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The Philadelphia Flyers have signed defenceman Shea Weber to a 14-year offer sheet worth a total of $110 million. The deal includes $68 million in bonus money in the first six years. In total, Weber will make $14 million in each of the first four years; $12 million in years five and six; $6 million in each of the next four seasons; $3 million in year 11; and $1 million in each of the remaining years. "The Philadelphia Flyers have signed restricted free agent defenseman Shea Weber to an offer sheet," read a short statement from the team on Thursday morning. "There will be no further comment at this time." The Nashville Predators have seven days to match the offer if they wish to retain Webers services. "We are in receipt of the offer sheet signed between the Philadelphia Flyers and Shea Weber," said Predators GM David Poile confirmed in a team statement on Thursday. "We have stated previously that, should a team enter into an offer sheet with Shea, our intention would be to match and retain Shea. Our ownership has provided us with the necessary resources to build a Stanley Cup-winning team. Due to the complexity of the offer sheet, we will take the appropriate time to review and evaluate it and all of its ramifications in order to make the best decision for the Predators in both the short and long-term. We do not anticipate any further comments on this situation until we make our decision within the next seven days." The 26-year-old remained a restricted free agent after failing to come to an agreement with the Predators when his one-year, $7.5 million contract - awarded through arbitration - expired after the season. Compensation in the form of draft picks for the Predators should they choose not to match the Flyers offer is tied to the average per-year cap hit of the offer sheet. It is expected the Predators would receive four first round draft picks. The native of Sicamous, BC is coming off back-to-back first team NHL All-Star selections. He finished the 2011-12 season with 19 goals and 49 points. The captain of the Predators has spent seven seasons in Nashville, recording 99 goals and 263 points in 480 career NHL games. The Predators, who had 104 points last season and finished fourth in the Western Conference, already lost free agent defenceman Ryan Suter to the Minnesota Wild this month. Speculation is that Weber would fill the void left by defenceman Chris Pronger, who has been battling concussion problems and could retire. The Flyers also lost defenceman Matt Carle via free agency. He signed a six-year, $33 million deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping . Houston (6-5-5, 23 points) won for the second time in its past four games, while Philadelphia (3-9-2, 11 points) has lost three of the past four and six of its past eight games. 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The Chicago Cubs and their young shortstop agreed to a seven-year contract with a club option for 2020, the team said Tuesday.CHICAGO -- The Chicago Bulls insist they can be more than just a run-of-the-mill team without Derrick Rose. Theyre off to a winning start. Joakim Noah scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and the Bulls beat the Sacramento Kings 93-87 Wednesday in the season opener without their injured superstar. Richard Hamilton added 19 points, while Carlos Boozer chipped in with 18 points and eight rebounds. "Its one game out of 82," Noah said. "Good start. But we have a lot of basketball to be played." It was a winning night all around for Chicago, with Taj Gibson agreeing to a four-year, $38 million extension just before the deadline. Gibson broke the news after emerging from a meeting with executive vice-president of basketball operations John Paxson and general manager Gar Forman following the game. The new deal kicks in after the season, and it locks in one of Chicagos key players for the long term. It was a surprising turn, considering he had said before the game that he was turning down the Bulls offer. That would have meant becoming a restricting free agent, with the Bulls holding the right to match any offer from another team. Clearly, Gibson was thrilled to get it done. His teammates were elated, too. "I know how much he fights every night to represent the Bulls," Noah said. "Its the icing on the cake." Luol Deng said, "He definitely deserves it, and Im happy to see it." The news about Gibson steered the spotlight from the game, itself, and what happened was promising even if it was a struggle for the Bulls. They have some work to do if theyre going to get by while Rose recovers from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, but theyll take this. Chicago led by 14 after a 10-0 run in the third quarter and hung on in the fourth after the Kings closed within three several times. A basket by Sacramentos Tyreke Evans (21 points) cut it to 86-83 with 41.2 seconds left, but Deng hit 1 of 2 free throws. Evans couldnt get the ball in bounds, resulting in a five-second violation. That led to two free throws for Hamilton to make it 89-83 with 32.9 seconds left, and the Bulls hung on from there. "That was my fault," Evans said.dddddddddddd "I was looking for a guy to get open and I should have just called a timeout. Bad play on my end." Along with the points and rebounds, Noah set a career high with five steals. He also hit 11 of 12 free throws and blocked three shots Hamilton was relentless after being sidelined for much of last season by injuries, and Boozer was effective down the stretch scoring seven points in the fourth. That included a neat three-point play off a miss by Noah in which he crashed to the court and then hit the free throw, making it 86-78 with 2:45 remaining. The Kings, who are trying to make a jump after six straight losing seasons, got 15 points from Marcus Thornton and 14 from DeMarcus Cousins. But they also committed 21 turnovers -- three more than Chicago. "Unacceptable," Thornton said. "I know it was our first game, but we cant use that as an excuse. Twenty one turnovers against this team is too much. Theyre too good on defence and turning them into transition points. Cant give them those." This time last year, the Bulls were eyeing a championship run. Now, with Rose sidelined, theres a different vibe around Chicago. The mood changed when Rose crashed to the court late in the Bulls playoff-opening win over Philadelphia, sending the Bulls spiraling toward a first-round exit and casting a huge cloud over a team that many saw as the biggest threat to Miami in the Eastern Conference. To many, theyre treading water until Rose returns. The Bulls, of course, dont see it that way. They insist theyre going to fight and claw the way they always have, and thats what they did in this game. "Were not going to change our style of play," coach Tom Thibodeau said. "That has to be consistent. It has to start with our defence and rebounding, taking care of the ball, playing inside-out and sharing the ball." Notes: The Bulls appointed Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen senior adviser to president and chief operating officer Michael Reinsdorf. Pippen has been serving as a team ambassador. In a statement issued Wednesday, Reinsdorf said the new title will "better reflect his role with the Bulls." ' ' '
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