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The NHL offseason has been anything but off,
with a flurry of players being traded, signed
and inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Here's a roundup of the action
Since the NHL's draft, there have been numerous signings this past week. The unrestricted free agency starts July 1. Patrick Roy is headed to the "The Hall." Herb Brooks, who led the 1980 Miracle on Ice winning Olympic hockey team, Dick Duff and Harley Hotchkiss will also be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November. The Boston Bruins signed Dave Lewis as the new head coach. They fired Mike Sullivan on June 27th. The Dallas Stars bought out the remaining portion of Bill Guerin's contract on Thursday. The Stars will pay him $4.5 million instead of the $6.7 million he would have received if he stayed with the team. Bryan McCabe finally signed a contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. The deal will give McCabe $28.75 million (US) over five years. This is the same deal that both parties agreed upon a month ago. The Leafs also signed restricted free agent John Pohl to a two year deal. The St. Louis Blues signed center Ryan Johnson and defenseman Matt Walker. The Montreal Canadiens signed goaltender Christobal Huet to a two year, $5.75 million (US) deal on June 26th. The Canadiens also signed forward Jonathon Ferland. Wade Redden is staying put in Ottawa after he signed a two year contract worth $13 million (US). Also staying put is defenseman Jon Klemm. The Dallas Stars opted to excerise the $950,000 that was in his contract. Dallas also signed winger Mathias Tjarnqvist. Defenseman Nick Boynton is probably looking for a nice place to hang his helmet in Phoenix after he just signed a 3 year contract. This is just days after the Coyotes acquired him from Boston for defenseman Paul Mara. The Colorado Avalanche picked up the option on forward Antti Laaksonen's contract and signed defenseman Ossi Vaananen to a one year contract. The Carolina Hurricanes re-signed defenseman Frantisek Kaberle to an $8.8 million, four year deal. They also re-signed head coach Peter Laviolette to a five year deal. Raleigh's News & Observer reported that deal is worth at least $1 million annually. The Chicago Blackhawks bought out the contracts of forwards Curtis Brown and Matthew Barnaby. They were both going to earn $1.33 million during the 2006-2007 season. A few other goings on in the NHL this week include:
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