NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Saints and right tackle Zach Strief have agreed to a five-year contract extension. [url=http://www

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NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Saints and right tackle Zach Strief have agreed to a five-year contract extension. Quintin Demps Texans Jersey . Strief, who has spent his entire eight-year career in New Orleans and became a starter in 2011, had entered free agency last week but had expressed an interest in working out a deal to remain with the Saints if the club could field a competitive offer. Financial terms of the deal, announced Monday by general manager Mickey Loomis, have not been disclosed. Last season, Strief started 15 regular season games and both playoff games, giving him 45 regular season starts and four playoff starts in his career. He also was a regular reserve on playoff teams in 2009 and 2010. "We are excited to announce that Zach will stay with us into the future," Loomis said. "Not only has he done an excellent job at the right tackle position, but he has served us well as an offensive team captain for the past two seasons and has always been a great asset in the community since he first came here in 2006." Strief, who played in college at Northwestern, was one of two seventh-round picks by the Saints in the 2006 NFL draft, the other being receiver Marques Colston. Strief has appeared in 109 career regular season games and has been one of the veteran leaders of one of the top ranking offences in the NFL the past three seasons, duing which the club has ranked first, second and fourth in net yards per game. He has also taken part in numerous community service endeavours, highlighted by his work with a restaurant which trains at-risk New Orleans youth the skills needed to work at various positions in the citys renowned restaurant industry. Jaelen Strong Texans Jersey . TSN Hockey Insiders Pierre LeBrun and Bob McKenzie both reported Thursday that there have been ongoing trade discussions between the Oilers and Los Angeles Kings over forward Sam Gagner. Will Fuller Texans Jersey . Damyean Dotson, 19, Dominic Artis, 19 and Brandon Austin, 18, were suspended after the school received a police report concerning allegations made by a student who said she was assaulted by the players in early March. http://www.nfltexansproauthentic.com/Black-Friday-Jeff-Adams-Jersey/ . Mitchell first announced on Twitter that he has signed with the Steelers and his agent Brian Hamilton confirmed the signing to The Associated Press. Financial terms were not released. The Steelers have not announced the addition of Mitchell.TORONTO -- William Nylanders evaluation by the Toronto Maple Leafs is to be continued. Nylander scored in his NHL pre-season debut as the Leafs beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-0 Tuesday night at Air Canada Centre and showed flashes of offensive brilliance. But the nerves he felt and teammates and coaches could sense make it hard to judge too much from one game. "Any young player playing in his first game in the NHL is going to be somewhat nervous, and I think that our evaluation process would kind of push this one aside in order to see more of a deeper evaluation on where hes at (Wednesday) night," coach Randy Carlyle said. Carlyle called Nylander, the Leafs first-round pick at No. 8 overall in Junes draft, an "energetic, nervous young hockey player." Linemate Phil Kessel could sense that, too. The 18-year-old son of longtime NHL forward Michael Nylander acknowledged being nervous in his first taste of professional hockey in North America. "The pregame warmup, I was just looking around and I was like, This was crazy." Nylander said. "Then the nerves started to kick in even more." Nylander earned plenty of quality scoring chances before his goal with 56.2 seconds left in the third period. He sailed one shot high and wide after a perfect pass from Kessel and thought he scored in the second when Flyers goaltender Steve Mason managed to get his glove on the puck at the goal line. "I had my hands up in the air, then I saw it came out on the other side," Nylander said. On one shift, Nylander made a picture-perfect tape-to-tape pass from blue-line to blue-line to David Broll, and on another the 18-year-old carried the puck around the net and managed to get it back even after he turned it over. If nothing else, he was noticeable. "He showed his skills, I thought," said winger James van Riemsdyk, who scored a goal and wouldve had a second if there was video review in the pre-season. "You see when he has the puck on his stick, hes pretty electric out there. Hes got some of the quickest hands Ive ever seen." Carlyle said no one can dispute Nylanders skill. But that doesnt mean his post-game review was glowing. "Theres some things that wed like to see him change, and one of them woould be stopping more and being in position on the right side of the puck," Carlyle said. DeAndre Hopkins Texans Jersey. "Hes one of those guys when he gets the puck, he has a little bit more of a burst of speed than the normal player, thats for sure." Nylander showed off that speed and his smooth-skating during his 15 minutes 55 seconds of ice time. Along the way, he became more comfortable, and in the final minute he got to smile along with linemates Kessel and Mike Santorelli when he beat Mason. "I was happy for him," Kessel said. "Hes a kid. Hes 18 and hes just getting in the league and hes going to have a lot of years to come." It remains to be seen when Nylanders NHL career will begin in earnest. The Leafs already have 17 forwards on one-way contracts and room for 13 or 14, so it could take injuries or several strong pre-season games for the young Swede to make the opening-night roster. Nylander should get at least a couple more chances to show himself in exhibition action, perhaps as early as Wednesday in split-squad action against the Ottawa Senators in Toronto. He believes hell be less nervous for that game. "I think now that you have one game in your shoes, and you played here, youll get into it even quicker next game," Nylander said. Brandon Kozun and Cody Franson also scored for the Leafs, who improved to 2-0 in the pre-season after beating an almost identical Flyers team Monday night in London, Ont. In his first game action since injuries derailed him late in the 2013-14 regular season, goaltender Jonathan Bernier was sharp in stopping all 12 shots he faced in just under 30 minutes. "I felt pretty good," Bernier said. "Just seemed it took a while to get some action in the first period. But the second, I felt really good." Antoine Bibeau made 15 saves to complete the shutout. Notes -- Carlyle said injured forwards Tyler Bozak and David Clarkson would skate again Wednesday but did not give any indication when either player would play in a game. ... In Wednesdays split-squad setup, Carlyle will coach the team that remains in Toronto, and goaltender James Reimer is expected to make his pre-season debut. Assistant Steve Spott will run the team that goes to Ottawa. NFL Jerseys China cheap jerseys ' ' '