Mika Zibanejad isn’t the only young forward the Senators locked up on Thursday. Shortly after announcing the Mika Zibanejad signing, the Senators announced that they’d come to an agreement on a three-year contract extension for Calder finalist Mark Stone.
Why announce one signing, when you can announce TWO signings, right?
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) June 25, 2015
BREAKING: The #Sens have agreed to terms with forward Mark Stone on a three-year contract extension.
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) June 25, 2015

In his rookie season, the 23-year-old winger scored 26 goals and 38 assists through 80 games. He also posted an impressive 2.2% CF%Rel, building on his truncated 19-game campaign the year before, where he posted a 6.0% CF%Rel. Stone had a very good rookie season and the Senators showed that they believe he’ll build on this season by giving him the same cap hit as top line center Kyle Turris.
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Dustin Nelson writes about news and the Minnesota Wild for The Hockey Writers.