JULY 2005 TRANSACTIONS as of Tuesday, August 2, 2005 10:10 (see archives for past transactions)

JULY 6
- The Vancouver Canucks trade Doug Weight (F) to the Edmonton Oilers for Viktor Kozlov (F) and EDM2.
- The Tampa Bay Lightning trades BUF3, David Ling (F) and Igor Volkov (F) to the Edmonton Oilers for Matt Hunwick (D) and Jonathan Paiement (D).
- The Buffalo Sabres sign Dennis Kulyash (D) and Jonathan Hedstrom (F) and release Tim Jackman (F) and Shane Willis (F)
- The Buffalo Sabres sign Mark Streit (D) and release Erick Boulton (F)
- The Buffalo Sabres sign Mike Smith (G) and release Jamie McLennan (G)
- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Garth Snow (G) and release Roman Turek (G)
- The Phoenix Coyotes trade Valeri Bure (F) and ANA3 to the Dallas Stars for Tomas Holmstrom (F) and DAL2
- The Phoenix Coyotes trade Shawn Belle (D), Vojtech Polak (F) and Dan Irmen (F) to the Buffalo Sabres for Daniel Blackburn (G), Ivan Huml (F) and Michael Rupp (F)

JULY 13
-The Calgary Flames release Micheal Garnett (G) and Donald Audette (F)
- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Jamie McLennan (G) and release Andre Benoit (D).
- The Buffalo Sabres sign Roman Turek (G) and release Jaroslav Halak (G).
- The Buffalo Sabres sign Mike Sillinger (F) and release Mattias Timander (D) (pending final league decision)

JULY 16
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The Dallas Stars trade PHO2 to the Boston Bruins for Ari Ahonen (G).
- The Dallas Stars release John Pohl (F).
- The Dallas Stars trade Shane Endicott (F), DAL3 and ANA3 to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Juraj Kolnik (F).

JULY 17
- The Tampa Bay Lightning trade Todd Marchant (F), DAL3 and ANA3 to the Vancouver Canucks for EDM2
- The Los Angeles Kings trade Jani Rita (F) to the Tampa Bay Lightning for EDM2.

JULY 18
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The Phoenix Coyotes trade Mathieu Biron (D), Andrei Nazarov (F) and Jim Fahey (D) to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Cory Cross (D), Jason Chimera (F), Alexei Mikhnov (F) and TAM3.
- The Buffalo Sabres trade Matt Lombardi (F) to the Vancouver Canucks for Eric Cairns (D) TOR2, DAL3, and ANA3.

JULY 19
- The Buffalo Sabres release Oliver Setzinger (F) and Mattias Timander (D).
- The Buffalo Sabres decline their option to sign Mike Sillinger. Ownership of Sillinger's rights returns to St. Louis. St. Louis - Please advise of roster changes.
- The Tampa Bay Lightning sign Wayne Gretzky (F).
- The Buffalo Sabres trade MON2 to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Daniel Tjarnqvist (D) and Boris Mironov (D)

JULY 21 ALL ROSTERS ARE FROZEN
- The Montreal Canadiens trade Radim Vrbata (F) to the Boston Bruins for Chris Higgins (F).

- The Buffalo Sabres trade Pavel Brendl (F) and Scott Stevens (D) to Boston Bruins for Geoff Sanderson (F) Dustin Boyd (F) and DET2.
- The Philadelphia Flyers would like to sign Matt Smaby (D)
- The St. Louis Blues release Al MacInnis (D).

ALL PICKS NOTED HERE ON IN THE FORM OF ANA1 ARE 2006 PICKS.

JULY 23
- The Calgary Flames trade the 24th pick and CAL2 to the Chicago Blackhawks for the 22nd pick.
- The Phoenix Coyotes trade PHO1 and PHO2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs for 18th overall and TOR2
- The Los Angeles Kings Trade the #7 overall (2005) and Josh Harding (G) to The Ottawa Senators for the #9 Overall (2005) and Lauri Tukonen (F).

JULY 24
- The Edmonton Oilers trade Ross Lupaschuk (d) to the Tampa Bay Lightning for #40. The Edmonton Oilers trade # 57 , #77 and EDM2 to the St.Louis Blues for #34.
- The Minnesota Wild trade Morten Madsen (F) to the Los Angeles Kings for Joe Finley (D) and Mattias Ritola (F).
- The Washington Captials release Tobais Enstrom (D), Konstantin Korneyev (D) and Brad Fast (D).
- The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Mark Mowers (F).
- The Tampa Bay Lightning release Wayne Gretzky (F).

July 27
- The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Mark Rycroft (F) and Bryce Salvador (D).
- The Buffalo Sabres sign Niklas Nordgren (F) and Jonas Nordqvist (F) .
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