{"id":9101,"date":"2012-07-01T15:28:10","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T19:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2012-07-01T15:28:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-01T19:28:10","slug":"what-happened-on-the-first-day-of-ufa-in-the-nhl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/what-happened-on-the-first-day-of-ufa-in-the-nhl\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened on the First Day of UFA in the NHL?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/nhl-tickets\/\">NHL<\/a>&#8216;s unrestricted free agency began yesterday, and while Ryan Suter and Zach Parise still have yet to sign with anyone, there was still much going on and a lot of deals to be made on July 1. Here&#8217;s a look at what happened yesterday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Defenceman Joe Corvo signed a one-year deal with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/carolina-hurricanes-tickets\/\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> for $2 million. This will be Corvo&#8217;s third time playing with the Hurricanes.<\/li>\n<li>Defenceman Mike Lundin signed on for one year with the Ottawa Senators for $1.15 million.<\/li>\n<li>Defenceman Stu Bickell stays on with the Rangers, signing a year deal for $750,000.<\/li>\n<li>Forward Zenon Konopka hands in his Senators jersey to sign with the Minnesota Wild for two years.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/minnesota-wild-tickets\/\">Minnesota Wild<\/a> also sign forward Torrey Mitchell for three years in a deal giving him $1.9 million a year.<\/li>\n<li>In the weird deal of the day, the Toronto Maple Leafs bought out forward Colby Armstrong&#8217;s contract, leaving him an unrestricted free agent.<\/li>\n<li>Only for a few hours though; the Montreal Canadiens signed him on for one year in a deal totaling $1 million. To fill the void of the fourth line left by Armstrong, the Toronto Maple Leafs signed forward Jay McClement in a two year deal totaling $3 million.<\/li>\n<li>Forward Guillaume Latendresse signs on with the Ottawa Senators for $1.2 million for one year. Being forward-heavy then, Ottawa traded forward Nick Foligno to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/columbus-blue-jackets-tickets\/\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> for defenseman Marc Mathot.<\/li>\n<li>Forward Ray Whitney signed with the Dallas Stars for two years in a deal for $9 million.<\/li>\n<li>The New York Islanders signed forward Brad Boyes for one year for $1 million.<\/li>\n<li>The San Jose Sharks signed forward Adam Burish for $1.8 million a year.<\/li>\n<li>The New York Islanders also signed Matt Carkner for three years, for $.15 million a year.<\/li>\n<li>Forward Tanner Glass signed with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/pittsburgh-penguins-tickets\/\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> after leaving the Winnipeg Jets.<\/li>\n<li>Forward Arron Asham signed with the New York Rangers for two years in a deal with $2 million. Asham will sit on the Rangers&#8217; fourth line.<\/li>\n<li>After an abysmal year in Ottawa, and the little success he did have relying mostly on Karlsson, defenseman Filip Kuba signed with the Florida Panthers for $8 million for two years.<\/li>\n<li>Defenseman Francis Bouillon signed on with the Montreal Canadiens for one year for $1.5 million.<\/li>\n<li>Forward Dustin Penner stays with his wining Los Angeles Kings, signing on for one more year at $3.25 million.<\/li>\n<li>The Canadiens have said that they want to play more physical hockey. Signing forward Brandon Prust yesterday in a deal worth $10 million for four years has helped.<\/li>\n<li>Defenseman Greg Zanon signed with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/colorado-avalanche-tickets\/\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a> for a two-year deal with $4.5 million.<\/li>\n<li>Forward Alexei Ponikarovsky signed on with the Winnipeg Jets for $1.8 million.<\/li>\n<li>Forward George Parros signed with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/florida-panthers-tickets\/\">Florida Panthers<\/a> in a two-year deal for $925,000 a year.<\/li>\n<li>Forward P.A. Parenteau, after hearing lots of offers, signs a whopper of a deal with the Colorado Avalanche. The deal is for four years, $4 million a season.<\/li>\n<li>Goaltender Chris Mason will once again play for the Nashville Predators this year, after signing a one year deal worth $1.25 million.<\/li>\n<li>The Columbus Blue Jackets signed defenseman Adrian Aucoin for one year for $2 million.<\/li>\n<li>Defenseman Sami Salo signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning for two years for $7.5 million.<\/li>\n<li>Defenseman Bryan Allen signed with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/anaheim-ducks-tickets\/\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> for three years, for $3.5 million per season.<\/li>\n<li>Defenseman Aaron Rome signed with the Dallas Stars for three years.<\/li>\n<li>Defenseman Jason Garrison signed with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/vancouver-canucks-tickets\/\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> for six years for a deal valued at $27.6 million. Good for Garrison, who turned down more to play at home. Bad for the Canucks, who are now paying through the nose.<\/li>\n<li>Matt Brodeur signed back on with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/new-jersey-devils-tickets\/\">New Jersey Devils<\/a> for two years, for $9 million.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NHL&#8216;s unrestricted free agency began yesterday, and while Ryan Suter and Zach Parise still have yet to sign with anyone, there was still much going on and a lot of deals to be made on July 1. Here&#8217;s a look at what happened yesterday: Defenceman Joe Corvo signed a one-year deal with the Carolina [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nhl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}