Report: Elias Signs With Devils

Well, no luck of him coming to the habs.

7 years 42 million dollars.

wow, that is a risk. He will be 37 when this contract is up.

Lots to report!

The panthers have bought out Sean Hill.

Kim Johnsson signs with Wild.

Carney signs with Wild.

Kuba signs with Bolts.

Thrashers sign Hedberg.

Blues sign Mckee and re-sign Drake.

Wild sign Parrish.

Hawks sign Lalime.

Rob Blake signs with Kings.

Zyuzin with Flames.

Senators Sign Gerber and Corvo.

Wow, what an eventful day, No big splash for my habs or Conrad's panthers, we will see. I really thought Jovo would end up in Florida. I guess not..

I hope for elias to the habs.

Canucks Sign Mitchell

TSN reports that the Vancouver Canucks have signed Willie Mitchell to a 4 year deal worth 14M.

Caps sign Pothier

The Washington Capitals just signed Brian Pothier to a 4 year deal.

More to come.

Flyers sign pair

The Philadelphia Flyers have signed defensemen Nolan Baumgartner and Lars Jonsson.

Wings Sign Osgood

The Detroit Red Wings have signed goalie Chris Osgood to a 2 year deal.

Kings Sign Thornton

The Kings have signed Scott Thornton to a 3 yr, 2 M dollar contract

Sharks Sign Brown

The San Jose Sharks have signed Curtis Brown.

Matt Cullen a Ranger

Sportsnet is reporting that Matt Cullen has signed a multi-year deal with the New York Rangers.

Elias to Montreal?

According to RDS, Montreal is well in a good position to get Elias.

They have submitted an offer and are waiting for reply.

More to report!

Ed Jovanovski has signed a 5 year deal worth 32.5 M with the Coyotes.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Hal Gil and Pavel Kubina.

Boston has signed Zdeno Chara to a 5 year deal worth 7.5M US/yr.

Boston has also signed Marc Savard.

More to come.

More Signings

New York Rangers sign Karel Rachunek
Columbus signs Balastik, Eriksson, Svitov.
Predators re-sign goalie Chris Mason, 2 year deal.
Avs re-sign Clark, Skrastins.
Canes re-sign Commodore, 2 year deal.

Signings This Morning

Roloson re-signs three year deal with the Oilers

Eric Staal re-signs three year deal with Carolina.

Devils re-sign Langenbrunner to 5 year deal worth 2 M/yr.

Habs re-sign Francis Boullion to a three year deal :)

Pisani re-signs

Edmonton Oilers playoff hero Fernando Pisani has re-signed with the Oilers at 4 yr/8M US.

He will not test the free agent market.

Chara to test market

According to TSN, Zdeno Chara's agent Matt Keator has rejected the Sens last contract offer and states that Chara will test the market.

McEachern, Green Bought Out

Today the Boston Bruins bought out Shawn McEachern and Travis Green.

Each player will receive 75% of what they were to have earned.

Canes Sign Craig Adams

The Carolina Hurricanes have re-signed Craig Adams to a 3 year deal worth 600 K per year.

Good deal for the Canes.

Lidstrom Re-signs

Detroit has re-signed defensemen Nik Lidstrom to a 2 year deal worth 7.6 M / season.

Sedin Twins Re-sign

Daniel and Henrik Sedin have reportedly both signed 3 year deals.

Good move by Vancouver locking these two up.

Bolts Acquire Denis

To Columbus:

Fredrik Norrena
Fredrik Modin

To Tampa Bay:

Marc Denis

Guerin Bought out

Bill Guerin will now be a UFA on July 1st. The Dallas Stars bought his contract out. As a result of this the Stars will have a 2.25 M cap charge each season.

They also made free about 4 Million for next season. Good move by the Stars.

Domi done in TO

Various reports state that Tie Domi is done in Toronto and the Leafs have started the buyout process and Tie Domi will soon be placed on waivers.

Good move by the leafs. Domi is worthless.

Luongo signed

According to RDS, Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo has signed a 4 year deal worth 6.8 M/season.

Luongo had been acquired earlier in the week in a multiplayer deal with the Florida Panthers.

This is great news for the Canucks as they no longer have a question mark in net and they climb to the top of the division.

The Latest News

Defensemen Nick Boynton has signed a three year deal with the Coyotes worth 2.95 M per season.

According to various sources the Isles and Rangers may play an outdoor game at Yankee Stadium.

Jeremy Roenick says he wants to finish his career in Canada and he will play there for cheep.

Vaananen signs with colorado

Ossi Vaananen has signed with Colorado for close to 1 Million US.

More to come, lots happening right now.

Bondra to Retire? Yzerman Undecided.

According to reports Peter Bondra has not yet made a decision on retirement and when GM Waddell was asked whether Bondra would retire or not Waddell responded "I think he is"

He was quite blunt about it. Even if Bondra does decide to return, it likely will not be with the Atlanta Thrashers as Waddell stated they are looking at getting younger players.

In Detroit, Steve Yzerman is still undecided about retirement.

Mara for Boynton

The Phoenix Coyotes have dealt defencemen Paul Mara and a third round pick to the Boston Bruins for defencemen Nick Boynton and a fourth round pick.

Both players are UFA at the conclusion of next season.

Biron Signs and Wants Trade

Buffalo Sabres netminder Martin Biron has signed his 2.1 M US qualifying deal with the Sabres and has now asked for a trade.

Lupien his agent says they would like him to be traded as fast as possible.

More to come.

Arnason a UFA

Ottawa Senators forward Tyler Arnason is now a free agent as the Sens have chosen not to give him an offer.

Muckler stated he thought he could do better in free agency.

Habs Sign Huet

I am very excited to announce that the Montreal Canadiens have signed goaltender Cristobal Huet to a 2 year 5.75 M US contract.

Huet will earn 3 M this year and 2.75 M next year. In my opinion it is a lot of money for a goalie who hasn't proven anything, but I love Huet!

Caron, Endicott Bought Out

The Pittsburgh Penguins have reportedly bought out the contracts of goaltender Sebastien Caron and cente Shane Endicott.

This makes both Caron and Endicott free agents.

Latest Offer

According to various sources, the Ottawa Senators have offered Havlat, Phillips and Eaves to the Edmonton Oilers for Chris Pronger in return..

I have also heard the Leafs are trying very hard to acquire Pronger and the Oil want Steen and Kaberle, but the Leafs have offered up Stajan.

More to come.

Laviolette Rewarded

Carolina Hurricanes coach Peter Laviolette has been rewarded with a five year contract after leading the Canes to their first ever Stanley Cup win.

With the new deal, he is locked up till 2011.

2006 NHL Entry Draft - First Round Selections and Thoughts

First Round
1. STL: Erik Johnson
2. PIT: Jordan Staal
3. CHI: Jonathan Toews
4. WSH: Niklas Backstrom
5. BOS: Phil Kessel
6. CBJ: Derick Brassard
7. NYI: Kyle Okposo
8. PHX: Peter Mueller
9. MIN: James Sheppard
10. FLA: Michael Frolik
11. LA: Jonathan Bernier
12. ATL: Brian Little
13. TOR: Jiri Tlusty
14. VAN: Michael Grabner
15. TB: Riku Helenius
16. SJ: Ty Wishart
17. LA: Trevor Lewis
18. COL: Chris Stewart
19. ANA: Mark Mitera
20. MTL: David Fischer
21. NYR: Bobby Sanguinetti
22. PHI: Claude Giroux
23. WSH: Semen Varlamov
24. BUF: Dennis Persson
25. STL: Patrik Berglund
26: CGY: Leland Irving
27. DAL: Ivan Vishnevskiy
28. OTT: Nick Foligno
29: PHX: Chris Summers
30. NJ: Matthew Corrente

In my opinion Montreal and St Louis had great drafts. Montreal picked up 3 players that many people had projected as first rounders.

The Tanguay trade was a great move for Calgary, not so good for Colorado. This should bolster the Flames offence.

The Demitra deal was a good deal for both teams. That is untill the Kings wasted their pick on Trevor Lewis.

The Flyers draft wasn't so great. Bob Clarke even forgot his first round selection at the podium.

I liked seeing Ovechkin at the podium, it was something different.

I liked The St. Louis Blues comedic start to the entry draft, It had some people on their heels.

One thing I do not understand is why Bettman gets booed so bad and why it continues to happen year after year. This guy has done so much for the game and he is the reason our game is back and better than ever. It is ridicilous to hear people jeering him like that.

I would also like to congratulate Regina Pat Logan Pyett on being drafted 7th round to the Wings.

This was a great draft day. Good-night to all.