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Jets ink two-year deal with Mason

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Locking up Steve Mason for the next two NHL seasons should be a clear sign Paul Maurice's strategy of rotating goalies is now stuffed in the back of a filing cabinet somewhere.

Right behind the plan to play Dustin Byfuglien on the wing.

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"Every goaltender wants to be a No. 1 goaltender and I think there’s an opportunity here to work with Connor and play lots of hockey," Mason told reporters.

The Jets landed Mason, 29, a nine-year veteran, on Saturday — the start of the NHL's annual free agent spending frenzy — inking the former NHL rookie of the year to a two-year deal with an annual cap hit of US$4.