| AUGUST,
2005 |
| Date |
Transaction |
| Aug.
29 |
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Statsny
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Oilers acquire center Yan
Stastny from the Boston Bruins in exchange for the Bruins’ 4th round
draft choice in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. This pick had previously
been acquired by Edmonton in the Brad Isbister trade on Aug. 1.
Stastny, who signed a two
year deal with the Oilers following the trade, played last season for the
Nurnberg Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), scoring 23-30-54
with 60 PIM in 60 games. The 5’11”, 195 pound forward is the son
of Hockey Hall of Famer Peter Stastny, and was drafted by Boston in the
8th round (259th overall) in 2002.
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| Aug.
29 |
| Oilers sign defenceman Danny
Syvret to a three-year entry-level contract. Syvret, the Oilers'
3rd choice (81st overall) in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, captained the London
Knights of the Ontario Hockey League to a record setting 59-7-2 regular
season record and the Memorial Cup championship. In 62 games with
the Knights, Syvret scored 23-46-69 with 33 PIM. He added 5-15-20
in 18 playoff games. |
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Syvret
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| Aug.
19 |
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Horcoff
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Oilers
re-sign center Shawn
Horcoff to a one-year, $1 million contract,
avoiding a salary arbitration hearing that had been scheduled for Aug.
25.
Horcoff
played last season for Mora IK in the Swedish Elite League, scoring 19-27-46
with 117 PIM in 50 games. In his last NHL season with the Oilers
in 2003-04, he had 15-25-40 with 73 PIM in 80 games. |
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| Aug.
16 |
| Oilers
re-sign left winger Raffi
Torres to a two-year, $1.975 million contract.
Torres
played last season for the AHL Edmonton Road Runners, scoring 21-25-46
with 165 PIM in 65 games. Torres had a break-out season in 2003-04, scoring
20-14-34 with 65 PIM in 80 games with the Oilers. |
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Torres
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| Aug.
15 |
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|
Hemsky
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|
Greene
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Oilers
announce that right winger Ales
Hemsky has accepted his one-year, $901,740 qualifying offer, and sign
defenceman Matt
Greene to an undisclosed two-year contract.
Hemsky
played for Pardubice HC in the Czech League last year, scoring 13-18-31
with 28 PIM in 47 regular season games. He added 4-10-14 with 26
PIM in 16 playoff games. In his last NHL season, Hemsky scored 12-22-34
with 14 PIM in 71 games with the Oilers in 2003-04.
Greene,
the Oilers' second round draft choice (44th overall) in the 2002
NHL Entry Draft, scored 2-8-10 with 126 PIM in 43 games with the University
of North Dakota last season. The 6'3, 223-pound rearguard scored
3-28-31 with 347 PIM in 122 career games with North Dakota from 2002-03
to 2004-05 and is regarded as the Oilers' best defensive prospect. |
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| Aug.
10 |
Oilers re-sign left winger
Jani
Rita and center Jarret
Stoll to one year contracts, and left winger
Brad
Winchester to a two-year deal.
Rita, who signed for the
league minimum $450,000, played with HPK Hameenlinna in Finland during
the lockout, scoring 21-18-39 with 12 PIM in 56 games. This will probably
be Rita's last chance to earn a roster spot with the Oilers.
After a strong rookie season
with the Oilers in 2003-04, Stoll played last season with the Edmonton
Road Runners, scoring 21-17-38 with 92 PIM in 66 games. Stoll's contract
will pay him $501,600 this season.
Winchester played his second
full season in the AHL last year, scoring 22-18-40 with 143 PIM in 76 games
with the Road Runners. The power forward received a one-way contract
for $450,000 this season and $500,000 in 2006-07, and should have a good
chance at cracking the Oilers' lineup this fall. |
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Stoll
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Rita
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| Aug.
9 |
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Reasoner
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Oilers re-sign center Marty
Reasoner to a one-year, $650,000 contract and unrestricted free agent
defenceman Dan
Smith to an undisclosed one-year deal.
Reasoner, who spent most
of the 2003-2004 season on the injured reserve list, scored 2-6-8 with
10 PIM in 17 games with the Oilers.
Smith, who was the captain
of the AHL Edmonton Road Runners, scored 5-10-15 with 72 PIM in 72 games
last year. Smith signed a two-way contract, so his salary will not
count against the Oilers' salary cap unless he makes the team or is called
up from the minors. |
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| Aug.
9 |
Oilers
announce the appointment of Geoff Ward to the position of Development Coach.
Ward, who was the coach of the Oilers’ American Hockey League affiliate
for the past two-and-a-half seasons, found himself without a job when the
organization folded the Edmonton Road Runners after the 2003-04 season.
It is expected that Ward will hold this new position until next season,
when the Oilers begin operating a new AHL farm team. |
| Aug.
5 |
| Oilers re-sign goaltender
Jussi
Markkanen and unrestricted free agent defenceman Igor
Ulanov. Markkanen has agreed to a two-year, $1.7 million contract,
while Ulanov signed a one-year, $900,000 deal.
Markkanen played with Lada
Togliatti of the Russian Hockey League during the 2004-05 season and had
1.20 GAA and 11 shutouts in 54 games. In his last NHL season, Markkanen
had a 10-14-3 record with a 2.38 GAA, .918 save percentage and two shutouts
in 33 games with the New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers.
Ulanov, who did not play
last season, scored 5-13-18 with 28 PIM in 42 games with Edmonton in 2003-04..
He also led the Oilers in plus/minus at +19. |
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Markkanen
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Ulanov
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| Aug.
3 |
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Peca
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York
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Oilers acquire center Mike
Peca from the New York Islanders in exchange for center Mike
York and a 2006 conditional draft choice.
Peca will earn $3,990,000
this season and is eligible for unrestricted free agency next year.
The Oilers have indicated they will attempt to sign Peca to a long-term
contract.
Peca scored 11-29-40 with
71 PIM in 76 games with the Islanders in 2003-04.
York scored 16-26-42 with
15 PIM in 61 games with Edmonton. |
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| Aug.
2 |
Oilers acquire defenceman
Chris
Pronger from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for defencemen
Eric
Brewer, Jeff
Woywitka and Doug
Lynch. The Oilers then signed Pronger to a five-year contract
worth a reported $6,250,000 per season.
Pronger, one of the premiere
defencemen in the NHL, scored 14-40-54 with 88 PIM in 80 games with St.
Louis in 2003-04.
Brewer scored 7-18-25 with
67 PIM in 77 games with the Oilers. |
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Pronger
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Brewer
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| Aug.
1 |
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Isbister
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Oilers trade right winger
Brad Isbister to the Boston Bruins in exchange for a fourth round pick
in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. Isbister scored 10-8-18 with 54 PIM
in 51 games with the OIlers in 2003-2004.
The trade frees $1,100,000
from the Oilers' payroll, money that will likely be used towards the signing
of unrestricted free agents in the coming days or weeks. |
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