Strange day for me over at Skate Zone. I was sitting with Peter Laviolette when James van Riemsdyk walked into his office, grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge, then hustled out. Wish I had known about the contract extension – 6 years, $25.5 million_ then but didn’t hear of it for another 30 minutes. JVR would have had to wait till age 27 to be a UFA. This deal carries him past UFA

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