NHL Free Agent Signings - July 2

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Wednesday, July 2

TIME (ET)	TRANSACTION
9:26PM	Columbus Blue Jackets sign UFA winger Kristian Huselius (4-year, $4.75 million).
6:27PM	New York Islanders sign UFA forward Doug Weight (1-year, $1.75 million).
6:05PM	Philadelphia Flyers re-sign defenceman Randy Jones (2-years, undisclosed) and forward Riley Cote (3-years, undisclosed).
5:16PM	Dallas Stars sign RFA forward B.J. Crombeen (1-year, undisclosed).
5:01PM	Colorado Avalanche re-sign RFA forward Wojtek Wolski (2-years, undisclosed).
4:58PM	Pittsburgh Penguins sign UFA defenceman Brooks Orpik to a six-year, $22.5 million contract.
4:41PM	Minnesota Wild re-sign RFA defenceman Kurtis Foster (1-year, $1.025 million).
3:38PM	Atlanta Thrashers sign UFA defenceman Ron Hainsey to a five-year, $22.5 million contract.
3:03PM	Ottawa Senators sign UFA Forward Jarkko Ruutu to a three-year, $3.9 million contract.
2:33PM	Ottawa Senators sign UFA Forward Shean Donovan to a two-year contract worth $1.25 million.
1:52PM	Boston Bruins sign RFA Forward Petteri Nokelainen. (2-years, $1.7 million)
1:22PM	Dallas Stars sign UFA Forward Sean Avery to a four-year, $15.5 million contract.
1:00PM	Calgary Flames sign UFA defenceman Jim Vandermeer (undisclosed) and UFA forward Curtis Glencross (undisclosed).
12:45PM	Vancouver Canucks sign UFA goaltender Curtis Sanford. (1-year, $650,000)
12:35PM	Detroit Red Wings sign UFA forward Marian Hossa to a one-year contract worth $7.4 million.
12:01PM	Vancouver Canucks sign UFA forward Ryan Johnson (2-years, $2.3 million)
11:13AM	Carolina Hurricanes sign RFA defenceman Joni Pitkanen to a three-year contract worth $12 million.
11:13AM	Carolina Hurricanes sign UFA defenceman Josef Melichar to a one-year contract worth $1 million.
10:20AM	Tampa Bay Lightning re-sign RFA defenceman Janne Niskala, to a one-year deal worth $600,000.
9:18AM	Tampa Bay Lightning re-sign RFA forward Ryan Craig to a two-year contract worth $1.575-million.

The following signings ocurred on July 1 after the last post here on 2 Minutes For Hockey

Tuesday, July 1

TIME (ET)	TRANSACTION
9:58PM	Boston sign forward Michael Ryder to a 3-year deal worth $12 million
9:50PM	New York Rangers re-signed goaltender Steve Valiquette (undisclosed)
8:06PM	New York Islanders sign defenceman Mark Streit to a five-year contract worth $20.5 million
7:59PM	Minnesota sign forward Craig Weller to a two-year contract worth $600,000 a season

Source: TSN.CA

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Latest NHL Trades, Signings & Rumors

As the NHL Free Agency market looms only hours ahead, there has been a steady increase in activity around the league. Today we cover the latest trades, signings and rumors.

NHL Trades:

The Edmonton Oilers have done a trade with the L.A. Kings, which sends Lubimir Visnovsky (D) to the Oilers in exchange for Jarret Stoll (F) and Matt Greene (D).

Tampa Bay have acquired the rights to Ryan Malone and Gary Roberts from the Penguins, and also Brian Rolston of the Minnesota Wild.

NHL Signings:

The Dallas Stars have signed Loui Eriksson (F) to a 2-year extension.

Boston Bruins have signed Mark Stuart (D) to a 2-year extension.

Carolina Hurricanes signed forward, Tuomo Ruutu to a 1-year, $2.25 Million contract.

Nashville Predators signed Dan Ellis (G) to a 2-year $3.5 Million contract, and also Shae Weber to a 3-year $13.5 Million contract.

Ottawa Senators re-signed Chris Kelly (C) to a 4 year contract.

Moves:

Ottawa Senators placed Ray Emery on Waivers, then bought him out, making Emery a free agent.

Anaheim Ducks placed Todd Bertuzzi (F) on waivers, with plans to buy him out.

Toronto Maple Leafs bought out Andrew Raycroft (G)

Rumors:

Philadelphia Flyers are rumored to have signed Jeff Carter (C) to a 3-year $13.5 Million contract.

Calgary Flames are rumored to have locked up Conroy (C), Langkow (C), Nystrom (LW) and McElhinney (G).

Brooks Orpik is rumoured to be looking to the free agency market instead of re-signing with the Penguins.

Source: NHL.com | Yahoo! Sports

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