GM Game #6 Free Agency

[Barbadian91]

Panthers Add Gigeure

The Florida Panthers have signed free agent Goaltender JS Gigeure to a 2 year deal worth $4,000,000 ($2M/year).

 

[Backlund]

Frolov and Zherdev to the Sens

The Ottawa Senators have signed both Alexander Frolov and Nikolai Zherdev to 2 year contracts paying them $2,750,000 per year. The deal also includes a NMC for this year with a conditional one next year if they both reach 40 points.

 

[Dichow Stopper]

HEJDA AND ROLOSON SIGN WITH BUFFALO

The Buffalo Sabres have signed defenseman Jan Hejda and goaltender Dwayne Roloson. We feel that Jan is a solid young veteran who will help Tyler Myers in his learning of the game. As for Dwayne, he will split games with Jhonas Enroth for this season.

Hejda 12M$ for 3 years (4M$ per)
Dwayne Roloson 5M$ for 2 years (2.75M$, 2.25M$)

 

[RR]

Add Ponikarovsky on 2-year deal

In what is expected to be our last move of the off-season, the Phoenix Coyotes have inked forward Alexei Ponikarovsky to a 2-year deal worth $2.5M per year.

Poni is coming off a rough season in which injuries took their toll, never allowing him to truly get going. But at age 30 we believe he's still the player that has averaged >50 points a season from 2005-2009.

Poni is expected to play alongside Dave Bolland and Lauri Korpikoski.

With this signing we head into the 2011-12 lining up like this:

PHOENIX COYOTES​

Ray Whitney -- Martin Hanzal -- Shane Doan
Andrew Brunette -- Shawn Horcoff -- Martin Havlat
Alexei Ponikarovsky -- Dave Bolland -- Lauri Korpikoski
Taylor Pyatt -- Vernon Fiddler -- Lee Stempniak
Scratch: DJ King

Michal Roszival -- Keith Yandle
Derek Morris -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Adrian Aucoin -- Karlis Skrastins
Scratch: Nolan Yonkman

Ilya Bryzgalov
Jason LaBarbera

TOTAL SALARY CAP -- $60,243,750
SALARY CAP LIMIT -- $62,370,000
CAP SPACE -- $2,126,250​

 

[Backstrom #19]

Capitals sign forward Jarkko Ruutu

"We are very excited to add a player like Ruutu to our team. Over the past couple of years we've been needing an agitator type player and Ruutu is exactly that. He'll play on our 4th line with Jason Chimera and Matt Hendricks. We feel it'll be one of the best 4th lines in the NHL."

It's a 1 year $800,000 contract.

 

[Kessel>Seguin +]

sign

Jason Arnott - 1 year 2 mil
Josh Harding - 1 year 2 mil
Hal Gill - Do not remember the terms but I will find them in the AM

 

[SixthSens]

The Calgary Flames have signed Scottie Upshall to a 5 year deal worth $19.375M.

 

[Backstrom #19]

Capitals sign Nicklas Lidstrom

"To be able to sign a player like Niklas Lidstrom is a huge deal for us. He may not be the player he was 5 years ago, but he's still a top-pairing defenceman and has all the experience in the world. We think bringing in Lidstrom will greatly help out our young defenceman like Mike Green, Jeff Schultz, John Carlson, and Karl Alzner. It will have the same impact as Sergei Fedorov had a couple of years ago."

It's a 1 year 6.5 million dollar contract with a full NMC.

 

[Tavares2TheRescue]

:thrashers Sign 3 forwards, finish off roster
Michael Ryder: 3 years $9M
Pascal Dupuis: 2 years $2.8M
Jeff Halpern: 1 year $900K