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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 3102370" data-attributes="member: 2012">Gionta, Devils agree on three-year dealTSN.ca Staff10/3/2006 5:38:27 PMIt came down to the wire for the New Jersey Devils to get under the NHL's $44 million salary cap, but the league's longest-serving general manager got it done.After getting hefty contracts for Alexander Mogilny and Vladimir Malakhov off the books, Lou Lamoriello re-signed forward Brian Gionta, defencemen David Hale and Paul Martin, goaltender Scott Clemmensen and forward Erik Rasmussen to new deals in time for the start of the season.Sources tell TSN Gionta's contract is a three-year deal worth about $4 million per year. Sources also tell TSN Clemmensen signed a one-year, $450,000 deal while Hale inked a one-year, $550,000 contract. Martin's deal is for one-year at $2 million and Rasmussen signed a one-year, $450,000 contract.The Devils, earlier Tuesday gave themselves a $7.1 million cushion under the current salary cap, which enabled them to sign Gionta. He was a restricted free agent, entering Devils camp in good faith without a new contract.  Devils GM Lou Lamoriello worked out numerous deals over the past week in order to orchestrate a situation which would enable him to sign the 26-year-old right-winger."I don't know that difficult is the word, it's just making sure that anything and everything that we've done is within the framework of what we have the ability to do both financially and within the rules," Lamoriello said."We were very fortunate with the patience and loyalty that Brian has shown," said Lamoriello. "Brian, Paul, David, Scott and Erik - they all knew the situation we were in. We were totally up front with the positives and the negatives and that we would do everything we could. We wanted them here."Some of them (contracts) could have been done earlier but until you know what the pool of money you have to work with, you just can't and I was honest with the players about that."Gionta was originally drafted in the third round of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, and has spent his entire career in the Devils organization, including a Stanley Cup in 2002-2003.  Last year, he tallied a career-high 48 goals and 41 assists in 82 games.Files from Canadian Press were used in this report.</blockquote>

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