2010 NHL Free Agency News

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Clarke MacArthur Signs With Toronto

One of the most surprising arbitration results this summer was the $2.4 million Clarke MacArthur was awarded in his hearing with the Atlanta Thrashers. The team ultimately decided to walk away from the ruling, allowing the 25-year-old winger to become an unrestricted free agent. On Saturday, he inked a one-year deal with...

Willie Mitchell Reaches Agreement With Kings

The addition of free agent defenseman Willie Mitchell to the Los Angeles Kings is not without its risks, but it has the potential to be a rock solid addition to a young and talented roster. Nick Kypreos of Sportsnet first reported the deal, and Rich Hammond has since reported that it's a two-year contract worth $3.5...

Raffi Torres Signs With Canucks

Just because it's late August doesn't mean you still can't find decent players on the free agent market, and the Vancouver Canucks proved that Tuesday night by signing free agent forward Raffi Torres to a reported one-year, $1 million deal. The deal pushes Vancouver about $3.6 million over the league's salary cap, via...

Arron Asham Signs With Penguins

During the 2009-10 season the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers were involved in a pair of games that produced biting allegations. The first of which involved Penguins defenseman Kris Letang and his claim that Scott Hartnell bit him during a late-game scrum. A few months later, the two teams met again, and this...

NHL Investigating Four Controversial Long-Term Contracts

As it turns out, Ilya Kovalchuk's contract was just the tip of the iceberg for the National Hockey League. One day after we learned the league's rejection of the Kovalchuk deal with New Jersey was upheld by an arbitrator, the NHL has confirmed that four other long-term deals -- deals reached in the last 15 months -- are...