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Alexander Nikishin extension is an underwhelming ending to contract saga

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from Daily Faceoff, by Scott Maxwell,

The Carolina Hurricanes and defenseman Alexander Nikishin have finally come to an agreement on a new contract , and for how long and drawn out the negotiations went, the ending was a bit anticlimactic. The defenseman wanted a bigger pay day and to be moved elsewhere, but instead settled for $3 million this season, and just to play in Carolina for now. It makes sense, but with how the situation was going, it feels weird for it to end like this.

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