Official 2011 NHL Free Agent Tracker

[pghbuccos]

this will be the official 2011 NHL Free Agent signings tracker thread. you can use this thread to post any and all free agent signings and/or any trades.

- the deadline for teams to resign their free agents is June 30th at 11:59 PM EDT.

- the NHL hasn't released the 2011-12 Salary Cap yet but it is rumored to be rising to $63.5 million.

- click the link below for the complete list of NHL unrestricted free agents

www.capgeek.com

- click the link below for the complete list of NHL restricted free agents

www.capgeek.com

- click the link below for a complete rundown of all 30 teams payroll and available Cap space

www.capgeek.com

 

[pghbuccos]

- the Pittsburgh Penguins have signed F Richard Park to a 1 year contract.

- the Nashville Predators D Shea Weber was awarded a 1 year contract through arbitration.

- the New Jersey Devils have signed F Zach Parise to a 1 year contract.

- the Tampa Bay Lightning have signed F Steven Stamkos to a 5 year contract.

- the Pittsburgh Penguins have signed F Steve MacIntyre to a 2 year contract.

- the Pittsburgh Penguins have signed F Dustin Jeffrey to a 2 year contract.

- the Dallas Stars have signed F Eric Godard to a 2 year contract.

- the Carolina Hurricanes have signed D Tomas Kaberle to a 3 year contract.

- the Ottawa Senators have signed F Zenon Konopka to a 1 year contract.

- the Calgary Flames have signed D Anton Babchuk to a 2 year contract.

- the Phoenix Coyotes have signed G Curtis McElhinney to a 1 year contract.

- the Los Angeles Kings have signed F Simon Gagne to a 2 year contract.

- the Carolina Hurricanes have signed F Anthony Stewart to a 2 year contract.

- the Toronto Maple Leafs have signed F Tim Connolly to a 2 year contract.

- the New York Rangers have signed F Brad Richards to a 9 year contract.

- the Colorado Avalanche have signed G J-S Giguere and F Chuck Kobasew to 2 year contracts.

- the Edmonton Oilers have signed F Eric Belanger to a 3 year contract.

- the Edmonton Oilers have signed F Darcy Hordichuk to a 1 year contract.

- the Phoenix Coyotes have signed F Boyd Gordon to a 3 year contract.

- the Carolina Hurricanes have signed F Tim Brent to a 2 year contract.

- the Carolina Hurricanes have signed F Alex Ponikarovsky to a 1 year contract.

- the Florida Panthers have signed F Tomas Fleischmann to a 4 year contract.

- the Dallas Stars have signed D Sheldon Souray to a 1 year contract.

- the Vancouver Canucks have signed F Marco Sturm to a 1 year contract.

- the Buffalo Sabres have signed F Ville Leino to a 6 year contract.

- the Boston Bruins have signed F Benoit Pouliot to a 1 year contract.

- the New York Islanders have signed F Marty Reasoner to a 2 year contract.

- the Dallas Stars have signed F Michael Ryder to a 2 year contract.

- the Ottawa Senators have signed G Alex Auld to a 1 year contract.

- the Edmonton Oilers have signed D Cam Barker to a 1 year contract.

- the Washington Capitals have signed D Roman Hamrlik to a 2 year contract.

- the Washington Capitals have signed F Joel Ward to a 4 year contract.

- the Montreal Canadiens have signed F Erik Cole to a 4 year contract.

- the Montreal Canadiens have signed G Peter Budaj to a 2 year contract.

- the Carolina Hurricanes have signed G Brian Boucher to a 2 year contract.

- the Florida Panthers have signed F Marcel Goc to a 3 year contract.

- the Dallas Stars have signed F Vernon Fiddler to a 3 year contract.

- the Chicago Blackhawks have signed F Andrew Brunette to a 1 year contract.

- the Pittsburgh Penguins have signed F Steve Sullivan to a 1 year contract.

- the Detroit Red Wings have signed D Mike Commodore to a 1 year contract.

- the New York Rangers have signed F Mike Rupp to a 3 year contract.

- the Columbus Blue Jackets have signed D James Wisniewski to a 6 year contract.

- the Detroit Red Wings have signed F Patrick Eaves, D Jonathan Ericsson and F Drew Miller.

- the Edmonton Oilers have signed F Ben Eager to a 3 year contract.

- the Florida Panthers have signed F Scottie Upshall, D Ed Jovanovski and G Jose Theodore.

- the Philadelphia Flyers have signed F Jaromir Jagr, F Max Talbot and D Andreas Lilja.

- the Phoenix Coyotes have signed G Mike Smith and F Raffi Torres.

- the Pittsburgh Penguins have signed F Tyler Kennedy to a 2 year contract.

- the Washington Capitals have signed F Jeff Halpern to a 1 year contract.

- the Chicago Blackhawks will sign D Steve Montador to a 4 year contract.

- the Buffalo Sabres have signed D Christian Ehrhoff to a 10 year contract.

- the Carolina Hurricanes will sign F Jussi Jokinen to a 3 year contract.

- the St. Louis Blues have signed F T.J. Oshie to a 1 year contract.

- the Edmonton Oilers will sign D Ladislav Smid to a 2 year contract.

- the Pittsburgh Penguins have signed F Arron Asham to a 1 year contract.

- the Tampa Bay Lightning have signed G Dwayne Roloson to a 1 year deal worth $3 million and F Adam Hall to a 1 year deal.

- the Carolina Hurricanes have signed F Chad LaRose to a 2 year contract.

- the Florida Panthers have signed F Tomas Kopecky to a 4 year contract.

- the Montreal Canadiens have signed D Yannick Weber to a 2 year contract.

- the Pittsburgh Penguins have signed F Pascal Dupuis to a 2 year contract.

- the Washington Capitals signed F Brooks Laich to a 6 year contract.

- the Tampa Bay Lightning have signed D Bruno Gervais to a 1 year contract.

- the Tampa Bay Lightning have signed D Eric Brewer to a 4 year contract worth $16 million.

- the Montreal Canadiens have signed D Andrei Markov to a 3 year contract worth $17.25 million.

- the San Jose Sharks have signed F Devin Setoguchi to a 3 year contract worth $9 million.

- the Calgary Flames have signed G Henrik Karlsson to a 2 year contract.

- the Florida Panthers have signed F Tim Kennedy to a 1 year, two-way contract.

- the Montreal Canadiens have signed F Max Pacioretty to a 2 year contract.

- the Detroit Red Wings have signed D Niklas Lidstrom to a 1 year deal for $6.2 million.

- the Nashville Predators have elected to go to salary arbitration with D Shea Weber.

- the New Jersey Devils have elected to go to salary arbitration with F Zach Parise.

- the Phoenix Coyotes trade the rights to negotiate with G Ilya Bryzgalov to the Philadelphia Flyers.

- the Pittsburgh Penguins have signed F Craig Adams to a 2 year contract.

- the Toronto Maple Leafs have signed F James Reimer to a 3 year contract.

- the Montreal Canadiens have signed D Hal Gill, F Andrei Kostitsyn and F Mathieu Darche to 1 year contracts.

- the Phoenix Coyotes have signed G Jason Labarbera.

- the Blue Jackets have signed D Grant Clitsome to a 2 year contract.

 

[G $MONEY$]

good thread Dave and thanks for the links to the ufas and rfas this year.

 

[Sly]

Will be a good thread. Dave, is your idea to keep all updates at the top? Just thinking it may be easier for people to follow if someone regularly updates one of the first posts.

 

[pghbuccos]

Will be a good thread. Dave, is your idea to keep all updates at the top? Just thinking it may be easier for people to follow if someone regularly updates one of the first posts.

yes I will edit the 2nd post to add all the new signings so we can keep track of them in one spot. so everyone feel free to post any signings or trades that occur and I will add it to the 2nd post.

 

[pghbuccos]

the Nashville Predators have elected to go to salary arbitration with Shea Weber.

the New Jersey Devils have elected to go to salary arbitration with Zach Parise.

both teams have said they are still negotiating with the respective players. NHL rules state that when a team elects to take a player to arbitration no other team can make an offer to said player during the arbitration process.

 

[matchpenalty]

Nice to see NYI resign Gillies. Haley is also supposed to be resigned, but Konopka is walking. I'm sure Konopka is going to get some decent $$$ offers from a few teams. Would love to see Bruins get him, but they have a lot of toughness. Teams like Vancouver, Washington, Montreal, Buffalo, NJ, Chicago, Colorado, SJ ect should all be knocking on his door as soon as they can.

Sure Bucco knows, put have heard Godard is done in Pittsburgh. No surprise. Calgary should be calling. Would be nice to see Big Mac-Godard rivalry again in Battle Of Alberta.

I expect Bruins to NOT resign either Ryder or Kaberle.

 

[pghbuccos]

I certainly could be wrong but I believe Godard is done here in Pittsburgh. he was a great team player and stood up for his teammates when they needed him (just ask Brent Johnson). Godard also had a tremendous presence in the community. he was always doing something for local charities and he will be missed off the ice as much as on it.

 

[thefatguy]

The Flames and Tanguay might be parting ways....after such a successful season and chemistry with Iggy.

 

[lumm0x]

Oilers need to get Konopka. They need a gritty guy who can go with anyone can be better than 30% on faceoffs, and center a 4th line better than Fraser.

 

[Sly]

Nice to see NYI resign Gillies. Haley is also supposed to be resigned, but Konopka is walking. I'm sure Konopka is going to get some decent $$$ offers from a few teams. Would love to see Bruins get him, but they have a lot of toughness. Teams like Vancouver, Washington, Montreal, Buffalo, NJ, Chicago, Colorado, SJ ect should all be knocking on his door as soon as they can.

Sure Bucco knows, put have heard Godard is done in Pittsburgh. No surprise. Calgary should be calling. Would be nice to see Big Mac-Godard rivalry again in Battle Of Alberta.

I expect Bruins to NOT resign either Ryder or Kaberle.

Chiarelli's said they don't expect to be too big of players in the FA Market, since they really only have a couple UFA's (Ryder, Kaberle, Recchi, and I think there was one more). I'd be shocked if they resign Ryder...Kaberle though, I don't know. I know he didn't perform the way he was expected, but considering what they gave up, I wouldn't be too surprised if they did resign him, but with Kampfer coming back healthy, there may not be the need for Kaberle...

As for Konopka, no, last thing they need is another tough guy. There'd be nowhere for him to play unless they get rid of Paille, but even then, a line of Konopka/Campbell/Thornton??? No.

 

[pghbuccos]

the Detroit Red Wings have resigned D Niklas Lidstrom to a 1 year deal for $6.2 million.

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=369487

 

[pghbuccos]

TSN is reporting that "clubs and agents are being told next year's salary cap will be set at an upper limit of $64 million with a floor of $48 million."

 

[pghbuccos]

the Calgary Flames have signed G Henrik Karlsson to a 2 year contract.

the Florida Panthers have signed F Tim Kennedy to a 1 year, two-way contract.

the Montreal Canadiens have signed F Max Pacioretty to a 2 year contract.

 

[G $MONEY$]

the Calgary Flames have signed G Henrik Karlsson to a 2 year contract.

WOOT

 

[Sly]

the Calgary Flames have signed G Henrik Karlsson to a 2 year contract.

WOOT

Are they ever going to give Irving a shot??? If not, trade him already!

 

[pghbuccos]

Max Talbot turned down a 3 year contract offer from the Penguins. it looks like Talbot will test the Free Agency market.

 

[pghbuccos]

the Montreal Canadiens have signed D Andrei Markov to a 3 year contract worth $17.25 million.

the San Jose Sharks have signed F Devin Setoguchi to a 3 year contract worth $9 million.

the Tampa Bay Lightning have signed D Eric Brewer to a 4 year contract worth $16 million.

 

[G $MONEY$]

the Calgary Flames have signed G Henrik Karlsson to a 2 year contract.

WOOT

Are they ever going to give Irving a shot??? If not, trade him already!

With this signing of Karlsson it looks like Irving will be in the minors for another 2 years..... at least

 

[Sly]

[quote="G $MONEY$":1qhsv1gz]

the Calgary Flames have signed G Henrik Karlsson to a 2 year contract.

WOOT

Are they ever going to give Irving a shot??? If not, trade him already!

With this signing of Karlsson it looks like Irving will be in the minors for another 2 years..... at least [/quote:1qhsv1gz]

They need to trade him just let him back-up somewhere. I don't even care if it's Montreal...well, maybe I would care if it was Montreal.