| Jul 31, 2008 The Nashville Predators signed defenseman Ville Koistinen to a one-year contract. The Ottawa Senators re-signed left wing Antoine Vermette to a two-year contract. The Phoenix Coyotes signed right wing Francis Lessard. Jul 30, 2008The Carolina Hurricanes signed left wing Drayson Bowman to a three-year contract. The Columbus Blue Jackets re-signed goaltender Pascal Leclaire to a three-year contract. The Detroit Red Wings re-signed center Valtteri Filppula to a five-year contract. Jul 29, 2008The Ottawa Senators re-signed center Josh Hennessy to a two-year contract. The Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed center Dave Gove and defenseman Danny Richmond to one-year contracts. The Tampa Bay Lightning signed center Steven Stamkos to a three-year contract. Jul 28, 2008The Atlanta Thrashers agreed to terms with right wing Matt Siddall on a multi-year contract. The Boston Bruins signed centers Nate Thompson and Martin St. Pierre. The Florida Panthers agreed to terms with defenseman Jay Bouwmeester on a one-year contract. The New York Rangers agreed to terms with right wing Fredrik Sjostrom. The Ottawa Senators signed goaltender Jeff Glass to a one-year, two-way contract. Jul 26, 2008The Minnesota Wild re-signed right wing Pierre-Marc Bouchard to a five-year contract. The Washington Captials re-signed defenseman Shaone Morrisonn to a one-year contract. Jul 25, 2008The Colorado Avalanche re-signed right wing Marek Svatos to a two-year contract. The Columbus Blue Jackets signed left wing Mike York to a one-year contract. The Montreal Canadiens signed center Yanick Lehoux to a one-year contract. The Nashville Predators agreed to terms with center Rich Peverley on a two-year contract; signed goaltender Pekka Rinne to a one-year contract extension. The New York Islanders agreed to terms with defenseman Bruno Gervais on a three-year contract. Jul 24, 2008The Buffalo Sabres signed left wing Mathieu Darche. The Chicago Blackhawks acquired center Pascal Pelletier from the Boston Bruins for center Martin St. Pierre. Jul 23, 2008The Boston Bruins signed defenseman Dennis Wideman to a multi-year contract extension. The Detroit Red Wings re-signed left wing Ryan Oulahen to a one-year contract; signed right wing Darren Haydar to a one-year contract. The Vancouver Canucks re-signed defensemen Nathan McIver, Zach FitzGerald and James Sharrow, center Rick Rypien and right wings Ryan Shannon and Mike Brown. Jul 22, 2008The Anaheim Ducks signed left wing Ryan Donally to a two-year contract and left wings Josh Green and Troy Bodie and center Eric Boguniecki to one-year contracts. The New York Rangers agreed to terms with right wing Hugh Jessiman. The Philadelphia Flyers signed defenseman Kevin Marshall. The Phoenix Coyotes re-signed left wing Daniel Carcillo to a two-year contract. The San Jose Sharks re-signed left wing Riley Armstrong and right wing Mike Morris to one-year contracts; signed goaltenders Tyson Sexsmith and Timo Pielmeier to three-year contracts. Jul 21, 2008The Chicago Blackhawks re-signed goaltender Corey Crawford to a one-year contract. The Dallas Stars acquired right wing Lauri Tukonen from the Los Angeles Kings for left wing Richard Clune. The Detroit Red Wings re-signed defenseman Jonathan Ericsson and goaltender Jimmy Howard to three-year contracts. The Los Angeles Kings re-signed defenseman Peter Harrold to a three-year contract. The New Jersey Devils signed center Fedor Fedorov. The New York Rangers agreed to terms with right wing Greg Moore. The Philadelphia Flyers signed right wing Joffrey Lupul to a four-year contract extension. The Pittsburgh Pirates re-signed defenseman Paul Bissonnette and left wing Jeff Taffe to one-year contracts and right wing Jonathan Filewich to a two-year contract. Jul 20, 2008The Calgary Flames signed left wing Andre Roy. Jul 19, 2008The Minnesota Wild re-signed left wing Stephane Veilleux to a one-year contract. The New York Islanders agreed to terms with center Frans Nielsen on a four-year contract. Jul 18, 2008The Atlanta Thrashers agreed to terms with center Angelo Esposito on a multi-year contract. The Buffalo Sabres signed goaltender Ryan Miller to a five-year contract extension through 2013-14. The Edmonton Oilers agreed to terms with goaltender Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers on a two-year contract. The Los Angeles Kings agreed to terms with center David Meckler on a three-year contract. The New York Rangers agreed to terms with defenseman Brian Fahey. The Phoenix Coyotes signed center Garth Murray to a one-year contract. The Pittsburgh Penguins agreed to terms with coach Michel Therrien on a three-year contract. Jul 17, 2008The Atlanta Thrashers agreed to terms with center Marty Reasoner; re-signed left wing Brett Sterling to a multi-year contract. The Calgary Flames re-signed defenseman Adam Pardy. The Columbus Blue Jackets re-signed defenseman Aaron Rome to a one-year contract. The Montreal Canadiens signed left wing Max Pacioretty to a three-year contract. The New Jersey Devils signed defenseman Jay Leach and left wings Jon DiSalvatore and Chad Wiseman. The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired the rights to defenseman Danny Richmond from the Chicago Blackhawks for the rights to center Tim Brent. The San Jose Sharks signed defensemen Matt Kinch and Brett Westgarth to one-year contracts. The St. Louis Blues signed defenseman Andy Wozniews. Jul 16, 2008The Atlanta Thrashers agreed to terms with goaltender Kari Lehtonen. The Buffalo Sabres agreed to terms with left wing Daniel Paille on a multi-year contract; announced left wing Clarke MacArthur and right wing Mark Mancari have accepted their qualifying offers. The Calgary Flames signed center Jamie Lundmark. The Columbus Blue Jackets re-signed left wing Alexandre Picard and defenseman Marc Methot to one-year contracts; signed center Steve Kelly to a one-year contract. The Edmonton Oilers agreed to terms with center Shawn Horcoff on a six-year contract extension through the 2014-15 season. The Los Angeles Kings re-signed left wing Gabe Gauthier to a two-year contract and goaltender Erik Ersberg, left wing Matt Moulson and defenseman Joe Piskula to one-year contracts. The Minnesota Wild re-signed left wing Peter Olvecky and defenseman Clayton Stoner to one-year contracts. The Montreal Canadiens re-signed defenseman Ryan O'Byrne to a three-year contract and defenseman Shawn Belle to a one-year contract; signed right wing Mike Glumac to a one-year contract. The Nashville Predators re-signed defenseman Kevin Klein to a two-year contract. The New York Islanders agreed to terms with left wings Jeff Tambellini and Sean Bergenheim on two-year contracts; announced centers Jeremy Colliton and Ben Walter have accepted their qualifying offers. The New York Rangers agreed to terms with left wing Nigel Dawes. The Phoenix Coyotes signed left wing Jeff Hoggan and defenseman Ryan Lannon to one-year contracts. The St. Louis Blues re-signed defenseman Jeff Woywitka to a one-year contract; signed left wing Brad Winchester. Jul 15, 2008The Anaheim Ducks acquired center Joakim Lindstrom from the Columbus Blue Jackets for a conditional draft pick; signed center Logan MacMillan to a three-year contract. The Atlanta Thrashers re-signed defenseman Nathan Oystrick and right wing Joey Crabb. The Chicago Blackhawks signed defensemen Aaron Johnson and Doug Janik to one-year contracts; re-signed center Colin Fraser to a one-year contract. The Colorado Avalanche re-signed right wing Cody McCormick to a one-year contract; signed right wing Brian Willsie to a one-year contract. The Detroit Red Wings announced the retirement of right wing Dallas Drake. The Edmonton Oilers agreed to terms with right wing Zack Stortini on a three-year contract and right wing Carl Corazzini on a one-year contract. The Minnesota Wild re-signed defenseman John Scott, center Corey Locke and right wing Danny Irmen to one-year contracts; signed center Bryan Lundbohm to a one-year contract and defenseman Brandon Rogers to a multi-year contract. The New York Rangers agreed to terms with center Dan Fritsche. The Phoenix Coyotes signed defenseman Ryan Lannon and left wing Jeff Hoggan to one-year contracts. The Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed centers Kris Beech and Ryan Stone to one-year contracts; signed right wing Bill Thomas to a one-year contract. The San Jose Sharks signed defenseman Brendan Buckley and center Corey Larose to one-year contracts. The St. Louis Rams signed left wing Steve Regier and center Cam Paddock. The Toronto Maple Leafs agreed to terms with defensemen Jaime Sifers and Richard Petiot, center Alex Foster and right wing Ben Ondrus on one-year contracts. Jul 14, 2008The Atlanta Thrashers signed center Jason Williams. The Carolina Hurricanes agreed to terms with defenseman Mark Flood, center Joe Jensen and right wing Patrick Dwyer on one-year contracts. The Colorado Avalanche re-signed left wing Cody McLeod to a one-year contract; agreed to terms with goaltenders Jason Bacashihua and Tyler Weiman, defensemen Darcy Campbell and Aaron MacKenzie and centers Nathan Smith and Philippe Dupuis. The Columbus Blue Jackets signed left wing Craig MacDonald to a one-year contract; re-signed center Derek MacKenzie to a two-year contract. The Nashville Predators agreed to terms with right wing Joel Ward on a one-year contract. The San Jose Sharks re-signed center Marcel Goc and right wings Tom Cavanagh and Brad Staubitz to one-year contracts. The St. Louis Blues signed right wing Matt Foy; re-signed center Jay McClement to a one-year contract. The Tampa Bay Lightning signed goaltender Mike Smith to a two-year contact extension. The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired left wing Ryan Hollweg from the New York Rangers for a 2009 fifth-round pick. The Vancouver Canucks signed center Jason Krog. The Washington Capitals re-signed center Sergei Fedorov to a one-year contract. Jul 13, 2008The Tampa Bay Lightning signed center Vincent Lecavalier to a 11-year contract extension. Jul 11, 2008The Anaheim Ducks signed defenseman Brennan Evans to a two-year contract and defenseman Steve Montador to a one-year contract. The Columbus Blue Jackets re-signed center Michael Peca to a one-year contract. The Dallas Stars signed left wing Jamie Benn to a three-year contract. The Minnesota Wild acquired center Corey Locke from the Montreal Canadiens for defenseman Shawn Belle; signed center Krys Kolanos to a one-year contract. The Ottawa Senators signed goaltender Mitchell O'Keefe and defenseman Brendan Bell to one-year contracts. The San Jose Sharks re-signed center Marcel Goc to a one-year contract. The Tampa Bay Lightning re-signed center Chris Gratton to a one-year contract. The Washington Capitals re-signed center-right wing Boyd Gordon to a one-year contract. Jul 10, 2008The Columbus Blue Jackets signed left wing Nikita Filatov to a three-year contract. The Edmonton Oilers signed defenseman Jason Strudwick to a one-year contract. The New York Rangers signed defenseman Vladimir Denisov. The Pittsburgh Penguins signed left wing Connor James and defenseman Joey Mormina to one-year contracts. The St. Louis Blues signed defenseman Mike Weaver. The Tampa Bay Lightning signed center Zenon Konopka to a two-year contract. The Vancouver Canucks signed right wing Pavol Demitra and defenseman Rob Davison. The Washington Capitals re-signed right wing Eric Fehr to a one-year contract. Jul 9, 2008The Atlanta Thrashers re-signed left wing Eric Boulton to a multi-year contract; signed right wings Junior Lessard and Mike Hoffman and center Grant Stevenson. The Carolina Hurricanes re-signed left wing Chad LaRose to a one-year contract. The Edmonton Oilers signed center Marc Pouliot and left wing Jean-Francois Jacques to two-year contracts. The Florida Panthers announced right wing Anthony Stewart has accepted his qualifying offer. The Montreal Canadiens re-signed defenseman Josh Gorges to a three-year contract. The Nashville Predators signed left wing Josh Gratton to a two-year contract. The New York Islanders signed defenseman Brendan Witt to a two-year contract extension. The San Jose Sharks re-signed defenseman Christian Ehrhoff to a three-year contract. The Tampa Bay Lightning signed defenseman Andrew Hutchinson to a two-year contract. The Washington Capitals re-signed center Brooks Laich to a three-year contract. Jul 8, 2008The Anaheim Ducks signed center Brendan Morrison to a one-year contract. The Columbus Blue Jackets signed defenseman Andrey Plekhanov to a two-year contract and defenseman Clay Wilson and left wing John Vigilante to one-year contracts. The Montreal Canadiens re-signed goaltender Jaroslav Halak to a two-year contract. The New York Islanders signed defenseman Joe Callahan to a one-year contract and defenseman Brendan Witt to a two-year contract extension. The New York Rangers argeed to terms with defenseman Paul Mara. The Ottawa Senators signed defenseman Jason Smith to a two-year contract. The Pittsburgh Penguins signed defenseman T.J. Kemp and left wing Adam Henrich to one-year contracts. The Tampa Bay Lightning signed right wing Evgeny Artyukhin to a multi-year contract, right wing Brandon Bochenski to a two-year contract and right wing Mark Recchi to a one-year contract. The Vancouver Canucks signed right wing Steve Bernier. Jul 7, 2008The Calgary Flames signed left wing Todd Bertuzzi. The Carolina Hurricanes agreed to terms with defenseman Dennis Seidenberg on a one-year contract. The Chicago Blackhawks signed defenseman Matt Walker to a one-year contract. The Columbus Blue Jackets signed center R.J. Umberger to a four-year contract. The Minnesota Wild signed defenseman Tomas Mojzis to a multi-year contract. The Montreal Canadiens signed left wing Ryan Flinn to a two-year contract. The Ottawa Senators signed center Greg Mauldin to a two-year contract. The Philadelphia Flyers signed right wing Arron Asham to a multi-year contract. The Pittsburgh Penguins signed forward Janne Pesonen to a one-year contract; signed defenseman Ben Lovejoy. The Toronto Maple Leafs re-signed center Matt Stajan to a two-year contract. Jul 6, 2008The Minnesota Wild signed goaltender Barry Brust to a multi-year contract, right wing Owen Nolan to a two-year contract and right wing Jesse Schultz to a one-year contract. Jul 5, 2008The Pittsburgh Penguins signed left wing Matt Cooke to a two-year contract. Jul 4, 2008The Buffalo Sabres acquired defenseman Craig Rivet and a 2010 seventh-round pick from the San Jose Sharks for 2009 and 2010 second-round picks. The Calgary Flames signed left wing Rene Bourque. The San Jose Sharks acquired defensemen Dan Boyle and Brad Lukowich from the Tampa Bay Lightning for defensemen Matt Carle and Ty Wishart, a 2009 first-round pick and a 2010 fourth-round pick. The Toronto Maple Leafs signed center Mikhail Grabovski to a one-year contract. The Vancouver Canucks acquired right wing Steve Bernier from the Buffalo Sabres for a 2009 third-round pick and a 2010 second-round pick; signed center Mark Cullen. Jul 3, 2008The Carolina Hurricanes agreed to terms with center Dwight Helminen on a one-year contract. The Colorado Avalanche signed defenseman Daniel Tjarnqvist to a one-year contract; signed left wing Chris Durno. The Dallas Stars signed right wing Landon Wilson to a one-year contract and defensemen Maxime Fortunus and Garrett Stafford and left wing Francis Wathier to two-year contracts. The Edmonton Oilers signed defenseman Taylor Chorney to a three-year contract. The Florida Panthers agreed to terms with defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick, left wing Steve MacIntyre and goaltender Chris Beckford-Tseu on two year contracts; signed defenseman James DeLory to a three-year contract. The Minnesota Wild signed right wing Antti Miettinen to a multi-year contract. The Montreal Canadiens signed goaltender Marc Denis and defenseman Alex Henry to one-year contracts and right wing Georges Laraque to a three-year contract; agreed to terms with goaltender Cedric Desjardins on a two-year contract. The New York Islanders signed centers Mike Iggulden and Kurtis McLean, defensemen Brett Skinner and Chris Lee, left wing Mitch Fritz and goaltender Peter Mannino to one-year contra The New York Rangers agreed to terms with left wing Markus Naslund and defenseman Dmitri Kalinin. The Phoenix Coyotes signed defenseman David Hale to a two-year contract; re-signed defenseman Matt Jones to a two-year contract and right wing Brian McGrattan to a one-year contract; signed right wing Francis Lessard. The Pittsburgh Penguins signed left wing Ruslan Fedotenko and right wing Miroslav Satan to one-year contracts; re-signed goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury to a seven-year contract. The San Jose Sharks signed defenseman Rob Blake to a one-year contract. The St. Louis Blues re-signed center Yan Stastny to a two-year contract. The Tampa Bay Lightning signed left wing David Koci and center Wyatt Smith to one-year contracts and defenseman Scott Jackson to a three-year contract. The Toronto Maple Leafs signed center Dominic Moore to a one-year contract, center John Mitchell to a two-year contract and left wing Greg Scott to a three-year contract; acquired center Mikhail Grabovski from the Montreal Canadiens for the rights to defenseman Greg Pateryn and a 2010 second-round pick. The Washington Capitals signed center Keith Aucoin to a two-year contract. Jul 2, 2008The Anaheim Ducks signed defenseman Stu Bickel to a three-year contract. The Atlanta Thrashers signed defenseman Ron Hainsey to a multi-year contract. The Boston Bruins signed center Petteri Nokelainen to a multi-year contract. The Vancouver Canucks signed left wings Curtis Glencross and Pete Vandermeer; re-signed defenseman Jim Vandermeer. The Carolina Hurricanes re-signed defenseman Joni Pitkanen to a three-year contract; signed defenseman Josef Melichar to a one-year contract. The Colorado Avalanche re-signed left wing Wojtek Wolski to a two-year contract. The Columbus Blue Jackets acquired defensemen Fedor Tyutin and Christian Backman from the New York Rangers for right wing Nikolai Zherdev and center Dan Fritsche; signed left wing Kristian Huselius to a four-year contract. The Dallas Stars signed left wing Sean Avery to a four-year contract; re-signed right wing B.J. Crombeen to a one-year contract. The Detroit Red Wings agreed to terms with right wing Marian Hossa on a one-year contract. The Minnesota Wild re-signed defenseman Kurtis Foster to a one-year contract. The Montreal Canadiens re-signed left wing Andrei Kostitsyn to a three-year contract. The New York Islanders signed goaltender Yann Danis to a one-year contract; agreed to terms with center Doug Weight on a one-year contract. The Ottawa Senators re-signed right wing Shean Donovan to a two-year contract; signed left wing Jarkko Ruutu to a three-year contract. The Philadelphia Flyers re-signed defenseman Randy Jones to a two-year contract and left wing Riley Cote to a three-year contract. The Phoenix Coyotes re-signed goaltender Al Montoya and left wing David Spina; signed defenseman Drew Fata and right wing Derek Nesbitt. The Pittsburgh Penguins signed center Evgeni Malkin to a five-year contract extension; re-signed defenseman Brooks Orpik to a six-year contract. The Tampa Bay Lightning re-signed center Ryan Craig to a two-year contract and defenseman Janne Niskala to a one-year contract. The Vancouver Canucks signed centers Ryan Johnson and Alexander Bolduc and defenseman Nolan Baumgartner; re-signed center Kyle Wellwood and goaltender Curtis Sanford. The Washington Captials signed right wing Graham Mink and defenseman Tyler Sloan. Jul 1, 2008The Anaheim Ducks signed right wing Corey Perry to a five-year contract. The Boston Bruins signed right wing Blake Wheeler; signed right wing Michael Ryder to a multi-year contract. The Buffalo Sabres agreed to terms with goaltender Patrick Lalime one a two-year contract. The Calgary Flames acquired left wing Rene Bourque from the Chicago Blackhawks for a conditional second-round pick; re-signed left wing Brandon Prust and right wing David Van Der Gulik; signed defensemen Mark Giordano and Ryan Wilson. The Carolina Hurricanes agreed to terms with left wing Ryan Bayda and defensemen Anton Babchuk and Wade Brookbank on one-year contracts and defenseman Tim Conboy on a two-year contract. The Chicago Blackhawks signed defenseman Brian Campbell to an eight-year contract and goaltender Cristobal Huet to a four-year contract. The Colorado Avalanche signed goaltender Andrew Raycroft and left wing Per Ledin to one-year contracts and left wing Darcy Tucker to a two-year contract. The Columbus Blue Jackets signed defenseman Mike Commodore to a five-year contract. The Detroit Red Wings signed defenseman Brad Stuart to a four-year contract; agreed to terms with goaltender Ty Conklin on a one-year contract. The Edmonton Oilers acquired left wing Erik Cole from the Carolina Hurricanes for defenseman Joni Pitkanen; acquired center Gilbert Brule from the Columbus Blue Jackets for left wing Raffi Torres. The Florida Panthers agreed to terms with left wing Cory Stillman on a three-year contract. The Los Angeles Kings acquired defenseman Denis Gauthier and a 2010 second-round pick from the Philadelphia Flyers for defenseman Patrik Hersley and left wing Ned Lukacevic. The Minnesota Wild acquired defenseman Marek Zidlicky from the Nashville Predators for right wing Ryan Jones and a 2009 second-round pick; signed left wing Andrew Brunette and right wing Craig Weller to multi-year contracts. The Nashville Predators agreed to terms with goaltender Drew MacIntyre on a one-year contract. The New Jersey Devils re-signed right wings David Clarkson and Barry Tallackson, left wing Jay Pandolfo and defenseman Bryce Salvador; signed center Bobby Holik and right wings Brian Rolston, Matt Halischuk and Vladimir Zharkov. The New York Islanders signed defenseman Mark Streit to a five-year contract. The New York Rangers agreed to terms with left wings Patrick Rissmiller and Aaron Voros, right wing Andreas Jamtin, defensemen Wade Redden and Michal Rozsival and goaltender Stephen Valiquette. The Ottawa Senators signed goaltender Alex Auld to a two-year contract. The Philadelphia Flyers signed center Glen Metropolit and left wing Sean Curry to two-year contracts and right wing Nate Raduns and defenseman Ossi Vaananen to one-year contracts. The Phoenix Coyotes signed left wing Todd Fedoruk to a three-year contract and defenseman Kurt Sauer to a four-year contract; signed right wings Mikkel Boedker and Viktor Tikhonov. The Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed left wing Pascal Dupuis to a three-year contract and defenseman Mark Eaton to a two-year contract; signed right wing Eric Godard to a three-year contract. The St. Louis Blues signed center David Backes to a three-year contract. The Tampa Bay Lightning signed right wings Radim Vrbata and Adam Hall to three-year contracts and goaltender Olaf Kolzig to a one-year contract. The Toronto Maple Leafs agreed to terms with goaltender Curtis Joseph on a one-year contract; signed defenseman Jeff Finger and left wing Niklas Hagman to four-year contracts. The Vancouver Canucks signed left wing Darcy Hordichuk. The Washington Capitals signed defenseman Mike Green to a four-year contract and goaltender Jose Theodore to a two-year contract. |