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Bruins sign Shean Donovan
TSN.ca Staff
7/2/2006 5:06:22 PM

The Boston Bruins have signed winger Shean Donovan to a two year contract.

Donovan, 31, is a high-energy winger who enjoyed his greatest success with the Calgary Flames during the 2003-2004 season when he scored 42 points in 82 regular season games and added ten points in 24 playoff games.

He scored 20 points 80 games in 2005-2006.

The 31 year-old has also played for Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Colorado and San Jose in his 698-game NHL career, recording 197 points.
 

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Agamon said:
Just trying to make Gabby happy, I think.

As for Cloutier, get in line. Montreal's still got to get rid of Aebischer. ;)
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I could see Aebischer going to the Blues, who NEED a No. 1 goaltender, badly. The cannot hope to rely on Curtis Sanford to get them back into the playoffs. LA also needs a established goaltender, as well as Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay. Neither Marc-Andre Fleury nor Sean Burke can hope to be the No. 1 guy. Fleury is still to young, while Burke is just not the same play he used to be.

As for Cloutier, he might have to live with being a backup goalie or work in tandem with a good, young goaltender. Hmm, the NY Rangers could use him to take some of the pressure off Henrik Lundqvist. This would force the Rangers to trade Weekes, however, and at 2 Mil. a season he might be hard to offload. (Weekes is not good enough to be a starting goaltender, IMO.)

Cheers!

KF72
 

Panthers sign Salei for four years
TSN.ca Staff
7/2/2006 6:28:53 PM

SUNRISE, Fla. – Florida Panthers General Manager Mike Keenan announced today that the club has agreed to terms with unrestricted free agent defenceman Ruslan Salei.

Sources tell TSN that the deal is worth $12.1-million over four years.

"Ruslan is a top tier defenseman who we are extremely pleased to acquire," said Keenan. "He is a big, physical, competitive player that can log a lot of ice time and will be looked upon as a leader on our blue line. It was our goal to sign an experienced defenseman and we feel we have addressed this need with the acquisitions of both Salei and Bryan Allen, helping to considerably improve our club."

Salei, 32, has appeared in 594 career NHL games, all with the Anaheim Ducks, scoring 105 points and adding 735 PIM.

The six-foot-two, 205-pound defenseman posted the best numbers of his professional career last season tallying 19 points in 78 games played, playing on the Ducks' top defensive pairing.

Before joining the Panthers, Salei was the longest tenured Anaheim player and held the franchise record for most games played by a Ducks defenseman. Salei was originally drafted by Anaheim with their first choice (ninth overall) in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.
 


Knightfall1972 said:
Sportnet is reporting that Doug Weight has signed a two-year contract with St. Louis, for big money.

KF72
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And here's TSN's report...

Weight returns to St. Louis
TSN.ca Staff
7/2/2006 7:27:26 PM

Doug Weight is going back to St. Louis.

Weight, 35, was traded from the Blues to Carolina in late January and helped the Hurricanes win the Stanley Cup, but he's now signed a two-year deal to return to St. Louis.

After a slow start in Carolina, with 13 points in 23 games during the regular season, Weight notched 16 points in 23 playoff games before suffering a shoulder injury in Game Six of the final series against Edmonton.

"We are bringing back a player that loves the city of St. Louis and the Blues organization," said Blues President John Davidson. "He's a Stanley Cup winner and will be a key part of this team moving forward."

Weight has been a very productive centre, scoring 885 points in 983 career games. The Warren, Michigan native has also played for the Rangers and Oilers since coming out of Lake Superior State University.
 

Bah. I'm starting to wonder whether Gainey's not trying or the FA's are avoiding Montreal like the plague. They don't need much...which is good 'cause there ain't much left. LW and a D. Maybe Samsonov? (of course, I just jinxed that...)
 

Well it's something, what do you guys think of these two?

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Flyers sign pair of defencemen
TSN.ca Staff
7/1/2006 6:21:19 PM

Seeking improved mobility on the blueline, the Philadelphia Flyers have signed defencemen Nolan Baumgartner, formerly of the Vancouver Canucks, and former Boston Bruins first-rounder Lars Jonsson, who has been plahing in Sweden.

Baumgartner, 30, had a breakthrough season in 2005-2006, scoring 34 points with a plus-11 rating in 70 games. He signed a two-year contract.

Jonsson, 24, was picked by the Bruins in the first round of the 2000 draft, but couldn't come to terms with the Bruins, making him an unrestricted free agent. He scored 27 points in 50 games with HV 71 in Sweden last season.
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Welverin said:
Well it's something, what do you guys think of these two?
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Baumgartner is one of the most underrated D Men in the game.

Last year (Something like his second or third), on a team with Jovanovski, Ohlund, Salo and Allen; Bomber led the team's defensemen in both points (34) and +/- (+11).

Philidelphia got a quality guy there.
 

Deal is done! Could have been better!

Edmonton deals Pronger to Anaheim
TSN.ca Staff
7/3/2006 1:30:00 PM

Chris Pronger, the biggest name on the summer trade block, is going to California.

The Anaheim Ducks have traded Joffrey Lupul, top prospect Ladislav Smid, Anaheim's first-round choice in 2007, a conditional first-round pick and Anaheim's second-round pick in 2008 to the Oilers in exchange for Pronger.

Pronger, 31, put up 56 points and a plus-2 rating during the 2005-2006 regular season and was a stalwart for the Oilers during their playoff run to the Stanley Cup final, recording 21 points and a plus-10 rating in 24 games. The 2000 Hart and Norris Trophy winner is regarded as one of the very best defenders in the league, and joins a Ducks defence corps that includes 2004 Norris Trophy winner Scott Niedermayer.

Pronger has 456 points and a plus-127 rating in an 802-game career that has seen him play in Hartford, St. Louis and Edmonton. He also has 72 points and a plus-25 rating in 109 career playoff games.

The 6-foot-6, 220 pound defenceman signed a five-year, $31.25-million contract with the Oilers last August, then surprised the team with his request for a trade shortly after the season due to personal reasons.

Lupul, 22, is an Edmonton native who is just coming into his own offensively. Drafted 7th overall in 2002, Lupul tallied 28 goals and 53 points this past season, a solid improvement on his 34-point rookie season of 2003-2004.

Lupul added nine goals and 11 points in 16 playoff games this past season, including a four-goal game against Colorado in the second-round series.

Lupul's grandfather, Tom Mayson, is also part of the Oilers' ownership group.

A restricted free agent, Lupul earned $900,600 last season.

Smid, 20, was the Ducks' top defence prospect and was rated as the 10th-best prospect in The Hockey News Future Watch issue. The Czech native also has good size at 6-foot-3, 204 pounds.

The 9th overall pick in 2004, Smid had 28 points and a plus-14 rating with the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League last season.
 
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Blues sign Hinote
Sports Ticker
7/3/2006 9:52:12 AM

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) - After six seasons with the Colorado Avalanche, Dan Hinote decided it was time to move on.

The free agent right wing signed a multi-year contract with the St. Louis Blues on Monday.

Hinote, 29, registered 27 goals, 38 assists and 254 penalty minutes in 353 games during his six seasons with the Avalanche. This past campaign, he had five goals and eight assists in 73 contests.

The 6-foot, 190-pound Hinote also recorded six goals and nine assists in 69 playoff games with the Avalanche and was a member of the 2000-01 squad that captured the Stanley Cup.

"Dan is a character player who brings speed and grit to our team," Blues president John Davidson said. "He's a Stanley Cup champion who should instantly become a fan favorite."
 

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