"The Stars are getting close to a three-year contract extension for goalie Kari Lehtonen, according to a couple of sources.
The deal could get signed as soon as today.
Lehtonen, 26, is a restricted free agent, so the Stars only needed to make a qualifying offer that matched his last contract ($3 million) for one season, and many speculated that's what they would do. But a deal for three years that could average around $3.5 million would allow the Stars to build around Lehtonen and allow Lehtonen to work on his off-season training with confidence that the Stars are serious about giving him a chance to be the No. 1 goalie for some time into the future."
