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2006 Off-Season NHL Free Agent Signings and Trades

Who's in and who's out in the Summer of 2006.

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For a list of current NHL free agents, the latest free agent news, NHL salary info and the rules governing free agency. see the NHL Free Agent Center.

New York Rangers
IN

  • D Aaron Ward (FA from Carolina)
  • F Matt Cullen (FA from Carolina)
  • F Brendan Shanahan (FA from Detroit)
  • F Adam Hall (trade from Nashville)
    OUT
  • D Tom Poti (FA to Islanders)
  • F Steve Rucchin (FA to Atlanta)
  • F Dominic Moore (trade to Penguins)
  • F Martin Rucinsky (FA to St. Louis)
  • F Petr Sykora (FA to Edmonton)

    Ottawa Senators
    IN

  • G Martin Gerber (FA from Carolina)
  • D Tom Priessing (trade from San Jose)
  • D Michal Barinka (trade from Chicago)
  • F Joe Corvo (FA from Los Angeles)
  • F Serge Payer (FA from Florida)
  • F Dean McAmmond (FA from St. Louis)
    OUT
  • G Dominik Hasek (FA to Detroit)
  • G Mike Morrison (FA to Phoenix)
  • D Zdeno Chara (FA to Boston)
  • D Brian Pothier (FA to Washington)
  • F Tyler Arnason (FA to Colorado)
  • F Martin Havlat (trade to Chicago)
  • F Bryan Smolinski (trade to Chicago)
  • F Vaclav Varada (FA to Switzerland)

    Philadelphia Flyers
    IN

  • D Nolan Baumgartner (FA from Vancouver)
  • D Lars Jonsson (from Sweden)
  • F Randy Robitaille (FA from Minnesota)
  • F Geoff Sanderson (FA from Phoenix)
  • F Kyle Calder (trade from Chicago)
    OUT
  • D Kim Johnsson (FA to Minnesota)
  • D Eric Desjardins (retired)
  • F Branko Radivojevic (FA to Minnesota)
  • F Donald Brashear (FA to Washington)
  • F Michal Handzus (trade to Chicago)
  • F Brian Savage (retired)
  • F Keith Primeau (retired)

    Pittsburgh Penguins
    IN

  • D Mark Eaton (FA from Nashville)
  • F Jarkko Ruutu (FA from Vancouver)
  • F Dominic Moore (trade from Rangers)
  • F Nils Ekman (trade from San Jose)
  • F Robert Petrovicky (FA from Atlanta)
  • F Mark Recchi (FA from Carolina)
    OUT
  • F Andy Hilbert (FA to Islanders)
  • F Shane Endicott (FA to Nashville)
  • F Eric Boguniecki (FA to Columbus)

    Tampa Bay Lightning
    IN

  • G Marc Denis (trade from Columbus)
  • D Luke Richardson (FA from Toronto)
  • D Filip Kuba (FA from Minnesota)
  • F Nikita Alexeev (from Russia)
  • F Eric Healey (FA from Boston)
    OUT
  • G Fredrik Norrena (trade to Columbus)
  • G John Grahame (FA to Carolina)
  • D Pavel Kubina (FA to Toronto)
  • D Darryl Sydor (trade to Dallas)
  • F Fredrik Modin (trade to Columbus)

    Toronto Maple Leafs
    IN

  • G Andrew Raycroft (trade from Boston)
  • D Hal Gill (FA from Boston)
  • D Pavel Kubina (FA from Tampa Bay)
  • F Mike Peca (FA from Edmonton)
    OUT
  • G Ed Belfour (FA to Florida)
  • D Luke Richardson (FA to Tampa Bay)
  • F Tie Domi (retired)
  • F Eric Lindros (FA to Dallas)
  • F Owen Nolan (FA to Phoenix)

    Washington Capitals
    IN

  • D Brian Pothier (FA from Ottawa)
  • D John Erskine (FA from Islanders)
  • F Donald Brashear (FA from Philadelphia)
  • F Richard Zednik (trade from Montreal)
    OUT
  • D Nolan Yonkman (FA to Nashville)
  • D Mathieu Biron (FA to San Jose)
  • F Brian Willsie (FA to Los Angeles)
  • F Jeff Halpern (FA to Dallas)

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