AUGUST 2005 TRANSACTIONS as of Tuesday, September 6, 2005 21:23 (see archives for past transactions)

August 2
- The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Chris Therien (D)

- The Boston Bruins sign Aaron Downey (F).
- The Buffalo Sabres sign Chad Kilger (F).
- The Boston Bruins trade Matt Johnson (F) and Dominic Moore (F) to the Carolina Hurricanes for Reed Low (F).
- The Boston Bruins sign Derek Boogaard (F).
- The Washington Capitals release David Booth
- The Buffalo Sabres claim Al MacInnis (D) and Derek Walser (D).
- The Florida Panthers trade Brian Lee (D) and Riku Hahl (F) to the Los Angeles Kings for Petr Vrana (F), Tuomas Pihlman (F), and Ivan Khomutov (F).
- The Ottawa Senators waive Roman Tomanek (F).
- The Boston Bruins sign Trevor Gillies (F).
- The Edmonton Oilers sign Byron Ritchie (F), Robert Reichel (F), Ron Francis (F), Tim Taylor (F) and Arturs Irbe (G).
- The Edmonton Oilers release Tim Taylor (F) and Igor Volkov (F).
- The Calgary Flames sign Brad Fast (D).
- The Calgary Flames sign Adrian Foster (F), Eric Boulton (F), Rick Berry (D), Shane Willis (F), and Jaroslav Halak (G)
- The Buffalo Sabres sign Mike Sillinger (F) and releases Michael Funk (D).

August 3
- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Jonathan Boutin (G), Zbynek Hrdel (F) and Bryce Lampman (D).
- The Buffalo Sabres sign Mathias Tjarnqvist (F).
- The Buffalo Sabres sign Jamie Storr (G).

August 5
- The Buffalo Sabres sign Per Ledin (F)
- The Los Angeles Kings trade Petr Vrana (F), Tuomas Pihlman (F) and Ivan Khomutov (F) To The Florida Panthers for Brian Lee (D) and Riku Hahl (F) (this may be a repeate)
- The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Igor Ulanov (D).
- The Buffalo Sabres sign Igor Volkov (F) and release Matias Tjarnqvist (F) and Steven Later (D)
- The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Dmitri Yushkevich (D) and release Libor Pivko (F), Colin Murphy (F), and Ryan Callahan (F),
- The Boston Bruins sign Mitch Fritz (F).
- The New Jersey Devils sign Jim Dowd (F) and release Alexei Sopin (F).
- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Nicholas Drazenovic (F), Philippe Gogulla (F), Perttu Lindgren (F), Tom Pyatt (F), Niklas Hjalmarsson (D), Patrick McNeill (D), Marek Kvapil (F) and Kyle Cumiskey (D).
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AUGUST 11 - All transactions will now be displayed in order recieved (earliest shown first). All unsuccessful attempts at player signings will be shown as well.
- PLEASE SUBMITTED ENCODED ROSTERS TO REFLECT THESE TRANSACTIONS
- PLEASE USE THE COMPLETE FORM WHEN SUBMITTING TRANSACTIONS - SHORTCUTS RESULT IN MUCH MORE WORK FOR UPDATING. IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN ONE FORMAT TO ENSURE ACCURACY.
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- The Calgary Flames sign Keith Aucoin (F)
- The New Jersey Devils sign Ray Giroux (D), Brad Moran (F), Jason York (D), Todd Harvey (F), Marc Chouinard (F), Chris Kelly (F),
- The Los Angeles Kings sign Sheldon Brookbank D.
- The Florida Panthers sign Maxim Sushinsky (F).
- The San Jose Sharks sign Ben Bishop (G), Johnny Pohl (F), Randall Gelech (F) and Doug Murray (D).
- Minnesota releases Sebastien Charpentier, Andrei Mikhnov, Tomas Linhart, Brad Norton, Sandy McCarthy (Note to all GMs - this is not the correct format - it is missing key words and position tags)
- The Minnesota Wild sign Peter Olvecky (F), and Tim Taylor (F).
- The Buffalo Sabres sign Peter Vandermeer (F) and release Raitis Ivanans (E), Niklas Wallin (D) Derek Walser (D) and Mike Smith (G).
- The Boston Bruins attempted to sign Pete Vandermeer (F), releases not processed.
- The San Jose Sharks sign Pavel Rosa (F).
- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Steve Shields (G), Tommy Salo (G) and Corey Schwab (G)
- The Detroit Red Wings trade Mike Peca (F) and Kenny SMith (D) to Edmonton in exchange for Todd White (F), Philippe Dupuis (F) and Grant Lewis (D)
- The Edmonton Oilers release Kenny Smith (D).
- The New Jersey Devils sign Ben Clymer (D).
- The Buffalo Sabres trade Rick Nash (F) to Vancouver for Tomas Kaberle (D) Evgeni Malkin (F) and VAN1.
- The Buffalo Sabres attempted to sign Maxim Sushinsky (F), releases not processed.
- The Phoenix Coyotes release Tommy Salo (G), Corey Schwab (G), Richard Demen-Willaume (D), Adam Courchaine (F), Tuomas Tarkki (G), Bryce Lampman (D), Zbynek Hrdel (F), Tom Pyatt (F)
- The Edmonton Oilers sign Lawrence Nycholat (D).
- The Boston Bruins attempted to sign Maksim Sushinsky (F), releases not processed.
- The Washington Capitals sign Vitaly Kolesnik (G),
- The San Jose Sharks attempted to sign Maxim Sushinsky (F) and Lawrence Nycholat (D), releases not processed.
- The New Jersey Devils trade Mike Johnson (F) to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks for Jeff Halpern (F).
- The New Jersey Devil sign Tomas Kopecky (F)
- The New York Islanders sign Tobais Enstrom (D), Evgeny Tunik (F), Brad Fast (D), Mattias Timander (D), Tomas Zizka (D), Eero Somervuori (F), Deron Quint (D), Shawn Thornton (F), and release Kristian Kudroc (D)
- The Pittsburgh Penguins release Tuomas Nissinen (G), Erik Rasmussen (F), and Magnus Arvedson (F)
- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Jordan Sigalet (G) and release Philippe Gogulla (F)
- The Anaheim Mighty Ducks trade Marek Malik (D) and ANA2 to the Vancover Canucks for Todd Marchant (F) and VAN3.
- The Boston Bruins trade BOS3 to the Vancouver Canucks for Denis Ezhov (D).
- The Boston Bruins release Alexander Drozdetsky (F)
- The Edmonton Oilers attempted to sign Steve Shields (G), releases not processed.
- The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Joe Rullier (D)
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- CORRECTION - The New Jersey signing of Ryan Clowe has been anulled because he is on the San Jose roster. Thanks for the tip Joseph!
- The Minnesota Wild attempted to sign Joe Rullier (D), releases not processed.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs release Dmitri Yushkevich (D)).
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AUGUST 16 Newswire Update
- August 12, 2005 2:29:52 PM: The Buffalo Sabres sign Clarke Wilm (F) and release Roman Turek (G)
- August 12, 2005 4:07:31 PM: The Phoenix Coyotes sign Jamie Heward (D)
- August 12, 2005 4:13:39 PM: The Phoenix Coyotes release Ondrej Nemec (D).
- August 12, 2005 4:14:30 PM: The Phoenix Coyotes sign Niclas Wallin (D).
- August 12, 2005 7:18:47 PM: The Phoenix Coyotes sign Yared Hagos (F).
- August 12, 2005 7:25:40 PM: The Phoenix Coyotes submit claim for Erik Rasmussen (F).
- August 12, 2005 8:11:58 PM: The Buffalo Sabres sign Mike Hoffman (F) .
- August 13, 2005 8:23:36 AM: The Tampa Bay Lightning trade Jani Rita (F) to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Nick Johnson (F), Teemu Laakso (D) and EDM3.
- August 13, 2005 9:24:36 AM: The Buffalo Sabres submit claim for Erik Rasmussen (F).
- August 13, 2005 9:46:01 AM: The Buffalo Sabres attempted to sign Jamie Heward (D), releases not processed.
- August 12, 2005 12:00:00 PM: The Phoenix Coyotes win their claim for Erik Rasmussen (F).
- August 13, 2005 3:09:09 PM: The Edmonton Oilers sign Keith Yandle (D).
- August 13, 2005 5:12:52 PM: The Minnesota Wild sign Timo Helbling (F).
- August 13, 2005 11:04:26 PM: The Chicago Blackhawks trade Petr Sykora (F) to the Boston Bruins for Justin Williams (F) and BOS2.
- August 13, 2005 11:08:38 PM: The Boston Bruins release Derek Boogaard (F).
- August 14, 2005 3:15:42 PM: The San Jose Sharks trade Lasse Pirjeta (F) and SJS3 to the Detroit Red Wings for DET2.
- August 14, 2005 5:34:16 PM: The Toronto Maple Leafs trade Mark Mowers (F), Kirk Maltby (F), and Igor Ulanov (D), to the Detroit Red Wings for Andrew Brunette (F).
- August 15, 2005 12:31:49 AM: The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Cam Severson (F).
- August 15, 2005 3:46:28 PM: The New Jersey Devils sign Steve Thomas (F).
- August 16, 2005 12:04:53 AM: The Buffalo Sabres sign Petr Sykora (F) [not the guy who played with Arnott and Elias] and release Mike Huffman (F)
- August 16, 2005 12:48:47 AM: The Buffalo Sabres attempted to sign Steve Thomas (F), releases not processed.
- August 16, 2005 8:32:13 AM: The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Scott Lachance (D) and Rem Murray (F).

Newswire Update August 21, 2005 9:16 PM PST
- August 16, 2005 10:24:56 AM : The Washington Capitals sign Michael Hackert (F).
- August 16, 2005 3:34:49 PM : The Florida Panthers sign Jan Marek (F) and releases Dave Brown (G).
- August 16, 2005 7:13:34 PM : The Anaheim Mighty Ducks trade Andrew Alberts (D) to the Detroit Red Wings for David Shantz (G).
- August 18, 2005 7:10:48 AM : The Boston Bruins sign Sven Butenschon (D).
- August 18, 2005 8:43:06 AM : The Buffalo Sabres sign Hannu Pikkarainen (D)
- August 18, 2005 6:16:41 PM : The Tampa Bay Lightning trade Jim Fahey (D) and Andre Roy (F) to the Florida Panthers for Kris Beech (F) and FLO2.
- August 18, 2005 8:13:46 PM: The Phoenix Coyotes sign Joel Bouchard (D)
- August 19, 2005 9:58:54 AM : The Phoenix Coyotes sign Janos Vas (F).
- August 19, 2005 10:13:13 PM : The Boston Bruins sign Jeremy Stevenson (F).
- August 20, 2005 6:23:47 PM : The Phoenix Coyotes release Joel Bouchard (D), Niklas Hjalmarsson (D), Janos Vas (F).
- August 20, 2005 6:35:04 PM : The Phoenix Coyotes release Erik Rasmussen (F) and Niclas Wallin (D).
- August 20, 2005 7:25:04 PM : The New Jersey Devils trade Jason Arnott (F), Eric Daze (F), Jay
Bouwmeester (D), Jaroslav Balastik (F), and Jarkko Immonen (F) to the Calgary Flames for Peter Forsberg (F), Masi Marjamaki (F) and Andrew Ference (D).
- August 20, 2005 7:25:04 PM : The Calgary Flames release Adrian Foster (F), Shane Willis (F)
- August 21, 2005 1:56:46 PM : The Calgary Flames attempted to sign Hannu Pikkarainen (D) and release Karl Stewart (F), releases not processed.
- August 21, 2005 9:16:00 PM : The Buffalo Sabres trade Rick Nash (F) to Vancouver for Tomas Kaberle (D) Evgeni Malkin (F) and VAN1

Newswire Update August 25, 2005 3:00 PM
- August 21, 2005 11:05:43 PM : The Boston Bruins release Trevor Gillies (F)
- August 22, 2005 8:24:03 AM : The Toronto Maple Leafs sign George Parros (F) and release Rem Murray (F)
- August 22, 2005 5:34:12 PM : The Anaheim Mighty Ducks trade Michal Barinka (D), Jay McClement (F), Arsi Piispanen (F) and Todd Simpson (D) to the Phoenix Coyotes for Dan Blackburn (G), Joshua Hennessy (F), Sandy McCarthy (F) and Alexei Mikhnov (F).
- August 23, 2005 8:35:00 AM : The Buffalo Sabres sign Jani Hurme (G) and release Dustin Boyd (F)
- August 23, 2005 10:01:19 AM : The Phoenix Coyotes sign Pekka Rinne (G)
- August 23, 2005 11:49:29 AM : The Boston Bruins attempted to sign Pekka Rinne (G), releases not processed.
- August 23, 2005 8:48:48 PM : The Ottawa Senators trade Kristian Huselius (F), Timofei Shishkanov (F) and Patrick Ehelechner (G) to the Phoenix Coyotes for Oleg Kvasha (F).
- August 23, 2005 5:58:14 PM : The Vancouver Canucks trade Andy Delmore (D), Adam Dennis (G) and VAN 2 to Detroit for Sami Salo (D) and Peter Schaefer (F).
- August 23, 2005 6:16:54 PM : The Boston Bruins sign Trevor Gillies (F).
- August 23, 2005 8:27:15 PM : The Phoenix Coyotes trade Saku Koivu (F) and PHO3 to the Buffalo Sabres for BUF1, Shawn Belle (D) and Radek Smolenak (F)
- August 23, 2005 8:30:37 PM : The Phoenix Coyotes trade Teemu Selanne (F) and Peter Bondra (F) to the Dallas Stars for DAL1, Drew Stafford (F), Eric Nystrom (F) and Blake Comeau (F)
- August 23, 2005 8:31:24 PM : The Phoenix Coyotes trade Oleg Kvasha (F) to the Ottawa Senators for Kristian Huselius (F), Timofei Shishkanov (F) and Patrick Ehelechner (G)
- August 23, 2005 8:32:39 PM : The Phoenix Coyotes trade Jason Chimera (F) to the Tampa Bay Lightning for EDM3
- August 23, 2005 5:57:19 PM : The Colorado Avalanche trade Jeff Taffe (F) to the Detroit Red Wings for Steve McCarthy (D)
- August 24, 2005 11:08:21 PM : The Buffalo Sabres sign Michal Mikeska (F) and release Sergei Zinovjev (F)
- August 25, 2005 8:27:58 AM : The Dallas Stars sign Patrick Roy (G)
- August 25, 2005 8:46:39 AM : The New York Islanders sign Jakub Vojta (D)
- August 25, 2005 4:17:00 PM : The Phoenix Coyotes trade Alexander Khavanov (D) and TOR2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Bruno Gervais (D) and PHO2

Newswire Update August 27, 2005 2:38 PM
- August 25, 2005 11:28:29 PM : The San Jose Sharks claim Sergei Zinovjev (F) off of waivers.
- August 26, 2005 9:59:24 AM : The Dallas Stars sign Rem Murray (F), Adrian Foster (F), and Michael Funk D)
- August 26, 2005 9:59:24 AM : The Dallas Stars claim Dustin Boyd (F),
- August 26, 2005 8:39:35 PM : The Vancouver Canucks release Martin Samuelsson (F)
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August 26, 2005 8:39:35 PM : The Vancouver Canucks trade Kyle Chipchura (F) and BOS 3 to BUF to the Buffalo Sabres for Brad Winchester (F) and Christoph Schubert (D).
- August 27, 2005 6:53:50 AM : The New Jersey Devils claim Dustin Boyd (F).
- August 27, 2005 6:55:24 AM : The New Jersey Devils claim Sergei Zinovjev (F).
- August 27, 2005 10:38:16 AM : The Buffalo Sabres sign Erik Rasmussen (F)
- August 27, 2005 2:46:50 PM : The Phoenix Coyotes release Yared Hagos (F), Jonathan Boutin (G), Patrick McNeill (D), Kyle Cumiskey (D) and Pekka Rinne (G)
- New Jersey wins claim for Dustin Boyd (F) - moves to bottom of league waiver order.
- San Jose wins claim for Sergei Zinovjiev (F) - moves to bottom of league waiver order.