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#contractsalary

The club doesn't intend to shop Castillo during this year's winter meetings, reports Adam Jude of the Seattle Times. The 32-year-old Castillo delivered steady results last season, pitching to a 3.54 ERA over 32 starts. He topped 175 innings for the third straight year. Castillo's strikeout rate fell to a career-low 21.7%, but he countered the downturn with a career-best 6.2% walk rate. The veteran has now improved his walk rate in each of the past four seasons.

Kampf, 30, is currently suspended from the team without pay, as the Maple Leafs sent him down to the minors. The veteran centre isn't having it and has no interest playing for the American Hockey League's Toronto Marlies. Some NHL veterans take the move with a grain of salt, work hard, and try to force their way back into the NHL. Kampf decided he was going to cause quite the stink, after Treliving has spent the past few weeks trying to move the disgruntled forward.

Samsonov returns to the KHL for the first time since the 2017-18 campaign, when he played 26 games for Metallurg before joining the Washington Capitals for the 2018-19 season. The Capitals had selected Samsonov with the 22nd overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft. Metallurg still owned the Magnitogorsk native's KHL rights, so HC Sochi acquired them for cash considerations before inking Samsonov to his contract.