NHL Free Agent Signings From July 2, 2008
July 4, 2008 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Fan Fare, NHL, News, Players, Signings and Contracts, Trades
Here are the NHL free agent signings from July 2, 2008:
- Columbus Blue Jackets sign UFA winger Kristian Huselius (4-year, $4.75 million).
- New York Islanders sign UFA forward Doug Weight (1-year, $1.75 million).
- Philadelphia Flyers re-sign defenceman Randy Jones (2-years, undisclosed) and forward Riley Cote (3-years, undisclosed).
- Dallas Stars sign RFA forward B.J. Crombeen (1-year, undisclosed).
- Colorado Avalanche re-sign RFA forward Wojtek Wolski (2-years, undisclosed).
- Pittsburgh Penguins sign UFA defenceman Brooks Orpik to a six-year, $22.5 million contract.
- Minnesota Wild re-sign RFA defenceman Kurtis Foster (1-year, $1.025 million).
- Atlanta Thrashers sign UFA defenceman Ron Hainsey to a five-year, $22.5 million contract.
- Ottawa Senators sign UFA Forward Jarkko Ruutu to a three-year, $3.9 million contract.
- Ottawa Senators sign UFA Forward Shean Donovan to a two-year contract worth $1.25 million.
- Boston Bruins sign RFA Forward Petteri Nokelainen. (2-years, $1.7 million)
- Dallas Stars sign UFA Forward Sean Avery to a four-year, $15.5 million contract.
- Calgary Flames sign UFA defenceman Jim Vandermeer (undisclosed) and UFA forward Curtis Glencross (undisclosed).
- Vancouver Canucks sign UFA goaltender Curtis Sanford. (1-year, $650,000)
- Detroit Red Wings sign UFA forward Marian Hossa to a one-year contract worth $7.4 million.
- Vancouver Canucks sign UFA forward Ryan Johnson (2-years, $2.3 million)
- Carolina Hurricanes sign RFA defenceman Joni Pitkanen to a three-year contract worth $12 million.
- Carolina Hurricanes sign UFA defenceman Josef Melichar to a one-year contract worth $1 million.
- Tampa Bay Lightning re-sign RFA defenceman Janne Niskala, to a one-year deal worth $600,000.
- Tampa Bay Lightning re-sign RFA forward Ryan Craig to a two-year contract worth $1.575-million.
