NHL Transactions by ESPN

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Ottawa Senators - Traded LW Dany Heatley and a fifth-round draft pick to
San Jose for LW Milan Michalek, RW Jonathan Cheechoo and a second-round
draft pick.

Tampa Bay Lightning - Re-signed LW Radek Smolenak to a one-year contact.

 

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Columbus Blue Jackets - Signed RW Derek Dorsett to a two-year contract, through the 2011-12 season.

 

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Florida Panthers - Signed D Dennis Seidenberg to a one-year contract.

Ottawa Senators - Assigned D Paul Baier, D Mat Robinson, D Craig Schira,
D Kyle Wharton, RW Jason Bailey, LW Keegan Dansereau, RW Kaspars
Daugavins, RW Matt Lowry and RW Brandon Svendsen to Binghamton (AHL).

 

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Columbus Blue Jackets - Signed C Antoine Vermette to a five-year contract
extension through the 2014-15 season. Assigned D Cam Brodie, D Tim
Filangieri, LW Chris Higgins, C Brock McBride, C Tyler Murovich and D Kevin
Roeder to Syracuse (AHL).

Montreal Canadiens - Signed F Philippe Lefebvre to a three-year contract.
Assigned D Mac Bennett to Cedar Rapids (USHL), D Joe Stejskal to
Dartmouth (ECAC) and G Jason Missiaen to Peterborough (OHL).

Phoenix Coyotes - Assigned D Tim Billingsley to Mississauga-St. Michael's
(OHL), RW Jordan Szwarz to Saginaw (OHL) and D Justin Weller to Red Deer (WHL).

St. Louis Blues - Exercised their contract option on coach
Andy Murray through the 2010-11 season.:thum:

Tampa Bay Lightning - Assigned G Michael Zador to Oshawa (OHL), RW
Matias Sointu to Ottawa (OHL), D Mark Barberio to Moncton (QMJHL),
LW Alex Hutchings to Barrie (OHL) and RW Kyle DeCoste to
Sault Ste. Marie (OHL).

 

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Minnesota Wild - Signed RW Petr Sykora to a one-year contract.

 

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Phoenix Coyotes - Announced the resignation of coach Wayne Gretzky.

St. Louis Blues - Assigned F Yan Stastny to Peoria (AHL).

Colorado Avalanche - Signed F Milan Hejduk to a one-year
contract extension through the 2010-11 season.

 

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Vancouver Canucks - Released F Mark Parrish.

Calgary Flames - Released F Theo Fleury.

Chicago Blackhawks - Claimed LW Radek Smolenak off waivers from Tampa Bay.

Columbus Blue Jackets - Released D Doug Lynch.

 

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Columbus Blue Jackets - Signed D Rostislav Klesla to a four-year
contract extension through the 2013-14 season.

 

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Washington - Acquired LW Jason Chimera from
Columbus for RW Chris Clark and D Milan Jurcina.

Washington - Signed RW Alexander Semin to a one-year contract extension.

 

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Boston - Signed LW Miroslav Satan to a one-year contract.

St. Louis - Fired coach Andy Murray. Named Davis Payne interim coach.

Tampa Bay - Signed G Jaroslav Janus to a three-year contract.

 

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Toronto traded D Ian White, C Matt Stajan, LW Nick Hagman and RW Jamal
Mayers to Calgary for D Dion Phaneuf, D Keith Aulie and LW Fredrik Sjostrom.
Traded G Vesa Toskala and LW Jason Blake to Anaheim for G J.S. Giguere.

 

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NY Rangers traded F Christopher Higgins and F Ales Kotalik
to Calgary for F Olli Jokinen and F Brandon Prust.

:thum:

 

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Atlanta traded F Ilya Kovalchuk and D Anssi Salmela to the
New Jersey for RW Niclas Bergfors, D Johnny Oduya,
F Patrice Cormier and a first-round pick.

Wow, what a good player they got.

 

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Detroit traded F Ville Leino to Philadelphia for D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen
and a 2011 fifth-round draft pick.

:thum:

 

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Atlanta Signed LW Jeremy Morin and C Eric O'Dell.

Detroit Signed D Nicklas Lidstrom to a one-year contract. :clapping:

St. Louis Signed C Jori Lehtera. Named Scott Mellanby assistant coach.

 

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Boston signed D Dennis Seidenberg to a four-year contract extension,
Re-signed F Shawn Thornton to a two-year contract extension.

Detroit agreed to terms with F Tomas Holmstrom on a two-year contract.:thum:

 

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Anaheim announced the retirement of D Scott Niedermayer. :clapping:

Florida traded RW Nathan Horton and C Gregory Campbell to Boston
for D Dennis Wideman, a 2010 first- and 2011 third-round draft pick.

Minnesota signed RW Brad Staubitz to a two-year contract.

Montreal signed F Mathieu Darche to a one-year contract.

Phoenix re-signed LW Taylor Pyatt to a two-year contract.

Nashville acquired D Ryan Parent from Philadelphia
for D Dan Hamhuis and a conditional 2011 draft pick.

New Jersey Acquired F Jason Arnott from Nashville for
RW Matt Halischuk and a 2011 second-round draft pick.

Chicago signed C Marcus Kruger to a three-year contract.

Nashville signed D Francis Bouillon to a two-year contract.

San Jose announced the retirement D Rob Blake.:clapping:

St.Louis re-signed F Matt D'Agostini. Named Corey Hirsch goaltending coach.

 

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Atlanta named Craig Ramsay coach.

Boston signed D Johnny Boychuk to a two-year contract extension.

Chicago traded C Colin Fraser to Edmonton Oilers for a 2010 sixth-round draft pick.

San Jose signed F Patrick Marleau and F Joe Pavelski to four-year contracts.

 

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Pittsburgh acquired the rights to D Dan Hamhuis from
Philadelphia for a third-round draft pick Saturday.

 

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Boston signed F Mark Recchi to a one-year contract extension.

Mntreal signed F Benoit Pouliot to a one-year contract.

San Jose agreed to terms with F Scott Nichol and D Niclas Wallin on one-year
contracts. Re-signed C Andrew Desjardins to a one-year contract.