are validating these contract extensions now that the blocked shots are accounted for:
Evgeni Malkin, $5.4m (2017-2021-FP-7.1) --> Evgeni Malkin, $6.4m (2020-2025-FP-8.5) ... keep the franchise tag
highest rank: 2019-20 C-15
Jason Spezza, $3.4m (2018-2021) --> Jason Spezza, $1.2m (2020-2022)
highest rank: 2018-19 C-149
Nathan Beaulieu, $1.0m (2019-2021) --> Nathan Beaulieu, $1.0m (2020-2022)
highest rank: 2019-20 D-162
Please cancel the initial extension request for Niklas Hjalmarsson. Going to re-assess given his increase value factoring in blocks. Thanks!