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Tootoo Officially Re-Signed!

Tootoo signs two-year deal in Nashville
Canadian Press/TSN.ca
7/21/2006 4:43:22 PM

Jordin Tootoo, a native of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut who became the first Inuk to play in the NHL, agreed to a $1.2-million, two-year deal with the Nashville Predators.

He'll earn $500,000 next season and $700,000 in 2007-08.

The 5-foot-9, 194-pound winger had four goals and 10 points and 55 penalty minutes in 34 games with Nashville last season. Tootoo also had 27 points and 133 penalty minutes in 41 games with AHL Milwaukee.

The Predators also signed restricted free-agent defenceman Sheldon Brookbank to a one-year contract and unrestricted free-agent forward Ramzi Abid to a one-year contract. Additional terms of the deals were not disclosed.
 

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Sabres sign defenceman Tallinder
TSN.ca Staff
7/21/2006 6:23:48 PM

The Buffalo Sabres signed defenceman Henrik Tallinder on Friday, avoiding taking their cases before an arbitrator next week.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Tallinder had six goals and 21 points in 82 games for the Sabres last season. He also had a plus-14 rating during Buffalo's playoff run - tied for the best in the league.

Buffalo had a league-high 10 players file for arbitration.
 

Zigomanis, LeNeveu re-sign with Coyotes
TSN.ca Staff
7/21/2006 7:55:15 PM

GLENDALE, Arizona (Ticker) - The Phoenix Coyotes made a pair of moves Friday, re-signing goaltender David LeNeveu to a one-year contract and inking center Mike Zigomanis to a two-year deal.

LeNeveu, who made his NHL debut last season, will make $585,200.

A second-round pick in 2002, LeNeveu appeared in 15 games with the Coyotes in 2005-06, going 3-8-2 with a 3.24 goals-against average and .886 save percentage. The 23-year-old also posted a 10-16-2 record with two shutouts, a 2.92 GAA and a .921 save percentage in 28 contests with San Antonio of the American
Hockey League.

LeNeveu spent two seasons at Cornell prior to turning pro, earning a spot on the Eastern College Athletic Conference's All-Rookie Team in 2002 and finishing as runner-up for the Hobey Baker Award the following campaign, when he posted a 1.20 GAA - the best mark in NCAA history.

Zigomanis, 25, was a third-round pick of Buffalo in 1999 but re-entered the draft two years later and was selected in the second round by Carolina. He scored one goal in 21 games with the Hurricanes last season before being traded to St. Louis in January in the deal involving Doug Weight.

A native of Ontario, Zigomanis appeared in two games with the Blues before being sent to the AHL, where he 10 goals and 18 assists with Peoria. In 59 career NHL contests, he has recorded three tallies and seven points.
 
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Jackets sign Chimera to two-year deal
Canadian Press
7/22/2006 11:40:36 AM

COLUMBUS, Ohio (CP) - The Columbus Blue Jackets avoided salary arbitration with winger Jason Chimera by signing him to a two-year contract on Saturday.

Chimera and the Blue Jackets had an arbitration hearing scheduled for Aug. 3.

The 27-year-old had career highs in goals (17), assists (13) and points (30) last season while playing 80 games with the Blue Jackets. He was also second on the team with five game-winning goals.

"We're looking forward to seeing him build upon (his good season) and continue to be an important contributor to the success of our team," team president and GM Doug MacLean said in a statement. "He is a big, strong player with exceptional speed and we're thrilled to have him remain a part of the Blue Jackets organization."

In 210 NHL games with Columbus and Edmonton, Chimera has 36 goals and 30 assists for 66 points.
 

From TSN.ca

Ice Chips for Saturday, July 22

> Kari Lehtonen's agent, Larry Kelly, traveled to Atlanta on Friday and met with Thrashers general manager Don Waddell to discuss a multiyear contract for the team's No. 1 goalie. - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

> Talks between the Coyotes and the agent for restricted free agent center Mike Comrie resumed Friday, but the two sides didn't make much progress. A source close to the negotiations, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said at this point the parties are so far apart financially it seems unlikely a new deal will be agreed upon before Comrie's arbitration hearing Aug. 4. - East Valley Tribune

> Samuel Fingold, a real estate developer from Hartford, Conn., has emerged as the leading candidate to buy the Penguins and could sign a letter of intent within days to negotiate a deal. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
 
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From Sportsnet.ca

Hockey Hearsay
July 22, 2006

Will Gomez break the bank?
New Jersey Devils forward Scott Gomez is believed to have asked for a $7 million one-year deal at Friday's arbitration hearing in Toronto. A move that could have a serious impact on the rest of the Devils' plans.

According to the New York Post, Lou Lamoriello is telling forward Brian Gionta and unrestricted free agent defenceman Bryan Leetch that both may have to accept less money as a result of Gomez's potential windfall.

Gionta, who also can turn unrestricted next summer, made $627,000 while scoring a team-record 48 goals last season, but did not file for arbitration. Leetch is said to be waiting until next month to decide where he'll play.


Thrashers still working on Lehtonen
Atlanta Thrashers General Manager Don Waddell is currently meeting with goalie Kari Lehtonen's agent in the hopes of working out a multi-year deal.

According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, agent Larry Kelly and Waddell are pleased with how negotiations are going, but a deal could still be a few weeks away.

Lehtonen is a restricted free agent with a base salary of $900,600, but he earned several million in bonuses - something the NHL's new collective bargaining agreement prohibits.

In his first full season, Lehtonen went 20-15 with a 2.94 goals-against average and .906 save percentage. The fact that he missed 35 of the first 36 games with groin-area problems did not help his team - which missed the playoffs by two points - and earned Lehtonen the ire of coach Bob Hartley and some of his teammates for his physical conditioning.
 

1 year for 7 million? He wants to have his cake and eat it, too. Hopefully the aribiter has some common sense with his award.
 

Agamon said:
1 year for 7 million? He wants to have his cake and eat it, too. Hopefully the aribiter has some common sense with his award.
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Don't count on it. Look at what Mike York got...

Islanders' York awarded $2.85 million
TSN.ca Staff
7/22/2006 4:40:38 PM

New general manager Garth Snow has his first tough decision to make for the New York Islanders, and he has to make it fast.

An arbitrator has awarded Islanders forward Mike York $2.85 million for the 2006-07 season. Snow now has 48 hours to accept or decline the deal. If the Islanders walk away from it, York will immediately become an unrestricted free agent.

York, 28, scored 13 goals and 52 points for the Islanders in 2005-2006 and has tallied 287 points in 449 career games with the Islanders, Oilers and Rangers.

A 5-foot-10, 185-pound centre, York can also play wing and was acquired from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Mike Peca last summer.

There are still two more arbitration decisions due today: Buffalo's Daniel Briere and San Jose's Mark Smith.
 

Predators ink Legwand to two-year pact
TSN.ca Staff
7/22/2006 5:18:14 PM

Nashville -- The Nashville Predators have agreed to terms with restricted free-agent forward David Legwand on a two-year contract.

Additional terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Legwand, 25, was limited to 44 games due to a knee injury in 2005-06 and posted 26 points for Nashville. The Detroit native tied for second on the club with five game-winning goals and the Predators posted a record of 30-9-5 with him in the lineup.

Nashville's first-ever NHL Entry Draft selection (second overall in 1998), Legwand is one of only four players to record 200 points and 400 games as a Predator.

In 406 career NHL games, the 6-2, 190-pound pivot has posted 79 goals and 141 assists. He ranks fourth on the Predators' all-time games played and goals lists and fifth among franchise leaders in both assists and points.
 

Report: Cuban, Marino bid for Pens rejected
TSN.ca Staff
7/22/2006 9:51:07 PM

It appears Mark Cuban and Dan Marino will not be the saviors of hockey in Pittsburgh.

According to the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, the group headed up by New York City financier Andrew Murstein had their bid of more than $170 million US rejected by the Penguins.

"We increased our offer significantly, and it was not accepted," said Murstein, whose group has made it known they would like to keep the team in Pittsburgh. Cuban and Marino are both Pittsburgh-area natives.

Hartford businessman Sam Fingold appears to be the frontrunner with a bid in the neighbourhood of $175 million US. Fingold has discussed the possibility of moving the team to Kansas City.

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Fingold could sign a letter of intent within days to negotiate a deal. But Massachusetts developer Larry Gottesdiener, who has talked about moving the team to Hartford, is still in the picture as well.

A group that considered moving the team to Hamilton, Ontario appears to have dropped out of the running.

The Penguins ownership group, including former team captain Mario Lemieux, would like to finalize the sale of the team before the start of the 2006-07 campaign.
 

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