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RALEIGH, N.C. – The Carolina Hurricanes are keeping Chad LaRose with a two-year deal.The Hurricanes on Thursday said they signed the popular forward to a contract that will pay him US$1

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Phoenix Coyotes have signed left wing Stefan Meyer to a one-year contract.The 23-year-old Meyer was acquired on June 19 from the Florida Panthers for the rights to centre Steven Reinprecht

CALGARY – The Calgary Flames aren’t the only ones who think they’ll have a standout defence next season.Team Canada’s brass thinks so too after inviting three Flames defenceman – the most from any NHL team – to the summer orientation camp Aug

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

Mike Komisarek is fully aware that most of the fans he made during his years with the Montreal Canadiens consider him The Enemy now that he has joined the rival Toronto Maple Leafs

DALLAS – The Dallas Stars have signed free agent defenceman Karlis Skrastins to a two-year deal worth US$2.75 million.The Stars gave the 34-year-old Skrastins $1

EDMONTON – Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin is pumped to come to Edmonton in a deal he says is more about the timeline than the bottom line.”The Edmonton Oilers made such a big commitment

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

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

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

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

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

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