| JULY,
2011 |
| Date |
Transaction |
| July
15: |
Oilers
re-sign centre Ryan
O’Marra to a one-year contract. O'Marra played the majority
of last season with Oklahoma City of the American Hockey League, scoring
2-20-22 with 49 PIM in 53 games. He added 1-4-5 with 13 PIM in 21
games with Edmonton. |
| July
15: |
Oilers
re-sign defenceman Taylor
Chorney to a one-year contract. Chorney played most of last season
with Oklahoma City of the American Hockey League where he scored 3-13-16
with 22 PIM in 46 games. He added 1-3-4 with 4 PIM in 12 games with
Edmonton. |
| July
12: |
| Oilers
trade centre Andrew
Cogliano to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for a second round
pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.
Cogliano, who was originally
selected by the Oilers in the first round (25th overall) of the 2005 NHL
Entry Draft, scored 11-24-35 with 64 PIM in 82 games with Edmonton last
season. |
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| Cogliano |
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| July
5: |
Oilers
centre Andrew
Cogliano files for salary arbitration. If Cogliano and
the Oilers are unable to come to a new deal, his salary for next season
will be determined by an arbitrator. In the meantime, no team can
tender an offer sheet to Cogliano. Last season, Cogliano scored 11-24-35
with 64 PIM in 82 games |
| July
5: |
Oilers
sign free agent forward Ryan
Keller to a one-year, two-way contract. Keller, 27, scored 32-19-51
in 72 games with the Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League
last season. He added 10-15-25 in 23 playoff games as he led the
Senators to the Calder Cup Championship. |
| July
5: |
Oilers
sign goaltender Yann
Danis to a one-year, two-way contract. Danis, 30, spent last
season with Amur Khabarovsk in the KHL where he had a record of 8-17-3
with a 3.05 GAA and a .910 save percentage. Danis has played in 45
career NHL games with Montreal, the New York Islanders and New Jersey and
has a 16-20-3 record with a 2.72 GAA and .912 save percentage. |
| July
4: |
Oilers
re-sign defenceman Theo
Peckham to a one-year, $1.075-million contract. Peckham scored
3-10-13 with 198 PIM in 71 games with the Oilers last season. |
| July
3: |
Oilers
free agent forward Josh
Green to a one-year, two-way contract. Green, 33, split last
season between the Anaheim Ducks and their AHL affiliate, the Syracuse
Crunch. In 12 games with Anaheim, he was held scoreless with 6 PIM,
while in 69 games with Syracuse he scored 15-31-46 with 74 PIM.
This is the second tour of
duty for Green with the Oilers. He played parts of three seasons
in Edmonton between 2000-2001 and 2002-2003. |
| July
2: |
Oilers sign 2011 first overall
pick Ryan
Nugent-Hopkins to a three year NHL entry level contract. Nugent-Hopkins
scored 31-75-106 with 51 PIM in 69 games with the Red Deer Rebels of the
Western Hockey League |
| July
1: |
Oilers
free agent defenceman Corey
Potter to a one-year two-way contract. Potter, 27, scored 7-30-37
with 52 PIM in 75 games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the
American Hockey League last season. In 321 career AHL games, he has scored
28-111-139 with 52 PIM. He has 1-1-2 with 2 PIM in 9 career NHL games
with the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh. |
| July
1: |
| Oilers
acquire defenceman Andy
Sutton from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for defenceman
Kurtis Foster. Sutton, 36, scored 0-4-4 with 140 PIM in 39 games
with Anaheim last season. In 624 career NHL games, Sutton has scored
35-105-140 with 1105 PIM. He will earn $2.25 million next season
before becoming an unrestricted free agent.
Foster struggled with the
Oilers after signing as a free agent on July 1, 2010, scoring 8-14-22 with
45 PIM in 75 games |
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| Sutton |
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| Foster |
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| July
1: |
| Oilers
sign free agent centre Eric
Belanger to a three year, $5.25 million contract. Belanger, 33,
scored 13-27-40 with 36 PIM in 82 games with the Phoenix Coyotes last season.
Belanger has scored 134-205-339 with 319 PIM in 716 career NHL games with
Los Angeles, Carolina, Atlanta, Minnesota, Washington and Phoenix. |
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| Belanger |
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| July
1: |
| Oilers
sign free agent left-winger Darcy
Hordichuk to a one-year, $825,000 contract. Hordichuk, 30, scored
1-4-5 with 76 PIM with the Florida Panthers last season Hordichuk
has scored 19-19-38 with 1074 PIM In 495 career NHL games with Vancouver,
Nashville, Atlanta, Phoenix and Florida. |
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| Hordichuk |
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| July
1: |
| Oilers
sign free agent defenceman Cam
Barker to a one year, $2.25 million contract. Barker, 25, scored
just 1-4-5 with 34 PIM in 52 games with the Minnesota Wild last season
before being bought out this summer. Barker has scored 19-73-92 with
263 PIM in 271 career NHL games with the Chicago and Minnesota. |
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| Barker |
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| July
1: |
| Oilers
sign free agent left-winger Ben
Eager to a three-year, $3.3 million contract. Eager, 27, scored
7-10-17 with 120 PIM in 68 games with the Atlanta Thrashers and San Jose
Sharks last season. The 6’2”, 235-pound winger has scored 34-35-69
with 741 PIM in 323 career NHL games with Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta
and San Jose. |
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| Eager |
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| July
1: |
Oilers
buy out the contract of defenceman Sheldon
Souray. The Oilers will absorb a salary cap hit of $2.4 million
in 2011-2012 and $1.5 million in 2012-2013 to part ways with Souray. |
