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NEW YORK-This morning the NHL released, via e-mail, the full national TV schedule for the 2010-2011 NHL Regular season. The Coyotes will start the season off on Versus from the O2 Arena in the Czech Republic (pictured above). They will appear on Versus 5 times this season (schedule below). Last season the Coyotes appeared only once on Versus and won in spectacular fashion.

Here’s the Coyotes national (US/Canada) television schedule. Please keep in mind this is only the national TV schedule. The local TV schedules will be released at a later date.

TSN/TSN2

11/8/2010 – at Detroit – 7:30 PM
11/12/2010 – Calgary – 7:30 PM
11/23/2020 – Edmonton – 7:00 PM
12/31/2010 – at St. Louis – 7:00 PM
2/14/2011 – Washington – 7:30 PM
3/15/2011 – at Calgary – 7:30 PM

Versus – US
10/9/2010 – at Boston (Prague, CR) – 4:00 PM
11/8/2010 – at Detroit – 7:30 PM
12/31/2010 – at St. Louis – 7:30 PM
2/1/2011 – at San Jose – 7:00 PM
2/14/2011 – Washington – 7:00 PM

RDS/RIS – Canadian French Language Broadcasts

10/25/2010 – at Montreal – 7:30 PM
10/26/2010 – at Ottawa – 7:30 PM
11/23/2020 – Edmonton – 7:00 PM
12/20/2010 – at Pittsburgh – 7:00 PM
2/27/2011 – at Chicago – 6:00 PM

NHL Network – Canada

10/10/2010 – Boston (Prague, CR) – 4:00 PM
1/17/2011 – San Jose – 2:00 PM
3/13/2011 – at Anaheim – 5:00 PM

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Today marks the opening of two conditioning camps for two different hockey programs.  Anyone who are hockey fans should check them out!

Athletes Resource Conditioning Camp

For the next two weeks at the Ice Den in North Scottsdale NHL and Coyotes fans have the opportunity to see Coyotes players and NHL players who live in the area get into shape for the upcoming NHL season.  This is an opportunity to see players in an up close and personal setting.

All sessions are free and open to the public.

Refer to the following page for times and dates of the conditioning sessions:

https://www.athletesresource.com/trainingcamps.aspx

Athletes Resource homepage:

https://www.athletesresource.com/

Arizona State University Hockey Conditioning Camp and Tryouts

The Division 1 and 2 ASU Hockey Teams begin their 2010-2011 campaign at the Oceanside Ice Arena in North Tempe.  Starting this week is the ASU Hockey Conditioning camps followed next week by tryouts for the Division 1 and 2 teams.

Please refer to the following page for dates and times of the Conditioning and Tryout camps:

http://www.sundevilhockey.com/DI/?page_id=98

Arizona State University Hockey webpage:

http://www.sundevilhockey.com/

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PHOENIX-Earlier this morning, a Russian sports publication, Sport-Express, posted an article that appears to have said that Phoenix Coyotes prospect Viktor Tikhonov had requested a trade from the Coyotes to another NHL Team.

A source told me this morning that Tikhonov just wants to play in the NHL but no requests for a trade have been made.

As we have stated in our previous article on the matter, Tikhonov’s priority right now is making the Coyotes opening day roster.

The Sport-Express article looks to be just one of those ‘lost in translation’ situations where a father just wants what’s best for his son as opposed to a trade demand.

::Update::

The Coyotes got back to me via e-mail and it’s ‘not true’ that Tikhonov has requested a trade.

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VANCOUVER, CANADA-EA Sports has just released the demo for the upcoming NHL 11 via Xbox Live and will release the demo on the Playstation Network later today (Scheduled for 2 PM PST/5PM EST).

Here’s what you can expect from the demo:

“In the demo, you will get a first look at Hockey Ultimate Team,” commented NHL 11 Producer Nathan Ng. “What is included in your HUT will be a starter pack, with a mix of prospects and some rare cards. You will get to play through an offline tournament. In each portion of the tournament bracket you get to play will be the 3rd period of the game. If you you win, you move on. If you lose, you start from the beginning of the tourney.”

According to the press release:

“The demo will also include a look at the Battle for the Cup mode putting you in a Game Seven scenario between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Chicago Blackhawks in the third period. The score will be randomly generated and you will have an opportunity to play with either team for a chance to hoist the Stanley Cup.”

XBox Live Users can begin the download of the NHL 11 demo via this link:

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-IE/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802454108fd/?p=1&of=1&bt=0&sb=1#offers

As stated above, the NHL 11 demo is scheduled to be available around 2:00 PM Pacific time (5 PM Eastern). EA said this time might vary depending on when Sony makes the demo available.

NEW YORK-Earlier this week the NHL released the preseason schedule for the upcoming 2010-2011 NHL Regular season. The list below is the complete schedule for all teams including neutral site games in the North America and Europe.

2010-11 NHL PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE (all times Eastern)

TUESDAY, SEPT. 21

Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Colorado at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Calgary (split squads), 9 p.m.
Calgary at Vancouver (split squads), 10 p.m.
Phoenix at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22

Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Washington at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Boston at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Chicago vs. Tampa Bay, at Winnipeg, Man. (MTS Centre), 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m.
San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.
Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 23

New Jersey at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia vs. Toronto, at London, Ont. (John Labatt Centre), 7 p.m.
Boston vs. Florida, at Rochester, N.Y. (Blue Cross Arena), 7 p.m.
Carolina at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Los Angeles at Phoenix (split squads), 10 p.m.
Phoenix at Los Angeles (split squads), 10:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 24

Philadelphia at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Anaheim at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 25

Montreal at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
Carolina at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Florida at Boston, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Buffalo, 7 p.m.
NY Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Washington at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas, 8 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Calgary, 9 p.m.
Anaheim at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
San Jose at Phoenix (split squads), 10 p.m.
Phoenix at San Jose (split squads), 10:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 26

NY Rangers at Detroit, 5 p.m.
Minnesota at Montreal, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Edmonton, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Colorado, 9 p.m.

MONDAY, SEPT. 27

Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Florida at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Nashville, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 28

Buffalo vs. Ottawa, at Dundas, Ont. (J.L. Grightmire Market St. Arena), 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Boston at Washington, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Colorado, 9 p.m.
Phoenix at Calgary, 9 p.m.
San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29

Washington at Boston, 7 p.m.
Detroit at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.
Nashville at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
NY Islanders (split squad) at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Carolina at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Calgary vs. NY Islanders (split squad), at Saskatoon, Sask. (Credit Union Centre), 8 p.m.
Phoenix at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Vancouver at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 30

Buffalo at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Columbus at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCT. 1

Atlanta at Carolina, 1:30 p.m.
Toronto at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
NY Islanders at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at NY Rangers, 7 p.m.
Columbus at Washington, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Calgary at Edmonton, 9 p.m.
Vancouver at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCT. 2

San Jose vs. Adler Mannheim, at Mannheim, Germany (SAP Arena), 1:30 p.m.
Boston vs. Belfast Giants Select, at Belfast, N. Ireland (Odyssey Arena), 2 p.m.
Atlanta at Columbus, 6 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m.
NY Rangers at Ottawa, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at NY Islanders (split squad), 7 p.m.
Montreal vs. NY Islanders (split squad), at Quebec City, Que. (Colisée Pepsi), 7 p.m.
Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Colorado vs. Los Angeles, at Las Vegas, Nev. (MGM Grand), 9 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCT. 3

Nashville at Washington, 12:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Detroit, 5 p.m.
Philadelphia at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
St. Louis at Chicago, 6 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary, 8 p.m.
Los Angeles at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

MONDAY, OCT. 4

Carolina vs. SKA St. Petersburg, at St. Petersburg, Russia (Ledovy Arena), 11 a.m.
Minnesota vs. Ilves Tampere, at Tampere, Finland (Jaahalli Arena), noon.

TUESDAY, OCT. 5

Columbus vs. Malmo/Rogle BK, at Malmo, Sweden (Malmo Arena), 1 p.m.
Boston vs. HC Liberec, at Liberec, Czech Republic (Tipsport Arena), 1 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6

Phoenix vs. Dinamo Riga, at Riga, Latvia (Arena Riga), noon.

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For those of you who want to read the full 20 page decision by independent arbitrator, Richard Bloch you can download it here:

http://coyotes.azvibe.com/docs/Ilya-Kovalchuk-Decision.pdf

BOSTON-Yesterday an independent arbitrator denied a NHL Players Association’s (NHLPA) grievance that the National Hockey League (NHL) improperly rejected a contract between Ilya Kovalchuk and the New Jersey Devils.  Kovalchuk’s contract was a 15 year, $102 million dollar deal that would have paid him until the 2026-2027 NHL season.

The reason that this matter went to an independent arbitrator was first that the NHL rejected the contract on the grounds that not only did Kovalchuk’s contract circumvent the imposed salary cap (it would have paid Kovalchuk 97% of the contract over 11 of the 17 years in the contract) and that said contract was 17 years long.  Kovalchuk, 27, would be around 43-44 years old when the contract expires.  The NHL stated to the Devils, in their contract rejection letter, that Kovalchuk’s contract expired well beyond the average retirement age.

Here’s how Kovalchuk’s contract was initially broken down:
2010-2011 $ 6,000,000.00 USD
2011-2012 $ 6,000,000.00 USD
2012-2013 $11,500,000.00 USD
2013-2014 $11,500,000.00 USD
2014-2015 $11,500,000.00 USD
2015-2016 $11,500,000.00 USD
2016-2017 $11,500,000.00 USD
2017-2018 $10,500,000.00 USD
2018-2019 $ 8,500,000.00 USD
2019-2020 $ 6,500,000.00 USD
2020-2021 $ 3,500,000.00 USD
2021-2022 $ 750,000.00 USD
2022-2023 $ 550,000.00 USD
2023-2024 $ 550,000.00 USD
2024-2025 $ 550,000.00 USD
2025-2026 $ 550,000.00 USD
2026-2027 $ 550,000.00 USD

The NHLPA filed a grievance over the NHL’s rejection of Kovalchuk’s contract contending that the deal didn’t circumvent any of  rules in the CBA regarding player contracts and that there aren’t any ‘negotiated’ restrictions in the CBA that says the NHL and it’s teams can’t have contracts like Kovalchuk’s.

The NHLPA’s grievance sent the matter to independent arbitrator Richard Bloch who ruled that even though Ilya Kovalchuk’s contract with the Devils may have not circumvented the cap, the contract ‘has the effect of defeating’ the CBA when it comes to wording of the CBA’s Team Payroll range. Bloch also stated that there also wasn’t any implied negligence between the New Jersey Devils or Ilya Kovalchuk’s party, when this contract was originally signed.

Bloch ruled that the NHL was correct in it’s rejecting of Kovalchuk’s contract and the NHLPA’s grievance was denied.  This decision now makes Ilya Kovalchuk a free agent and he can negotiate with any team immediately.

The NHLPA released the following statement via e-mail following Bloch’s decision:

“The NHLPA is disappointed with the Arbitrator’s ruling to uphold the NHL’s rejection of the contract between the New Jersey Devils and Ilya Kovalchuk.

The NHLPA is currently reviewing the decision and will have no further comment at this time.”

NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly released the following statement via e-mail following Bloch’s decision:

“We want to thank Arbitrator Bloch for his prompt resolution of a complex issue. His ruling is consistent with the League’s view of the manner in which the Collective Bargaining Agreement should deal with contracts that circumvent the Salary Cap.”

For those of you who are following the Ilya Kovalchuk contract drama, (NHL is disputing his contract with the New Jersey Devils which was a 17 year $102 million dollar contract for the 27 year old player) the NHL Player’s association (NHLPA) just sent out the following press release via-email:

“The NHLPA has filed a grievance disputing the NHL’s rejection of the Standard Player Contract between the New Jersey Devils and Ilya Kovalchuk. Under the terms of the CBA, the NHLPA and Mr. Kovalchuk are entitled to an expedited resolution of this matter. The NHLPA will have no further comment until this matter has been resolved by an Arbitrator.”

When the contract was initially rejected by the NHL, Deputy Commissioner of the NHL Bill Daly released the following statement on July 20th:

“The contract has been rejected by the League as a circumvention of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. Under the CBA, the contract rejection triggers a number of possible next steps that may be elected by any or each of the NHLPA, the Player and/or the Club. In the interim, the player is not entitled to play under the contract, nor is he entitled to any of the rights and benefits that are provided for thereunder. The League will have no further comment on this matter pending further developments.”

PITTSBURGH – On Tuesday July 27th at 9:00 AM Heinz Field (home of the NFL Pittsburgh Steelers) the NHL will be holding a formal press conference regarding the 2011 Winter Classic which will feature the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals doing battle at Heinz Field on New Years Day.

The press conference will be shown live on the NHL Network in the US and Canada.

The following are among the list of people who will attend the press conference:

Gary Bettman – NHL Commissioner;
John Collins – NHL Chief Operating Officer
Art Rooney II – Pittsburgh Steelers co-Owner and President
Mario Lemieux – Pittsburgh Penguins Chairman
David Morehouse – Pittsburgh Penguins President
Ray Shero – Pittsburgh Penguins General Manager
Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins Center
Max Talbot – Pittsburgh Penguins Center
Pascal Dupuis – Pittsburgh Penguins Left Wing
Dick Patrick – Washington Capitals President & Governor
George McPhee Washington Capitals General Manager
Mike Knuble – Washington Capitals Right Wing
David Steckel – Washington Capitals Left Wing
Matt Nussbaum – NHL Players Association Counsel
Luke Ravenstahl – Pittsburgh Mayor
Dan Onorato – Allegheny County Executive
Phil Pacsi – Bridgestone VP of Consumer Tire Marketing
Sam Flood – NBC Sports Executive Producer

The NHL just released the full up to date list of free agents. Even though you may have seen some contracts signed just now, they have not been filed with the NHL front office as of yet. The list will be updated as contracts are filed.

FREE AGENTS SUBJECT TO COMPENSATION AND RIGHT TO MATCH – GROUP 2

The players listed below have been tendered a qualifying offer by their respective Clubs and are subject to draft-choice compensation and right to match. The draft choice compensation scale is based on compensation offered by the new Club:

OFFER COMPENSATION

$1,020,348 or below None
Over $1,020,348 to $1,545,981 Third-round choice
Over $1,545,981 to $3,091,963 Second-round choice
Over $3,091,963 to $4,637,944 First-round and third-round choice
Over $4,637,944 to $6,183,925 First-round, second-round and third-round choice
Over $6,183,925 to $7,729,907 Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice
Over $7,729,907 Four first-round choices

ANAHEIM

Brendan Mikkelson, Bobby Ryan, James Wisniewski.

ATLANTA

Niclas Bergfors, Ben Eager, Bryan Little, Clarke MacArthur, Peter Mannino, Ondrej Pavelec, Anthony Stewart.

BOSTON

Gregory Campbell, Mikko Lehtonen, Adam McQuaid, Mark Stuart, Blake Wheeler

BUFFALO

Philip Gogulla, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Patrick Kaleta, Tim Kennedy, Mark Mancari, Mike Weber, Derek Whitmore.

CALGARY

Gord Baldwin, Kris Chucko, Matt Keetley, Matt Pelech, Brett Sutter, Ian White.

CAROLINA

Nicolas Blanchard, Casey Borer, Nick Dodge, Jonathan Matsumoto, Justin Peters, Justin Pogge, Bryan Rodney.

CHICAGO

Bryan Bickell, Evan Brophey, Nathan Davis, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Andrew Ladd, Antti Niemi, Jack Skille, Hannu Toivonen.

COLORADO

Peter Mueller, Kyle Quincey, Chris Stewart, Julian Talbot, Daniel Winnik, Brandon Yip.

COLUMBUS

Michael Blunden, Jared Boll, Grant Clitsome, Chad Kolarik, Tom Sestito, Anton Stralman.

DALLAS

Fabian Brunnstrom, Maxime Fortunus, Aaron Gagnon, Nicklas Grossman, Perttu Lindgren, Trevor Ludwig, James Neal, Matt Niskanen, Raymond Sawada.

DETROIT

Patrick Eaves, Darren Helm, Sergei Kolosov, Daniel Larsson, Derek Meech, Drew Miller, Jamie Tardif, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen.

EDMONTON

Gilbert Brule, Andrew Cogliano, Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers, Devan Dubnyk, Colin Fraser, Sam Gagner, Jean-Francois Jacques, Ryan O’Marra, Theo Peckham, Liam Reddox.

FLORIDA

Jason Garrison, Jordan Henry, Kenndal McArdle, Tyler Plante.

LOS ANGELES

Marc-Andre Cliche, Richard Clune, Corey Elkins, Trevor Lewis, Brad Richardson.

MINNESOTA

Josh Harding, Anton Khudobin, Guillaume Latendresse.

MONTREAL

Mathieu Carle, David Desharnais, Cedric Desjardins, Maxim Lapierre, Carey Price, Ryan Russell, Brock Trotter, James Wyman.

NASHVILLE

Mark Dekanich, Robert Dietrich, Cody Franson, Patric Hornqvist, Sergei Kostitsyn, Teemu Laakso, Ryan Parent, Michael Santorelli.

NEW JERSEY

David Clarkson, Patrick Davis, Tyler Eckford, Mark Fraser, Olivier Magnan-Grenier.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Dustin Kohn, Nathan Lawson, Matt Moulson, Dylan Reese, Rob Schremp.

NEW YORK RANGERS

Brodie Dupont, Dan Girardi, Ilkka Heikkinen, Brandon Prust, Michael Sauer, Marc Staal.

OTTAWA

Cody Bass, Chris Campoli, Nick Foligno, Geoff Kinrade, Peter Regin, Jesse Winchester, Ilya Zubov.

PHILADELPHIA

Dan Carcillo, Matthew Clackson, Braydon Coburn, David Laliberte, Darroll Powe.

PHOENIX

Martin Hanzal, Shaun Heshka, Alexandre Picard.

PITTSBURGH

Chris Conner.

ST. LOUIS

Nicholas Drazenovic, Jaroslav Halak, T.J. Hensick, Cam Janssen, Jonas Junland, D.J. King, David Perron, Ryan Reaves, Vladimir Sobotka, Alex Steen, Tyson Strachan.

SAN JOSE

Derek Joslin, Devin Setoguchi, Steven Zalewski.

TAMPA BAY

Steve Downie, Blair Jones, Martins Karsums, Mike Lundin, Vladimir Mihalik, Teddy Purcell, Paul Ranger, Juraj Simek, Paul Szczechura, Nate Thompson.

TORONTO

Nikolai Kulemin.

VANCOUVER

Alexandre Bolduc, Tanner Glass, Jannik Hansen, Shane O’Brien, Mason Raymond, Eric Walsky, Sean Zimmerman.

WASHINGTON

Jay Beagle, Chris Bourque, Eric Fehr, Tomas Fleischmann, Andrew Gordon, Boyd Gordon, Patrick McNeill, Zach Miskovic, Jeff Schultz.

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS – GROUP 3

The following players have qualified for Group 3 Free Agency (age 27 or older or with at least seven Accrued Seasons) and are Unrestricted Free Agents.

ANAHEIM

Kyle Calder, Brennan Evans, Saku Koivu, Joey MacDonald, Scott Niedermayer, Teemu Selanne, Aaron Ward.

ATLANTA

Maxim Afinogenov, Colby Armstrong, Evgeny Artyukhin, Eric Boulton, Chris Chelios, Josh Gratton, Johan Hedberg, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Pavel Kubina, Steve McCarthy, Mark Popovic, Christoph Schubert, Tim Stapleton.

BOSTON

Steve Begin, Guillaume Lefebvre, Mark Recchi, Dany Sabourin, Miroslav Satan, Andy Wozniewski.

BUFFALO

Jeff Cowan, Joe DiPenta, Matt Ellis, Patrick Lalime, Toni Lydman, Adam Mair, Cody McCormick, Henrik Tallinder, Raffi Torres.

CALGARY

Craig Conroy, Andy Delmore, Carsen Germyn, Christopher Higgins, Jamal Mayers, Brian McGrattan, Garth Murray, Eric Nystrom, Colin Stuart, Vesa Toskala, David Van Der Gulik.

CAROLINA

Tim Conboy, Robert Hennigar, Manny Legace, Brian Pothier, Michael Ryan, Ray Whitney.

CHICAGO

Danny Bois, Nick Boynton, Adam Burish, Joey Crabb, Mark Cullen, Jassen Cullimore, Kim Johnsson, John Madden, Richard Petiot.

COLORADO

Brett Clark, Chris Durno, Brian Fahey, John Grahame, Darren Haydar, Matt Hendricks, Ruslan Salei, Marty Sertich, Brett Skinner, Marek Svatos, Darcy Tucker, Brian Willsie, Stephane Yelle.

COLUMBUS

Brendan Bell, Trevor Frischmon, Derek MacKenzie, Nathan Paetsch, Raffaele Sannitz, Alexander Svitov.

DALLAS

Matt Climie, Andrew Hutchinson, Dan Jancevski, Jere Lehtinen, Mike Modano, Warren Peters, Garrett Stafford, Marty Turco.

DETROIT

Brett Lebda, Andreas Lilja, Kirk Maltby, Brad May, Jason Williams.

EDMONTON

Dean Arsene, Mike Comrie, Aaron Johnson, Charles Linglet, Alexei Mikhnov, Chris Minard, Fernando Pisani, Brock Radunske, Jason Strudwick.

FLORIDA

Rory Fitzpatrick, Jamie Johnson, Steve MacIntyre, Craig Weller.

LOS ANGELES

Alexander Frolov, Jeff Halpern, Raitis Ivanans, Randy Jones, Fredrik Modin, Sean O’Donnell.

MINNESOTA

Derek Boogaard, Jon DiSalvatore, Wade Dubielewicz, Andrew Ebbett, Andy Hilbert, Shane Hnidy, Ryan Lannon, Duncan Milroy, Owen Nolan, Brandon Rogers, John Scott, Jaime Sifers, Nathan Smith.

MONTREAL

Marc-Andre Bergeron, Dan Ellis, Mike Glumac, Alex Henry, Janne Lahti, Paul Mara, Glen Metropolit, Dominic Moore, Curtis Sanford.

NASHVILLE

Ben Guite, Dave Scatchard, Nolan Yonkman.

NEW JERSEY

Yann Danis, Ilya Kovalchuk, Paul Martin, Dean McAmmond, Mike Mottau, Cory Murphy, Rob Niedermayer, Tuomas Pihlman, Ilkka Pikkarainen, Martin Skoula.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Martin Biron, Tim Jackman, Greg Mauldin, Freddy Meyer, Scott Munroe, Richard Park, Jeremy Reich, Jon Sim, Doug Weight.

NEW YORK RANGERS

Alex Auld, Anders Eriksson, Olli Jokinen, Pierre Parenteau, Vaclav Prospal, Jody Shelley, Steve Valiquette.

OTTAWA

Drew Bannister, Andy Chiodo, Matt Cullen, Shean Donovan, Andy Sutton, Anton Volchenkov, Jeremy Yablonski.

PHILADELPHIA

Arron Asham, Sebastien Caron, Sean Curry, Ray Emery, Krystofer Kolanos, Lukas Krajicek, Joey Mormina, Mika Pyorala, Mike Rathje, Jared Ross, Jason Ward.

PHOENIX

Jeff Hoggan, Robert Lang, Francis Lessard, Matthew Lombardi, Zbynek Michalek, Derek Morris, Joel Perrault, Mathieu Schneider, Dave Spina, Lee Stempniak.

PITTSBURGH

Mark Ardelan, Ryan Bayda, Wade Brookbank, Mark Eaton, Ruslan Fedotenko, Sergei Gonchar, Bill Guerin, Dan Hamhuis, Chris Lee, Jordan Leopold, Jay McKee, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Wyatt Smith.

ST. LOUIS

Derek Armstrong, Carlo Colaiacovo, Justin Fletcher, Nate Guenin, Paul Kariya, Bryce Lampman, Chris Mason, Cam Paddock, Pascal Pelletier, Timofei Shishkanov, Darryl Sydor, Barry Tallackson, Keith Tkachuk, Mike Weaver, Brad Winchester.

SAN JOSE

Rob Blake, Joe Callahan, Frank Doyle, Danny Groulx, Dwight Helminen, Jay Leach, Manny Malhotra, Evgeni Nabokov, Jed Ortmeyer, Ryan Vesce, Brett Westgarth.

TAMPA BAY

Brandon Bochenski, Ryan Craig, Kurtis Foster, Mitch Fritz, David Hale, Zenon Konopka, Antero Niittymaki, Mark Parrish, Alex Tanguay, Stephane Veilleux.

TORONTO

Garnet Exelby, Jonas Frogren, Jamie Lundmark, Ben Ondrus, Wayne Primeau, Mike Van Ryn, Rickard Wallin, Derrick Walser.

VANCOUVER

Pavol Demitra, Ryan Johnson, Brad Lukowich, Willie Mitchell, Lawrence Nycholat, Matt Pettinger, Andrew Raycroft, Yan Stastny, Kyle Wellwood.

WASHINGTON

Eric Belanger, Joe Corvo, Alexandre Giroux, Milan Jurcina, Boyd Kane, Quintin Laing, Brendan Morrison, Shaone Morrisonn, Jose Theodore, Scott Walker.

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS – GROUP 6

The following players qualify for unrestricted free agency, having met the requirements for Group 6 free agency. These players, whose contracts have expired, are age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and (i) in the case of a player other than a goaltender, have played less than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, have played less than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff).

ANAHEIM

Ryan Donally, Brian Salcido.

ATLANTA

None.

BOSTON

Drew Fata, Drew Larman.

BUFFALO

None.

CALGARY

Brett Palin.

CAROLINA

Michael Angelidis, Steve Goertzen.

CHICAGO

Kyle Greentree, Danny Richmond.

COLORADO

Tyler Weiman.

COLUMBUS

David Liffiton, Greg Moore.

DALLAS

None.

DETROIT

Riley Armstrong, Ryan Oulahen, Jeremy Williams.

EDMONTON

Colin McDonald, Matt Nickerson, Ryan Stone.

FLORIDA

Chris Beckford-Tseu, David Brine, Mathieu Roy.

LOS ANGELES

Drew Bagnall, Gabe Gauthier, Joe Piskula.

MINNESOTA

Barry Brust, Robbie Earl, Danny Irmen.

MONTREAL

Shawn Belle, Andre Benoit.

NASHVILLE

Triston Grant, Hugh Jessiman, Ryan Maki.

NEW JERSEY

Tim Sestito, Ben Walter.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Mark Flood, Trevor Smith.

NEW YORK RANGERS

Corey Locke, Corey Potter, Matt Zaba.

OTTAWA

Josh Hennessy, Derek Smith, Martin St. Pierre.

PHILADELPHIA

Ryan Dingle, Danny Syvret.

PHOENIX

Sean Sullivan, Josh Tordjman.

PITTSBURGH

None.

ST. LOUIS

None.

SAN JOSE

Brett Sterling.

TAMPA BAY

None.

TORONTO

Tim Brent, Andre Deveaux.

VANCOUVER

Nathan McIver.

WASHINGTON

Kyle Wilson.

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

The following players were not tendered a qualifying offer and are therefore Unrestricted Free Agents not subject to a right to match or draft choice compensation.

ANAHEIM

Bobby Bolt, Shawn Weller.

ATLANTA

Chad Denny, Rylan Kaip, Scott Lehman, Matthew Siddall.

BOSTON

Daniel Paille, Kevin Regan.

BUFFALO

Matt Generous, Michael Kostka, Jean-Philippe Lamoureux.

CALGARY

Brad Cole.

CAROLINA

Brett Carson, Alexandre Picard.

CHICAGO

Michael Brennan, Jordan Hendry, Adam Hobson, Peter MacArthur, Jean-Claude Sawyer.

COLORADO

Codey Burki, Wes O’Neill, Derek Peltier.

COLUMBUS

Dan LaCosta, Kevin Lalande, Andrey Plekhanov, Jordan Smotherman.

DALLAS

Tyler Shelast.

DETROIT

Evan McGrath, Johan Ryno.

EDMONTON

Josef Hrabal, Bryan Lerg, Geoff Paukovich, Ryan Potulny, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Viacheslav Trukhno.

FLORIDA

Peter Aston, Luke Beaverson, Dan Collins, Kamil Kreps, Andrew Sweetland, Nick Tarnasky.

LOS ANGELES

None.

MINNESOTA

Jamie Fraser, Morten Madsen, Roman Voloshenko.

MONTREAL

Dustin Boyd, Michael Busto, Mikael Johansson, Gregory Stewart.

NASHVILLE

Denis Grebeshkov, Patrik Hersley, Peter Olvecky.

NEW JERSEY

Rod Pelley, Bradley Snetsinger, Myles Stoesz.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Sean Bentivoglio, Sean Bergenheim, Jeff Tambellini.

NEW YORK RANGERS

Andreas Ambuhl, Erik Christensen, Paul Crowder, Enver Lisin.

OTTAWA

Tomas Kudelka.

PHILADELPHIA

Josh Beaulieu, Rob Bellamy, Jeremy Duchesne, Michael-Lee Teslak.

PHOENIX

Stefan Meyer, Miika Wiikman.

PITTSBURGH

Aaron Boogaard, Jonathan D’Aversa.

ST. LOUIS

Joseph Fallon, Alexander Hellstrom, Pierre-Cedric Labrie.

SAN JOSE

Matt Jones, Daniel Rahimi, Michael Vernace.

TAMPA BAY

Chris Lawrence, Radek Smolenak, Lauri Tukonen.

TORONTO

Matt Jones, John Mitchell, Phil Oreskovic, Kyle Rogers.

VANCOUVER

Michael Funk, Matt Pope.

WASHINGTON

None.

PHOENIX – The Phoenix Coyotes announced today the long rumored signing of forward Wojetk Wolski to a two year contract worth $3.8 million dollars per season.

Last year Wolski scored new career high in numerous categories playing for Colorado and Phoenix:

Goals – 23
Assists – 42
Points – 65
Games – 80
Plus/minus – +21

This is a great signing by the Coyotes as the team will need a scoring forward with Wolski’s talent going into next season. “We are very excited to sign Wojtek to a new contract,” said Phoenix Coyotes General Manger Maloney said in a statement. “He is a talented offensive player who performed extremely well for us last season down the stretch and led our team in goals during the playoffs. He will be a key contributor for the Coyotes going forward as he enters the prime of his career.”

As previously stated, signing a scoring forward is exactly what the Coyotes need. However, the Coyotes will need to address scoring depth this season as that was one of the main reasons for the Coyotes inability to move out of the first round of the 2010 NHL playoffs.