaker, and you always want playmakers www.officialsharks.com ,” Golden Knights general manager George McPhee said. ”We do like having centers, because you can move centers around the lineup, have centers on the wing. You can get wingers to play center … but they’re not very good.”The second-year team also locked up bruising forward Ryan Reaves, who was acquired in a trade with Pittsburgh in February and proved to be an asset during the playoffs, and came to terms with free-agent defenseman Nick Holden, who McPhee said will fit in nicely after the departure of free agent Luca Sbisa.”It basically keeps the construction of our defense intact,” McPhee said. ”Luca has moved on, we thought (Holden) would fit really well in that spot. Everything stays the same on our defense. We have our shut down guys, we have our speed guys and we’re deep.”Both Reaves and Holden’s two-year contracts are reportedly worth a little more than $2 million per season.McPhee said the team also has signed forwards Brandon Pirri, Daniel Carr, Alex Gallant and Curtis McKenzie San Jose Sharks T-Shirts Authentic , defenseman Jimmy Oligny and goaltenders Maxime Lagace and Zach Fucale.Meanwhile, after turning in a career season with the Golden Knights, Perron agreed to a four-year, $16 million contract to return to the St. Louis Blues, while veteran forward James Neal, an unrestricted free agent, remained in limbo. Neal, who finished with 25 goals and 44 points in 71 games at the end of his six-year, $30 million deal, is 31 years old and is looking for a longer-term contract than the Golden Knights were reportedly willing to offer.”We’re still talking to people and we’ll see how things develop,” said McPhee San Jose Sharks Hoodies Authentic , who added the team is still negotiating with the 31-year-old Neal. ”We’re trying to be a little more circumspect, and it looks like the league is trying to do that. That’s why we went three years on Stastny, Reaves was two years. We’re okay giving term to younger guys but older guys you gotta be careful.”— According to Elliotte Friedman, the marriage between the Toronto Maple Leafs and William Nylander is over, regardless of if he signs or not.With only two days left for William Nylander to either be signed or traded before the December 1, 2018 deadline for eligibility comes and goes, all eyes are on the forward out of Toronto and how the organization handles his next deal. There are rumors a deal is almost in place and there is some speculation both sides have come as far they can and that a deal might not get done. Either way, one NHL insider had an interesting take on the negotiations.Sportsnet's聽Elliotte Friedman recently wondered whether Nylander signs or not if there is a future in Toronto for him. This whole process might have soured any future the two sides might have of working together and at the same time, it is believed that even if a deal gets done,聽the money will be too rich for Toronto's blood over the long-term and the organization will try to alleviate the stress of whatever his new salary is by moving him. In short, Friedman believes that even if聽Nylander does sign San Jose Sharks Hats Authentic , Toronto will trade him by the draft at the latest. 鈥淥ne way or the other, I think this is over. I would be surprised if he plays for Toronto next season.鈥漚dvertising via Sporting NewsWhat This MeansEveryone is watching what will happen in Toronto but the real question might be, are the Maple Leafs getting a deal done only to give themselves the best chance to win this season and then their plan is to dump him? If so, it has to be assumed that whatever the deal is, there won't be a no-move or no-trade clause attached. If there is, the fine print will be that that clause doesn't kick in right away, giving the Maple Leafs and chance to go for the Stanley Cup this year and move Nylander out as soon as the option presents itself.advertising