Signings and News

The Islanders have signed Tom Poti.

Minnesota Wild sign Brent Burns.

The Leafs have signed Ben Ondrus to a 2 year deal.

Jose Theodore and his girlfriend Stephanie Cloutier have demanded an apology from a french television station who had reported that the couple seperated, LOL! what a joke, I wonder what lead them to believe they were seperated, hmm, Jose, I wonder?

First overall pick Erik Johnson has opted to play for the University Of Minnesota this fall.

The Capitals have signed Sasha Pokulok to an entry level contract.

Nik Antropov has been signed by the Leafs, better start clearing the streets for the Stanley Cup parade. Note the sarcasm.

There are still many big names out there in Samsonov, Lindros, Shanahan, Peca, Legace, etc.

More to come.

More to Report

The Blackhawks have signed Denis Arkhipov to a one year deal.

The Carolina Hurricanes signed Trevor Letowski today to a 2 year deal worth 800K /season.

The Bruins signed Mark Mowers today.

Wesley stays with Canes

The Carolina Hurricanes re-signed Glen Wesley to a one year 1.2 M deal.

The latest on Simon Gagne

I have heard that Bob Suave, Simon Gagne's agent has told the Flyers that the Montreal Canadiens are set to offer restricted free agent Simon Gagne of the Philadelphia Flyers a $ 5 M offer sheet.

The habs would lose four 1st round picks but are prepared to negotiate compensation, Andrei Markov's name has come up.

This is all rumour, take it for what its worth.

More to come.

More Signings

Habs re-sign Ribeiro and Cote to one year deals.

Oilers sign Daniel Tjarnqvist to a one year deal.

Blue Jackets sign Ty Conklin and Tomas Kloucek.

Flyers re-sign Umberger and goaltender Antero Niitimaki.

Sens re-signed Emery to a 1 year deal yesterday.

More to come.

Laraque Signs In Phoenix

Georges Laraque has signed a 2 year / $2.4M deal with the Phoenix Coyotes.

The deal also includes a no-trade clause, and the Edmonton Oilers lose yet another player.

Bolts Sign Fedotenko, Devils Sign Goalie Parise, Flames sign McLennan

The New Jersey Devils signed goaltender Jordan Parise today and the Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed Ruslan Fedotenko to a one year /$1.65 M contract.

The Calgary Flames have signed Jamie McLennan to a 575K deal which lasts one season.

Gaborik Signs 3 Year Deal

The Minnesota Wild have signed superstar forward Marian Gaborik to a 3 year / $19M deal.

Cloutier a King

Dan Cloutier has been traded to the Kings. I am not sure which players are coming back for him.

More to come.

Flames Sign Friesen, Canes Sign Cole, Sabres Sign Spacek

The Calgary Flames have signed forward Jeff Friesen to a 1 year, $1.6 M contract.

In Carolina the Canes have signed Erik Cole to a 3 yr/$12M deal.

The Buffalo Sabres have signed Jaroslav Spacek to a multi-year deal.

The Latest News and Rumours

- In Minnesota, it is expected that Marian Gaborik will file for arbitration if a long term deal is not worked out by today.

- With Matthew Barnaby already signed, it is expected the Stars will sign free agent Jeff Halpern today.

- Free agent Anson Carter is looking at both the Leafs and the Kings today. He will probably not sign in Toronto though. I sure hope the Canucks can get this guy back.

- The Detroit Red Wings are looking at both Dominik Hasek and Ed Belfour for the starting goaltender position. Ed Belfour is in Detroit today and it is expected that they will give him a physical to see if he is still in good shape to play. After all, he is coming off back surgery. The Red Wings are also looking at getting Biron from the Sabres. Buffalo would be looking for a second line player.

- Jaroslav Spacek will not be back with the Oilers next season. His agent has told the Edmonton Oilers that he has accepted an offer elsewhere. If this is true the Oilers defense takes a huge hit.

- Gary Roberts has not been moved yet, nor has Martin Havlat or Biron in Buffalo. I could see some deals happening in the next few weeks. Edmonton needs to get some defense. Dallas needs to unload defense, hmm, could we see a deal happening there? I have also heard Florida is interested in Havlat.

- In Philadelphia, Simon Gagne has not yet signed a deal. He is looking for rougly 4.5 M per year. He was paid 2 M last season and the Flyers do not want to pay so much more. If he doesn't sign soon, he could be dealt.

More to come.

Barnaby signs in Dallas

The Stars have signed free agent Matthew Barnaby who was recently bought out by the hawks.

The deal is One year / $625,000

Flames Sign Tanguay

The Calgary Flames have signed restricted free agent Alex Tanguay to a three year deal.

Tanguay will earn 5 M the first year and 5.375 M over the next 2 seasons.

Cajanek Re-signs With Blues, Robitaille signs with Flyers

Petr Cajanek has re-signed with the St. Louis Blues. All I know about the deal so far is that it is multi-year

The Philadelphia Flyers have also announced that they have signed Randy Robitaille to a one year deal.

Roenick Signs in the Desert

Jeremy Roenick has signed a one year deal with the Phoenix Coyotes. The Terms have not yet been reported.

Good move for Phoenix.

Raycroft Signs 3 Year Deal

Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Andrew Raycroft has signed a three year deal with the club.

The deal is reportedly worth 6 Million.

I still think it was stupid to give up Rask.

Thrashers Sign 3, Islanders sign Hilbert

The Atlanta Thrashers have signed Fred Brathwaite, Jason Krog and Darren Haydar.

The terms of each deal are undisclosed.

The New York Islanders have signed Andy Hilbert to a one year deal.

Willsie Signs With Caps

Brian Willsie has signed with the LA Kings.

Word is that it is a 2 year deal.

More to come.

Reasoner re-signs

The Edmonton Oilers have re-signed Marty Reasoner to a 2 year deal.

More to come. It has been a rather slow morning.

Lightning Sign Denis

The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed goaltender Marc Denis to a 3 year deal.

The deal is worth 8.6 Million US.

Carter Could Be Done In Vancouver

Vancouver Canucks forward Anson Carter could be done with the team.

The two sides are about one million dollars apart in contract talks and the Canucks may not be able to afford his services.

This is a shame for the Canucks, Anson Carter played awesome with the Sedin twins. Hopefully things work out for Anson and the Canucks.

Guerin is a Blue, Witt an Islander, Numminen Resigns and More

According to various sources:

Bill Guerin has signed with the St. Louis Blues.

Brendan Witt has signed with the Islanders.

Sabres Defensemen Teppo Numminen has re-signed.

The habs have made an offer to Jan Hrdina.

Spezza Re-signs

Ottawa forward Jason Spezza has re-signed a 2 year deal with the Sens.

The deal is 2yrs/9M.

More to come.

Pronger Deal Done

Edmonton Oilers defensemen Chris Pronger is now a member of the Anaheim Ducks.

To Edmonton:

Ladislav Smid
Joffery Lupul
1st Round Pick in 07
A conditional first round pick and Anaheim's second round pick in 2008.

To Anaheim:
Chris Pronger

Yzerman will retire

The Detroit Redwings have a Press Conference set for 1 pm et where it is expected that Steve Yzerman will announce his retirement.

Yzerman had a great career where he scored 692 goals, 1063 Assists, 1755 pts.

Yzerman won 3 Stanley Cups and played in many Allstar games.

Yzerman will go to the Hall of Fame, guaranteed.

Lots of signings

The following players were signed.

Weight to St. Louis
Arnott to Nashville
Straka back to NYR.
Salei signs with Florida.
Shean Donovan to Boston.
McCauley to Los Angeles.
Sillinger to NYI.
Coyotes sign Mike Morrisson.


We also have a trade

To Dallas:
Darryl Sydor

To Tampa Bay:
4th Round Pick

More signings!

Jason Arnott has signed with Nashville.

Jason Blake has signed with LA.

Mike Morrisson has signed with Phoenix.

Larose re-signs with Hurricanes.

Islanders sign Mike Sillinger.