Guerin, Comrie sign with Islanders
The New York Islanders finally found free agents willing to join them, signing All-Star forward Bill Guerin to a 2-year contract and center Mike Comrie to a 1-year deal yesterday.
The New York Islanders finally found free agents willing to join them, signing All-Star forward Bill Guerin to a 2-year contract and center Mike Comrie to a 1-year deal yesterday.
Guerin, a four-time All-Star, scored 36 goals last season splitting time with St. Louis and San Jose. The team suddenly is rebuilding after losing forwards Ryan Smyth, Jason Blake, Richard Zednik, Viktor Kozlov and defenseman Tom Poti since the free-agent signing period began Sunday.
Comrie, a former Flyer, had 20 goals and 25 assists in 65 games with Ottawa.
Noteworthy
* Forwards Maxime Talbot and Erik Christensen agreed to 2-year contracts with Pittsburgh.
* New Jersey signed veteran goalie Kevin Weekes.
* Forward Petr Prucha agreed to terms on a 2-year contract with the New York Rangers.
* Anaheim signed defenseman Shane Hnidy to a 2-year contract worth $1.515 million.
* Edmonton acquired defenseman Allan Rourke and a third-round pick in 2008 from the Islanders for a second-round pick.
* Forward Marek Svatos signed a 1-year deal with Colorado.
* Defenseman Jan Hejda signed a 1-year contract with Columbus.
* Detroit re-signed goalie Dominik Hasek to a 1-year deal worth more than $2 million and restricted free agent Jiri Hudler to a 2-year deal.
* A group of Nashville businessmen submitted a bid to buy the Predators. *