The Edmonton Oilers agreed to terms with goaltender Martin Gerber on a one-year, two-way contract on Friday. Gerber played last year with Altant Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He went 15-6-6 with a 2.19 GAA and .914 save percentage.
The NHLPA's grievance against the NHL's rejection of the Ilya Kovalchuk contract has been denied, Sportsnet has learned, meaning the Russian sniper once again becomes an unrestricted free agent.
The NHL had rejected the 17-year, $102-million contract that Kovalchuk signed with the New Jersey Devils because it felt the deal circumvented the salary cap by adding on extra years at the end of the contract to lower the overall cap hit.
Under the signed deal, the 27-year-old Russian would earn $95 million over the first 10 years of the contract, but only $7 million over the final seven. The final five years would pay only $550,000 per season.
The argument by the Devils and Kovalchuk camp is that the NHL hasn't rejected past deals that have had similar terms.
The CBA gives Commissioner Gary Bettman the power to fine owners, teams, management personnel, players and agents in the event of a circumvention. However, there is some doubt if the penalties were designed with this type of occurrence in mind.
Teams can be fined an amount between $1 million and $5 million and loss of draft picks.
Mir wäre es lieber gewesen, mit Lidström, Rafalski, Kronwall, Stuart, Ericsson, Janik, Kindl und Meech in die Saison zu gehen. Aber grade bei den letzten vier waren sich die Verantwortlichen wohl nicht so sicher und wollten etwas mehr Erfahrung im Team. Und da Chelios kurz vorher seinen Rücktritt bekanntgegeben hat...
Mir wäre Mitchell vom Namen her lieber gewesen, aber das kann durchaus a) an der Nationalität liegen, und b) daran, dass Salei letztes Jahr das falsche Trikot anhatte (wenn er denn gespielt hat)...
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Zitat von H.M. MurdockThe Chicago Blackhawks have signed defenceman Nick Boynton to a one-year contract. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Zitat von H.M. MurdockThe Chicago Blackhawks have signed defenceman Nick Boynton to a one-year contract. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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The Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning swapped goaltenders on Monday. Heading to Montreal is Karri Ramo, while Cedrick Desjardins will join the Lightning. The 24-year old Ramo played 44 games with Omsk in the Kontinental Hockey League in 2009-10.
The Chicago Blackhawks have signed forward Fernando Pisani to a one-year, one-way contract worth $500,000. Pisani was an unrestricted free agent who played his first seven seasons with the Edmonton Oilers.
The Atlanta Thrashers signed free agent defenseman Freddy Meyer on Thursday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is reporting that it is a one-year, two-way deal that would see the blueliner earn $500,000 at the NHL level and $105,000 at the AHL level.
Holmgren told CSNPhilly.com that he has had conversations with agent Rick Curran on re-signing Carter and expects to delve more into the details during the fall. Holmgren also wants to begin negotiations to re-sign Giroux. “I’ve talked a little bit with Rick Curran about Jeff,” Holmgren said. “I think over the next few months we will get involved there. With Claude, Larry Kelly is his agent. I am hoping he comes down here during training camp so we can look into it.” Both players will be restricted free agents after 2010-11.
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