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Transactions (June 2004 to September 2004)
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SEPTEMBER, 2004
Date Transaction
Sept. 15 Oilers re-sign right winger Radek Dvorak to a two-year, $4.2 million contract.  Dvorak scored 15-35-50 with 26 PIM in 78 games with the Oilers last season.  Dvorak was signed prior to the expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NHL and the NHLPA.
Sept. 15
Harvey
Oilers sign unrestricted free agent Todd Harvey to a two-year (plus team option), $1.37 million contract.  Harvey, who split last season between San Jose and Cleveland of the AHL, scored 4-5-9 with 38 PIM in 47 NHL games. He has scored 86-130-216 with and 918 PIM in 10 NHL seasons. Harvey was signed prior to the expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NHL and the NHLPA.
Sept. 15 Oilers sign junior right winger Zack Stortini to an undisclosed three-year contract.  Zortini, who impressed the Oilers' brass during a recent rookie camp, scored 21-16-37 with 151 PIM in 62 games with the Sudbury Wolves of the OHL last season. He will return to junior during the NHL lockout.
Sept. 15 Oilers re-sign defenceman Jason Smith to a four-year contract, $10.4 million contract that will pay him $2.6 million in each of the four years. Smith, the Oilers' captain, scored 7-12-19 with 98 PIM in 68 games with the Oilers last year. Smith was signed prior to the expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NHL and the NHLPA.
Sept. 15 Oilers re-assign 17 players to the Edmonton Road Runners, who will open training camp Sept. 20.  One notable inclusion to this list is center Jarret Stoll, who played 68 games for the Oilers last year but is still eligible to play in the AHL during the NHL work stoppage.

The players reassigned were:

FORWARDS: 
Dan Baum, Mike Bishai, Kyle Brodziak, Ed Caron, Joe Cullen, J.J. Hunter, 
Brock Radunske, Tony Salmelainen, Jarret Stoll, Brad Winchester.

DEFENCEMEN:
Doug Lynch, Jason Platt, Mathieu Roy, Kenny Smith, Jeff Woywitka.

GOALTENDERS: 
Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers, Mike Morrison.
Sept. 13 Oilers re-sign J.J. Hunter to an undisclosed a two-year contract.  Hunter scored 12-16-28 with 53 PIM in 56 games with the Toronto Roadrunners last season. 
Sept. 8 Oilers name Kelly Buchberger and Joe Paterson as assistant coaches for the Edmonton Road Runners.  This will be Paterson's second year behind the Road Runners' bench, and Buchberger's first as a coach.
Sept. 3 Oilers re-sign defenceman Marc-Andre Bergeron to a four-year, $3.9 million contract, with a club option for a fifth year.  The deal, which is one of the longest in Oilers' history, breaks down to $700,000 in year one, $800,000 in year two, $1.1 million in year three, $1.3 million in year four and $1.8 million in the option year.  Last season, Bergeron scored 9-17-26 with 26 PIM in 54 games with Edmonton.  He added 4-3-7 with 23 PIM in 17 games with the Toronto Roadrunners.
Sept. 2 Oilers re-sign goaltender Tyler Moss to an undisclosed one-year contract.  Moss split last season between the AHL’s Manitoba Moose and Toronto Roadrunners and had a combined 17-25-5 record with a 2.81 goals against average and .909 save percentage in 48 games.

 
AUGUST, 2004
Date Transaction
Aug. 23 Oilers sign right wing Sean McAslan, goaltender Mike Morrison and free agent defenceman Rick Mrozik to one-year contracts.

McAslan scored scored 12-15-27 with 66 PIM in 62 games with the Toronto Roadrunners last season.  Morrison had a record of 12-8-2 with a 2.52 GAA, a .913 save percentage and three shutouts in 27 games with Toronto.  Mrozik scored 4-10-14 with 47 PIM in 72 games with the Rochester Americans.
Aug. 16 Oilers come to terms with three minor league players, signing forwards Ed Caron and Nate DiCasmirro to two-year contracts and inking center Mike Bishai to a one-year (plus team option) deal.

Caron, who has elected to forego his final two seasons of NCAA eligibility, scored 5-1-6 with 61 PIM in 35 games with with the University of New Hampshire last season.

DiCasmirro spent the season with the Toronto Roadrunners, scoring 17-18-35 with 37 PIM in 71 games.

Bishai split the season between Edmonton and Toronto, scoring 0-2-2 with 19 PIM in 14 games with the Oilers and adding 11-22-33 with 18 PIM in 48 games with the Roadrunners.
Aug. 4 Oilers re-sign defenceman Eric Brewer to a one-year, $2.65 million contract, avoiding a salary arbitration hearing that had been scheduled for Aug. 7. Brewer scored 7-18-25 with 67 PIM in 77 games with the Oilers last year.
Aug. 4 Oilers re-sign defenceman Alexei Semenov to an two-year (plus option) contract.  The deal will reportedly pay Semenov $900,000 next year and $1 million in 2005-06. Semenov scored 2-3-5 with 32 PIM in 46 games with the Oilers last year.

 
JULY, 2004
Date Transaction
July 30 Oilers sign unrestricted free agent center Toby Petersen to a two-year contract.
Petersen, who played last season with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in the AHL, scored 15-29-44 in 62 regular season games and added 2-10-12 in 21 playoff games.  Drafted by Pittsburgh in the ninth round (244th overall) in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, Petersen has played 91 NHL games, scoring 10-16-26 with 8 PIM.
July 19: Oilers sign a pair of university players, inking defenceman Kenny Smith to a two-year contract and left winger Brock Radunske to a three-year deal.

Smith, the Oilers' third round pick (84th overall) in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, was captain of Harvard University last season and scored 4-7-11 with 44 PIM in 34 games.

Radunske, the Oilers 3rd round pick (79th overall) in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, scored 12-10-22 with 60 PIM in 42 games with Michigan State University last season.
July 16 Oilers announce that defenceman Eric Brewer filed for salary arbitration. The NHL has scheduled an arbitration hearing for Aug. 7, and a decision will be reached by no later than Aug. 17.
July 15 Oilers re-sign left-winger Brad Isbister to a two-year contract starting at $1,450,000 for next season.  Isbister, who had a sub-par 2003-004 season, agreed to a pay-cut from the $1.925 million he earned last year.  He scored 10-8-18 with 54 PIM in 51 games last year.
July 15 Oilers re-sign right winger Jani Rita to an undisclosed one-year contract.  Rita scored 17-24-41 in 64 games with the Toronto Roadrunners last season.  He was recalled several times by Edmonton, but was seldom played.  He was held without a point in two NHL games that he played in.

The Oilers also announced the signing of college defenceman Jason Platt to a two-year contract. Platt, the Oilers' 8th round pick (247th overall) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, scored 2-5-7 with 36 penalty minutes in 34 games with Providence last season.
July 7 Oilers re-sign goaltender Ty Conklin to a two-year (plus option) contract starting at $1.5 million for next season. Conklin has a record of 17-14-4 with a 2.42 GAA and a .912 save percentage in 42 games last season. 

 
JUNE, 2004
Date Transaction
June 27 Oilers make their selections in rounds four through nine at the NHL Entry Draft.
 
Rnd Overall Player Pos Amateur Team
4 112 Liam Reddox LW Peterborough (OHL)
5 146 Bryan Young D Peterborough (OHL)
6 177 Max Gordichuk D Kamloops (WHL)
7 208 Stephane Goulet RW Quebec (QMJHL)
8 242 Tyler Spurgeon C Kelowna (WHL)
9 274 Bjorn Bjurling  G Djurgarden (SWE)
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June 26 Oilers trade left winger Jason Chimera and their 2004 fourth round pick (80th overall) to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for a 2004 third round pick (57th overall) and a fourth round selection (112th overall).  Chimera scored 4-8-12 with 57 PIM in 60 games with Edmonton last year.
June 26 Oilers select goaltender Devan Dubnyk 14th overall and center Robbie Schremp 25th overall in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft.

Dubnyk, 6'5", was the second-ranked north American goaltender and had a record of 20-18-5 with a 2.15 GAA and a .917 SVPTG in 44 games with the WHL Kamloops Blazers last season.  Shremp, who comes with a repulation as a bit of a head-case, scored 30-45-75 in 63 games with the London Knights of the OHL.

The Oilers' other draft choices in the first three rounds were: 
 

Rnd Overall Player Pos Amateur Team
2 44 Roman Teslyuk D Kamloops (WHL)
2 57 Geoff Paukovich LW US National Team
3 Pick traded to Phoenix Coyotes.
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June 12 Oilers sign junior center Kyle Brodziak to an undisclosed three-year contract.  Brodziak, who was drafted by the Oilers in the seventh round (214th overall) in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, had a break-out year for the WHL Moose Jaw Warriors last season.  He scored 39-54-93 with 58 PIM in 70 regular season games, and added 5-4-9 in 10 playoff games.
June 11 Oilers exercise a club option and renew the contract of defencemen Igor Ulanov for one more year.  Ulanov joined the Oilers part-way through the season and scored 5-13-18 with 28 PIM in 42 games.  His new deal is reportedly worth $750,000.

The Oilers also announced the signings of minor-league defencemen Brent Henley and Dan Smith to undisclosed one-year contracts.  Smith scored 4-9-14 with 41 PIM in 66 games with the Toronto Roadrunners last year, while Henley split the season between South Carolina in the ECHL and Toronto.

 

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