The New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather gave up waiting on their last season captain Czech forward Jaromir Jagr's decision to sign for their team. Instead he secured two experienced players, former Vancouver Canucks captain five-time NHL All-Star (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004) and an unrestricted free agent Swedish forward Markus Naslund (34) to a two year 8 mil.
  

29-year-old forward Marian Hossa from Slovakia agreed to sign an one-year 7,4 mil. Dollar contract with a team he lost in these year's Stanley Cup finals to.
  

Slovakian defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky was traded to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for forward Jarrett Stoll and defenseman Matt Greene.

  

Czech forward Vaclav Prospal will not play in the next season for the Philadelphia Flyers.

  

Sure, it won't be easy, but if the Pittsburgh Penguins don't win in today's game six at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, the hard fought tripple overtime game five victory in Detroit which prolonged the series back to Pittsburgh will be quickly forgotten.