St.Louis Blues

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1997-2003 transactions:

December 31 - Recalled right wing Eric Boguniecki from Worcester (AHL).

December 30 - Assigned center Eric Boguniecki to Worcester (AHL).

Recalled goaltender Reinhard Divis and forward Jeremy Yablonski under emergency conditions.

December 27 - Assigned left wing Scott Pellerin to Worcester (AHL).

December 22 - Signed left wing Scott Pellerin.

December 17 - Recalled forward Steve Martins from Worcester (AHL).

December 13 - Recalled left wing Steve McLaren from Worcester (AHL).

December 11 - Recalled right wing Jeff Heerema from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 10 - Assigned defenseman Brett Scheffelmaier and left wing Igor Valeev to Peoria (ECHL).

December 9 - Assigned left wing Jeff Heerema to Worcester (AHL).

December 4 - Recalled defenseman Christian Laflamme from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Assigned defenseman Aris Brimanis to Worcester.

November 28 - Recalled defenseman Aris Brimanis and right wing Eric Boguniecki from Worcester (AHL)

November 26 - Placed defenseman Barret Jackman on injured reserve.

Recalled defenseman Christian Backman from Worcester (AHL).

November 22 - Assigned left wing Peter Sejna, defenseman Christian Laflamme and right wing Eric Boguniecki to Worcester (AHL).

November 19 - Assigned defenseman Christian Backman to Worcester (AHL).

November 11 - Assigned right wing Steve Martins to Worcester (AHL).

November 6 - Assigned defenseman Aris Brimanis to Worcester (AHL).

November 1 - Recalled defenseman Bryce Salvador and center Steve Martins from Worcester (AHL).

Assigned defenseman Mike Stuart and center Johnny Pohl to Worcester.

October 31 - Recalled center Johnny Pohl from Worcester (AHL).

October 29 - Assigned defenseman Bryce Salvador and center Johnny Pohl to Worcester (AHL).

October 28 - Extended the contract of vice president and general manager Larry Pleau through the 2005-06 season.

Recalled center Johnny Pohl from Worcester (AHL).

October 27 - Acquired left wing Erkki Rajamaki from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for an eighth-round pick in the 2004 draft.

October 20 - Recalled defenseman Mike Stuart from Worcester (AHL).

October 17 - Recalled defenseman Aris Brimanis from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 14 - Assigned goaltender Cody Rudkowsky to Reading of the ECHL.

October 13 - Assigned center Steve Martins to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 11 - Recalled center Steve Martins and defenseman Christian Backman from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 10 - Signed defensemen Trevor Byrne and Aaron McKenzie and forward Colin Hemingway and assigned them to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 3 - Assigned center Jeff Panzer to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 30 - Recalled forward Jeff Panzer from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 28 - Assigned defensemen Tom Koivisto and Mike Stuart, goaltenders Reinhard Divis and Curtis Sanford and left wing Igor Valeev to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Returned left wing D.J. King to his junior team.

Released right wing Rastislav Pavlikovski.

September 25 - Assigned center Greg Black, right wing Mike Glumac and left wing Steve McLaren to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 24 - Assigned forwards Marc Brown and Jeff Panzer to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 22 - Assigned defensemen Jame Pollock and Brett Scheffelmaier, and forwards Chris Corrinet, Black Evans and Jay McClement to Worcester of the American Hockey League; released forward Daniel Tkaczuk.

September 20 - Assigned right wing Colin Hemingway, goaltenders Cody Rudkowsky and Levente Szuper and defensemen Pierre-Luc Courchesne, Trevor Byrne, Terry Virtue and Aaron Mackenzie to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Assigned goaltender Konstantin Barulin to his European team.

September 19 - Assigned defenseman Shawn Belle to his junior team.

Named Kevin McDonald director of professional scouting.

September 18 - Assigned defenseman George Halkidis and forwards Ernie Hartlieb and Jeremy Yablonski to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Released defensemen Tim Branham and Jon Coleman and forwards Connor Dunlop, Simon Ferguson and Chaz Johnson.

Returned goaltender Chris Beckford-Tsau, defenseman Zack Fitzgerald and forwards Alexandre Bolduc, Justin Maiser and Konstantin Zakharov to their junior teams.

Returned forward Evgeny Skachkov to his European team.

September 5 - Signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Murray Baron, who had been with the Vancouver Canucks.

August 8 - Re-signed forward Pavol Demitra.

July 31 - Agreed to terms with goaltender Cody Rudkowsky and left wing Marc Brown.

July 25 - Re-signed forward Reed Low and defenseman Matt Walker.

July 16 - Re-signed goaltender Brent Johnson, defensemen Bryce Salvador, Tom Koivisto and Christian Laflamme and centers Ryan Johnson, Mike Danton and Steve Martins.

June 21 - Traded left wing Tyson Nash to the Phoenix Coyotes for a 2003 fifth-round draft pick and a 2004 fourth-round pick.

Traded left wing Cory Stillman to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 2003 second-round draft pick.

June 11 - Re-signed goaltender Chris Osgood.

April 19 - Recalled goaltender Curtis Sanford, defenseman Christian Backman, Aris Brimanis and Tom Koivisto, right wing Eric Nickulas and left wing Sergei Varlamov from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

April 15 - Assigned defenseman Tom Koivisto to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

April 13 - Recalled defenseman Tom Koivisto from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

April 5 - Signed left wing Peter Sejna.

March 28 - Assigned defenseman Christian Backman, center Eric Nickulas and left wing Sergei Varlamov to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 27 - Recalled defenseman Christian Backman from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 25 - Recalled left wing Sergei Varlamov from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 24 - Recalled center Eric Nickulas and defenseman Matt Walker from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 20 - Signed center Greg Black.

March 18 - Waived goaltender Fred Brathwaite.

March 12 - Assigned goaltender Curtis Sanford to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 11 - Acquired goaltender Chris Osgood and a 2003 third-round draft pick from the New York Islanders for center Justin Papineau and a 2003 second-round draft pick.

Acquired right wing Valeri Bure and a conditional 2004 fifth-round draft pick from the Florida Panthers for defenseman Mike Van Ryn.

March 7 - Assigned right wing Eric Nickulas, center Justin Papineau and defenseman Matt Walker to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 27 - Activated defenseman Matt Walker from injured reserve.

Placed defenseman Steve Dubinsky on injured reserve with a concussion.

February 26 - Recalled center Justin Papineau from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 25 - Recalled goaltender Curtis Sanford from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Assigned defenseman Christian Backman to Worcester.

February 21 - Recalled defenseman Christian Backman from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 19 - Claimed center Ryan Johnson off waivers from the Florida Panthers.

Assigned center Justin Papineau to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 14 - Signed right wing Jay McClement.

Recalled defenseman Matt Walker from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 12 - Assigned defenseman Christian Backman to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 6 - Recalled center Justin Papineau from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 3 - Recalled defenseman Christian Backman and center Eric Nickulas from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

January 30 - Assigned defenseman Matt Walker and center Eric Nickulas to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

January 29 - Recalled center Eric Nickulas from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

January 15 - Claimed center Steve Martins off waivers from the Ottawa Senators.

January 6 - Assigned defenseman Tom Koivisto to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

January 2 - Recalled defenseman Matt Walker from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

2003

December 28 - Announced that goaltender Tom Barrasso has cleared waivers.

Agreed to a mutual release with Barrasso.

December 22 - Assigned center Justin Papineau to Worsecter of the American Hockey League.

December 12 - Assigned defenseman Matt Walker to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 10 - Recalled defenseman Matt Walker from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 9 - Recalled goaltender Brent Johnson and defenseman Tom Koivisto from the Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League.

Assigned defenseman Mike Van Ryn to Worcester and goaltender Cody Rudkowsky to the Trenton Titans of the East Coast Hockey League.

December 5 - Traded defenseman Dale Clarke to the Colorado Avalanche for a conditional draft pick.

December 4 - Recalled goaltender Cody Rudkowsky from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 24 - Recalled defenseman Christian Laflamme from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Assigned defenseman Tom Koivisto to Worcester.

November 22 - Recalled center Steve Dubinsky from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Assigned right wing Sergei Varlamov to Worcester.

November 19 - Recalled left wing Sergei Varlamov from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 13 - Assigned goaltender Curtis Sanford to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 7 - Assigned defenseman Christian Laflamme and goaltender Cody Rudkowsky to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 4 - Signed goaltender Tom Barrasso.

November 1 - Assigned foward Daniel Corso to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 30 - Signed left wing Martin Rucinsky.

Signed center Eric Boguniecki to a contract extension.

October 18 - Recalled goaltender Cody Rudkowsky from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 14 - Recalled goaltender Curtis Sanford from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 6 - Assigned goaltender Curtis Sanford, defenseman Aris Brimanis and forwards Greg Davis, Steve McLaren, John Pohl, and Sergei Varlamov to Worcester of the Amerian Hockey League.

October 4 - Recalled forwards John Pohl and Greg Davis from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 2 - Assigned center Justin Papineau to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 1 - Assigned center Eric Nickulas to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 28 - Assigned goaltender Cody Rudkowsky, defenseman Christian Backman, Steve Bancroft, Brett Scheffelmaier and Matt Walker and forwards Eric Boguniecki, Marc Brown, Jason Dawe, Jame Pollock and Mark Rycroft to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 23 - Assigned goaltender Phil Osaer to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 18 - Assigned defenseman Dale Clarke, Lauri Kinos, Brian McMeekin, Arvid Rekis, Chad Starling, Mike Stuart, and Terry Virtue, forwards Tyler Beechy, Greg Davis, Blake Evans, Jeff Panzer, John Pohl, Daniel Tkaczuk, Igor Valeev, and Brad Voth to the Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League.

Returned forwards D.J. King, Jay McClement, Andrei Mikhnov, and Tomas Troliga to their junior/European teams.

Released forward Kent Davyduke.

September 12 - Re-signed left wing Keith Tkachuk to a five-year contract.

August 9 - Signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Aris Brimanis, who had been with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

August 1 - Named Ted Hampson director of player evaluation and Jarmo Kekalainen director of amateur scouting.

July 31 - Re-signed left wing Cory Stillman, center Daniel Tkaczuk, right wing Marc Brown, defenseman Dale Clarke and goaltender Cody Rudkowsky.

July 24 - Re-signed center Daniel Corso and right wing Jamal Mayers.

July 23 - Signed free agent right wing Jason Dawe, who had been with the New York Rangers.

July 19 - Re-signed defensemen Alex Khavanov and Christian Laflamme.

July 17 - Announced left wing Keith Tkachuk has accepted a qualifying offer for the 2002-03 season.

July 16 - Re-signed centers Steve Dubinsky and Eric Nickulas and defenseman Steve Bancroft.

July 12 - Signed defenseman Christian Backman.

July 10 - Re-signed defenseman Jeff Finley.

Signed defenseman Tom Koivisto.

July 3 - Signed center Petr Cajanek.

June 27 - Exercised the options on the contracts of goaltender Brent Johnson, right wing Reed Low and centers Mike Eastwood and Eric Boguniecki for the 2002-03 season.

June 25 - Named Don Lever assistant coach.

June 11 - Named Scott Bonanni and Richard Jankowski communication assistants.

June 9 - Recalled forward Eric Boguniecki, defenseman Barret Jackman and goaltender Reinhard Divis from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

May 16 - Announced the retirement of assistant coach Jimmy Roberts.

May 14 - Named Scott Bonanni and Richard Jankowski communication assistants.

April 14 - Recalled center Eric Boguniecki, defenseman Barret Jackman and goaltender Reinhard Divis from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

April 12 - Recalled defenseman Christian LaFlamme from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

April 9 - Assigned goaltender Reinhard Divis to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

April 7 - Recalled goaltender Reinhard Divis from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 29 - Recalled defenseman Christian Laflamme from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 20 - Assigned Worcester IceCats goaltender Cody Rudkowsky and forward Darren Clark to Peoria of the East Coast Hockey League.

March 19 - Re-assigned center Eric Boguniecki to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 18 - Acquired center Ray Ferraro from the Atlanta Thrashers for a 2002 fourth-round pick.

March 17 - Activated left wing Keith Tkachuk and center Daniel Corso from injured reserve.

March 8 - Assigned goaltender Reinhard Divis and center Justin Papineau to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 7 - Recalled goaltender Reinhard Divis from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 6 - Claimed forward Ted Donato off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings.

March 4 - Recalled center Justin Papineau from the Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League.

February 10 - Acquired left wing Shjon Podein from the Colorado Avalanche for right wing Mike Keane.

January 28 - Recalled center Eric Boguniecki from the Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League.

January 10 - Re-assigned defenseman Christian Laflamme to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

January 6 - Recalled defenseman Christian LaFlamme from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

January 3, 2002 - Assigned defenseman Steve Halko to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

2002

December 18 - Recalled defensemen Mike Van Ryn and Steve Halko from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 13 - Assigned defenseman Steve Halko to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 5 - Acquired defenseman Steve Halko and a fourth-round selection in the 2002 NHL draft from the Carolina Hurricanes for defenseman Sean Hill.

November 24 - Assigned goaltender Reinhard Divis to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 12 - Recalled defenseman Marc Bergevin from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 8 - Assigned defenseman Marc Bergevin to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 6 - Assigned defenseman Christian Laflamme to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Signed free-agent defenseman Mark Bergevin.

November 1 - Recalled defenseman Christian Laflamme from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 27 - Recalled defenseman Ed Campbell from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 11 - Extended the contract of director of amateur scouting Ted Hampson through the 2003-04 season.

October 3 - Assigned defenseman Christian Laflamme to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 14 - Purchased the Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League.

August 21 - Signed defenseman Christian LaFlamme, who had been with the Montreal Canadiens.

August 6 - Named Jeff Trammel director of multimedia and publications; named Frank Buonomo director of communications.

July 26 - Signed forward Jamie Thompson.

July 18 - Re-signed left wing Cory Stillman to a one-year contract.

Signed defenseman Darren Rumble.

July 17 - Signed defenseman Ed Campbell.

July 5 - Signed forward Mike Keane, to a multiyear contract.

July 1 - Acquired center Doug Weight and right wing Michel Riesen from the Edmonton Oilers for center Marty Reasoner, left wing Jochen Hecht and defenseman Jan Horacek.

Signed Weight to a multi-year contract.

June 30 - Re-signed right wing Scott Mellanby to a two-year contract.

June 29 - Exercised the 2001-02 options on right wing Jamal Mayers and defenseman Alex Khavanov.

June 24 - Traded right wing Lubos Bartecko to the Atlanta Thrashers for a 2001 fourth-round pick.

June 23 - Traded goaltender Roman Turek and a 2001 fourth-round draft pick to the Calgary Flames for goaltender Fred Brathwaite, center Daniel Tkaczuk, left wing Sergei Varlamov and 2001 ninth-round pick.

May 8 - Signed free agent forwards Greg Davis and Jeff Panzer.

April 12 - Signed left wing Blake Evans.

March 23 - Recalled center Daniel Corso from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 20 - Re-assigned defenseman Jaroslav Obsut to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 14 - Assigned defenseman Darren Rumble to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 13 - Acquired left wing Keith Tkachuk from the Phoenix Coyotes for centers Ladislav Nagy, Michal Handzus and Jeff Taffe and a 2001 first-round draft pick.

Acquired center Cory Stillman from the Calgary Flames for center Craig Conroy and a 2001 seventh-round draft pick.

March 5 - Traded defenseman Peter Smrek to the New York Rangers for defenseman Alexei Gusarov.

March 1 - Recalled defenseman Jaroslav Obsut from Worcester of the American Hockey League and assigned defenseman Peter Smrek to Worcester.

February 26 - Promoted John Ferguson from assistant general manager to vice president and director of hockey operations.

February 25 - Activated defenseman Chris Pronger from injured reserve.

February 22 - Recalled center Marty Reasoner from Worcester of the AHL.

February 21 - Assigned center Daniel Corso to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 19 - Reassigned defensemen Dale Clarke and Jaroslav Obsut to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 16 - Recalled defenseman Jaroslav Obsut from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 14 - Recalled defenseman Dale Clarke from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 13 - Assigned defenseman Dan Trebil to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 12 - Assigned defensemen Dale Clarke and Vladimir Chebaturkin to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 10 - Waived defenseman Dan Trebil.

February 9 - Acquired right wing Scott Mellanby from the Florida Panthers for right wing Dave Morisset and a 2002 draft pick.

Recalled defenseman Peter Smrek from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 8 - Assigned goaltender Curtis Sanford and right wing Tyler Willis to Peoria of the East Coast Hockey league.

February 7 - Assigned goaltender Dwayne Roloson to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Recalled defenseman Dale Clarke from Worcester.

February 6 - Recalled goaltender Curtis Sanford from Peoria of the East Coast Hockey League.

February 5 - Recalled defenseman Darren Rumble from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Recalled goaltender Dwayne Roloson from Worcester on an energency basis.

February 1 - Activated right wings Pavol Demitra and Lubos Bartecko off injured reserve.

January 28 - Recalled center Marty Reasoner and defenseman Dale Clarke from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

January 26 - Recalled center Eric Boguniecki from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

January 24 - Assigned center Marty Reasoner to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Recalled goaltender Dwayne Roloson from Worcester.

January 16 - Named Alain Vigneault scout.

January 12, 2001 - Recalled centers Marty Reasoner and Daniel Corso from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Assigned left wing Pascal Rheaume to Worcester.

Activated right wing Lubos Bartecko from injured reserve.

Placed center Michal Handzus on the injured reserve.

2001

December 29, 2000 - Recalled left wing Pascal Rheaume from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 28 - Traded defenseman Marc Bergevin to the Pittsburgh Penguins for defenseman Dan Trebil.

December 23 - Recalled defenseman Todd Reirden from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 21 - Assigned center Eric Boguniecki to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 18 - Acquired center Eric Boguniecki from the Florida Panthers for left wing Andrej Podkonicky.

December 11 - Returned center Marty Reasoner to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 6 - Assigned defenseman Todd Reirden, center Pascal Rheaume and left wing Daniel Corso to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 4 - Recalled right wings Pascal Rheaume and Daniel Corso from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 30 - Acquired right wing Mike Peluso from the Washington Capitals for left wing Derek Bekar.

Assigned Peluso to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 29 - Recalled defenseman Vladimir Chebaturkin from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 24 - Recalled left wing Pascal Rheaume from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 26 - Signed defenseman Chris Pronger to a three-year contract extension.

October 20 - Signed forward Justin Papineau.

Re-signed forwards Derek Bekar and Reed Low to multi-year contracts.

October 18 - Loaned forward Ladislav Nagy to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 12 - Assigned defenseman Mike Van Ryn to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 29 - Assigned left wing Pascal Rheaume to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 25 - Assigned forwards Jame Pollock, Derek Bekar, Andrej Podkonicky and Chris Murray, defenseman Jaroslav Obsut and goaltender Dwayne Roloson to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 21 - Assigned defensemen Darren Rumble and Dale Clarke to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Returned defenseman Barret Jackman to his junior team.

September 19 - Signed coach Joel Quenneville to a three-year contract extension.

September 18 - Assigned forwards Graham Belak, Marc Brown, Daniel Corso, Shawn Mamane, David Morisset, Justin Papineau, Tomaz Razingar, Tyler Rennette, Mark Rycroft, Jamie Thompson, Andrei Troschinsky, Roger Trudeau, Brad Voth, Tyler Willis and Andrei Petrakov, defensemen Jan Horacek, Lauri Kinos, Dmitri Plekanov, Peter Smrek, Didier Tremblay, Matt Walker and goaltenders Cody Rudkowsky and Curtis Sanford to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 12 - Re-signed center Michal Handzus and right wing Lubos Bartecko.

August 24 - Signed unrestricted free agent left wing Reid Simpson, who had been with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

August 2 - Re-signed goaltender Brent Johnson and forward Reed Low.

July 27 - Signed free agent right wing Chris Murray, who had been with Dallas, to a multi-year contract.

Re-signed defenseman Bryce Salvador to a multi-year contract.

July 14 - Re-signed free agent defenseman Todd Reirden to a multi-year contract.

Signed unrestricted free agent goaltender Dwayne Roloson, who had been with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

July 12 - Extended the contract of assistant coach Jim Roberts through 2001-2002 season.

July 1 - Signed free agent right wing Dallas Drake, who had been with the Phoenix Coyotes.

Signed free agent defenseman Sean Hill, who had been with the Carolina Hurricanes.

Re-signed free agent center Mike Eastwood and left wing Tyson Nash to multi-year contracts.

Picked up the option on defenseman Marc Bergevin's contract.

June 30 - Signed free agent defenseman Mike Van Ryn.

June 12 - Signed defensemen Matt Walker, Alex Khavanov and Vladimir Chebaturkin.

May 22 - Announced that KTRS-AM has signed a letter of intent to broadcast the team's games through the 2002-03 season.

May 15 - Signed defenseman Dale Clark and forwards Mark Rycroft and Shawn Mamane.

April 4 - Extended the contract of senior vice president and general manager Larry Pleau through the 2003-04 season.

March 22 - Signed forward Roger Trudeau.

March 14 - Recalled left wing Pascal Rheaume from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 6 - Recalled defenseman Rudy Poeschek from Houston of the International Hockey.

Assigned defenseman Ricard Persson to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 1 - Assigned defenseman Bryan Helmer and left wing Pascal Rheaume to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 12 - Signed goaltender Jamie McLennan to a two-year contract extension.

February 11 - Recalled defenseman Bryan Helmer from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 10 - Loaned defenseman Dan Keczmer to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 9 - Acquired defenseman Dan Keczmer from the Nashville Predators for defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick.

Re-assigned defenseman Bryce Salvador to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 7 - Recalled defenseman Bryce Salvador from Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League.

February 4 - Loaned left wing Ladislav Nagy to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 3 - Recalled left wing Ladislav Nagy from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Assigned defenseman Bryan Helmer to Worcester.

January 31 - Recalled center Marty Reasoner from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

January 29 - Recalled defenseman Bryan Helmer from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

January 18 - Recalled center Marty Reasoner from the Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League.

January 13 - Acquired right wing Stephane Richer from the Tampa Bay Lightning for defenseman Chris McAlpine and goaltender Rich Parent.

January 3, 2000 - Assigned right wing Jim Campbell to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

2000

December 29, 1999 - Recalled right wing Jim Campbell from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 16 - Assigned left wing Derek King to Grand Rapids of the International Hockey League and defenseman Chris McAlpine to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 11 - Claimed forward Bob Bassen off waivers.

December 1 - Assigned forward Ladislav Nagy to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 27 - Recalled defenseman Ricard Persson from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 23 - Loaned left wing Derek Bekar to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 22 - Recalled forward Ladislav Nagy from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 20 - Recalled forward Derek Bekar from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 18 - Announced the retirement of left wing Geoff Courtnall.

November 14 - Recalled left wing Lubos Bartecko from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 12 - Assigned defenseman Rudy Poeschek to Houston of the International League.

November 9 - Assigned defenseman Bryan Helmer to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 1 - Re-assigned right wing Jim Campbell to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 28 - Assigned left wing Lubos Bartecko to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 26 - Assigned defenseman Rudy Poeschek to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 20 - Signed defenseman Dave Ellett.

Acquired left wing Derek King from the Toronto Maple Leafs for an exchange of eighth-round picks in the 2000 draft and defenseman Tyler Harlton.

October 18 - Recalled left wing Lubos Bartecko from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 11 - Recalled defenseman Bryan Helmer from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 4 - Assigned right wing Jim Campbell to Manitoba of the International Hockey League.

September 30 - Claimed defenseman Todd Reirden off waivers from the Edmonton Oilers.

Reassigned defenseman Jaroslav Obsut to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 28 - Assigned forwards Lubos Bartecko and Reed Low to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 27 - Signed defenseman Barret Jackman.

September 24 - Assigned goaltender Brent Johnson to Worcester of the American Hockey League and defenseman Barret Jackman to Regina of the Western Hockey League.

September 23 - Assigned centers Daniel Corso and Andrei Podkonicky, forwards Derek Bekar and Sylvain Blouin and defensemen Peter Smrek and Bryce Salvador to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 15 - Returned defensemen Jason Widmer, Jan Horacek, Libor Prochazka, Bryan Helmer and center Marty Reasoner to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Returned goaltender Rich Parent to Utah of the International Hockey League.

Forward Andrei Trochisky returned to his Russian team.

September 14 - Signed defenseman Peter Smrek.

September 13 - Assigned the following players to Worcester of the American Hockey League: goaltender Cody Rudkowsky; forwards Alex Westlund, Jamie Thompson, Kiley Hill, James Desmarais, Ladislav Nagy, Brandon Sugden, Tyler Rennette, Zoltan Batovsky, Dean Stock, Jeremy Reich, Alain St. Hilaire, Tomaz Razinger, Marc Brown and Trevor Wasyluk; and defensemen Rory Fitzpatrick, Tyler Harlton, Maxim Linnik, Matt Smith, Didier Tremblay and Jame Pollock; returned goaltender Kenric Exner, right wing Kevin Malcolm and defensemen Chad Starling and Matt Walker to their junior teams; released forward Kenzie Homer.

September 10 - Extended the contract of director of amateur scouting Ted Hampson through the 2001-2002 season.

September 6 - Announced the sale of the team and the Kiel Center to Bill and Nancy Laurie.

September 4 - Re-signed defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick.

September 3 - Named Aaron Komarek strength and conditioning coordinator, Stanley Richardson communications manager and Jeff Wright massage therapist.

August 26 - Signed goaltender Roman Turek to a multi-year contract.

August 25 - Signed forward Sylvain Blouin.

August 12 - Re-signed right wing Jamal Mayers and defensemen Chris McAlpine and Jamie Rivers.

July 15 - Signed defenseman Libor Prochazka.

July 1 - Re-signed center Craig Conroy to a two-year contract.

June 3 - Signed center Tyler Rennette and defenseman Jame Pollock.

May 25 - Re-signed defensemen Jeff Finley and Jaroslav Obsut.

April 29 - Extended their affiliation agreement with Worcester of the American Hockey League through the 2003-04 season.

April 6 - Assigned left wing Tyson Nash to the Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League.

April 3 - Extended the contracts of senior vice president and general manager Larry Pleau and assistant general manager John Ferguson Jr. through the 2001-2002 season.

April 2 - Recalled forward Tyrone Nash from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 25 - Signed free agent goaltender Cody Rudkowsky.

March 23 - Acquired right wing Blair Atcheynum from the Nashville Predators for a 2000 sixth-round draft pick.

March 20 - Loaned goaltender Jim Carey to Cincinnati of the International Hockey League.

March 18 - Acquired defenseman Brad Shaw and a 1999 eighth-round draft choice from the Washington Capitals for a 1999 sixth-round draft choice.

Reassigned goaltender Scott Roche from Portland to the Peoria Rivermen of the East Coast Hockey League.

March 17 - Re-assigned defensemen Tyler Harlton and Matt Smith from Worcester of the American Hockey League to Peoria of the East Coast Hockey League.

March 13 - Recalled left wing Michel Picard from Grand Rapids of the International Hockey League.

March 10 - Assigned goaltender Rich Parent and defenseman Bryan Helmer to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 9 - Recalled forward Lubos Bartecko from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 5 - Assigned goaltender Brent Johnson to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 4 - Signed defenseman Didier Tremblay.

March 1 - Signed goaltender Jim Carey.

February 26 - Loaned left wing Michel Picard to the Grand Rapids Griffins of the International Hockey League.

February 22 - Traded right wing Chris Kenady to the New York Rangers to complete a trade for defenseman Jeff Finley and Geoff Smith on February 13.

February 16 - Recalled goalie Scott Roche from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 13 - Acquired defensemen Jeff Finley and Geoff Smith from the New York Rangers for future considerations.

February 7 - Recalled defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick and right wing Jamal Mayers from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

January 20 - Recalled goaltender Rich Parent from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

Assigned center Jochen Hecht to Worcester.

January 14 - Assigned right wing Lubos Bartecko to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

January 12 - Recalled center Jochen Hecht from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

January 4, 1999 - Assigned center Marty Reasoner to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

1999

December 19, 1998 - Claimed defenseman Bryan Helmer off waivers from the Phoenix Coyotes.

December 18 - Recalled defenseman Ricard Persson from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 15 - Recalled center Marty Reasoner from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 9 - Assigned goaltender Rich Parent to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 7 - Sent left wing Lubos Bartecko and center Terry Yake to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 28 - Recalled right wing Terry Yake and left wing Lubos Bartecko from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 17 - Assigned center Marty Reasoner to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 13 - Assigned goaltender Brent Johnson to the Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League.

Assigned defenseman Libor Zabransky from Worcester to Vsetin of the Czech League.

November 9 - Placed goaltender Grant Fuhr on injured reserve.

Recalled goaltenders Rich Parent and Brent Johnson from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 22 - Extended the contracts of forwards Pavol Demitra and Pascal Rheaume.

October 19 - Recalled goaltender Brent Johnson from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 8 - Assigned defenseman Ricard Persson to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 7 - Reclaimed defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick off waivers and assigned him to the Worcester IceCats of the American Hockey League.

October 6 - Assigned defenseman Jan Horacek to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 5 - Assigned right wing Chris Kenady, center Terry Yake and defenseman Libor Zabransky to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 1 - Assigned forwards Lubos Bartecko, Jochen Hecht and Reed Low to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 28 - Assigned goaltenders Rich Parent and Brent Johnson, defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick and forward Daniel Corso to Worcester of the American Hockey League, and defenseman Kevin Dahl to Chicago of the International Hockey League.

September 22 - Assigned forwards Tyson Nash and Kevin Sawyer to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 21 - Assigned the following players to Worcester of the American Hockey League: Scott Roche, Dan Murphy, Ivan Droppa, Tyler Harlton, Derek Diener, Jeremiah McCarthy, Jason Widmer, Matt Smith, Aris Brimanis, Bryce Salvador, Quinn Hancock, Jamie Thompson, Tyler Willis, Derek Bekar, Andrei Podknoicky, Stephane Roy, Shayne Toporowski, Brandon Sugden, Paul Harvey and Marek Ivan.

Assigned Andrei Petrakov to Fort Wayne of the International Hockey League.

Returned Jame Pollock to Seattle of the Western Hockey League.

September 18 - Assigned Brad Voth to Medicine Hat of the Western Hockey League.

Matt Walker to Portland of the WHL.

Brad Twordik to Brandon of the WHL.

Ladislav Nagy to Halifax of the Quebec Midget Junior Hockey League and Maxim Linnik to Plymouth of the Ontario Hockey League.

Released Jason DeLeurme.

September 14 - Agreed to terms with defensemen Rory Fitzpatrick and Jamie Rivers.

September 4 - Agreed to terms with defensemen Kevin Dahl and Libor Zabransky, left wing Kevin Sawyer and goaltender Rich Parent.

September 1 - Named Mike Kitchen assistant coach. Extended the contract of Jim Roberts, assistant coach.

August 28 - Named Keith Allain goaltending coach, Robb Rogers strength and conditioning coordinator and Paul Guay part-time amateur scout.

July 24 - Signed the following players: centers Marty Reasoner, Derek Bekar, Ladislav Nagy, and Andrei Podkonicky, left wing Tyson Nash, and defensemen Tyler Hartlon and Jason Widmer.

July 20 - Re-signed center Mike Eastwood, left wing Scott Pellerin and defenseman Ricard Persson.

Signed forward Derek Bekar, their eighth-round pick in the 1995 draft.

July 16 - Signed unrestricted free agent right wing Scott Young, who had been with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, to a four-year contract.

July 15 - Signed center Jamie Thompson to a one-year contract.

July 2 - Agreed to terms with unrestricted free-agent left wing Geoff Courtnall on a three-year contract.

June 26 - Traded forward Darren Turcotte and the highest compensatory pick in the second round of the 1999 draft or a second-round pick in 2000 to the Nashville Predators for future considerations.

June 12 - Signed coach Joel Quenneville to a two-year contract extension through the 2000-01 season.

Re-signed defenseman Al MacInnis and forward Terry Yake to three-year contracts.

May 18 - Recalled center Michal Handzus, goaltender Brent Johnson and defensemen Ricard Persson and Bryce Salvador from the Worcester Ice Cats of the American Hockey League.

May 11 - Recalled defenseman Ricard Persson from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

May 5 - Signed defenseman Jason Horacek.

April 16 - Reassigned defenseman Jan Horacek to Worcester of the American Hockey League from juniors.

April 8 - Assigned forward Chris Kenady to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 28 - Recalled forward Chris Kenady from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

March 27 - Recalled forward Michel Picard from Grand Rapids of the International Hockey League.

Returned goaltender Rich Parent to Detroit of the International Hockey League.

March 24 - Traded right wing Joe Murphy to the San Jose Sharks for defenseman Todd Gill.

Acquired center Mike Eastwood from the New York Rangers for center Harry York.

March 18 - Named Rick Meagher interim assistant coach for the remainder of the season.

Agreed to terms with right wing Kelly Chase, center Daniel Corso, and goaltenders Grant Fuhr and Jamie McLennan.

March 12 - Returned left wing Michel Picard to Grand Rapids of the International Hockey League.

March 8 - Recalled forward Michel Picard from Grand Rapids of the International Hockey League.

February 27 - Recalled goaltender Rich Parent from Detroit of the International Hockey League.

February 24 - Recalled defenseman Ricard Persson from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

February 1 - Loaned forward Michel Picard to Grand Rapids of the International League.

January 23 - Recalled defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

January 8 - Assigned right wing Chris Kenady and defenseman Libor Zabransky to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

January 3, 1998 - Signed left wing Michel Picard to an offer sheet.

1998

December 14, 1997 - Recalled defensemen Libor Zabransky and Rory Fitzpatrick from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 12 - Reassigned right wing Chris Kenady to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

December 8 - Recalled right wing Chris Kenady from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

November 7 - Recalled goaltender Rich Parent from Manitoba of the International Hockey League.

October 30 - Recalled goaltender Brent Johnson from Worcester of the American Hockey League.

October 18 - Loaned defenseman Alexander Godynyuk to Chicago of the International Hockey League.

October 8 - Loaned goaltender Rich Parent to Manitoba of the International Hockey League.

October 3 - Agreed to terms with forwards Lubos Bartecko, Michal Handzus and Tyler Willis.

September 30 - Acquired right wing Kelly Chase from the Toronto Maple Leafs for future considerations.

Assigned defenseman Ricard Persson to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 29 - Assigned right wing Jamal Mayers and defenseman Libor Zabransky to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

September 28 - Claimed center Pascal Rheaume from the New Jersey Devils in the waiver draft.

September 25 - Loaned left wing Konstantin Shafranov to Fort Wayne of the International Hockey League.

September 20 - Assigned Brent Johnson, Lubos Bartecko and Michal Handzus to Worcester of the American Hockey League and center Daniel Corso to Victoriaville of the Quebec Midget Junior Hockey League.

September 11 - Agreed to terms with defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick, right wing Chris Kenady and center Jochen Hecht.

August 29 - Agreed to terms with right wing Shayne Toporowski.

August 12 - Re-signed free agent center Craig Conroy.

Signed forwards Terry Yake, Blair Atcheynum and Bruce Ramsay.

August 4 - Re-signed center Pierre Turgeon to a one-year contract.

July 25 - Traded forward Stephane Matteau to the San Jose Sharks for center Darren Turcotte.

July 16 - Agreed to terms with goaltender Rich Parent and defensemen Chris McAlpine, Terry Virtue and Terry Hollinger.

July 11 - Named John Ferguson Jr. assistant general manager.

Named Ted Hampson director of amateur scouting.

Named Bob Plager director of professional scouting.

Named Jerry Jasiek vice president of finance/hockey administration.

July 2 - Fired assistant general manager Bob Berry.

June 9 - Named Larry Pleau general manager.

June 5 - Named Dan Kelly Jr. radio play-by-play announcer and manager of amateur hockey and community programs.

June 2 - Acquired goaltender Brent Johnson from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for a third-round pick in the 1997 draft and a conditional third-round pick in the 2000 draft.

Signed right winger Reed Low and goaltender Scott Roche.

April 29 - Center Craig MacTavish announced his retirement.