LAS VEGAS (AP) It didn’t take long for Marc-Andre Fleury to fall in love with his new hometown during his first season with the Vegas Golden Knights.

Now Ryan Strome Jersey , it looks as though he’ll spend the rest of his career here.

The Golden Knights agreed to terms Friday with the three-time Stanley Cup champion goalie on a three-year contract extension worth an average of $7 million a year.

Fleury had one year remaining on his contract. The extension would keep him with Vegas through the 2021-22 season, meaning the 33-year-old Fleury could end his career with the Golden Knights.

”This organization gave me a chance to play, to play a lot of games, they believed in me,” Fleury said during a news conference to announce the deal. ”The success that we had over the season, winning always makes everything better. And then the fans, how much they supported us right from day one. They were crazy all season long and the playoffs were a lot of fun to play. We could really feel the intensity in the building from the fans.

”My family loves it. too. Great schools, great neighborhoods, lots to do for the kids and I feel very fortunate.”

The Golden Knights selected Fleury in the 2017 expansion draft from the Penguins. He won 29 games last season, including the 400th victory of his career. He registered the best statistical regular season of his career with a goals-against average of 2.24 and a save percentage of .927. He has 404 career wins in 737 games between Pittsburgh (691 games) and Vegas (46) and ranks 11th in victories in NHL history.

Fleury helped the Golden Knights to the Pacific Division title and an appearance in the 2018 Stanley Cup Final in their inaugural season. He appeared in all 20 games for the Golden Knights in the playoffs, where Vegas’ storybook season ended with a loss to the Washington Capitals in the Stanley Cup Final.

The three-time All-Star said getting the extension out of the way now eliminated distractions he’s experienced in the past.

”It’s always something I wanted and like to do http://www.officialstarsproonline.com/authentic-adidas-brett-ritchie-jersey , so when the season starts you’re not thinking about the rumors, where you can be traded to, I’ve been through that already,” Fleury said. ”Just to have that security to be here for a long time was big for me.”

Just as he did at the time of the expansion draft, general manager George McPhee said he took the advice of goaltender coach Dave Prior to lock up Fleury.

”When we made the expansion draft play for Marc-Andre, our staff and Dave Prior believed that we could get him playing as well as he’s ever played and even better, and that’s exactly what happened,” McPhee said. ”Dave went to work with Marc-Andre and Marc-Andre was open-minded and worked with Dave and had a terrific season.

”At Dave’s advice we thought a three-year extension was the appropriate extension in terms of time. Marc-Andre is a very athletic, very quick, very agile goaltender. Not one of the big, lumbering hit me goaltenders Jimmy Vesey Jersey , and we could get four very good years from Marc. The deal was there to be done, so we thought it was the right time to do it.”

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DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins now have four quarterbacks on the roster, and they still have a battle for the backup job behind Ryan Tannehill.

Coach Adam Gase declined to say Sunday whether Brock Osweiler or David Fales would be first off the bench to replace Tannehill, but said he expects to keep all three all season. Even so, the Dolphins found room on their roster to add rookie quarterback Luke Falk, claimed one day after being waived by the Tennessee Titans.

Falk, a sixth-round draft pick, could make an immediate impact by providing insight into the Titans’ playbook under a new coaching staff. The Dolphins open the season against Tennessee on Sept. 9.

The margin between Osweiler and Fales in the competition for the No. 2 job was thin throughout training camp, Gase said.

“It’s day to day,” he said. “I feel like it goes back and forth. It’s one of those things — whoever has the best protection on that particular night Valtteri Filppula Jersey , it seems that guy has a good night in preseason. That’s what is always going to make it tough deciding who’s the backup. You’re guessing a little bit.”

Gase said he may list the No. 2 quarterback as “Osweiler or Fales” on the depth chart preceding the Titans game.

“Nothing changes for me,” Osweiler said. “I’m just solely focused on trying to get better. Whoever is the 2, whoever is the 3, that’s something I can’t control.”

The Dolphins are underdogs in the opener despite being at home, and coming off a 6-10 season in 2017, they’re widely projected to finish below .500 again. But in the wake of cuts to reach the 53-man roster limit, Gase sounded as optimistic as every other coach at the end of the preseason.

Roster turnover has resulted in a better locker-room culture, Gase said, and he anticipates the improvement to be reflected in the win-loss record.

“I like our team. We’re a team,” he said, emphasizing the last word. “That’s the best part about what we have going on right now — that locker room. I’m not really worried about what anybody else thinks about that. When you’re not there every day and around these guys Tobias Rieder Jersey , you don’t know. You can look at a piece of paper, but that’s why they play the games.”

Miami should be better at quarterback, with Tannehill returning after missing last season following left knee surgery. But it’s unclear whether holdover Fales or newcomer Osweiler represents an upgrade over the departed Matt Moore, who had been Tannehill’s backup since 2012.

The play of both Osweiler and Fales was spotty during training camp. Gase works closely with quarterbacks and saw enough potential to want to keep them around.

“You talk about that being one of the most important positions,” Gase said, “and our thought process is we’re going to try to develop guys and get them ready to go. And if we’re ever in a situation where we need the next guy, we want to make sure we have the right guy. And we’re going to keep working with the two guys we’ve got.”

In other roster moves, Miami claimed receiver Tanner McEvoy off waivers from New Orleans, released tackle Sam Young, and placed center Jake Brendel and linebacker Mike Hull on injured reserve.

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