National Hockey League roundup

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[July 03, 2015]  July 2 (The Sports Xchange) - Martin St. Louis, a seven-time All-Star who played in the NHL for 16 seasons, retired Thursday.

The 40-year-old right wing tallied 391 goals and 642 assists in 1,134 games for the Calgary Flames (1998-2000), the Tampa Bay Lightning (2000-14) and the New York Rangers (2014-15). He was named to the All-NHL first team once and to the second team four times.

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The St. Louis Blues dealt forward T.J. Oshie to the Washington Capitals for forward Troy Brouwer, goaltender Phoenix Copley and a third-round draft pick in the 2016 NHL draft.

The Capitals also signed forward Chris Bourque to a two-year, two-way contract.

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The San Jose Sharks re-signed forwards John McCarthy, Micheal Haley and Bryan Lerg to one-year contracts.

The team also signed defenseman Patrick McNally to a two-year contract and defenseman Mark Cundari to a one-year deal.

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Defenseman Cameron Schilling and the Chicago Blackhawks agreed to terms of a two-year contract and the team signed defenseman Michael Liambas to a one-year contract.
 


Schilling, 26, appeared in four games with the Washington Capitals and recorded 18 points (three goals) for the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League last season. He has played in six NHL games, all with Washington (2012-15).

Liambas, 26, collected eight points (five goals) with the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL last season.

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The Nashville Predators sign forwards Max Reinhart and Conor Allen to one-year, two-way contracts worth $575,000.

The team also signed Gabriel Bourque, who accepted his qualifying offer and signed a one-year, $866,250 contract.

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The Minnesota Wild have agreed to terms with defenseman Tyson Strachan on a one-year, two-way contract and signed forward Jared Knight to a one-year, two-way contract.

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Defenseman Andrew Bodnarchuk and the Columbus Blue Jackets agreed to a one-year, two-way contract.

Bodnarchuk has registered 30 goals and 105 assists for 135 points with 469 penalty minutes and a plus-63 plus/minus rating in 473 American Hockey League games with the Providence Bruins and Manchester Monarchs.

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Forward Pat Cannone signed a one-year, two-way contract with the St. Louis Blues.

Cannone, 28, appeared in 64 games for the Blues' AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, last season.

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The Boston Bruins signed defenseman Chris Breen to a one-year, two-way contract.

The deal is worth $600,000 at the NHL level.

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The Anaheim Ducks signed defenseman Korbinian Holzer to a one-year contract.
Holzer, 27, came to Anaheim on March 2 from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for defenseman Eric Brewer and Anaheim's fifth-round pick in the 2016 NHL Draft.

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The Winnipeg Jets agreed to terms with forwards Patrice Cormier and Matt Fraser. Both are one-year, two-way deals worth $650,000 per year.

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The Buffalo Sabres signed defenseman Bobby Sanguinetti to a one-year, two-way contract.

Sanguinetti, 27, scored a career-best 16 goals with the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League last season.

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Veteran goaltender Jason LaBarbera signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.

The 35-year-old LaBarbera appeared in five games for the Anaheim Ducks last season and posted a 2-0-1 record with a 2.61 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage.

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The Calgary Flames have signed goaltender Mason McDonald and right winger Hunter Smith, the team announced.

McDonald, Calgary's second-round pick in 2014, had a .906 save percentage in his second with the Charlottetown Islanders of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

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Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov remains suspended from the NHL after a judge accepted a plea deal on Thursday.

Voynov pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of corporal injury to a spouse after initially being charged with corporal injury to a spouse with great bodily injury after an incident in October that police said left his wife with a cut over her left eye and red marks on her neck.
 


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The Vancouver Canucks fired assistant general managers Laurence Gilman and Lorne Henning and director of player personnel Eric Crawford.

Canucks president Trevor Linden said the decisions were made "after a thorough review of the team." (Editing by Frank Pingue)

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