TORONTO – David McNab was a big believer in the power of a baseball cap. He would send them to prospects whom he felt needed encouragement and, as a scout with the Hartford Whalers, he’d often take the extra step of writing personal letters as he did with one unheralded goaltender a little more than [...]

Well we are coming up to the end of October and the NHL is getting hit with a few cases of the swine flu (H1N1). On Tuesday the Colorado Avalanche announced that goalie Peter Budaj has the H1N1 virus while the Edmonton Oilers also announced that defenseman Ladislav Smid has the virus as well. Budaj was [...]

EDMONTON – The final roster of the Edmonton Oilers is a little clearer after five players were cut following Sunday’s 5-4 overtime win over the Vancouver Canucks.
Forwards Rob Schremp and Kip Brennan, defenceman Taylor Chorney and goaltender Devan Dubnyk were all assigned to the Oilers’ AHL affiliate in Springfield while centre Jordan Eberle was returned [...]

Who says you can’t go home again?
 
Edmonton native Mike Comrie has agreed to terms on a one-year deal with the Oilers worth $1.125 million.
 
Comrie, originally drafted by Edmonton in the third round (91st overall) in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, rejoins the Oilers after having played there from 2000-2003.

“I had to make a decision on some [...]

A Heatley deal must get done, and it’s surprising to us that a deal has not yet been finalized.  The Senators do not need the distraction of having a disgruntled super star in the locker room, not to mention, the fans will certainly be vicious towards him.  It is no secret that Sens GM Bryan [...]

Edmonton Oilers General Manager Steve Tambellini announced Tuesday that Wayne Fleming has been  named assistant coach of the club. Fleming played for St. Boniface Mohawks of the CSHL during the 1977-78 season where he had 2 goals 12 helpers for 14 points.  For coaching he was assistant coach of U. of Manitoba for one season during [...]

Ducks

Erik Christensen
63.05
RFA
$750K

Todd Marchant
61.96
UFA
$2.66M

Rob Niedermayer
57.93
UFA
$2.0M

Mike Brown
56.88
RFA
$523K

Scott Niedermayer
78.95
UFA
$6.75M

James Wisniewski
74.06
RFA
$871K

Francois Beauchemin
66.39
UFA
$1.65M

Brett Festerling
65.22
RFA
$475K

Bret Hedican
60.43
UFA
$871K

Thrashers

Marty Reasoner
71.97
UFA
$1.0M

Colby Armstrong
70.82
RFA
$1.2M

Jim Slater
66.07
RFA
$800K

Eric Perrin
64.21
UFA
$750K

Joseph Crabb
63.31
RFA
$550K

Chris Thorburn
59.87
RFA
$535K

Anssi Salmela
68.14
RFA
$563K

Nathan Oystrick
67.12
UFA
$578K

Boris Valabik
57.63
RFA
$925K

Kari Lehtonen
66.90
RFA
$3.0M

Bruins

Phil Kessel
85.97
RFA
$850K

Mark Recchi
71.04
UFA
$1.25M

Byron Bitz
67.66
RFA
$675K

Stephane Yelle
62.50
UFA
$750K

P.J. Axelsson
62.42
UFA
$1.85M

Matt Hunwick
76.39
RFA
$775K

Steve Montador
72.30
UFA
$800K

Shane Hnidy
67.17
UFA
$760K

Manny Fernandez
72.77
UFA
$4.75M

Sabers

Drew Stafford
73.21
RFA
$984K

Dominic Moore
70.22
UFA
$900K

Clarke MacArthur
66.07
RFA
$522K

Maxim Afinogenov
64.52
UFA
$3.5M

Patrick Kaleta
64.03
RFA
$500K

Matt Ellis
63.91
UFA
$475K

Andrew Peters
53.98
UFA
$550K

Jaroslav Spacek
76.17
UFA
$3.3M

Teppo Numminen
65.72
UFA
$1.1M

Andrej Sekera
66.19
RFA
$659K

Mikael Tellqvist
69.50
UFA
$800K

Flames

Mike Cammalleri
81.03
UFA
$3.6M

Todd Bertuzzi
67.33
UFA
$1.95M

Dustin Boyd
60.92
RFA
$3.25M

Andre Roy
55.59
UFA
$550K

Jamie Lundmark
68.15
UFA
$600K

Adrian Aucoin
70.96
UFA
$4.0M

Jordan Leopold
66.20
UFA
$1.5M

Adam Pardy
65.10
UFA
$500K

Rhett Warrener
N/A
UFA
$2.5M

Curtis McElhinney
47.93
UFA
$500K

Hurricanes

Chad LaRose
72.45
UFA
$875K

Tuomo Ruutu
71.60
RFA
$2.25M

Erik Cole
70.18
UFA
$4.0M

Jussi Jokinen
65.74
RFA
$1.875M

Ryan Bayda
61.95
UFA
$475K

Michael Ryan
57.61
UFA
$475K

Anton Babchuk
73.18
RFA
$1.0M

Dennis Seidenberg
72.54
UFA
$1.2M

Blackhawks

Martin Havlat
83.97
UFA
$6.0M

Kris Versteeg
74.95
RFA
$490K

Dave Bolland
74.19
RFA
$888K

Troy Brouwer
65.35
RFA
$700K

Colin Fraser
60.85
RFA
$500K

Ben Eager
60.07
RFA
$650K

Samuel Pahlsson
59.94
UFA
$1.4M

Cam Barker
74.04
RFA
$984K

Aaron Johnson
70.89
UFA
$525K

Matt Walker
65.91
UFA
$600K

Nikolai Khabibulin
75.19
UFA
$6.75M

Avalanche

Joe Sakic
73.71
UFA
$6.0M

Cody McLeod
63.56
RFA
$523K

David Jones
63.53
RFA
$550K

Ben Guite
63.43
UFA
$475K

Ian Laperriere
62.95
UFA
$1.15M

Cody McCormick
60.51
RFA
$523K

Tyler Arnason
59.75
UFA
$1.75M

Brian Willsie
56.85
UFA
$600K

Daniel Tjarnqvist
62.59
UFA
$750K

Lawrence Nycholat
61.11
UFA
$600K

Kyle Cumiskey
58.53
RFA
$475K

Blue Jackets

Manny Malhotra
69.96
UFA
$1.5M

Jason Williams
69.38
UFA
$2.2M

Jiri Novotny
62.60
RFA
$800K

Michael Peca
60.56
UFA
$1.315M

Chris Gratton
57.70
UFA
$1.25M

Marc Methot
69.42
RFA
$523K

Christian Backman
66.30
UFA
$3.4M

Ole-Kristian Tollefsen
60.37
UFA
$1.1M

Wade Dubielewicz
39.17
UFA
$500K

Stars

Jere Lehtinen
70.30
UFA
$4.1M

Brendan Morrison
65.29
UFA
$2.75M

Landon Wilson
63.34
UFA
$550K

Steve Begin
63.02
UFA
$1.3M

Mark Parrish
62.12
UFA
$500K

Chris Conner
61.52
UFA
$500K

Joel Lundqvist
57.26
UFA
$750K

Darryl Sydor
68.92
UFA
$2.5M

Sergei Zubov
68.53
UFA
$5.35M

Mark Fistric
64.54
RFA
$650K

Tobias Stephan
37.33
UFA
$485K

Red Wings

Marian Hossa
87.34
UFA
$7.45M

Jiri Hudler
72.46
RFA
$1.15M

Mikael Samuelsson
71.70
UFA
$1.2M

Tomas Kopecky
59.94
UFA
$700K

Darren McCarty
55.53
UFA
$550K

Chris Chelios
59.97
RFA
$750K

Ty Conklin
80.07
UFA
$750K

Oilers

Ales Kotalik
72.70
UFA
$2.5M

Kyle Brodziak
66.45
RFA
$1.2M

Liam Reddox
60.61
UFA
$515K

Denis Grebeshkov
76.27
RFA
$1.5M

Ladislav Smid
62.99
RFA
$952K

Jason Strudwick
62.91
UFA
$1.5M

Dwayne Roloson
72.13
UFA
$3.0M

Panthers

David Booth
84.77
RFA
$675K

Radek Dvorak
70.22
UFA
$1.6M

Richard Zednik
70.02
UFA
$1.75M

Ville Peltonen
69.04
UFA
$1.2M

Anthony Stewart
58.34
RFA
$523K

Jay Bouwmeester
76.61
UFA
$4.875M

Nick Boynton
71.65
UFA
$2.95M

Karlis Skrastins
70.18
UFA
$2.4M

Steve Eminger
69.79
RFA
$1.2M

Jassen Cullimore
60.92
UFA
$830K

Craig Anderson
80.57
UFA
$575K

Kings

Teddy Purcell
63.97
RFA
$850K

Kyle Calder
63.81
UFA
$2.7M

Brian Boyle
58.16
RFA
$750K

Derek Armstrong
56.73
UFA
$1.6M

Jack Johnson
63.64
RFA
$850K

Denis Gauthier
61.76
UFA
$2.2M

Wild

Marian Gaborik
93.35
UFA
$7.5M

Stephane Veilleux
61.82
UFA
$863K

Dan Fritsche
60.45
RFA
$875K

Marc-Andre Bergeron
75.61
UFA
$1.691M

Kurtis Foster
75.02
UFA
$1.025M

Martin Skoula
63.52
UFA
$1.9M

Josh Harding
80.40
RFA
$750K

Canadians

Alex Tanguay
78.44
UFA
$5.375M

Alex Kovalev
76.12
UFA
$4.5M

Robert Lang
75.99
UFA
$4.0M

Saku Koivu
75.93
UFA
$600K

Chris Higgins
70.25
RFA
$1.9M

Guillaume Latendresse
69.47
RFA
$850K

Tomas Plekanec
67.70
RFA
$1.8M

Tom Kostopoulos
65.24
UFA
$900K

Matt D’Agostini
63.72
RFA
$508K

Mathieu Schneider
70.56
UFA
$5.75M

Mike Komisarek
66.82
UFA
$1.5M

Patrice Brisebois
66.73
UFA
$750K

Francis Bouillon
64.80
UFA
$1.875M

Mathieu Dandenault
63.50
UFA
$1.75M

Predators

Steve Sullivan
73.51
UFA
$3.2M

Joel Ward
71.25
UFA
$500K

Ryan Jones
66.87
RFA
$920K

Radek Bonk
63.43
UFA
$1.6M

Scott Nichol
62.24
UFA
$750K

Antti Pihlstrom
61.70
RFA
$530K

Vernon Fiddler
61.49
UFA
$900K

Greg Zanon
72.13
UFA
$750K

Ville Koistinen
67.90
UFA
$700K

Greg De Vries
58.21
UFA
$2.75M

Devils

Travis Zajac
82.48
RFA
$523K

Brian Gionta
78.69
UFA
$4.0M

Brendan Shanahan
66.41
UFA
$800K

John Madden
63.20
UFA
$2.939M

Bobby Holik
59.98
UFA
$2.5M

Mike Rupp
59.34
UFA
$500K

Johnny Oduya
74.94
UFA
$600K

Niclas Havelid
67.93
UFA
$2.9M

Andy Greene
67.15
RFA
$600K

Scott Clemmensen
80.60
UFA
$500K

Kevin Weekes
76.47
UFA
$700K

Islanders

Andy Hilbert
68.95
UFA
$700K

Mike Sillinger
63.72
UFA
$2.3M

Blake Comeau
63.64
RFA
$735K

Dean McAmmond
63.27
UFA
$900K

Nate Thompson
57.61
RFA
$500K

Joe Callahan
64.04
UFA
$575K

Jack Hillen
62.44
RFA
$875K

Thomas Pock
58.97
UFA
$685K

Yann Danis
66.07
UFA
$550K

Joey MacDonald
53.80
UFA
$500K

Rangers

Ryan Callahan
78.05
RFA
$600K

Nik Antropov
72.99
UFA
$2.15M

Nikolai Zherdev
72.82
RFA
$3.25M

Brandon Dubinsky
72.38
RFA
$635K

Lauri Korpikoski
59.89
RFA
$984K

Fredrik Sjostrom
59.84
RFA
$840K

Blair Betts
59.30
UFA
$615K

Colton Orr
53.36
UFA
$550K

Paul Mara
70.48
UFA
$1.95M

Derek Morris
68.00
UFA
$3.95M

Stephen Valiquette
66.20
UFA
$725K

Senators

Mike Comrie
63.19
UFA
$4.0M

Chris Neil
59.77
UFA
$1.2M

Brendan Bell
69.59
RFA
$500K

Brian Elliott
66.97
RFA
$758K

Flyers

Mike Knuble
73.14
UFA
$2.8M

Andrew Alberts
66.44
UFA
$1.4M

Derian Hatcher
N/A
UFA
$3.5M

Coyotes

Scottie Upshall
72.35
RFA
$1.25M

Steve Reinprecht
68.79
UFA
$2.0M

Petr Prucha
67.49
RFA
$1.6M

Joakim Lindstrom
65.97
RFA
$500K

Nigel Dawes
65.27
RFA
$588K

Enver Lisin
65.76
RFA
$850K

Daniel Winnik
61.84
RFA
$510K

Brian McGrattan
53.38
UFA
$605K

Keith Yandle
71.63
RFA
$635K

Ken Klee
68.88
UFA
$1.25M

Dmitri Kalinin
765.66
UFA
$2.1M

Penguins

Ruslan Fedotenko
76.57
UFA
$2.25M

Bill Guerin
73.31
UFA
$4.5M

Petr Sykora
69.71
UFA
$2.5M

Miroslav Satan
68.19
UFA
$3.5M

Mike Zigomanis
61.02
UFA
$650K

Craig Adams
60.14
UFA
$600K

Rob Scuderi
71.31
UFA
$725K

Philippe Boucher
71.05
UFA
$2.5M

Hal Gill
67.32
UFA
$2.1M

Mathieu Garon
55.57
UFA
$1.0M

Sharks

Ryane Clowe
76.45
RFA
$1.6M

Mike Grier
68.56
UFA
$1.775M

Jeremy Roenick
62.03
UFA
$1.1M

Marcel Goc
61.50
RFA
$775K

Tomas Plihal
59.99
RFA
$500K

Travis Moen
58.57
UFA
$925K

Torrey Mitchell
57.45
RFA
$715K

Brad Staubitz
56.71
RFA
$475K

Claude Lemieux
55.05
UFA
$500K

Rob Blake
82.58
UFA
$5.0M

Alexei Semenov
64.50
UFA
$650K

Kent Huskins
60.72
UFA
$650K

Brian Boucher
80.70
UFA
$650K

Blues

Keith Tkachuk
69.85
UFA
$4.5M

Brad Winchester
64.59
UFA
$600K

Jay McClement
63.37
RFA
$950K

Brandon Crombeen
61.16
RFA
$550K

Dan Hinote
56.82
UFA
$1.0M

Jeff Woywitka
68.81
RFA
$725K

Roman Polak
63.64
RFA
$475K

Mike Weaver
63.06
UFA
$700K

Manny Legace
52.03
UFA
$2.5M

Lightning

Martins Karsums
65.38
RFA
$825K

Matt Pettinger
60.49
UFA
$1.1M

David Koci
54.98
UFA
$525K

Cory Murphy
72.67
UFA
$875K

Richard Petiot
67.42
UFA
$500K

Josef Melichar
64.46
UFA
$1.0M

Matt Lashoff
64.33
RFA
$685K

Lukas Krajicek
63.47
RFA
$1.1M

Matt Smaby
60.62
RFA
$825K

Marek Malik
60.57
UFA
$1.25M

Noah Welch
59.31
UFA
$750K

Karri Ramo
48.40
RFA
$725K

Mike McKenna
47.57
RFA
$475K

Maple Leafs

Boyd Devereaux
69.32
UFA
$600K

Mikhail Grabovski
67.90
RFA
$850K

Jeffrey Hamilton
66.41
UFA
$475K

Brad May
57.13
UFA
$600K

Jamie Heward
63.22
UFA
$475K

Erik Reitz
60.76
UFA
$500K

Martin Gerber
60.37
UFA
$3.7M

Curtis Joseph
37.47
UFA
$700K

 Canucks

Daniel Sedin
87.90
UFA
$3.575M

Henrik Sedin
82.15
UFA
$3.575M

Mats Sundin
74.26
UFA
$5.627M

Taylor Pyatt
64.10
UFA
$1.575M

Kyle Wellwood
66.57
RFA
$998K

Jannik Hansen
65.08
RFA
$500K

Mattias Ohlund
73.31
UFA
$3.5M

Ossi Vaananen
67.23
UFA
$1.0M

Shane O’Brien
63.02
RFA
$1.025M

Rob Davison
60.72
UFA
$560K

Jason LaBarbera
64.03
UFA
$850K

Capitals

Sergei Fedorov
69.77
UFA
$4.0M

Viktor Kozlov
69.08
UFA
$2.5M

Eric Fehr
65.71
RFA
$735K

Boyd Gordon
60.63
RFA
$725K

Quintin Laing
57.29
UFA
$500K

Donald Brashear
55.22
UFA
$1.2M

Jeff Schultz
68.98
RFA
$650K

Milan Jurcina
67.11
RFA
$913K

Shaone Morrisonn
65.61
RFA
$1.975M

Brent Johnson
67.90
UFA
$825K

The feeling may not be mutual. League sources say the Oilers are one of the two teams that have contacted Senators GM Bryan Murray about the disgruntled Ottawa winger, but the indications are Edmonton might not be at the top of Heatley’s list of destinations he’d like to land.

Edmonton Sun

Pat Quinn’s successful experiences working with junior-aged players gave him the itch to get back into the big show. The Edmonton Oilers were willing to scratch it.
The Oilers on Tuesday announced that Quinn, 66, is taking over as the ninth coach in the franchise’s 30-year history and, surprisingly, former New York Rangers coach Tom Renney [...]

oilers.nhl.com
Edmonton Oilers Press Release
Edmonton Oilers General Manager Steve Tambellini announced today the club has relieved Craig MacTavish of his head coaching duties.
Named the eighth coach in Oilers history on June 22, 2000, MacTavish compiled a career record of 301-252-103 (.537) in 656 regular season games over the course of eight seasons between 2000-01 and 2008-09.
MacTavish [...]