Around the NHL - Tuesday 30 Sept

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Injury (formerly player) Updates:

• Penguins’ Gonchar out 4 to 6 months
  Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Sergei Gonchar will have arthroscopic surgery on his dislocated left shoulder Thursday and miss four to six months of the upcoming season. (sports.yahoo.com)

• Sabres’ Gaustad to miss up to 3 weeks after surgery
  Sabres center Paul Gaustad will miss up to the first three weeks of the regular season after he had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb Tuesday. (sports.yahoo.com)

NHL Updates:

• Important season looms for Kelly & NHLPA
  One of Paul Kelly’s first tasks in his first full season at the helm of the NHL Players’ Association might be his most important yet.  During visits with all 30 teams this fall, the NHLPA’s executive director will give players a thorough analysis of the collective bargaining agreement before they vote on whether they want to see that deal terminated two years early. (sports.yahoo.com)

Signings & Acquisitions:

• O’Neill ends comeback attempt
  Jeff O’Neill has ended his NHL comeback bid with the Carolina Hurricanes.  He notified the team of his decision after Sunday’s exhibition win over Philadelphia. Hurricanes president and general manager Jim Rutherford said it’s difficult for a player who sat out for a season to return to the league, but that O’Neill looked fine in training camp. (sports.yahoo.com)

• Khabibulin clears waivers
  Khabibulin cleared waivers on Tuesday, the Daily Herald reports. (sports.yahoo.com)

• Ducks trade D O’Donnell to Kings
  The Anaheim Ducks traded away a veteran defenseman for the second time in a week, dealing 36-year-old Sean O’Donnell to Los Angeles on Tuesday for a conditional draft pick.  O’Donnell played in all 82 of Anaheim’s games in 2007-08, scoring twice and adding seven assists for nine points with a plus-9 rating. He was 1-1-2 and plus-3 in the Ducks’ six-game playoff loss to Dallas. (nhl.com)
  

Trades & Rumours:

From Spectorshockey.net:

• Steve Buffery reports the NY Rangers have reportedly issued “an ultimatum of sorts” to former Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin to make up his mind if he’ll play for them. The club is attempting to re-sign former Rangers winger Brendan Shanahan.

• Chris Stevenson reports further on Daniel Alfredsson’s contract status. “(I)f Alfredsson plays 70 games and gets at least 70 points this season, he has the option to accept $3.8 million (all terms US) for next season or declare himself an unrestricted free agent”, writes Stevenson, adding that if Alfredsson doesn’t hit that “70-70″ mark, the Senators keep him for next season at $3.8 million, but the Sens don’t want to take a chance that he could be come a UFA next summer. Talks between Senators GM Bryan Murray and agent JP Barry are in the preliminary stage.
• Erik Erlendsson reports the Lightning likely aren’t done cutting payroll after trading Nick Tarnasky and waiving Michel Ouellet, suggesting David Koci, Jason Ward and Ryan Craig are the bubble players. Erlendsson guesses Koci could be the odd man out unless a trade develops over the next 72 hours.

Game Results:

Detroit vs Montreal
Detroit	1	Final SO
Montreal	2	Box Score
Chicago vs Minnesota
Chicago	2	Final OT
Minnesota	3	Box Score
Calgary vs Edmonton
Calgary	4	Final
Edmonton	0	Box Score
Anaheim vs Los Angeles
Anaheim	2	Final SO
Los Angeles	1	Box Score
Phoenix vs San Jose
Phoenix	3	Final OT
San Jose	4	Box Score

(Results data courtesy of yahoo! sports)

Source: Yahoo! Sports | TSN.ca | ESPN | NHL.com

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NHL Free Agent Signings - July 2

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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