TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed veteran defenseman and Cretin-Derham Hall graduate Ryan McDonagh to a three-year extension worth $12.3 million. General manager Julien BriseBois announced the deal Thursday. McDonagh will be 37 when the new contract kicks in that counts $4.1 millio n against the salary cap through the 2028-29 NHL season. McDonagh helped the Lightning win the Stanley Cup back to back in 2020 and ’21 and reach the final in ’22 before losing in six games to Colorado. As a junior at Cretin-Derham Hall, he helped the Raiders win a state championship in 2007. They traded him to Nashville that summer to clear cap space at a time when it was not going up much because of the pandemic and reacquired him in 2024. Record cap increases will have McDonagh account for less than 4% of the cap each of the next three years. McDonagh is currently injured, one of several players Tampa Bay has been missing, along with No. 1 defenseman Victor Hedman. The team has still won 16 of 26 games and leads the Atlantic Division. Related Articles Organizers have high hopes for World Juniors tournament Jesper Wallstedt impenetrable again, as Wild blank Edmonton Edmonton means home, and hockey, for Jared Spurgeon Injury means Yurov will miss Oilers showdown Sabres stun Wild with shootout win, snap seven-game win streak ...read more read less