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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK (AP)  The New York Rangers are avoiding salary arbitration with forward Mats Zuccarello, agreeing to terms with the restricted free agent on a one-year, $3.5 million contract.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The deal was announced Tuesday night, three days before the sides were scheduled to go to arbitration.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 26-year-old Zuccarello had career highs of 19 goals and 40 assists in 77 games last season to lead the team in points.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the playoffs, Zuccarello had five goals and eight assists in 25 games for the Rangers, who reached the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since 1994.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In 144 NHL games, all with the Rangers, Zuccarello has 30 goals and 63 assists.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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