Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Pittsburgh Penguins and defenseman Brian Dumoulin agreed to six-year deal with a salary cap hit of $4.1 million.
The sides avoided salary arbitration where the Penguins had offered $1.95 million and Dumoulin asking for $4.35 million.
“There was always ongoing dialogue,” Gross said. “We had been speaking quite a bit. We were never that far apart.”
The Penguins now have four defensemen who make over $4 million a season.
On the Nashville Predators …
Adam Vingan of The Tennssean: The Nashville Predators have re-signed Austin Watson to a three-year deal for $3.