NHL Transactions/Free Agent List
Updated August 19
Contents: Transactions | Group II | Group III | Group IV | Group VTransactions
Anaheim Mighty Ducks
07/15 - Agreed to terms with center Espen Knutsen. 07/17 - Named Don Hay an assistant coach. 07/31 - Re-signed unrestricted free-agent defenseman J.J. Daigneault to a three-year contract. 08/01 - Signed free-agent right wing Tomas Sandstrom (Detroit) to a two-year contract. 08/04 - Re-signed center Ted Drury, right wing Craigh Reichert and left wings Jeremy Stevenson and Bob Wren to two-year contracts. 08/05 - Reached an agreement with the Calgary Flames concerning compensation should Anaheim hire Pierre Page as head coach. 08/09 - Named Pierre Page head coach. 08/10 - Re-signed goaltender Guy Hebert to a two-year contract and defenseman Dmitri Mironov to a one-year contract; signed free-agent right wing Jeff Nielsen. 08/13 - Signed right winger Igor Nikulin to a two-year contract and goaltender Blaine Russell to a three-year entry-level contract.Boston Bruins
07/01 - Signed free agent left wing Ken Baumgartner (Anaheim) to a three-year contract. 07/02 - Signed free agent defenseman Dave Ellet (New Jersey) to a three-year, $4.5 million contract. 07/11 - Re-signed defenseman Dean Chynoweth to a two-year contract. 07/15 - Re-signed center Ted Donato to a one-year contract. 07/17 - Signed winger Antti Laaksonen to a two-year contract. 08/04 - Agreed to terms with center Joe Thornton, the No. 1 pick in the 1997 draft, on a three-year contract.Buffalo Sabres
07/21 - Named Lindy Ruff coach and signed him to a multi-year contract. 07/24 - Named Mike Ramsey an assistant coach. 07/29 - Announced Don Lever will return to the team in the role of associate coach. 08/05 - Agreed to terms on a multi-year contract with restricted free-agent right wing Dixon Ward. 08/08 - Re-signed two restricted free agents: center Derek Plante and defenseman Darryl Shannon. 08/10 - Signed center Patrice Tardif and defenseman Mike Hurlbut. 08/12 - Named Brian McCutcheon head coach at Rochester of the American Hockey League. 08/14 - Signed free-agent goaltender Michael Bales.Calgary Flames
07/03 - Named Brian Sutter head coach. 07/21 - Named Rick Preston assistant coach. 08/18 - Named Steve Smith assistant coach.Carolina Hurricanes
07/24 - Signed forward Bates Battaglia to a multi-year contract. 07/25 - Acquired defenseman Enrico Ciccone from the Chicago Blackhawks for defenseman Ryan Risidore and a 1998 fifth-round draft pick. 08/10 - Signed goaltender Pat Jablonski to a multi-year contract. 08/14 - Signed Group VI free-agent goaltender Mike Fountain to a multi-year contract.Chicago Blackhawks
07/03 - Announced senior vice president Bob Pulford is stepping down as general manager; named Bob Murray general manager. 07/29 - Signed Group II free-agent right wing Tony Amonte to a five-year contract. 08/04 - Re-signed restricted free-agents right wing Jim Cummins and defenseman Eric Weinrich. 08/06 - Signed center Todd White and left wing Petri Varis. 08/15 - Announced the retirement of defenseman Steve Smith.Colorado Avalanche
07/01 - Signed defenseman Jon Klemm to a three-year contract. Signed goaltender Craig Billington to a one-year contract. 07/11 - Signed free-agent right wing Jari Kurri (Anaheim) to a one-year deal. 08/13 - Matched a three-year, $21 million offer sheet tendered to Group II free agent center Joe Sakic by the New York Rangers.Dallas Stars
07/02 - Signed free agent goaltender Ed Belfour (San Jose) to a three-year contract. 07/03 - Signed unrestricted free-agent defenseman Shawn Chambers (New Jersey) to a three-year contract with an option for a fourth. 07/17 - Signed free-agent winger Bob Errey (San Jose) to a three-year contract. 07/25 - Re-signed free-agent left wing Benoit Hogue to a one-year contract; signed free-agent forward Tony Hrkac to a two-year contract and forwards Chris Tancill and Kevin Sawyer to one-year contracts. 08/14 - Signed left wing Jason Botterill and defenseman Frederic Bouchard to three-year contracts.Detroit Red Wings
07/02 - Signed free agent right wing Martin Lapointe to a four-year, $4 million contract. 07/08 - Signed free agent wing Brent Gilchrist (Dallas) to a three-year, $4 million contract. 07/18 - Agreed with head coach Scotty Bowman on a two-year contract extension; promoted Ken Holland to general manager; announced assistant coaches Dave Lewis and Barry Smith will return for two more years. 08/01 - Re-signed free-agent center Igor Larionov to a three-year contract. 08/15 - Re-signed free-agent forward Joe Kocur to a one-year contract. 08/18 - Traded goaltender Mike Vernon to the San Jose Sharks for a 1998 third-round and 1999 second-round draft pick.Edmonton Oilers
07/02 - Named Ted Green assistant coach. 07/03 - Signed unrestricted free-agent left wing Bill Huard (Dallas) to a multi-year contract; signed free-agent left wing Doug Friedman. 07/04 - Agreed to terms on a multi-year contract with left wing Mike Watt. 07/11 - Re-signed left wing Andrei Kovalenko to a multi-year contract. 07/23 - Agreed to terms on one-year contracts with defenseman Scott Ferguson and center Scott Fraser. 07/29 - Signed goaltender Steve Passmore to a multi-year contract. 08/08 - Agreed to terms with goaltender Jean-Francois Labbe on a multi-year contract. 08/10 - Signed forward Boyd Devereaux, their first-round draft pick in 1996, to a multi-year contract. 08/15 - Signed defenseman Matthieu Descoteaux, their first-round draft pick in 1996, to a multi-year contract. 08/18 - Signed defenseman Kevin Lowe to a multi-year contract.Florida Panthers
07/04 - Signed unrestricted free-agent center Dave Gagner (Calgary) to a three-year contract; re-signed defenseman Terry Carkner to a three-year contract; bought out the final year of center Martin Straka's contract, making him a free agent. 07/07 - Signed free agent center Dallas Eakins (NY Rangers). 07/29 - Named Joe Cirella assistant coach. 08/01 - Re-signed defenseman Paul Laus to a four-year contract; signed defenseman Trevor Doyle.Los Angeles Kings
06/30 - Signed left wing Sean O'Brien to a one-year contract. 07/05 - Signed free agent defenseman Garry Galley (Buffalo) to a three-year contract. 07/18 - Named Bill O'Flaherty director of player personnel; agreed to terms on a two-year contract with defenseman Mark Visheau. 07/21 - Re-signed left wing Dan Bylsma to a one-year contract. 07/24 - Re-signed left wing Vladimir Tsyplakov to a two-year contract. 07/25 - Re-signed free-agent goaltender Byron Dafoe to a two-year contract. 07/29 - Re-signed forward Glen Murray to a two-year contract and re-signed defenseman Jaroslav Modry to a one-year contract. 07/30 - Signed center Roman Vopat to a three-year contract. 08/01 - Signed center Chris Taylor to a one-year contract. 08/06 - Re-signed restricted free-agent center Yanic Perreault. 08/15 - Agreed to terms with restricted free-agent defenseman Sean O'Donnell on a one-year contract.Montreal Canadiens
07/17 - Signed free-agent goaltender Andy Moog (Dallas) to a two-year contract. 08/04 - Signed left wing Brian Savage and defenseman Jassen Cullimore to one-year contracts; signed defenseman Craig Rivet to a two-year contract.Nashville
07/09 - Named David Poile general manager. 08/06 - Named Barry Trotz head coach and Paul Gardner assistant coach.National Hockey League
07/11 - Announced that owner John Spano will sever all relationship with the New York Islanders and that ownership of the team has reverted back to John Pickett. 08/15 - Announced that arbitrator John Sands ruled that the Philadelphia Flyers made a valid offer sheet to Tampa Bay Lightning center Chris Gratton, nullifying a trade between the Chicago Blackhawks and Lightning.New Jersey Devils
06/26 - Signed free agent forward John Madden.New York Islanders
07/01 - Signed free agent left wings Mike Hough (Florida), Jim Storm, and goaltender Wade Flaherty (San Jose); signed center Sergei Nemchinov (Vancouver) to a three-year, $4 million contract. 07/02 - Signed free agent center Claude Lapointe; renewed their affiliation with Utah of the International Hockey League. 08/14 - Announced that goaltender Tommy Salo was awarded a one-year, $750,000 contract by an arbitrator.New York Rangers
07/07 - Signed free agent center Brian Skrudland (Florida) to a three-year, $5 million contract; signed free agent right wing Mike Keane (Colorado) to a four-year, $8 million contract. 08/05 - Agreed to terms with free-agent forward Darren Langdon. 08/06 - Agreed to terms with left wing Mike Peluso; signed center Joe Sakic to an offer sheet. 08/08 - Traded their fourth-round draft pick in the 1998 Entry Draft to the Carolina Hurricanes for goaltender Jason Muzzatti. 08/12 - Agreed to terms with defenseman Doug Lidster. 08/14 - Named Craig MacTavish assistant coach.Ottawa Senators
07/03 - Signed forward Ivan Ciernik to a multi-year contract and forward Marc Labelle to a one-year contract; signed 1997 first-round draft pick Marian Hossa. 07/17 - Signed free-agent center Clayton Beddoes (Boston) to a one-year contract. 07/28 - Re-signed left wing Denny Lambert to a one-year contract. 07/29 - Signed defenseman Jason York to a multi-year contract. 07/31 - Signed defenseman Justin Hocking and right wing Mike Prokopec to one-year contracts and defenseman Erich Goldmann to a multi-year contract. 08/01 - Re-signed free-agent right wing Phil Crowe to a one-year contract and defenseman Janne Laukkanen to a multi-year contract. 08/12 - Agreed to terms on a multi-year contract with left wing Mike Maneluk.Philadelphia Flyers
07/07 - Named Wayne Cashman head coach. 07/10 - Signed free-agent defenseman Jamie Heward (Toronto) to a one-year contract; signed center Martin Cerven. 07/14 - Signed free-agent defenseman Luke Richardson (Edmonton). 07/17 - Re-signed right wing Brett Bruininks to a one-year contract. 08/06 - Named Paul Holmgren director of player personnel.Phoenix Coyotes
07/02 - Re-signed forward Mike Stapleton to a two-year contract. 07/03 - Announced that goaltending coach Pete Peeters will not return to the club next season. 07/08 - Signed unrestricted free-agent right wing Rick Tocchet (Washington) to a three-year contract. 07/23 - Signed defenseman Dan Focht, their first-round pick in the 1996 draft, to a three-year contract. 07/31 - Re-signed free-agent left wing Jim McKenzie to a one-year contract; signed right wing Darin Kimble and center/right wing Scott Levins to multi-year contracts. 08/01 - Named Gord Roberts assistant coach. 08/04 - Signed free-agent left wing Jeff Christian (Pittsburgh) to a one-year contract. 08/06 - Signed right wing Martin Simard to a one-year contract. 08/13 - Signed center Trevor Letowski to a multi-year contract. 08/18 - Signed free-agent defenseman John Slaney (Los Angeles) to a one-year contract.Pittsburgh Penguins
08/02 - Signed free-agent defenseman Ian Moran. 08/12 - Acquired defenseman Jiri Slegr from the Edmonton Oilers for a 1998 third-round draft pick.St. Louis Blues
07/01 - Released goaltender Jon Casey, defenseman Trent Yawney, left wing Sergio Momesso and right wing Rob Pearson. 07/02 - Fired assistant general manager Bob Berry. 07/08 - Signed free agent right wing Rudy Poeschek (Tampa Bay) to a three-year contract. 08/04 - Re-signed center Pierre Turgeon to a one-year contract. 08/12 - Re-signed free agent center Craig Conroy; signed forwards Terry Yake, Blair Atcheynum and Bruce Ramsay.San Jose Sharks
07/09 - Signed free agent defenseman Bill Houlder (Tampa Bay) to a four-year contract; signed Andrei Zyuzin, a first-round pick in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft; signed defenseman Richard Brennan. 07/25 - Traded center Darren Turcotte to the St. Louis Blues for forward Stephane Matteau; acquired forward Murray Craven from the Chicago Blackhawks for left wing Petri Varis and Chicago's sixth-round draft pick in 1998. 08/13 - Signed unrestricted free-agent center Jarrod Skalde (Calgary); signed unrestricted free-agent goaltender Jamie Ram (NY Rangers). 08/15 - Signed unrestricted free-agent left wing Barry Potomski and unrestricted free-agent defenseman Peter Allen. 08/18 - Signed goaltender John Nabokov.Tampa Bay Lightning
07/15 - Signed defenseman Pavel Kubina, and centers Eduard Pershin and Vadim Yepanchintsev. 08/04 - Re-signed left wing Patrick Poulin.Toronto Maple Leafs
07/03 - Signed unrestricted free-agent forwards Derek King (Carolina) and Mike Kennedy (Dallas). 07/07 - Signed free agent left wing Kris King (Phoenix) to a four-year contract. 07/08 - Signed free agent goaltender Glenn Healy (NY Rangers) to a three-year contract. 07/21 - Re-signed restricted free-agent Sergei Berezin to a multi-year contract. 08/01 - Signed center Kevyn Adams; signed defenseman Mattias Ohlund to an offer sheet. 08/12 - Signed defensemen Matt Martin, Rob Zettler and left wing Todd Warriner to one-year contracts.Vancouver Canucks
07/04 - Agreed to terms with free-agent defenseman Dave Babych. 07/14 - Signed free agent defenseman Grant Ledyard (Dallas). 07/15 - Agreed to terms with center Lubomir Vaic. 07/28 - Signed free-agent center Mark Messier (NY Rangers) to a three-year contract. 08/05 - Agreed to terms with free-agent goaltender Arturs Irbe (Dallas). 08/07 - Matched the offer sheet for defenseman Mattias Ohlund, tendered by the Toronto Maple Leafs last Friday. 08/12 - Agreed to terms with free agent left wing Markus Naslund. 08/14 - Agreed to terms with free-agent goaltender Tim Keyes. 08/18 - Agreed to terms with free agent center Mike Sillinger.Washington Capitals
08/15 - Named Bryan Trottier head coach at Portland of the American Hockey League.
Free Agent List
Group II
The following players are free agents subject to equalization, compensation or the right to match (Group II).Group II Compensation
SALARY: COMPENSATION: Under $400,000 None $401,000-$550,000 3rd Round Choice $551,000-$650,000 2nd Round Choice $651,000-$800,000 1st Round Choice $801,000-$1,000,000 1st and 3rd Round Choices $1,000,000-$1,200,000 1st and 2nd Round Choices $1,200,000-$1,400,000 2 1st Round Choices $1,400,000-$1,700,000 2 1st and 1 2nd Round Choices $1,700,000-$2,700,000 3 1st Round Choices $2,700,000-$3,700,000 4 1st Round Choices $3,700,000+ 5 1st Round ChoicesOnce a player signs, the team he signs with will be listed after his name.
Anaheim (11)
Ted Drury (ANA), Guy Hebert (ANA), JF Jomphe, Paul Kariya, Dave Karpa, Dmitri Mironov (ANA), Igor Nikulin, Sean Pronger, Jeremy Stevenson (ANA), Darren Van Impe, Bob Wren (ANA).Boston (9)
Dean Chynoweth (BOS), Mark Cornforth, Ted Donato (BOS), Steve Heinze, Dean Malkoc, Trent McCleary, Jozef Stumpel, Mike Sullivan, Robbie Tallas.Buffalo (7)
Bob Boughner, Michael Grosek, Michael Peca, Derek Plante (BUF), Darryl Shannon (BUF), Dixon Ward (BUF), Alexei Zhitnik.Calgary (12)
Joel Bouchard, Aaron Gavey, Ravil Gusmanov, Marko Jantunen, Trevor Kidd, Marty McInnis, Dale McTavish, Gary Roberts, Dwayne Roloson, Paxton Schulte, Todd Simpson, Cory Stillman.
Carolina(6)
Kevin Brown, Manny Legace, Marek Malik, Kent Manderville, Steve Martins, Steven Rice.Chicago (9)
Tony Amonte (CHI), James Black, Enrico Ciccone, Jim Cummins (CHI), Steve Dubinsky, Marc Lamothe, Michal Sykora, Jimmy Waite, Eric Weinrich (CHI).Colorado (8)
Rich Brennan, Rene Corbet, Keith Jones, Jon Klemm, Eric Lacroix, Joe Sakic (COL), Brent Severyn, Pascal Trepanier.Dallas (7)
Manny Fernandez, Derian Hatcher, Benoit Hogue (DAL), Jere Lehtinen, Grant Marshall, Mike Modano, Darryl Sydor.Detroit (3)
Sergei Fedorov, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Martin Lapointe (DET).Edmonton (9)
Dennis Bonvie, Marius Czerkawski, Greg de Vries, Scott Ferguson (EDM), Ralph Intranuovo, Andrei Kovalenko (EDM), Daniel McGillis, Boris Mironov, Rem Murray.Florida (4)
Trevor Doyle, Mark Fitzpatrick, Johan Garpenlov, Rob Niedermayer.Los Angeles (11)
Philippe Boucher, Dan Bylsma (LOS), Byron Dafoe, Craig Johnson, Ian Laperriere, Jaroslav Modry (LOS), Glen Murray (LOS), Sean O'Donnell (LOS), Yanic Perreault (LOS), Jeff Shevalier, Vladimir Tsyplakov (LOS).Montreal (9)
Valeri Bure, Jassen Cullimore (MON), Vincent Damphousse, Dion Darling, Francois Groleau, Craig Rivet (MON), Brian Savage (MON), Scott Thornton, David Wilkie.New Jersey (7)
Sergei Brylin, Mike Dunham, Bill Guerin, Bryan Helmer, Randy McKay, Pascal Rheaume, Brian Rolston.NY Islanders (7)
Ken Belanger, Travis Green, Kenny Jonsson, Scott Lachance, Claude Lapointe (NYI), Tommy Salo (NYI), Bryan Smolinski.NY Rangers (8)
Sylvain Blouin, Alexander Karpovtsev, Alexei Kovalev, Darren Langdon (NYR), Jason Muzzatti, David Oliver, Mike Peluso, Ryan Vandenbussche.Ottawa (10)
Daniel Alfredsson, Phil Crowe (OTT), Justin Hocking, Denny Lambert (OTT), Janne Laukkanen (OTT), Mike Maneluk, Christer Olsson, Mike Prokopec, Patrick Traverse, Jason York (OTT).Philadelphia (6)
Brett Bruininks, Craig Darby, Patrik Juhlin, Dan Kordic, Garth Snow, Chris Therien.Phoenix (4)
Kevin Dahl, Scott Levins (PHO), Jim McKenzie (PHO), Oleg Tverdovsky.Pittsburgh (6)
Josef Beranek, Joe Dziedzic, Patrick Lalime, Ian Moran (PIT), Petr Nedved, Jason Woolley.St. Louis (4)
Craig Conroy (STL), Chris Kenady, Igor Kravchuk, Pierre Turgeon (STL).San Jose (6)
Jan Caloun, Jeff Friesen, Vlastimil Kroupa, Andrei Nazarov, Ville Peltonen, Mike Rathje.Tampa Bay (7)
Chris Gratton, Brantt Myhres, Brent Peterson, Patrick Poulin (TAM), Jeff Toms, Jason Wiemer, Derek Wilkinson.Toronto (8)
Sergei Berezin (TOR), Brandon Convery, Tie Domi, Kelly Fairchild, Mark Kolesar, Matt Martin (TOR), Todd Warriner (TOR), Brian Wiseman.Vancouver (10)
Adrian Aucoin, Lonny Bohonos, Donald Brashear, Bret Hedican, Alexander Mogilny, Markus Naslund (VAN), Leif Rohlin, Mike Sillinger (VAN), Steve Staios, Scott Walker.Washington (8)
Andrew Brunette, Eric Charron, Martin Gendron, Sergei Gonchar, Kevin Kaminski, Stewart Malgunas, Andrei Nikolishin, Stefan Ustorf.
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