HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY AMERICA! According to the CKNW radio station the Canucks have given an offer sheet to Filppulla. Awaiting more info on this rumor.
According to reports coming out of NY, Paul Mara has re-signed with the Rangers for $1.95M, one year.
Russian reports have it that Jaromir Jagr has signed with Omsk.
Free agent Jason Smith, 34, has signed a 2-year, 5.2-million contract with the Ottawa Senators. The Senators needed an offensive defenceman, but had to settle for the reliable back-end play of Smith.
spanfritten writes "The St. Louis Blues have signed Steve Bernier to an offer sheet, could this be pay back for David Backes. Terms were not disclosed. "
spanfritten writes "The Team 1040 in Vancouver is reporting that a Czech newspaper is reporting that Pavel Demitra has signed a 3 year 12 million dollar deal with the Canucks. This has been reported for weeks and this could very well be a pre-curser to Sundin signing with the team. "
Lightning Continue Adding Forwards; Other Free Agent News
habsrock99 writes "The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed veteran forward Mark Recchi to a 1 year contract worth 1.25 million plus bonuses which could make the contract worth up to 1.5 million. Adding Recchi is a great move for the Lightning as it will give them a great mentor for Steven Stamkos. The Lightning also signed Evgeny Artyukhin to a 2 year 1.9 million dollar deal. Artyukhin comes back to Tampa after playing 2 seasons in Russia. As it stands, the Lightning look like this heading into the 2008-09 season:
A list of players have filed for arbitration and Senators forward Antoine Vermette and Panthers defenseman Jay Bouwmeester lead the top of the list.
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Pens round out their team by adding Matt Cooke and Janne Pesonen. + New lines!
BruMagnus writes "TSN reports Matt "Cookie" Cooke has signed a 2-year contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins worth $1.2 million a year. The move was done in large part to replace the departure of Jarkko Ruutu, also a former Canuck.
Maybe the more interesting news is that it seems the Pens are very close to signing the Finnish SM-Liga's leading scorer, Janne Pesonen, a 26-year old left winger, to a one-year, two-way deal. Could he be the missing link to play with Crosby or Malkin?
