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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\n\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  DETROIT (AP) -- The Red Wings and goaltender Jimmy Howard have agreed on a new six-year contract that will keep him off the free-agent market this summer. According to TSN, the new deal is worth $31.8 million.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Howard is in the second season of a two-year, $4.5 million deal. Detroit drafted him in the second round of the 2003 NHL draft and he'll probably be under contract for the rest of this decade with the storied franchise.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   \"It definitely means a lot,\" Howard said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Howard said negotiations weren't a distraction because he went through similar talks during the 2010-11 season.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   \"It's not something that gets done overnight,\" he said. \"You just have to just take care of your job and everything will happen.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   The 29-year-old Howard is the first goalie in franchise history to win at least 35 games in each of his first three full seasons.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Detroit is clinging to eighth place in the Western Conference and is hoping to close the season well enough to make a 22nd straight postseason appearance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPOWER RANKINGS: Red Wings streak in jeopardy\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   Howard said anytime is a good time to sign a new deal, but he insists his priorities at the moment are elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;   \"Right now, the focus is getting in the playoffs,\" he said.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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