Thursday, July 15, 2010

Ice Scoopz: Thursday Afternoon

*-> The Montreal Canadiens have signed Russian prospect Alexander Avtsin to a 3 year entry level deal as rumored on Ice Scoopz. Avtsin will leave Russia at the end of the month however it is still undecided whether or not he'll join the Hamilton Bulldogs or the Habs will try and find a suitable CHL team to break him into North America.

*-> The Canadiens have also signed David Desharnais to a 1 year deal. Desharnais lead the Bulldogs in scoring last season, terms of the deal were not released.

*-> The Carolina Hurricanes have signed former Toronto prospect Justin Pogge to a 1 year 2 way deal. Pogge has bounced around the league ended up in Anaheim last season.

*-> The Toronto Maple Leafs have added yet another European free agent to their roster. German Marcel Mueller signed a 2 year 2 way deal with the Buds after having a tremendous season last year in the DEL for Kolner Haie.

*-> Finally late yesterday the Minnesota Wild came to terms with goaltender Josh Harding. Harding resigned for 1 more season with the Wild.

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