Month: July 2009

SUNRISE, Fla. – The Florida Panthers made sure they didn’t lose Jay Bouwmeester for nothing.They signed Jordan Leopold to a one-year contract on Thursday, locking up the player they received from Calgary in exchange for Bouwmeester’s rights

Milan Lucic, Andy McDonald, Dan Cleary and Stephane Robidas were among the surprise names on the list of 46 players invited to the Canadian Olympic hockey team’s summer orientation camp Thursday

Jason Spezza, Chris Osgood and Marc Savard were among the names left off the list of 46 players invited to the Canadian men’s Olympic team summer orientation camp on Thursday

MONTREAL – Brian Gionta is looking forward to a reunion with his former New Jersey linemate Scott Gomez now that both are members of the Montreal Canadiens

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – The New York Islanders have signed goaltender Scott Munroe, winger Jeremy Reich and defenceman Brett Westgarth to one-year contracts

TORONTO – Mikhail Grabovski will be back with the Toronto Maple Leafs.The Belarusian forward signed an US$8.7-million, three-year deal with the Maple Leafs on Thursday

BOSTON – Mark Recchi joined the Boston Bruins hoping to win his fourth Stanley Cup, and he decided to stay with them for another shot at it.The NHL’s sixth leading active goal scorer agreed to a US$1-million, one-year deal plus bonuses Thursday

Jersey Devils.Devils’ President Lou Lamoriello announced the deal with the six-foot-two, 220-pound player from Finland on Thursday.The 28-year-old was the Devils’ seventh-round pick in the 2002 NHL draft and spent three seasons with their top farm team in Albany, N

OTTAWA – The Ottawa Senators appear to be back at Square 1 in the Dany Heatley saga.A trade proposed earlier this week that would have seen the disgruntled left-winger dealt to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for three players is off the table – at least for now, according to Senators general manager Bryan Murray

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Coyotes added more veteran presence to their blue-line.They signed defenceman Adrian Aucoin to a US$2.25-million, one-year contract on Thursday

ATLANTA – The Atlanta Thrashers signed free agent forward Nik Antropov to a four-year, US$16-million contract on Thursday, setting up a reunion with Ilya Kovalchuk

CALGARY – The Calgary Flames have signed centre Garth Murray and minor-league forward Riley Armstrong.Murray, from Regina, has eight goals and two assists in 116 career NHL games with Phoenix, Florida, Montreal and the New York Rangers

BOSTON – The Boston Bruins have signed defenceman Johnny Boychuk to a one-year contract.Terms of the deal announced late Wednesday were not disclosed

Steve Yzerman believes that Olympic gold will be won on the backs of role players.As much as the executive director of Team Canada wants to bring top-end talent to Vancouver, he’s also intent on assembling a supporting cast capable of doing more than just scoring goals

Ottawa Senators winger Dany Heatley refused to waive his no-trade clause and killed a deal that would have sent the former 50-goal scorer to Edmonton, according to several media reports published Thursday

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Wild quickly replaced departing superstar Marian Gaborik, signing free-agent winger Martin Havlat to a six-year contract Wednesday

NEW YORK – Once the New York Rangers got out from under Scott Gomez’s expensive contract, they turned to Marian Gaborik and gave him the money they suddenly saved

A trip to Sweden kept the Sedin twins off the free agent market.Daniel and Henrik Sedin agreed to matching US$30.5-million, five-year contract extensions with the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday, just prior to becoming unrestricted free agents

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Phoenix Coyotes signed free-agent centre Vern Fiddler to a two-year contract Wednesday. Financial terms were not disclosed

PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Flyers have agreed to terms with rugged forward Ian Laperriere and goaltender Brian Boucher.The team announced the agreements with the unrestricted free agents in a conference call Wednesday, the first time of the NHL free-agent season