Coyotes' Boucher to Play in Swedish League
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Phoenix Coyotes goalie Brian Boucher signed to play for Swedish champion HV71 on Wednesday while the NHL lockout continues.
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The Sabres signed Thomas Vanek, who led Buffalo with 43 goals last season, to a seven-year $50 million contract, making him one of the NHLâs top-paid players.
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DETROIT -- Nicklas Lidstrom and the Red Wings have agreed to terms on a new two-year contract that will keep the defenseman in Detroit through the 2009-10 season.
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At an age when most players are casting one eye toward retirement, Minnesota Wild netminder Niklas Backstrom is looking to make the most his a long-awaited first opportunity in the NHL.
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PHOENIX (CP) - The Phoenix Coyotes have agreed to a US$22.75-million, five-year contract extension with captain Shane Doan, sources told The Canadian Press on Wednesday.  The official announcement will come at a Thursday news conference. The new deal will pay Doan $4.55 million a season.
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That was some haul Flyers rookie general manager Paul Holmgren engineered Thursday night, swapping 33-year-old Peter Forsberg to the Predators for a fair chunk of Nashville's future, including a pair of high-end prospects, a first-round draft pick, and a third-round pick.
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The Bruins re-signed right wing Brandon Bochenski to a one-year, $600,000 contract, the first one-way deal of his career.
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Brylin, entering his 11th NHL season, agreed to a multiyear deal. He appeared in all 82 regular-season games last year, and had 14 goals and 19 assists.
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Defenseman Bryan Berard was activated by the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday after being sidelined since last season following back surgery.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Scott Gomez has headed home to Alaska to play some hockey during the lockout. Gomez, a 24-year-old Anchorage native, skated Monday with the Alaska Aces of the ECHL and could debut in Friday&#39;s home opener against the San Diego Gulls.
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Eric Lindros is set to change teams again. The oft-injured center planned to sign a one-year deal with the Dallas Stars, a team official told The Associated Press on Sunday on condition of anonymity because the contract wasn&#039;t finished yet.
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PHOENIX -- Bo Outlaw signed a one-year contract Monday to rejoin the Phoenix Suns, who missed his tough post play last season. The Suns said the 6-foot-8 forward would join them for Tuesday night&#39;s game at the Chicago Bulls.
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The Great One is a fan of Henrik Zetterberg. Zetterberg scored twice, including a go-ahead goal early in the third period that was the 100th of his career, to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Wednesday night.
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Phoenix Coyotes leading scorer Ladislav Nagy was traded Monday to the Dallas Stars for left wing Mathias Tjarnqvist and a first-round draft pick in June.
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Buffalo Sabres center Daniel Briere agreed to a deal Wednesday with SC Bern of the Swiss league, becoming the latest NHL player to head to Europe.
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The Phoenix Coyotes and goalie Ilya Bryzgalov have agreed to a three-year, $12.75 million contract extension.
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Peter Mueller and Radim Vrbata scored in a shootout to give the Phoenix Coyotes a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night. After the Avs' Wojtek Wolski failed to record a shot in the shootout, Mueller scored on a wrist shot past goalie Peter Budaj. Coyotes goalie Ilya Bryzgalov then stopped Marek Svatos, and when Vrbata scored on a backhand, the Coyotes picked up two standing points.