It looks like striker Nicholas Paul is fine with extending his stay in Florida.
Follow NHL’s on the official website, Paul has put pen to paper on a seven-year contract worth $22.05 million to stay with Tampa Bay Lightning. The deal has an average annual value of $3.15 million.
Paul, who may have become an unrestricted freelance agent on July 13, originally joined Lightning on March 20 through a trade from Ottawa Senators. In his 21 regular season games with the new club, he has scored five goals and nine assists, but the 27-year-old has really cemented his free agent value in Stanley Cup playoffs.
Paul appeared in 23 post-season competitions for Tampa Bay and contributed five goals and four assists en route to helping the team complete the trip to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they fell to the Colorado Avalanche in six matches.
“Obviously I like it here,” Paul said of Lightning earlier this week. “I’m a free agent this summer, but Tampa is definitely a position that I really love. I like the guys on the team. I’m talking to my agent right now and he is. know my thoughts.We’ll see.
“Everything about this organization is first class. I’ve definitely been in the front row with the way I was treated and the way my family was treated. And the other thing was the group of men in the room. there. The leaders they have in there.”
In total, Paul played 248 regular-season NHL games in his career, scoring 34 goals and 46 assists.
