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 The deal is worth $18.5 million, an average of $3.7 million per
season, a source told ESPN.com.
Despres, 24, has recorded 39 points (six points, 33 assists) with a
plus-29 rating and 142 penalty minutes in 160 career NHL games with
the Ducks and Pittsburgh Penguins.
Despres, who was acquired from the Penguins on March 2, also tallied
one goal and six assists with eight penalty minutes in 22 career
Stanley Cup playoff games.
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Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Logan Pyett is out indefinitely after
being diagnosed with sarcoma, a form of cancer, in his upper left
leg.
The Flyers made the announcement in a statement.
Pyett, 27, signed a contract with the team's American Hockey League
affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, on Aug. 21, and he attended
training camp with the Flyers. He had spent the previous two seasons
playing in the Kontinental Hockey League.
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Carolina Hurricanes defenseman James Wisniewski suffered a torn
anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and will undergo
surgery.
Wisniewski is expected to be sidelined approximately six months. He
was injured just 47 seconds into Thursday's season-opening game
against the Nashville Predators.
The 31-year-old Wisniewski was obtained in the offseason from the
Anaheim Ducks for goaltender Anton Khudobin. He is in his 11th NHL
season and has 53 goals in 552 career regular-season games.
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The Los Angeles Kings signed goaltender Peter Budaj to a one-year
contract.
The 30-year-old Budaj is a 6-foot-1, 192-pound native of Banska
Bystrica, Slovakia, who appeared in 19 regular-season games last
season with St. John's of the American Hockey League. He compiled an
0-9-6 record with a .888 save percentage and 3.55 goals-against
average.
Budaj has appeared in 296 regular-season games in nine seasons in
the NHL with Colorado and Montreal, registering a 124-107-36 record
with a .903 save percentage and 2.76 goals-against average. (Editing
by Andrew Both)
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