ANAHEIM, Calif. Adidas Nmd Ireland . -- Forward Rickard Rakell agreed to a six-year, $22.8 million deal Friday to stay with the Anaheim Ducks.Rakell has 29 goals and 49 assists in 165 games for the Ducks, who drafted the Swede in the first round in 2011. He scored 20 goals for Anaheim last season while ranking fourth on the team with 43 points, emerging as one of the Ducks top young offensive threats.The restricted free agent didnt participate in training camp while technically holding out for a new deal, although he would have been unable to play anyway after surgery last month related to his appendectomy last spring.The surgery kept Rakell out of the World Cup of Hockey, but the 23-year-old is working out again in Sweden with hopes of returning to hockey before the end of October. He will return to Anaheim when his visa is acquired, and he is expected to play on one of the Ducks top two lines.I think its something we both agreed was common ground for the two of us, Ducks general manager Bob Murray said. The injury held us up a little bit. We wanted to be totally comfortable Ricky was going to be OK going forward. Hes over 200 pounds right now and hes skating.Rakells contract, which runs through the 2021-22 season, absorbs two potential seasons of unrestricted free agency.With Rakells deal complete, Murray can turn his full attention to re-signing defenseman Hampus Lindholm, Rakells fellow restricted free agent. Lindholm is still at home in Sweden, depriving the Ducks of an elite young blueliner as they begin their first season under returning coach Randy Carlyle.Murray had no progress to report on negotiations with Lindholms representatives, but he is speaking with them frequently.Theres lots of different things that could happen with Hampus, Murray said. Were trying hard to get that accomplished. Both sides are talking. We have no idea what that deal is going to be.Murray said he wouldnt necessarily need to trade another player to create room on his limited payroll for Lindholm. Defenseman Cam Fowler has been widely mentioned in trade rumors.Murray is less optimistic about the health of defenseman Simon Despres, who left their season opener at Dallas on Thursday night with an unspecified upper-body injury.Despres missed large stretches of last season following a concussion, and Murray clearly is concerned about a possible reoccurrence of symptoms. Despres didnt absorb any major hits before leaving in the second period.He was not feeling good last night, Murray said. Were trying to figure out whats going on with him. He had those problems last year. Something is wrong here, and weve got to get to the bottom of it.After losing their season opener, the Ducks play at Pittsburgh on Saturday, continuing their five-game East Coast road trip before their home opener against Vancouver on Oct. 23.Anaheim also assigned forward Joseph Cramarossa to its AHL affiliate in San Diego on Friday, a day after the Ducks claimed veteran forward Emerson Etem on waivers from Vancouver.Etem joined the Ducks on their road trip Friday, but his equipment didnt arrive with him from Canada in time for practice. Adidas Basketball Shoes Wholesale . Vokoun departed practice on Saturday morning after discovering swelling in his thigh. He was taken to a local hospital where the clot was revealed. The club announced the surgery following a 5-3 exhibition loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Adidas Nmd Mens Clearance . Reigning world champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. http://www.cheapnmdsneakersireland.com/ . - The Oakland Raiders re-signed offensive lineman Khalif Barnes on Friday. LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- If fifth-ranked Louisville wants to remain in the playoff discussion, the Cardinals will have to do something theyve never done before.Louisville (8-1, 6-1 Atlantic Coast Conference, No. 7 CFB) can end with their best league finish by beating Wake Forest (6-3, 3-2) on Saturday night. While coach Bobby Petrino expected improvement in the Cardinals third year in the league after back-to-back 5-3 finishes, this year has included a breakthrough against the top tier with a 63-20 pounding of then-No. 2 Florida State that thrust Louisville and Heisman Trophy front-runner Lamar Jackson onto the national scene.Though the Cardinals will need a lot of help to overtake No. 2 Clemson (9-0, 6-0 ACC) -- which dealt them their only league loss last month -- Petrino likes still having a shot at the Atlantic Division.We went into the year with the goal to compete for a national championship, Petrino said on Monday. I really liked our team when we started this off and I felt like we had a shot at it. I think weve played well and well just keep working at it.No matter how the ACC shakes out, Louisville remains hopeful of being considered for the four-team playoff. The second ranking comes Tuesday night, and the question is whether the Cardinals standing will improve with Texas A&M (No. 4 CFP) sustaining its second loss.Petrino said players were upset by last weeks initial ranking that made their road to the playoff more difficult. But it told the Cardinals that improvement was needed after close calls such as their 32-25 escape at Virginia and judging from Saturdays 52-7 rout of Boston College , total domination is now their objective.We just felt like we shouldve been (rankeed) higher, cornerback Stacy Thomas said, but we dont have any say-so in that and just have to play each week and show we deserve to be there. Adidas Nmd Womens Ireland. Whenever theres a team ahead of us that thinks theyre better than us, thats motivation.Petrino seemed bothered by having to run up the score but didnt say whether that would be the norm to influence the playoff committee.The only thing that we can control is how we play and how we go out and perform and win games, he said.Jackson certainly seemed inspired to do his part with another multiple-touchdown performance that bolstered his Heisman credentials.The sophomore quarterback got Louisville out to a 35-0 lead by accounting for five TDs before leaving the game before halftime with forearm cramps and finger numbness. Jackson returned to score twice more in the third quarter, capping another big day with a 53-yard scoring run that raised his season TD total to 45.Jackson and Louisville now face an improved Wake Forest team thats bowl eligible for the first time since 2011, when the Demon Deacons played in the Music City Bowl. The Cardinals have won all three series meetings but after last years 20-19 squeaker over Wake in Winston-Salem, theyre not taking anything for granted.Especially with margin of victory possibly determining their playoff chances.Thats our philosophy as an offense, to score every time, center Tobijah Hughley said. Were really worried about what we can control, so were going to focus on scoring every time we get the chance.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org. ' ' '