JUNE TRANSACTIONS as of Monday, July 1, 2002 11:24

JUNE 4 , 2002

- The New York Rangers release Cody Rudkowsky (G) and sign Steve Montador (D).

- The NJ Devils sign Richard Lintner (D) and release Marc Moro (D).

- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Michael Schutte (F) and release Aaron Downey (F).

- The Detroit Red Wings sign Derrick Walser (D) and release Stanislav Neckar (D).

- The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Rastislav Pavlikovsky (F) and release John Maclean (F).

-JUNE 10 , 2002

- The Washington Capitals sing Matt Ellis (F).

- The New York Rangers trade Kirk Maltby (F) to the Colorado Avalanche for Steve Staios (D).

- The Chicago Blackhawks trade Dwayne Roloson (G) and Ed Belfour (G) to the Colorado Avalanche for Mike Richter (G), Fred Brathwaite (G), and Colorado's 2nd Round pick.

- The San Jose Sharks trade Lukas Krajicek (D) to the Florida Panthers for Oleg Saprykin (F) and Tyler Moss (G).

- The Toronto Maple Leafs trade Sergei Berezin (F) to the San Jose Sharks for Nikolai Antropov (F).

- The Chicago Blackhawks release Mike Hurlbut (D) and Jeff Christian (F) and sign Dave Karpa (D), Sylvain Lefebvre (D), and Curtis Leschyshyn (D).

- The Chicago Blackhawks trade Fred Brathwaite (G) and Colorado's 2nd round draft pick to the Minnesota Wild for Jonathan Cheechoo (F).

- The New York Islanders trade Forward Steve Konowalchuck (F) and Jeff Friesen (F) to the Detroit Red Wings for Kris Draper (F), Jesse Wallin (D), and Jason Wiemer (F).

- The Pittsburgh Penguins trade Mike Leclerc (F), Jan Hrdina (F), Curtis Brown (F), Jon Girard (D), Brian Gionta (F), Mike Mottau (D) Mark Hartigan (F) to Ottawa for Alexei Yashin (F), Martin Straka (F), Jeff Odgers (F), Alexandre Rouleau (F), Henrik Juntunen (F), Jody Hull (F), and Ivan Ciernik (F)

- The New York Rangers trade Steve Staios (D), Reid Simpson (F), and Adrian Foster (F) to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Vitaly Vishnevski (D) and Benoit Brunet (F).

- The St. Louis Blues release Don MacLean (F), Jamie Hodson (G), Curtis Murphy (D), Darren McLachlan (F)

- The Los Angeles Kings trade Magnus Arvedson (F) to the Ottawa Senators for St. Louis' 2nd round draft choice.

- The Los Angeles Kings trade Mattias Norstrom (D) and Antti Laaksonen (D) to the Philadelphia Flyers for Brad Chartrand (F) and Vancouver's 2nd round draft pick.

- The Philadelphia Flyers release Pavel Skrbek (D).

-JUNE 16 2002 DRAFT DAY

- The Phoenix Coyotes trade Igor Grigorenko (F) to Washington for Matthew Spiller (D) and the 65th pick overall.

- The Ottawa Senators trade Tomas Plekanec (F) to Montreal in exchange for Darcy Hordichuk (F).

- The Phoenix Coyotes trade Ivan Novoseltsev and the 3rd pick in the 3rd round to the Vancouver Canucks for Mike Johnson and the 13th pick in the 3rd round.

- The Minnesota Wild trade the first and ninth picks of the third round to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Jeff Farkas (F)

- The Minnesota Wild trade Alexander Svitov (F) and the 2nd overall pick to Vancouver for the 1st pick overall in the 2002 draft, and the Canucks' third round pick in 2003.

- The New York Rangers trade Alexander Semin (F) and Benoit Brunet (F) to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Adrian Foster (F), Reid Simpson (F), Steve Staios (D), and Michal Rozsival (D).

- The New York Rangers release John Vanbiesbrouck (G).

- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Josh Blackburn (G) and release Steve Duchesne (D) and Dennis Bonvie (F)

- The Phoenix Coyotes trade Derek Gustafson (G) to Montreal for Francis Bouillon (D) .

- The Detroit Red Wings sign Jukka Hentunen (F) and release Nathan Barrett (F).

- The Vancouver Canucks release Jay Pandolfo (F) and Pat Kavanagh (F)

- The Ottawa Senators sign Kevin Hodson (G) and Jean-Francois Labbe (G).

- The New York Rangers release Brendan Bell (D) and sign Bruno St. Jacques (D).

- The Toronto Maple Leafs claim Robin Kovar (F).

- The Montreal Canadiens claim Cam Ward (G).

- The Chicago Blackhawks claim Lance Monych (F).

- The New Jersey Devils claim Alexei Kaigorodov (F).

- The Anaheim Mighty Ducks claim Adam Taylor (F)

- The Detroit Red Wings claim Jan Kubista (F).

JUNE 22, 2002

- The Montreal Canadiens release Tom Fitzgerald (F), Antti-Jussi Niemi (D), Mats Lindgren (F)

- The New Jersey Devils trade Nicklas Kronwall (D) to the Washington Capitals for Jani Rita (F).

- The New York Rangers trade Craig Rivet (D) and Adrian Foster (F) to the Phoenix Coyotes for Craig Johnson (F) and Jason Bacashihua (G).

- The New York Rangers sign Michael Tessier (F), Stephen Peat (F) and Micki Dupont (D) and release Jason Ward (F), Bob Probert (F) and Daniel Widing (F).

JUNE 25, 2002

- The Minnesota Wild release Randy Fitzgerald, Viktor Ujcik and Peter Gardiner

- The Florida Panthers release Marko Kiprusoff (D).

- The Edmonton Oilers release Xavier Delisle, John Emmons, Chris Hajt, Alex Henry, Mike Keane

- The Detroit Red Wings sign Steve Parsons (F) and release Jan Kubista (F).

- The Toronto Maple Leafs release Robin Kovar (F) and Sven Butenschon (D) and claim Antti-Jussi Niemi (D) off of waivers.

- The Tampa Bay Lightning sign Steve Duchesne (D) and release Marc-Andre Thinel (F), Cale Hulse (D), Jonas Andersson (F), Drew Fata (D), Mattias Timander (D), Jonathan Sim (F) and Per Svartvadet (F)

- The Ottawa Senators sign Arttu Luttinen (F) and release Turner Stevenson (F), Oliver Setzinger (F) and Evgeny Artyukhin (F).

- The Ottawa Senators trade Andreas Dackell (F) to the Calgary Flames for Paul Laus (D)

- The Washington capitals sign Thomas Fleischmann (F)

- The Chicago Blackhawks release Mike Fountain (G), Sylvain Lefebrve (D) and Curtis Leschyshyn (D) and sign Jay Pandolfo (F), Lee Falardeau (F) and Dimitri Kazionov (F)

- The Pittsburgh Penguins release Fredrik Olausson (D), Barrett Heisten (F), and Henrik Juntunen (F) and claim Hannu Toivonen (G), and sign Stanislav Neckar (D).

- The Florida Panthers trade Mariusz Czerkawski (F) and Scott Ferguson (D) to the Ottawa Senators for Henrik Zetterberg (F).

- The New Jersey Devils sign Lasse Pirjeta (F) and Ivan Tkachenko (F) and release Valeri Kamensky (F)

- The New Jersey Devils trade Jiri Fischer (D) and Justin Papineau (F) for Scott Hartnell (F).

- The Calgary Flames claim Jesse Niinimaki (F) and release Miguel Delisle (F), Trent Klatt (F), Paul Healy (F), Pavel Kolarik (D), Tommy Westlund (F), James Patrick (D), and Ken Daneyko (D)

- The Toronto Maple Leafs claim Ian White (D)

- The Ottawa Senators trade Jared Aulin (F) to the Islanders for Petr Schastlivy (F)

- The Minnesota Wild sign Marty Magers (G) and release Roman Malek (G)

- The Philadelphia Flyers sign Andrei Mikhnov (F) and Tomas Linhart (D) and release Mikhail Chernov (D), Tomas Surovy (F), John Jakopin (D), Zdenek Smid (G)

- The New Jersey Devils trade Matt Pettinger (F), Martin Prusek (G), and the Devil's 3rd round draft pick in 2003 to the Ottawa Senators for Mike Mottau (D) and Ottawa's 2nd round draft pick in 2003.

- The Calgary Flames trade David Aebischer (G), and Calgary's 2nd round pick in 2003 to the Ottawa Senators for Robert Esche (G), Andrew Ference (D) and Ottawa's 1st round pick in 2003.

- The Anaheim Mighty Ducks release Martin Brouchu (G), and Miika Elomo (F)

JUNE 27, 2002

- The Anaheim Mighty Ducks sign Mike Keane (F), Curtis Leschyshyn(D), Dan Spang (D) and Mike Morris (F)

- The Florida Panthers sign Anton Kadeykin (D) and Jonathan Sim (F).

- The Carolina Hurricanes sign Bob Probert (F) and claim Anton Kadeykin (D) and release Craig Adams (F) and Paul Ranheim (F).

- The Philadelphia Flyers trade Mattias Norstrom (D) to the Los Angeles Kings for Brad Chartrand (F) & Peter Kanko (F).

JUNE 29, 2002

The Philadelphia Flyers release Luca Cereda (F) and sign Fredrik Norrena (G)

- The Los Angeles Kings sign Trent Klatt (F) and release Alex Zinevych (F).

-The New York Rangers release Michael Tessier (F) and sign Mike Pandolfo (F).

- The Anaheim Mighty Ducks trade Marty Murray (F) to the San Jose Sharks for Dan Hinote (F).

- The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Paul Healey (F) and release Ray Ferraro (F).

- The New Jersey Devils sign Turner Stevenson (F) and release Stephane Matteau (F).

JUNE 30, 2002

- The Ottawa Senators trade Philipe Boucher (D), Darcy Hordichuk (F), Alex Zevakhin (F) & Ottawa's 2003 3rd round pick to the Phoenix Coyotes for Hal Gill (D), Brad May (F), Adrian Foster (F)

- The League Executive Committee signs Barrett Heisten (F), Nathan Barrett (F), Dennis Bonvie (F), Mattias Timmander (D), Tomas Surovy (F), Ken Daneyko (D), and release Frank Banham (F), Timo Ahmaoja (D), on behalf of the Buffalo Sabres organization.