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2004-2005/2005-2006 Pre-Season transactions
Last Updated: October 5
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Wednesday October 5 2005
Season begins, 7pm
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---Oct05---
NYR: WAIVE: D Vitaly Vishnevski
     ADD from Free Agents: D Vladimir Malakhov
---Oct03---
PHI: WAIVE: D Kenny Jonsson
     ADD from Waivers: D Chris Chelios
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October 3
The following Rule Change has been passed.

1. Team Fees & Fines
   Previous:
     Teams with point total below 70% of the league average
     pay a financial penalty and drop in draft order.
   Change:
     In the 2005-2006 season, the limit will increase to 72.5%
     In the 2006-2007 season, the limit will increase to 75%

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September 29
Waiver Draft.
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---Sep29---
ARZ: WAIVE: R Steve Heinze
BC : WAIVE: C Mark Messier, L Bates Battaglia, R Pavel Bure
EDM: WAIVE: R Adam Deadmarsh
ETO: WAIVE: G Pasi Nurminen
HAM: BUYOUT: L Dan Cleary (2007, 2008, 2009 @ 220K)
HAM: WAIVE: G Patrick Roy, L Dan Cleary
KIN: WAIVE: D Anders Eriksson, G Arturs Irbe
LV : WAIVE: G Roman Turek
MON: BUYOUT: G Jani Hurme (2007, 2008 @ 1470K)
MON: WAIVE: D Nick Schultz, G Jani Hurme
OTT: WAIVE: G Roman Cechmanek
PHI: BUYOUT: D Karel Pilar (2007, 2008 @ 200K)
PHI: WAIVE: D Karel Pilar, G Jeff Hackett
PIC: BUYOUT: R Shane Willis (2007 @ 540K)
PIC: WAIVE: R Shane Willis
PIT: BUYOUT: D Branislav Mezei (2007 @ 200K)
PIT: WAIVE: C Yanic Perreault, D Branislav Mezei, R Sheldon Keefe
POR: BUYOUT: C Espen Knutsen (2007, 2008 @ 480K), G Fred Brathwaite (2007 @ 1180K)
POR: WAIVE: C Espen Knutsen, D Chris Chelios, G Fred Brathwaite, R Sergei Berezin
RCH: WAIVE: G Dan Blackburn, R Scott Mellanby
TOR: WAIVE: D Al MacInnis, L Jan Hlavac, R Lubos Bartecko
WDB: WAIVE: L Vincent Damphousse, R Ivan Novoseltsev
---#33 Sep29---
Trade between BC/PHI, PIC:
From To   Consideration
BC   PIC  $400,000
PIC  PHI  $400,000
---#32 Sep29---
Trade between BC/PHI, NB/QUE:
From To   Consideration
BC   NB   G Jean-Sebastien Aubin
BC   NB   R Denis Shvidki
PHI  NB   L Rob Niedermayer
NB   BC   R Pavel Bure
NB   PHI  L Vaclav Nedorost (position changed from C)
NB   PHI  R Darcy Tucker (position changed from L)
NB   BC   L Bates Battaglia
BC   NB   L Alexei Mikhnov (Amateur)
NB   BC   D Brett Skinner (Amateur)
BC   NB   $420,000
NB   PHI  $220,000
---#31 Sep29---
Trade between BC, PIC:
From To   Consideration
BC   PIC  $540,000
PIC  BC   $50,000 in 2006/07
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September 29
TMHL Annual Fall Meeting.
The following Rule Changes have been passed.

1. Trading Scope
   No elements of a trade can be more than 5 seasons into the future.
   Effective: immediately
   E.g. during the 2005-2006 season, can only trade draft picks or salary up to 2010.

2. No longer need to protect 9 players at end of season.
   Note: this implies there will no longer be a Parity Draft.
   Effective: immediately

3. Free Agent Bidding.
   If a team wins a player by a blind bid
   and that team also had the high open bid on that player
   (i.e. when open bidding was closed - i.e. Wed 4pm)
   and there were no other valid blind bids on the player,
   then the contract amount will be the high open bid + minimum increment.
   Effective: immediately
   E.g. Team1 has high open bid Wed 4pm on PlayerA for $500K.
   Team1 later puts in a telephone bid of $2 million. No other blind bids
   were made on PlayerA. Then Team1 gets PlayerA at $500K + increment = $550K.

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---Sep28---
BEA: WAIVE: C Marty Reasoner, D Derian Hatcher, G Byron Dafoe, G Tommy Salo, L Petr Schastlivy
NYI: WAIVE: L Niklas Sundstrom
---#30 Sep16---
Trade between LV, MON:
From To   Consideration
LV   MON  D Martin Vagner (Amateur)
MON  LV   G Simon Lajeunesse (Amateur)
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August 17, 2005
Due to the NHL lockout of the 2004-2005 season,
ALL elements of the league have been "pushed out" 1 year
(e.g. contracts, traded draft picks, future money transfers, etc.).
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---#29 Oct06---
Trade between ARZ/HAM, MON:
From To   Consideration
ARZ  MON  $2,440,000
MON  HAM  $2,000,000 in 2005/06
---#28 Oct03---
Trade between BEA/NYI, PIC:
From To   Consideration
BEA  PIC  $350,000
PIC  NYI  $350,000
---#27 Oct03---
Trade between EDM/WDB, PIC:
From To   Consideration
WDB  PIC  $100,000
PIC  EDM  $100,000
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October 3
Amateur & Free Agent Drafts end.
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---#26 Oct03---
Trade between BC, MON:
From To   Consideration
BC   MON  2004 QUE 2nd Amateur pick (#44)
MON  BC   $50,000 in 2005/06
---#25 Oct03---
Trade between ANT, BOS, KIN:
From To   Consideration
KIN  ANT  2004 KIN 2nd Amateur pick (#47)
BOS  ANT  $100,000
ANT  BOS  $100,000 in 2005/06
ANT  KIN  $10,000 in 2005/06
---#24 Oct03---
Trade between ETO/NYR, PIC:
From To   Consideration
NYR  PIC  $1,500,000
PIC  ETO  $1,500,000
---#23 Oct03---
Trade between BC/PHI, PIC:
From To   Consideration
BC   PIC  $1,000,000
PIC  PHI  $1,000,000
---#22 Oct03---
Trade between KIN/PIT, PIC:
From To   Consideration
PIT  PIC  $1,000,000
PIC  KIN  $1,000,000
---#21 Oct03---
Trade between KIN, NYR:
From To   Consideration
NYR  KIN  $1,000,000
KIN  NYR  $1,000,000 in 2005/06
---#20 Oct03---
Trade between BOS/RCH, NB:
From To   Consideration
RCH  NB   $1,000,000
NB   BOS  $1,000,000 in 2005/06
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October 3
TMHL Annual Fall Meeting.
The following Rule Changes have been passed.

1. Free Agent Bidding.
   The current high open bid shall be considered as "committed" to the team's salary
   during open bidding.
   Effective: immediately
   E.g. Team1 has salary $15 milllion, currently has high open bid(s) totalling $1 million.
   Then, Team1 cannot make any transactions that will add to salary,
   until higher bid(s) override those bids.

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September 21
Regular Draft ends.
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---#19 Sep13---
Trade between PIC, PIT:
From To   Consideration
PIT  PIC  2004 PIT 2nd Amateur pick (#39)
PIC  PIT  2007 PIC 2nd Amateur pick
---#18 Sep13---
Trade between MON, PIC:
From To   Consideration
MON  PIC  $100,000
PIC  MON  $100,000 in 2005/06
---#17 Sep08---
Trade between BOS/RCH, PIC:
From To   Consideration
BOS  PIC  $1,850,000
PIC  RCH  $1,850,000
---#16 Sep08---
Trade between EDM/WDB, MON:
From To   Consideration
MON  WDB  R Viktor Kozlov
WDB  MON  $5,530,000
MON  EDM  $5,530,000             
WDB  MON  $300,000 in 2005/06
---#15 Sep01---
Trade between FLO/MON, KIN/PIT:
From To   Consideration
FLO  KIN  L Ales Kotalik
KIN  MON  2004 KIN Regular pick (#23)
FLO  KIN  $430,000
PIT  MON  $430,000
---#14 Aug24---
Trade between LV/PIC, RCH:
From To   Consideration
LV   RCH  $1,000,000
RCH  PIC  $1,000,000
---#13 Aug19---
Trade between FLO/MON, PIT:
From To   Consideration
MON  PIT  2004 NYI Regular pick (#19)
PIT  FLO  2007 PIT Regular pick
---#12 Aug19---
Trade between KIN, PIC:
From To   Consideration
PIC  KIN  2004 PIC Regular pick (#16)
KIN  PIC  2006 KIN Regular pick
---#11 Aug18---
Trade between FLO/MON and LV/PIC: (Sep10/03)
From To   Consideration
LV  MON   $150,000 total to be paid between 2004/05 and 2007/08
          (LV's option on how funds are paid)
Aug18/04: LV transfers full $150,000 in 2004/05. Trade completed.
---#10 Aug17---
Trade between BOS/RCH, LV/PIC, POR/TOR:
From To   Consideration
PIC  POR  L Luc Robitaille
TOR  PIC  2004 TOR Regular pick (#11)
BOS  POR  2004 BOS Regular pick (#12)
LV   RCH  2004 RCH Regular pick (#13)
PIC  BOS  $30,000
LV   RCH  $3,000,000
RCH  PIC  $3,030,000
---#09 Aug17---
Trade between BEA/NYI. FLO/MON:
From To   Consideration
FLO  BEA  2004 FLO Regular pick (#18)
NYI  MON  2004 NYI Regular pick (#19)
FLO  NYI  $230,000
MON  NYI  $270,000
BEA  MON  $500,000
---#08 Aug15---
Trade between LV/PIC, RCH:
From To   Consideration
PIC  RCH  2004 BEA Regular pick (#8)
RCH  LV   2004 LV Regular pick (#9)
---#07 Aug12---
Trade between PHI, NB/QUE:
From To   Consideration
NB   PHI  G Ty Conklin
PHI  QUE  2004 PHI Regular pick (#5)
---#06 Aug11---
Trade between BC/PHI, NB/QUE:
From To   Consideration
PHI  QUE  $6,000,000
PHI  NB   $2,000,000
NB   BC   $7,000,000
---#05 Aug11---
Trade between ANT/OTT, ARZ:
From To   Consideration
ANT  ARZ  $6,820,000
ARZ  OTT  $6,740,000
---#04 Aug11---
Trade between BC/PHI, NB:
From To   Consideration
BC   NB   D Brett Skinner (Amateur)
BC   NB   C Yared Hagos (Amateur)
PHI  NB   L Johannes Salmonsson (Amateur)
PHI  NB   L Jonas Johansson (Amateur)
PHI  NB   D Dan Spang (Amateur)
NB   BC   $1,000,000
PHI  NB   $500,000
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August 4
Regular Draft starts.
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---#03 Jul30---
Trade between BC/PHI, FLO/MON:
From To   Consideration
FLO  PHI  L Peter Bondra
PHI  FLO  $900,000
BC   MON  $900,000 in 2005/06
---#02 Jul28---
Trade between FLO/MON, RCH:
From To   Consideration
RCH  FLO  C Eric Lindros
RCH  FLO  $1,000,000
FLO  RCH  $100,000 in 2005/06 TO 2014/15
MON  RCH  $100,000 in 2005/06 TO 2014/15
---#01 Jul21---
Trade between BC/PHI, POR/TOR:
From To   Consideration
PHI  POR  D Barret Jackman
BC   POR  L Alexander Buturlin (Amat)
BC   TOR  2004 ANT 2nd Amateur pick (#25)
BC   POR  2005 2nd Amateur pick
BC   POR  2007 2nd Amateur pick
TOR  BC   2004 TOR 1st Amateur pick (#11)
TOR  BC   2004 RCH 1st Amateur pick (#13)
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July 14
Amateur Draft starts.
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June 29 - July 14
Parity Draft.
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June 28 Roster Cuts
The following players were released and became free agents (except where noted).
ANT: C Manny Malhotra, D Cory Sarich, G Sebastien Caron, L Rob Niedermayer
ARZ: C Adam Oates, R Jeff Heerema
BC:  R Scott Mellanby
BEA: R Robert Reichel
BOS: G Dominik Hasek
EDM: C Trevor Linden, D Teppo Numminen, R Jaromir Jagr
ETO: D Scott Stevens, L Joe Juneau
FLO: C Mats Sundin, D Bryan Berard, D David Hale, R Bill Guerin
HAM: C Mikael Holmqvist, R Teemu Selanne
KIN: G Patrick Lalime, L Luc Robitaille
LV:  D Nicklas Lidstrom, D Roman Hamrlik
MON: C Chris Gratton
NB:  R Steve Thomas
NYI: D Chris Chelios, L Pierre Turgeon
NYR: C Igor Larionov, C Steve Yzerman, L Chris Simon
OTT: C Mike Modano, L Keith Primeau, R Brendan Shanahan
PIC: D Darryl Sydor, L Andreas Johansson, R Jozef Stumpel
POR: D Scott Niedermayer, G Felix Potvin, C Luca Cereda (Amateur), L Matt Zultek (Amateur)
QUE: L Peter Bondra
RCH: D Boris Mironov, D Bret Hedican, D Vladimir Malakhov
TOR: L Magnus Arvedson, L Vincent Damphousse, R Brett Hull, R Ty Jones (Amateur)
WDB: D Al MacInnis, G Patrick Roy
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June 20
The following Rule Changes have been passed.

1. Salary policy change, D-1-vi – add new rule to player salary
The amateur can be signed to a rookie contract for a one-year duration
at a salary of his amateur salary rate plus $100,000.
Effective: immediately (applies to signings for 2004-2005 season)

2. Parity draft change, F-4-i – amendment to rule
Existing rule:
By the free agent deadline, teams must protect a maximum of 9 players under contract
to the team. All other players are considered exposed for the purpose of the
Parity Draft. (Est. 2000)
Change:
A player shall be considered exempt if they played 40 games (player) or 24 games
(goalie) but were not called up to “pro” status by the team.
Effective: following the 2004-2005 season

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