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Ottawa Senators general manager Pierre Dorion was so pleased to get Mike Hoffman under contract that he hugged another member of the clubs management team.The Senators and Hoffman, Ottawas leading scorer this past season, avoided going to arbitration by agreeing to a four-year contract worth nearly $21 million.This is a great day for the organization. I shouldnt tell you this, but I actually hugged (director of hockey operations) Randy Lee today, Dorion said on a conference call Wednesday shortly after the announcement of the deal, which carries a $5.19 million annual cap hit.Obviously we see Mike as a huge piece of our team going forward.Hoffman led the Senators in goals for the second straight season, hitting a career high with 29 goals. He also set career highs with 30 assists, 59 points and a team-leading nine power-play goals.The 26-year-old was particularly pleased to avoid arbitration for a second straight summer. Hoffman was awarded a one-year, $2 million deal through the process last summer, his third consecutive one-year contract. His new deal doesnt expire until the end of the 2019-20 season.His arbitration hearing was scheduled for Aug. 4.Ottawa was most intrigued to see what impact new head coach Guy Boucher could have on the Kitchener, Ontario, native. Hoffman starred for Boucher in junior with the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, scoring 98 goals over two seasons while capturing the league championship in 2009.The thing thats exciting about Mike Hoffman is hes going to play for a coach that, without divulging too many secrets, that simply adores him, Dorion said.Dorion was particularly excited by how Boucher, formerly the Tampa Bay Lightning head coach, planned to use Hoffman on the power play.Hoffman seemed to clash at times with Dave Cameron, the former Senators coach who was fired at the end of last season. Cameron benched Hoffman for the entire third period of an early March win over Toronto before dropping him to the fourth line.Hoffman had 46 even-strength points, second to captain Erik Karlsson among Senators. His 56 goals over the past two seasons rank 19th among all NHL players.Obviously I had to prove myself again, Hoffman said. I didnt want to just be a one-hit wonder kind of guy and last season I think I kind of showed what I can do in this league.Hoffman could have become an unrestricted free agent next summer, but the Senators opted to buy three years of unrestricted status. The new deal carries a limited no-trade clause (a list of 10 teams) that takes effect in the 2017-18 season.Dorion said a new deal wasnt close last month at the draft, but the sides made progress on term and dollars last week. Dorion was discouraged again on Monday though before meeting with Hoffmans agent Rob Hooper on Tuesday.The sides came to an agreement a day later.Twenty-two-year-old defenseman Cody Ceci is the only Senator still unsigned. Ceci is a restricted free agent, one whom Dorion said will be in the lineup when Ottawa opens the regular season.I can assure you that Cody will be playing for us on October 12, he said.Asked about the prospect of 40 goals for Hoffman, a former fifth-round pick, Dorion responded, I hope! But I definitely see more than 29, he said.I see an improvement. I definitely see someone whos going to step forward, take a bigger role on our team, not just score goals, but help us win games. I see someone whos been a good player in the NHL, but who can grow even further. Aaron Long USA Jersey . For the Wild it was their first win of the season and they now have a record of 1-1-2 while the Jets fall to 2-2. 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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Lewis Hamilton beat Max Verstappen to the fastest time during first practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix as championship leader Nico Rosberg had to settle for third.Hamilton set his fastest time on a set of fresh soft tyres midway through the session and was on an even quicker lap on his second attempt before backing off in the middle sector. The slim margin over Verstappen suggests Red Bull has an opportunity to take the fight to Mercedes this weekend, which could be crucial for the championship if Hamilton can win the race with the two Red Bulls in second and third ahead of Rosberg.But Rosberg, who only needs to finish second or third this weekend to stay on track to beat Hamilton to the title, has had strong form in Sao Paulo in recent years and will be looking to the afternoon session to overturn the 0.230s deficit he had to his teammate in the morning. Red Bulls Daniel Ricciardo will also be hoping to improve after finishing 0.380s off teammate Verstappen and 0.476s off the best time overall set by Hamilton.Valtteri Bottas was a distant fifth for Williams, 1.2s off the pace, as Ferrari took itself out of the running for the top times by opting not to use the soft tyres during the 90 minute session. Williams and Force India look set for another close battle with Bottas just over a tenth ahead of Sergio Perez and Nico Hulkenberg and 0.dddddddddddd.189s quicker than teammate Felipe Massa in eighth. The two Ferraris were split by just 0.002s in ninth and tenth as they used the slower medium compound tyre to set times 1.67s off Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel spun off in Interlagos tricky middle sector towards the end of the session, but no obvious damage was done to the car.Carlos Sainz finished the session 11th ahead of teammate Daniil Kvyat, who experienced a puncture midway through the session. Jenson Button led McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso in 13th and 14th, with Romain Grosjean 15th despite admitting he was lost with the set-up of his car towards the end of the session.The Saubers of Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson were 16th and 17th ahead of Manors Esteban Ocon, who was just under a tenth quicker than Jolyon Palmers Renault and teammate Pascal Wehrlein in 19th and 20th. Charles Leclerc was 21st as he drove Esteban Gutierrezs Haas during FP1 while Russian Sergey Sirotkin finished 22nd after an outing in Kevin Magnussens Renault. ' ' '