SPORT-SCAN Anaheim Ducks 683951 Rob Scuderi exits Kings; Ducks trade Bobby Ryan 683952 Ducks deal Ryan to Ottawa, clear salary cap space 683953 Ducks may have gotten ahead of themselves 683954 NHL: Anaheim Ducks trade Bobby Ryan to Ottawa; get Jakob Silfverberg, Stefan Noesen and 2014 first-round draft 683955 Hockey: Ducks still await word from Teemu Selanne Boston Bruins 683956 MAJOR RECENT BOSTON SPORTS TRADES 683957 Bruins free agent watch 683958 Oilers sign D Ference away from Bruins 683959 Blue Jackets lock up Bruins' Nathan Horton 683960 Bruins lose out on Daniel Alfredsson 683961 BRUINS FREE AGENT POSSIBILITIES 683962 Bruins get Iginla this time, ink 1-year-deal 683963 Bruins sign Jarome Iginla 683964 Shocker: Bruins sign Jarome Iginla 683965 Carolina inks Khudobin 683966 Nathan Horton signs big deal with Columbus 683967 UFA Ference to Oilers 683968 Jarome Iginla picks B s this time Buffalo Sabres 683969 Evening updates: Bruins sign Iginla, Wild nabs Pens' Cooke 683970 A reminder of what Sabres' depth chart looks like 683971 Alfredsson makes waves 683972 GM Nill is reaching for the Stars 683973 Sabres sign defenseman Bagnall 683974 What will the Sabres do as free agency begins? Calgary Flames 683975 Feaster keeps busy, makes minor moves 683976 Russell excited to don Flames jersey 683977 Calgary Flames deal for defenceman Kris Russell 683978 Calgary Flames GM Jay Feaster signs up RFAs 683979 Former-Calgary Flames star Jarome Iginla headed to Boston 683980 Calgary Flames GM Jay Feaster tinkers with roster Carolina Hurricanes 683981 DeCock: Quietly and cheaply, Hurricanes get better 683982 Canes sign Komisarek, Khudobin 683983 Canes sign Komisarek as NHL free agency period begins 683984 Canes reach deals with D Komisarek, G Khudobin Chicago Blackhawks 683985 Hawks sign goalie Khabibulin to 1-year deal 683986 Stalberg: Hawks weren't 'a good fit at this time' 683987 Hawks take batting practice at Wrigley 683988 Rozsival, Handzus stay with Hawks; Emery departs 683989 Emery, Stalberg leave Blackhawks; Rozsival, Handzus return, along with Khabibulin 683990 Emery and Stalberg out, Rozsival and Handzus back for Blackhawks 683991 Hawks Bickell, Bollig enjoy some fun at the old ballpark 683992 Fans cup runneth over as Lord Stanley comes to Daily Herald office 683993 Hawks re-sign Rozsival, Handzus; lose Emery, Stalberg 683994 Blackhawks bring back Nikolai Khabibulin 683995 Stalberg signs with division-rival Predators 683996 Blackhawks re-sign Handzus, Rozsival 683997 Emery departs Blackhawks, signs with Flyers NHL 7/6/2013 DAILY BRIEF Colorado Avalanche 683998 Andre Benoit signed by Avs as NHL's free-agency period begins Columbus Blue Jackets 683999 Blue Jackets sign free agent Nathan Horton 684000 Blue Jackets: Options are there if Horton gets away 684001 Michael Arace commentary: Horton s upside great, but there are some risks Dallas Stars 684002 Reports: New Stars center Tyler Seguin required a hotel guard to prevent excessive partying during playoffs; m 684003 Report: No Mike Ribeiro reunion as former Stars forward expected to sign with Coyotes 684004 Stars sign Dan Ellis as back-up goalie to two-year contract 684005 Stars acquire center Shawn Horcoff from Edmonton for Philip Larsen, seventh round pick 684006 Heika: Tyler Seguin and Rich Peverley excited to leave Bruins for Stars...seriously 684007 Stars top pick Valeri Nichuskin expected to stay in Frisco to train with Stars all summer 684008 New additions create new, more fixable problem at center for Stars 684009 Stars could be done with free agency after signing Dan Ellis as back-up goalie to two-year contract 684010 Stars add two more, including former Oilers captain Shawn Horcoff 684011 Stars acquire center Shawn Horcoff from Oilers Detroit Red Wings 684012 NHL free agency tracker: Steve Yzerman, Lightning get Valtteri Filppula from Red Wings for 5 years 684013 Detroit Red Wings get report on Darren Helm: He's 'feeling very good' 684014 Meet the new Red Wings: Daniel Alfredsson and Stephen Weiss 684015 Daniel Alfredsson, Stephen Weiss cite winning culture as reason to join Red Wings 684016 Winging It In Motown: Celebrate holiday with great American Red Wings of recent memory 684017 Helene St. James: Daniel Alfredsson, Stephen Weiss thrilled to join Red Wings' winning culture 684018 Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg: Daniel Alfredsson signing 'fantastic' 684019 Valtteri Filppula leaves Red Wings, signs with Lightning 684020 Stephen Weiss makes 'easy decision' to sign 5-year, $24.5M deal with Red Wings 684021 Daniel Alfredsson joins Red Wings to chase Cup dream 684022 Free agent signings make Red Wings a perceptibly better team 684023 Detroit has long been an attractive destination for newest Red Wings forward Stephen Weiss 684024 Daniel Alfredsson loves Red Wings' style, says they give him his best chance for elusive Stanley Cup 684025 Detroit Red Wings sign minor league prospect Luke Glendening to one-year contract 684026 Damien Brunner moving on after turning down contract offers from Red Wings Red Wings cont'd 684027 Tampa Bay signs former Detroit Red Wings forward Valtteri Filppula for $25 million over five years 684028 Red Wings sign second-line center Stephen Weiss, primary free agent target: 5 years, $24.5 million 684029 Live blog: What moves (if any) will the Detroit Red Wings make on the first day of NHL free agency?
684030 Red Wings sign Daniel Alfredsson to one-year deal worth up to $5.5 million, including bonuses 684031 Red Wings are on the verge of landing Daniel Alfredsson, the longtime Ottawa Senators forward 684032 Red Wings will dip into shallow pool of free agents, but wary of big-money, long-term deals 684033 Red Wings sign Alfredsson, Weiss 684034 Red Wings sign Stephen Weiss 684035 Alfredsson heading to Red Wings; Cleary appears out 684036 CAPUTO: How Red Wings can use free agency to make Stanley Cup run Edmonton Oilers 684037 Shawn Horcoff s departure from Edmonton Oilers a 'mutual decision to move on and try something new' 684038 Andrew Ference, Jason LaBarbera, Boyd Gordon among crop of Edmonton Oilers free-agent signings 684039 Shawn Horcoff knew his days with the Edmonton Oilers were numbered 684040 Teammates C Boyd Gordon and G Jason LaBarbera, both part of the Phoenix Coyotes roster last season, picked up 684041 New Edmonton Oiler Andrew Ference joining team because of talent first 684042 Edmonton Oilers acquire veteran defenceman Andrew Ference and other free agents 684043 GM Craig MacTavish's moves make Edmonton Oilers better but they're not playoff contenders yet Florida Panthers 684044 Panthers sign Crabb, Mottau 684045 Panthers re-sign Matthias for 2 more years 684046 ANOTHER YOUTH MOVEMENT: Dale Tallon Says Florida Panthers "Going Young" 684047 STEPHEN WEISS: Leaves Florida Panthers for Five Year Deal in Detroit 684048 Florida Panthers taking a passive approach to free agency 684049 Cost conscious Panthers re-sign Shawn Matthias but lose Stephen Weiss to Red Wings Los Angeles Kings 684050 Rob Scuderi exits Kings; Ducks trade Bobby Ryan 684051 L.A. Kings free agent Rob Scuderi signs 4-year, $13.5M contract with Pittsburgh 684052 Brad Richardson signs with Vancouver 684053 Kings sign Jeff Schultz 684054 Transcript of Scuderi s TSN interview 684055 Development camp player list 684056 Day one of free agency drawing to a close Minnesota Wild 684057 It's exit Setoguchi, enter an antagonist in Cooke 684058 Wild trade Setoguchi to Jets for draft pick 684059 Wild trades Devin Setoguchi, signs Matt Cooke 684060 Wild shore up defense by signing Ballard, Spurgeon 684061 Wild GM Chuck Fletcher on standing pat, Ballard, Spurgeon, replacing Cullen 684062 Spurgeon re-signed; Bouchard, Cullen signs elsewhere; Updated Wild depth chart 684063 Chart: Matt Cooke's career controversies 684064 Wild notes: Ballard gets $3 million, Spurgeon $8 million 684065 Minnesota Wild celebrate the day after the Fourth with fireworks of their own 684066 Minnesota Wild: Matt Cullen, sorry to leave, headed to Nashville 684067 Minnesota Wild shore up defense with Keith Ballard, Jared Spurgeon Montreal Canadiens 684068 Canadiens acquire enforcer Parros from Panthers 684069 Habs acquire enforcer Parros from Panthers 684070 Agent Gerry Johannson once belonged to Canadiens Nashville Predators 684071 Nashville Predators sign four forwards as free agency begins 684072 Predators start at top, add free agent forward from NHL champs New Jersey Devils 684073 Flurry of Moves Opens N.H.L. Free Agency 684074 Devils sign Michael Ryder to two-year, $7 million deal 684075 Ex-Devils winger David Clarkson: In my heart, Toronto is where I wanted to be 684076 Devils sign left winger Rostislav Olesz; David Clarkson to Maple Leafs 684077 Devils sign Ryane Clowe, former Rangers winger, to five-year contract 684078 Devils: Not everyone on board with Ryane Clowe as replacement for David Clarkson 684079 Are Devils at risk of losing Adam Henrique to offer sheet? 684080 The Devils are reportedly interested in Ryane Clowe; who else should they pursue in free agency? 684081 Devils' Patrik Elias vows: This won't be my last contract 684082 Gulitti: Playing for one team his entire career special to Devils' Elias 684083 Devils lose David Clarkson to Toronto; sign Ryane Clowe 684084 Ryane Clowe leaves NY Rangers and signs with rival Devils for 5-years, $24.25 million 684085 Devils sign former Rangers forward Clowe to five-year deal 684086 Devils give Elias new 3-year deal 684087 Devils sign Clowe, Ryder; Clarkson gone New York Islanders 684088 Islanders re-sign Nabokov, Hamonic 684089 Islanders sign Evgeni Nabokov and Travis Hamonic New York Rangers 684090 Ryane Clowe leaves NY Rangers and signs with rival Devils for 5-years, $24.25 million 684091 Ryan McDonagh expected to re-sign with NY Rangers soon as team as potential looms of NHL offer sheets to top-p 684092 Frugal Rangers want Moore 684093 Gritty Moore returns, Rangers add two others 684094 Devils sign Clowe, Ryder; Clarkson gone 684095 Rangers add some depth to roster, close in on Ryan McDonagh 684096 Rangers make small deals with Dominic Moore, Benoit Pouliot and Aaron Johnson 684097 Rangers sign LW Benoit Pouliot for one year, $1.3 million 684098 Rangers sign UFA center Dominic Moore; & D Aaron Johnson 684099 It s Go Time! Free agency edition NHL 684100 NHL free agents: Ryane Clowe winner, St. Louis Blues losers 684101 Tyler Seguin s party lifestyle irked Boston Bruins, father says 684102 Plenty on the shelf as NHL free agency begins 684103 Lower Canadian dollar could have huge impact on NHL teams, affect CFL Ottawa Senators 684104 Bobby Ryan couldn t be happier to land in Ottawa 684105 Daniel Alfredsson s selfish decision leaves devastating feeling 684106 Alfredsson departs, Ryan arrives in a wild day for Senators 684107 What they said about Daniel Alfredsson 684108 Sutcliffe: No scorn required 684109 Ottawa Senators acquire Anaheim Ducks winger Bobby Ryan 684110 Daniel Alfredsson leaving Senators
684111 Ottawa Senators GM Bryan Murray endures a rough few hours 684112 Ron Tugnutt talks about Daniel Alfredsson's departure 684113 Daniel Alfredsson's departure examined by Bruce Garrioch 684114 Daniel Alfredsson leaves Ottawa Senators to chase Stanley Cup with Detroit Red Wings 684115 Chris Phillips and Ottawa Senators teammates stunned by news of Daniel Alfredsson's departure 684116 Ottawa Senators rookie Jean-Gabriel Pageau and his mom still big Daniel Alfredsson fans 684117 Clarke MacArthur signs with Ottawa Senators 684118 Daniel Alfredsson's exit strategy wasn't ideal according to Don Brennan 684119 Comparison between Daniel Alfredsson's old and new hockey homes 684120 Daniel Alfredsson leaving Sens? Holy crap! Philadelphia Flyers 684121 Winners and losers as NHL free agency opens 684122 Emery returns to his comfort zone with the Flyers 684123 Giroux thinks he can live up to $66.2 million deal 684124 Flyers' Giroux: 'Great honor' to receive 8-year, $66.2 million deal 684125 Emery signs with Flyers, will battle Mason for job 684126 Ray Emery returns to Flyers at $1.65 million 684127 Flyers sign goalie Ray Emery to compete for starting job 684128 Did Holmgren make all the right moves? 684129 Flyers giving Emery another shot 684130 Giroux glad contract is out of the way 684131 NHL free-agent list has some young talent 684132 Holiday can t halt Flyers free-agency fireworks 684133 Flyers, Paul Holmgren pay Claude Giroux as one of the top guys 684134 Flyers get Ray Emery back in orange and black 684135 Flyers' free-agency wins create some semblance of glee 684136 Flyers bringing back Hall; Briere heads to Montreal 684137 Flyers, Giroux agree to 8-year, $66M deal 684138 Emery signed on as backup(?) goalie 684139 Paul Holmgren: 'We improved our team a lot' 684140 With new outlook, Ray Emery returns to Flyers 684141 NHL free agency begins with plenty of movement 684142 Giroux: 'I play my best to help the team win' 684143 Briere: Flyers' buyout 'is a source of motivation' 684144 Flyers bring back Emery to form goalie tandem with Mason 684145 Giroux honored to have max-term deal with Flyers 684146 Giroux agrees to second-richest deal in Flyers history 684147 Busy Flyers look to add goalie (and maybe more) in free agency Phoenix Coyotes 684148 Phoenix Coyotes fans to take hit in wallet 684149 Glendale City Council OKs multimillion-dollar deal to keep Phoenix Coyotes in Arizona 684150 Phoenix Coyotes sign Mike Ribeiro to four-year contract 684151 Valley s teams change course over last year 684152 Sarah McLellan's Coyotes blog Pittsburgh Penguins 684153 Penguins re-sign Adams, say bye to Iginla, Cooke 684154 Penguins bring back 2009 Cup champ Scuderi 684155 Penguins' Paul Martin played with severe injury 684156 Penguins agree to terms with Adams 684157 Scuderi, Penguins agree to four-year deal San Jose Sharks 684158 It's official: San Jose Sharks finalize extension with Logan Couture for five years, $30 million 684159 San Jose Sharks will keep Brent Burns at forward 684160 San Jose Sharks announce signings of Logan Couture, Scott Hannan and Tyler Kennedy 684161 Sharks notes: Couture becomes cornerstone, Burns a forward, etc. 684162 Sharks sign Kennedy, Hannan St Louis Blues 684163 Armstrong defends Blues' strikeout in free agency 684164 Free agency update: Blues sign Lapierre 684165 Blues come up short twice on centers, but find one in Lapierre Tampa Bay Lightning 684166 Lightning sign C Filppula to 5-year contract 684167 Contracts signed Friday for top available NHL centers 684168 Lightning signs center Valtteri Filppula 684169 Lightning signs No. 3 overall pick Jonathan Drouin 684170 Lightning signs free agent C Valtteri Filppula as No. 2 center 684171 Lightning signs RW Geoff Walker for organizational depth Toronto Maple Leafs 684172 Leafs put their money on toughness and intangibles 684173 Maple Leafs pick up David Clarkson, re-sign Tyler Bozak 684174 Leafs re-sign Frazer McLaren 684175 Maple Leafs sign free agent David Clarkson, re-sign Tyler Bozak 684176 NHL free agent frenzy end-to-end excitement: Cox 684177 Why Tyler Bozak is worth five years, $25 million 684178 Komisarek gets a fresh start with the Hurricanes 684179 Hits and misses of past Maple Leafs free-agent gambles 684180 Mimico Connection excited to play for Maple Leafs 684181 Maple Leafs' defence might not change much 684182 Maple Leafs sign David Clarkson, bring back Tyler Bozak 684183 Komisarek to Hurricanes, McLaren re-signs 684184 Make no mistake, these are Randy Carlyle's Maple Leafs 684185 Leafs sign David Clarkson, bring back Tyler Bozak Vancouver Canucks 684195 Luongo s silence not a good sign for Canucks 684196 Botchford: Canucks get value with Richardson signing 684197 Play or not play: The choice is simple for Luongo, Gillis says 684198 Giants fans won t see former star Jon Blum with Canucks, but what about Mark Fistric? 684199 Gallagher free agency thoughts: With the Oilers making positive moves, eventually they will have to move on up 684200 Canucks sign fourth liner Brad Richardson 684201 Looking back at new Canuck Yannick Weber through Montreal Gazette lens 684202 Canucks sign defenceman Yannick Weber out of Habs blue bin 684203 Oilers outbid Canucks for Boyd Gordon Washington Capitals 684186 NHL Free Agency: Mike Ribeiro to Coyotes, Matt Hendricks to Predators 684187 2013 NHL Free Agency: Daniel Alfredsson, Stephen Weiss join Red Wings 684188 Capitals defenseman Jeff Schultz wants to be traded Websites 684204 ESPN / The frenzy was kind of freaky this time
684205 ESPN / Clarkson caps strong 24 hours for Leafs 684206 USA TODAY / Cap down, but teams have busy signing day 684207 USA TODAY / Which NHL teams improved the most? 684208 USA TODAY / Nathan Horton signs with Blue Jackets 684209 USA TODAY / NHL free agency: Big names are moving quickly 684210 YAHOO SPORTS / Spinning the split: Senators, Daniel Alfredsson share their versions after franchise icon choos Winnipeg Jets 684189 Setoguchi, Frolik make Jets 'a much better team': Cheveldayoff 684190 NHL free agent frenzy kicks in this morning 684191 One more free agent returns: Jets' pipes are full 684192 Expect nothing, Jets fans......and you won't be disappointed 684193 Cheveldayoff s attention now on signing Jets' own RFAs 684194 Jets acquire Setoguchi from Wild SPORT-SCAN, INC. 941-284-4129 683951 Anaheim Ducks Rob Scuderi exits Kings; Ducks trade Bobby Ryan By Lisa Dillman July 6, 2013 Two impact players from the Southern California market left town Friday in what was an especially frantic opening day of NHL free agency. Free agency giveth and taketh? It was slightly more complex than that. For unrestricted free-agent defenseman Rob Scuderi, it was a matter of geography and family issues, causing him to leave the Kings for his former team, the Pittsburgh Penguins. Scuderi signed a four-year deal worth $13.5 million, making him the first significant member of the Kings' Stanley Cupwinning team to move on. Free-agent dominoes helped trigger a trade between the Ducks and Ottawa, sending dynamic forward Bobby Ryan to the Senators in exchange for winger Jakob Silfverberg, prospect Stefan Noesen and a first-round pick in 2014. The pick is not lottery protected. Ryan represented the trade of day in the NHL after the Senators watched their captain and spiritual leader Daniel Alfredsson unexpectedly leave for Detroit. After the Senators missed out on free agent David Clarkson, they went after Ryan and sweetened the offer, upping the draft choice to a firstrounder from a second-rounder. "It was the best hockey deal I was offered," Ducks General Manager Bob Murray said. "When you're trading a guy the caliber of Bobby, you've got to get a deal that helps you now and helps you in the future." The deal helps the Ducks become more cap compliant since the long-term, massive contracts of captain Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry kick in this season. Ryan's cap hit will be $5.1 million and Silfverberg offers a far cheaper alternative at $900,000. Plus, Ryan scored only one more goal than Silfverberg (10) last season. Silfverberg is projected as a top-six forward. In another move, the Ducks re-signed center Saku Koivu to a one-year extension worth $2.5 million. Murray said there was no news on the Teemu Selanne front but expected to be talking with Selanne soon. Ryan has lived under the cloud of trade rumors, most of them sending him to his hometown Philadelphia Flyers. "I was on high alert at the draft last week and I thought if anything was going to happen, it would happen right away," he said. "I thought we were maybe going to go into another season and deal with it then. "I can't stress how happy I am to be past it all. I couldn't have asked for a better place to go. I'm just happy that I can push restart. And try this whole thing again and not have to deal with it, day in and day out." Alfredsson's move to Detroit had been the most-stunning development on Day 1 of free agency until Jarome Iginla agreed to a deal with Boston, the same place he was headed in March before he turned down the deal to go to Pittsburgh. Ryan wisely noted that there is only one Alfredsson, who had seemed destined to stay with the Senators his entire career until uprooting for Detroit. "I don't think Daniel Alfredsson, after what he's done the last how many years, is ever going to be replaced," Ryan said. "I'm not going to try to do that. Replacing Alfie is not going to happen." Besides the Scuderi news, the Kings lost another free agent and signed one. Center Brad Richardson, who had been with the organization since 2008, agreed to a two-year deal with the Vancouver Canucks. Earlier, the Kings signed defenseman Jeff Schultz, who was just bought out by the Washington Capitals. He had watched his minutes decline in Washington after coach Bruce Boudreau was fired and had asked for a trade. His one-year deal with the Kings is worth $700,000, and he was asked whether it represented a fresh start. "It does, for sure. That's what I wanted. I've been in Washington for six years," Schultz said. "They did a lot for me. It was just time in my career for a fresh start, a new beginning. I think going to a team like L.A. that has won, and knows how to win, could be beneficial for me." Scuderi was looking at the last chance to play closer to home. The Kings tried hard to keep him and made him a strong offer earlier in the week. He played for the Penguins for five-plus years, helping them win the Stanley Cup in 2009, and acknowledged the decision was difficult. "When I think of the final points that came to my decision, I thought that both teams have the ability to play deep into the spring," Scuderi said. "But Pittsburgh is much closer geographically to where I am from. And I thought at my age, I wasn't going to get this opportunity again to pull the trigger on something like this. "My parents are still on Long Island. My wife's parents are still on Long Island. To be able to play those teams consistently and have Pittsburgh be a one-hour flight, as compared to a cross-country flight is something that I've missed over the last few years. I've missed having them be part of our lives and their grandkids lives." LA Times: LOADED: 07.06.2013 683952 Anaheim Ducks Ducks deal Ryan to Ottawa, clear salary cap space By ERIC STEPHENS 2013-07-05 20:54:11 Years of rumors finally became reality Friday and the high-scoring Bobby Ryan is no longer a member of the Ducks. The Ducks traded the perennial 30-goal scorer to the Ottawa Senators for forward Jakob Silfverberg, top prospect Stefan Noesen and the Senators' first-round pick in 2014. Instead of Philadelphia, where he was long rumored to eventually play for his hometown Flyers, Ryan is headed to Canada's capital city. Ryan confirmed the deal, posting on his Twitter account: Ottawa... Im coming in hot. It was the best hockey deal that was offered, Ducks general manager Bob Murray said. When you're trading a guy the caliber of Bobby, you've got to get a deal that helps you now and helps you in the future. And that's what we were looking for. Often a part of trade talk, both real and imagined, throughout his five-plus NHL seasons with the Ducks, Ryan leaves having scored 146 goals and compiling 142 assists in 377games. He topped the 30-goal total in four consecutive years from 2008-09 to 2011-12. But Ryan struggled in the lockout-shortened 2012-13 campaign, scoring just 11times.
There is also a significant financial aspect. The Ducks clear salary cap space as the winger will make $5,562,500 (a $5.1 million cap hit) in 2013-14 and 2014-15, the final two years of his contract. Silfverberg and Noesen are still on entry-level deals, with Noesen signed until 2016. The Ducks made official the re-signing of center Saku Koivu, who flourished on the third line last season. He will make a base salary of $2.5 million. Murray said the Ryan deal to add financial flexibility wasn't leading up to another move at least not on Friday. Not at the moment, but it sure gives me a lot more opportunity, he said. We were far too close (to the salary cap) before. I was not comfortable. We did not enjoy those years where every morning you'd wake up and have to figure out if you're over or under. This gives us room if another good hockey deal comes along. Ottawa GM Bryan Murray was able to find a younger and, for now, potentially better replacement for longtime captain and beloved franchise icon Daniel Alfredsson, who left for Detroit after 17 seasons. Well, I think we got a star in Bobby Ryan, the former Ducks coach and GM said at a news conference. He's over a 30-goal scorer each and every year, he's a big, strong guy, he has played behind two very good players in Anaheim in (Ryan) Getzlaf and (Corey) Perry. I think now he gets a chance to come along as a No. 1-line player in our team. Ryan told the Ottawa Citizen: For it to happen this way, I couldn't be happier. It's like a restart, not having to deal with (trade rumors) day in and day out. The Ducks have about $11.7 million available under the salary cap, according to CapGeek.com. It remains to be seen if they'll target any of the top remaining free agents, who include Mikhail Grabovski, Derek Roy and Brenden Morrow. Orange County Register: LOADED: 07.06.2013 683953 Anaheim Ducks Ducks may have gotten ahead of themselves By MARK WHICKER 2013-07-05 18:06:11 The oft-told story has new General Manager Brian Burke in the Ducks' office, asking his staff where the 2005 draft drops off. "After the first pick," assistant GM Chuck Fletcher tells him. Humpf. The Ducks had the second pick, thanks to a lottery arranged at the end of The Big Lockout. So Sidney Crosby went to Pittsburgh, and Bobby Ryan came to the Ducks and then went to Owen Sound, at the time the Siberia of the Ontario Hockey League, to learn and play and wait. Until Friday we saw Ryan, that No. 2 pick, mature and persevere and become a U.S. Olympian and a four-time 30-goal scorer in the NHL. We saw his skater's-waltz goal against the Kings one night, and saw an even more ingenious goal against Nashville in the playoffs. We saw him deal head-on with annual trade rumors, and contract negotiations, and with being shifted on and off the glory line that was headed by Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry. We saw a kid put aside his own childhood travails, by dutifully telling the story of Bobby Stevenson to the point that nobody ever mentions it anymore. We saw Bobby Ryan learn a lot and teach just as much, and now he's off to Ottawa, thanks to hockey economics, plus the cloud that persistently follows a player when good is never quite good enough. "He was an outstanding Duck," GM Bob Murray said, after he traded Ryan to the Senators for winger Jakob Silfverberg, 22, winger Stefan Noesen, 19, and Ottawa's first-round pick next June. In a normal 2012-2013 season he might have been outstanding again. But in 46 games he scored 11 goals and was only plus-2 on a team that went 30-12-6. Despite his numbers he was never the ideal fit with Getzlaf and Perry, since all three need the puck. He had trouble moonlighting as a second-line center. He wasn't always thrilled when Bruce Boudreau began shuffling lines, which was most of the time. And the Ducks weren't always thrilled with his defense. Ryan was in the sweet spot because he had two years left in a contract that pays $5.1 million each year. That makes him a major bargain, especially in a world where the remnants of Ryane Clowe will now make $24.5 million over five years with New Jersey. Since the Ducks went big to keep Getzlaf and Perry, they needed to crawl out of their salary cap MRI. Ryan was one of the few Ducks who seemed somewhat expendable but also could bring value. Now we'll see how expendable he is, especially when the Ducks need goals next season. The Ducks also brought back Saku Koivu for another year but still need a second-line center. Murray declared he is not going to sign anyone for "term," meaning long-term, which probably means more than three years. That would appear to put a crimp in efforts to sign a centerman such as Derek Roy, Mikhail Grabovski or, most promisingly, Damien Brunner, but Murray rules nothing out. Murray said it was time for a homegrown player to become that center, which was a message to Nick Bonino and Peter Holland. One phone call could change that. Murray also said the answers on defense lie in kids such as Sami Vaatanen and Hampus Lindholm, 19, the top draft pick in 2012. If you're looking for a theme, it's clear. The Ducks are producing what they hope is a long-running series called "The Young And The Swedish." And who can possibly argue with that? Counting Silfverberg and Noesen, the Ducks have nine forwards who are 25 or younger. Silfverberg, Rickard Rakell (who was Noesen's OHL teammate at Plymouth) and Max Friberg are Swedish, as is Lindholm. Add that to the presence of marketable goalies Jonas Hiller, Viktor Fasth and John Gibson, and the Ducks have a chance to be the rock stars of the 2014 trade deadline. "We have a lot of bullets we can fire now," Murray said. "We're building our depth back up to where it should be. It was tough, waking up every morning and wondering if we were over or under (the salary cap). Now we have a little flexibility and it's nice to see. If we're close, we can do something now.'' To stay that close, the onus falls on Silfverberg, who, as a rookie, tied for second among Ottawa's goal-scorers, with 10. He also was the MVP in the Swedish Elite League and served as a 20-year-old captain. Lost in the youth movement is the fact that Bobby Ryan, with all the curves in his journey, is only 26, nowhere near dropoff. Orange County Register: LOADED: 07.06.2013 683954 Anaheim Ducks NHL: Anaheim Ducks trade Bobby Ryan to Ottawa; get Jakob Silfverberg, Stefan Noesen and 2014 first-round draft pick By Elliott Teaford, Staff Writer Posted: 07/05/2013 03:05:57 PM PDT Updated: 07/05/2013 03:29:40 PM PDT Bobby Ryan was traded again and again and again over the last three years on the Internet, most often going to Philadelphia in dozens of rumored deals that never transpired. The Ducks shipped him for real Friday, sending him to Ottawa for two young players and a draft pick.
"Ottawa... Im coming in hot," Ryan wrote on his Twitter account, breaking the news. The Ducks received right wing Jakob Silfverberg, prospect Stefan Noesen and a first-round pick in 2014 from the Senators, whose general manager Bryan Murray held the same job with the Ducks from 2002-04 and was their coach in 2001-02. Silfverberg, 22, scored 10 goals and added nine assists in 48 games during his rookie season with the Senators in 2012-13. He was the MVP of the Swedish Elite League after he had 54 points, including 24 goals, in 49 games in 2011-12. Noesen, 20, was the Senators' second-round choice in 2011 (21st overall) and scored 220 points (99 goals, 121 assists) over the last four seasons with the junior-level Plymouth (Mich.) Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League. He hails from the Dallas suburb of Plano. Ryan was the Ducks' third-leading scorer with 30 points (11 goals, 19 assists) in 46 games during the lockout-shortened season. The 26-year-old left wing teamed with center Ryan Getzlaf and right wing Corey Perry to form the Ducks' top line for most of his six seasons. There was no question as to his value to the Ducks, but with Getzlaf and Perry signing eight-season contract extensions last winter worth worth $66 million and $69 million, respectively, Ryan's $5,562,500 salary for the next two seasons was an extravagance they couldn't afford. By trading Ryan, the Ducks increased their salary cap space to $11.7 million from roughly $7 million before the deal, according to the website capgeek.com. They can use the extra cash to re-sign several of their own free agents, including veteran forwards Teemu Selanne and Saku Koivu. "Best of luck to @b_ryan9 in Ottawa. Great team mate and will be greatly missed here in Anaheim. Senators got a hell of a player," Perry wrote on Twitter. "Also would like to welcome the new Ducks coming over from Ottawa @jsilfverberg33 @stefannoesen." LA Daily News: LOADED: 07.06.2013 683955 Anaheim Ducks Hockey: Ducks still await word from Teemu Selanne By Elliott Teaford @ElliottTeaford on Twitter Posted: 07/04/2013 10:36:11 PM PDT Updated: 07/04/2013 10:39:13 PM PDT The news reports from Helsinki were difficult to translate precisely into English from Finnish on Thursday, but the gist of it was Teemu Selanne hasn't made up his mind about signing a new contract and returning to play for the Ducks next season. "Just to be sure, I'm working out," Selanne said during a news conference to announce the release date of a documentary film about his life and times on and off the ice, one day after he celebrated his 43rd birthday. "But I would be doing it anyway."meanwhile, half a world away, inside the Honda Center in Anaheim, Ducks general manager Bob Murray worked the phones in an attempt to improve a club that finished with the third-best record in the NHL last season (30-12-6), but flamed out in the first round of the playoffs. The window to sign free agents opens today at 9 a.m. (PDT). Selanne offered a bit of unsolicited long-distance advice to Murray as the hour to begin signing free agents ticked down. Selanne said the Ducks should sign his countryman Valtteri Filppula, a free-agent center who played last season with the Detroit Red Wings. Reports indicated Selanne then left the news conference for a on-ice workout. Re-signing Selanne was a priority, but there were other moves to be explored. Murray is accustomed to waiting for Selanne to determine whether he wants to keep playing or retire and await the call for his enshrinement in the Hall of Fame in Toronto. It's been the same every summer since 2007, when Selanne helped lead the Ducks to the Stanley Cup championship and then couldn't decide whether to keep playing or call it a career. The Ducks were willing to wait for him then and they're content to be patient again this summer. Selanne calls Anaheim his "happy place." He and his family settled comfortably in Orange County a long time ago and there's zero chance he would play elsewhere if the Ducks declined to re-sign him. He doesn't come cheap, but didn't exactly break the bank last season at $4.5 million, either. Unlike past seasons, when he was without question one of the Ducks' top players, there were doubts about his play down the stretch of the lockoutshortened 2012-13 season. It certainly looked as if he'd lost a step during the Ducks' first-round playoff loss to the Red Wings. Years ago, he said he wouldn't want to keep playing if he had to play as a third-line checker. Last season, he had only 12 goals and 12 assists in 46 games and his role was reduced considerably as he played on the Ducks' third line and served as a power-play specialist. Selanne had a team-leading 66 points, including 26 goals, in 82 games in 2011-12, and it was clear he not only was the face of the franchise but its top offensive threat. He wasn't the same player one season later, but some of that might have had to do with the lockout-compressed schedule. There are plenty of reasons for Selanne to return to the Ducks, starting with the fact they surprised everyone in the league with a superb regular season in which they won only the second Pacific Division in franchise history and were second overall in the Western Conference. The Ducks and Kings also are scheduled to play outdoors at Dodger Stadium next January, the first game in league history held under the Southern California moonlight. It would give Selanne a chance to play in front of a crowd that could be 55,000 or more. Last, but not least, Selanne could join Finland for a sixth Olympics if the NHL decides to send its players to Sochi for the 2014 Games. He is the alltime leading scorer in Olympic history with 37 points, including 20 goals, in 31 games and won silver in 2006 and bronze in 2002 and 2010. KINGS RE-SIGN ELLERBY The Kings agreed to a one-season deal with defensive-minded defenseman Keaton Ellerby, who played 35 games for them last season after they acquired him Feb. 7 from the Florida Panthers for a fifth-round pick in the 2013 draft. Ellerby, 24, had three assists and 16 penalty minutes during the regular season and also played five games during the playoffs. The 6-foot-5, 221- pound Ellerby also played nine games for the Panthers last season and did not record a goal or an assist. General manager Dean Lombardi hope to re-sign defenseman Rob Scuderi, an unrestricted free agent. Scuderi sounded interested when asked about a possible return to the Kings when he met with reporters after the team was eliminated from the playoffs last month. "As a player, this is a place that is certainly a desirable location," said Scuderi, who has played four seasons with the Kings. "It's got everything you need, for myself and more importantly for my family. "The team's good. I'm comfortable here." LA Daily News: LOADED: 07.06.2013 683956 Boston Bruins MAJOR RECENT BOSTON SPORTS TRADES By Boston.com Staff The Bruins and Celtics have shocked Boston fans with major trades involving superstars, with the Celtics trading future Hall of Famers Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett and the Bruins sending off Tyler Seguin, their 2010 No. 2 overall pick and a contributor on the 2011 Stanley Cup team.
With these two deals now in the rearview mirror, here's a look back on some of the most headline-grabbing trades in recent Boston sports history. Boston Globe LOADED: 07.06.2013 683957 Boston Bruins Bruins free agent watch Posted by Matt Pepin, Boston.com Staff July 5, 2013 03:42 PM The free agent signing period in the NHL opened Friday, and the Bruins have completed several deals while also seeing some former players land new deals. Here's a review: Signings Jarome Iginla: The forward who spurned the Bruins at last season's trade deadline has reportedly agreed to a one-year, $6 million deal to come to Boston. Chad Johnson: Goaltender signed a one-year, one-way contract with a cap figure of $600,000. Bobby Robins: Forward signed a two-year, two-way contract. Salary is $600,000 at NHL level, $100,000 in AHL. Nick Johnson: Signed one-year, two-way deal worth $600,000 in NHL and $200,000 in AHL. Mike Moore: Signed a two-way, one-year contract worth $550,000 in NHL and $150,000 in AHL. Departures Nathan Horton: The first-line forward signed a seven-year, $37.1 million deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets. "This is a team on the rise with great players and I'm looking forward to being a part of it," Horton said. Andrew Ference: The defenseman signed a four-year, $13 million deal with the Edmonton Oilers. Ference is from Edmonton. He spent seven seasons in Boston. Anton Khudobin: The backup goaltender signed a one-year, $800,000 deal with the Carolina Hurricanes. Anton proved to be a very capable NHL backup for the Bruins last year, Carolina GM Jim Rutherford said. This solidifies an elite goaltending tandem for the Hurricanes. Aaron Johnson: The defenseman who played 10 games with the Bruins has signed a one-year, $600,000 deal with the New York Rangers. Boston Globe LOADED: 07.06.2013 683958 Boston Bruins Oilers sign D Ference away from Bruins AP / July 5, 2013 EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) The Edmonton Oilers added experience to their defense on the first day of free agency, signing Andrew Ference on Friday. Ference signed a four-year, $13 million deal, a hefty raise from his last contract with the Boston Bruins. The 34-year-old Edmonton native was a key part of the Bruins run to the Stanley Cup final, though there was no room for him to return to Boston because of salary-cap issues and young defensemen in their system. Ference joins a defense that includes Justin Schultz, Ladislav Smid and Nick Schultz. In 760 career games, Ference has 37 goals and 156 assists. He was a part of the Bruins Cup champion team in 2011. The Oilers also signed a pair of ex-coyotes center Boyd Gordon and goaltender Jason Labarbera. Gordon signed a three-year deal with Edmonton. He has 122 points in 486 games with Washington and Phoenix. Labarbera signed a one-year contract. The veteran backup spent the past four seasons with the Coyotes. The Oilers also added former New York Islanders forward Jesse Joensuu, Will Acton and Ryan Hamilton. Boston Globe LOADED: 07.06.2013 683959 Boston Bruins Blue Jackets lock up Bruins' Nathan Horton By RUSTY MILLER / AP Sports Writer / July 5, 2013 A penguin not one from Pittsburgh helped deliver Nathan Horton to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Horton, a 28-year-old, playoff-hardened free-agent right wing, signed a seven-year deal on Friday worth $37.1 million with the Blue Jackets. He left the Boston Bruins, with which he won the 2011 Stanley Cup and went to the finals this year. During a visit to the city on Wednesday to talk with team officials, Horton, his wife Tammy, 5-year-old son Dylan and 15-month-old Zach, joined Blue Jackets director of hockey operations John Davidson on a trip to the Columbus Zoo. They brought out all the baby animals. We got to see a big cheetah, they brought him out of the cage and it was pretty cool, Horton said with a laugh. Not too many people get to do that. It was really exciting; it was kind of scary at the same time. Dylan loves penguins. So the zoo brought one out so he could pet it. The family was won over. It was unbelievable, Davidson said. They brought a penguin out and the little guy was holding a penguin! I even went over and gave him a little pet. Horton said he felt at home everywhere he went around Ohio s capital city. This is the place I wanted to be, he said. It feels like home. Horton, who still needs offseason shoulder surgery which may sideline him until at least December, provides the Blue Jackets with punch it lacked a year ago when it just missed the playoffs on a tiebreaker. The recovery is 4 to 6 months; I'm hoping it s 4, Horton said of the rehab from surgery which he hopes to have within the next week or two. I just want to be 100 percent and come back and never have a problem with it again. Columbus finished finishing 25th in the NHL in goals. Horton has averaged 23 goals over the last eight seasons. He was the No. 1 guy on our list, Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said. We went after him and got him. The Blue Jackets are built around Vezina Trophy-winning goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, who recently signed a two-year contract. The club badly needed a scoring threat to go with Marian Gaborik and several rising young forwards. The signing was one of the biggest free-agent moves ever by the franchise, which made a surprising leap into playoff contention after dawdling near the NHL cellar for the first third of last year s abbreviated season. The Blue Jackets have made the playoffs just once in their 12 seasons, and were swept by Detroit in that one trip in 2009. Horton said he realized that some people in Boston might not be able to understand the move. I'm thankful for my opportunity in Boston. I met a lot of great people, I've had great teammates, I had a great time there, he said. I just think that to be in this city, it s a great opportunity for me and my family to be in a house and for it to be a little bit more quiet. That s what I was looking for.
Horton s new contract will result in a $5.3-million cap hit. He'll collect $29 million in the first five years of the contract. Davidson was angry that panelists on a TV sports show out of Canada put down Horton for coming to Columbus, saying that he was going into the woods or moving to Green Acres. Family is a big part of this, Davidson said. Columbus is a terrific city. It has so much to offer. A skilled player with an edge, Horton was a central figure in the Bruins run to winning the 2011 Stanley Cup and in their trip to the finals this past season. He injured his shoulder in this year s playoffs. Horton held off getting the operation until his new team s doctors were involved. He also had a concussion in January 2012 that caused him to miss the remainder of that season. He also missed the last four Stanley Cup finals games in 2011 because of a concussion. Obviously, we'd like to have him right away, but it s a long-term commitment, Kekalainen said. There s going to be lots of hockey left after he gets his shoulder fixed. We have realistic expectations based on our doctors reports that he'll be back in December when there'll still be over 50 games to play. The Blue Jackets are considered by many to be a franchise that has turned the corner after years of bad drafts, bad trades and bad luck. They went on a 19-5-5 run to finish last season to tie for the eighth and final playoff spot in the West but lost out on a tiebreaker. Horton said he was ready to contribute as soon as he s healthy. I want to bring what I can to the team: scoring goals, battling, putting pucks on the net like a power forward does, he said. But I'll do anything it takes, wherever I'm slotted and wherever the coach wants me to play. I want to be in the playoffs and everybody else does (here) and we've got the team to do it. That s why I'm so excited. There s a buzz going around here. I felt it since I got here. There is no disputing Horton s effectiveness in the postseason, particularly for a club striving not only to make the playoffs but also to win there for the first time. This past season, he had the seven goals and 12 assists and a remarkable +20 plus/minus rating in the Bruins 22 playoff games that ended with a six-game loss to Chicago in the finals. During Boston s run to the title in 2011, he had eight goals and nine assists in 21 games before being injured. He put up 13 goals and nine assists in 43 regular-season games with the Bruins during the truncated 2013 season. Horton was the fouth-overall pick by the Florida Panthers in 2003, and then was traded just over three years ago to the Bruins. It was not a coincidence that Boston suddenly became a Stanley Cup contender soon after, with Norton a valuable leader of the club. He has totaled 198 goals and 204 assists with 543 penalty minutes and a cumulative plus/minus rating of plus-57 in his 591 career NHL games. The Blue Jackets also signed minor-league forward Cody Bass, goaltender Jeremy Smith, forward Ryan Craig and defenseman Thomas Larkin to contracts. Boston Globe LOADED: 07.06.2013 683960 Boston Bruins Bruins lose out on Daniel Alfredsson Posted by Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff July 5, 2013 12:13 PM The Bruins have failed in their pursuit of Daniel Alfredsson. The former Ottawa captain has chosen the Red Wings over the Bruins, according to TSN. The Bruins chased Alfredsson during the interview period. Alfredsson would have been Nathan Horton s replacement as the No. 1 right wing next to Milan Lucic and David Krejci. The Bruins will have to look elsewhere to fill their holes at right wing. They are down Horton, Jaromir Jagr, Tyler Seguin, and Rich Peverley. Loui Eriksson could be their No. 2 right wing. GM Peter Chiarelli wants a shooter to play alongside Lucic and Krejci. Boston Globe LOADED: 07.06.2013 683961 Boston Bruins BRUINS FREE AGENT POSSIBILITIES By Jeff Pini / Boston.com Correspondent Now that the 2013 NHL season has come to a close, teams are working on solidifying their rosters for 2013-14, with free agency officially beginning on July 5. After the Bruins fell just short of their second Stanley Cup championship in three seasons, Boston has some significant holes to fill before the team begins training camp on Sept. 12. Here's a look at some of the players available on the free agent market that general manager Peter Chiarelli could pick up to complete the Bruins' puzzle. Boston Globe LOADED: 07.06.2013 683962 Boston Bruins Bruins get Iginla this time, ink 1-year-deal AP / July 5, 2013 BOSTON (AP) After the Boston Bruins failed to get Jarome Iginla at the trade deadline, they grabbed him in free agency. The longtime Calgary Flames forward, who was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins in March, signed a one-year deal with the Bruins on Friday. The right wing will have a base salary of $1.8 million along with $4.2 million in available incentives, which gives him a $6 million salary cap charge. The 36-year-old Iginla entered this past season having scored at least 30 goals 11 straight times. He registered 14 goals and 33 points in 44 games between Calgary and Pittsburgh, and then had four goals and eight assists in 15 postseason games with the Penguins. In 1,232 NHL regular-season games, Iginla had 530 goals and 576 assists. He is 32nd on the NHL s career goal list and 57th with 1,106 points. Iginla has added 32 goals and 29 assists in 69 career playoff games. In other moves Friday, the Bruins signed goalie Chad Johnson to a oneyear, $600,000 deal. Boston gave forward Bobby Robins a two-year, twoway contract; forward Nick Johnson a one-year, two-way deal; and defenseman Mike Moore a two-way, one-year contract. Iginla spurned the Bruins advances at the trade deadline in March and chose to go to Pittsburgh. He had a no-trade clause in the final year of his contract with Calgary and narrowed his list of teams he would accept a trade to when it was clear the Flames wanted to move him. The Flames and Bruins agreed to a trade, but Iginla nixed it when he decided he wanted to play with Sidney Crosby and the Penguins instead. Boston swept the Penguins in the Eastern Conference finals, but the Bruins will have a much different look next season than they did last month when they lost to Chicago in the Stanley Cup finals. Nathan Horton signed with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday, and Tyler Seguin and Rich Peverley were traded to the Dallas Stars on Thursday. Knowing he was losing Horton and not expecting Jaromir Jagr to return to Boston, Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli said it was his goal to reconstruct the right side of his forward lines. Loui Eriksson was acquired in the deal with the Stars, and adding Iginla was the next step.