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Auston is thrilled.Lamoriello agreed.The agreement took place within, I would say, 10 minutes of the first conversation Pat Brisson and I had when we talked about Austons contract, he said. Auston was No. 1 overall. The agreement that he has with the Toronto Maple Leafs and his contract, hes earned this. He deserves what he is getting and there was never a question from us on this.While Matthews has star quality, Lamoriello said the young forward will be part of the team.To be a Leaf is you have to give up your own identity at times to have success, he said.At a recent camp, Matthews got a glimpse of the fan base eager for the Leafs to return to the NHLs elite.They packed the arena and fans waited outside after the game for all the prospects, he said. It was pretty cool to kind of get a taste of how big this fan base is and how passionate they are. So its pretty awesome.Matthews says he will spend most of the summer at home in Arizona, preparing for the season and the World Cup of Hockey, where he will play for the North American under-23 team in September.Also Thursday, the Leafs signed 23-year-old forward Josh Leivo to a two-year contract. The third-round pick in the 2011 draft had five goals in 12 games with Toronto last season but spent most of the year with the AHL Marlies, collecting 17 goals and 31 assists in 51 regular-season games. Jorge Posada Jersey .S District Court against Major League Baseball, the Office of the Commissioner and his own union, the MLBPA. CC Sabathia Jersey . It says Pocklingtons lawyer filed the appeal Friday in a California court. 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When you talk about teams that kind of go through that, sometimes its fatigue, other times its maybe your mindset.Fehr said the Penguins mindset is hungry, though unsatisfied is perhaps a better word.The Penguins have the fourth most points in the league, but theyre not terribly happy with parts of their game, including balancing the workload of goaltenders Matt Murray and Marc-Andre Fleury. Carl Hagelin, who was on the 2014 Eastern Conference champion New York Rangers team that started the next season 10-8-4, said the good start by Pittsburgh was due to carving out wins even when the level of play wasnt championship caliber.It happens a lot: You go deep in the playoffs and you kind of have a slow start, Hagelin said. For those first 10 games when we werent playing great but we found a way to get points, I think thats key, especially coming back from winning the Stanley Cup and a lot of people are saying its hard to get points early.The Tampa Bay Lightning were excelling before Steven Stamkos tore the meniscus in his right knee, an injury that will cost him four to six months. Tampa Bay has dropped three in a row, but coach Jon Cooper recently said his team was prepared for life without Stamkos from when the star forward broke his leg in 2014 and missed time last season with a blood clot.I know that feeling three years ago when Stammer went down, we were kind of a rattled group and it took us a little while to find our way, Cooper said. I think the shock value is not as tough as it may have been in the past.Continuity has helped the Penguins and Sharks, even though San Jose has been streaky. Coach Peter DeBoer said his teams formula is being hard to play against with good goaltending and timely offense, and unsurprisingly defenseman Brett Burns, captain Joe Pavelski, Joe Thornton and Logan Couturre have led that charge. Andy Pettitte Jersey. The Blues traded goalie Brian Elliott to Calgary and lost captain David Backes and right winger Troy Brouwer in free agency but havent floundered despite some inconsistency.Weve had a lot of ups and downs already this year and hopefully as the season goes on well be able to manage the roller coaster ride a little bit better, forward Kyle Brodziak said. When were playing well, we can play with anyone in the league.FAST CATSThe philosophical divide that led to the Florida Panthers firing Gerard Gallant also means theyll play much differently under interim coach/GM Tom Rowe, who preaches a faster pace.This team is built for speed and skill, Rowe said. All you have to do is watch what Pittsburgh did last year -- the way they played and the way they attacked the puck and the way they made every step of the opponent difficult by pressuring is how we want to play. Its a fun way to play, the players like playing that way and thats what the fans want to watch.Florida lost Rowes coaching debut in a shootout at Chicago.GOALIE SURPRISESCarolinas Michael Leighton on Sunday won his first NHL game since Dec. 30, 2010, in his first start since Jan. 27, 2013. Another journeyman, 30-year-old Flames netminder Chad Johnson, is 5-2-0 with a 1.72 goals-against average and .942 save percentage in his past seven starts.I think its just my game has grown from when I first came in the league to where it is now, Johnson said. It just comes down to opportunity. When you play more, people I guess recognize it a little bit more and pay attention a little bit more.STREAKINGThe Columbus Blue Jackets are 8-1-1 in their last 10 home games after beating the Lightning 5-1 on Tuesday.SLUMPINGThe New York Islanders have won just three of their past 10 games. GM Garth Snow has given coach Jack Capuano a so-called vote of confidence.LEADERSGoals, Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh), 15; Assists, Connor McDavid (Edmonton), 20; Points, McDavid, 31; Goals-against average, Tuukka Rask (Boston), 1.64; Save percentage, Carey Price (Montreal), 0.947.GAME OF THE WEEKJonathan Toews could be back from an upper-body injury as the Chicago Blackhawks visit the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.---Follow Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/SWhyno . 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