Around The Rink

A look back at the week that was in the National Hockey League: Monday -- 7/31 Detroit signed free agent goaltender Dominik Hasek to a one-year deal. Terms of the contract were not announced. Washington signed forward Matt Pettinger to a three-year contract. Terms of the deal were not announced. Sunday -- 7/30 Anaheim accepted the one-year, $1.55 million contract an arbitrator awarded defenseman Vitaly Vishnevski. Buffalo signed center Paul Gaustad to a two-year, $1.425 million contract, avoiding arbitration. Saturday -- 7/29 Friday -- 7/28 Buffalo avoided salary arbitration with forward Tim Connolly, agreeing to a three-year, $8.7 million contract. Florida announced it re-signed a pair of its defenseman. Ric Jackman re-signed for one year, while Mike Van Ryn re-signed for four years. Terms of the deals were not announced. Ottawa announced they re-signed winger Peter Schaefer to a four-year contract worth $8.4 million. Vancouver signed free agent defenseman Yannick Tremblay to a one-year deal worth $600, 000. Tremblay had played for the Mannheim Eagles of the German Hockey League last year. Thursday -- 7/27 Buffalo announced that it had signed defenseman Toni Lydman and forward Jason Pominville to multi-year contracts. Lydman signed a four-year, $11.5 million deal shortly before he was to go through arbitration, while Pominville signed a three-year, $3.1 million deal, also avoiding arbitration. Detroit signed forward Jason Williams to a new two-year contract. Terms of the deal were not announced. Tampa Bay re-signed defenseman Cory Sarich to a one-year contract worth $1.9 million. Wednesday -- 7/26 Detroit signed defenseman Danny Markov to a contract. Terms of the deal were not announced. Florida defenseman Jay Bouwmeester was awarded a two-year, $4.35 million contract in arbitration. The Panthers have until 48 hours after their final arbitration hearing -- August 4, Ric Jackman -- to accept or reject the ruling. Los Angeles signed forward Mike Cammalleri to a one-year contract. Terms of the deal were not announced. Ottawa avoided arbitration with forward Chris Neil, signing him to a three-year, $3.3 million contract. Pittsburgh forward Ryan Malone was awarded a two-year, $2.75 million contract in arbitration. The Penguins have until 48 hours after their final arbitration hearing -- August 2, Dominic Moore -- to accept or reject the ruling. Tuesday -- 7/25 Dallas signed general manager Doug Armstrong to a three-year extension through the 2010-2011 season. Edmonton announced it signed forward Ales Hemsky to a six-year, $24 million contract. Florida announced it reversed itself, signing goaltender Ed Belfour (one year, $750,000) and not trading winger Gary Roberts. The Panthers had previously announced they would not be signing Belfour, while Roberts had asked for a trade to be closer to his family in Toronto. Nashville has medically cleared goaltender Tomas Vokoun to resume his career after blood clots -- officially called pelvic thrombophlebitis -- at the end of last season. The Islanders announced they would accept the arbitrator's decision and sign forward Mike York to a one-year contract for $2.85 million. San Jose signed recently acquired forward Mark Bell and defenseman Christian Ehrhoff to multi-year contracts. Terms of the deals were not announced. Vancouver signed forward Jan Bulis to a one-year contract worth $1.3 million.