Late last night, per Hockey’s Future and Elite Prospects, Maxim Noreau chose to sign with Ambri-Piotta, a team out of Switzerland, for next season. Basically that trade for David McIntyre was a complete waste of a transaction. But anyway, as promised, here is the updated player list after the first month of free agency:
Signed for 2011-12:
Jacob Josefson
Mattias Tedenby
Nick Palmieri
Mark Fayne
Alexander Urbom
Adam Henrique
Dan Kelly
Mike Hoeffel (EL)
Keith Kinkaid (EL)
Mike Sislo (EL)
Joe Sova (EL)
Harry Young
J.S. Berube
Kory Nagy
Stephen Gionta
Darcy Zajac
Brandon Burlon (EL)
Jay Leach
Matt Anderson
Tim Sestito
Chad Wiseman
Vladimir Zharkov
Matt Corrente
Jeff Frazee
Cam Janssen (signed from St. Louis 7/15)
Nathan Perkovich
Steven Zalewski
Brad Mills
Stephane Veilleux (signed from Switzerland 7/28)
Unrestricted free agents:
Rob Davison
Chris Murray
Moving on:
Louis Robitaille (retired 6/9)
David McIntyre (traded to Minnesota 6/16)
Jeff Lerg (signed in Italy 6/20)
Alex Vasyunov (signed in Russia 6/22)
Tyler Eckford (signed with Phoenix 7/4)
Mike McKenna (signed with Ottawa 7/8)
Pierre-Luc Leblond (traded to Calgary 7/14)
Olivier Magnan (signed in Russia 7/22)
Trevor Kell (signed in Italy 7/26)
Maxim Noreau (acquired from Minnesota 6/16; signed in Switzerland 7/31)
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