12:05 a.m. AKDT, July 2, 2011
FLORIDA PANTHERS-Agreed to terms with G Jose Theodore and D Nolan Yonkman on two-year contracts; D Ed Jovanovski, LW Scottie Upshall and Tomas Fleischmann on four-year contracts and F Marcel Goc.
MINNESOTA WILD-Re-signed G Josh Harding to a one-year contract.
MONTREAL CANADIENS-Signed F Erik Cole to a four-year contract and G Peter Budaj to a two-year contract.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS-Re-signed D Andy Greene and G Johan Hedberg.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS-Agreed to terms with C Marty Reasoner on a two-year contract and F Kirill Kabanov to a three-year contract.
NEW YORK RANGERS-Agreed to terms with C Mike Rupp on a three-year contract.
OTTAWA SENATORS-Agreed to terms with G Alex Auld on a one-year contract. Signed F Francis Lessard to a one-year contract.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS-Signed F Jaromir Jagr to a one-year contract, F Maxime Talbot to a five-year contract and D Andreas Lilja. Signed RW Jakub Voracek to a contract extension.
PHOENIX COYOTES-Signed G Mike Smith, F Boyd Gordon and F Raffi Torres to multiyear contracts.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS-Re-signed F Tyler Kennedy to a two-year contract. Signed F Steve Sullivan to a one-year contract.
SAN JOSE SHARKS-Signed D Jim Vandermeer to a one-year contract.
ST. LOUIS BLUES-Re-signed F Adam Cracknell. Signed F Cody Beach and G Brian Elliott. Agreed to terms with F Matt D'Agostini on a two-year contract.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING-Signed RW Brett Connolly to a three-year contract, G Mathieu Garon to a two-year contract and RW Michel Ouellet and RW J.T. Wyman to one-year contracts.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS-Signed D Sami Salo to a one-year contract extension and F Chris Higgins to a two-year contract.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS-Signed RW Joel Ward to a four-year contract, D Roman Hamrlik to a two-year contract and C Jeff Halpern to a one-year contract. Re-signed D Sean Collins to a one-year contract. Traded G Semyon Varlamov to Colorado for a 2012 first-round draft pick and a 2012 or 2013 second-round draft pick.
ECHL
READING ROYALS-Extended qualifying offers to LW Brett Gallant, D Matt Generous, LW Ben Gordon, D Rob Kwiet, D Louis Liotti, D Todd Perry, D Jared Ross and C Andrew Sarauer.
UTAH GRIZZLIES-Issued qualifying offers to F Kevin Deeth, F Paul McIlveen, F David Marshall, F Igor Gongalsky, F Samson Mahbod, D Matt Clarke, D Brendan Milnamow and D David Schulz.
College
ARKANSAS-Named Nicki Collen women's assistant basketball coach.
CARROLL (MONT.)-Named Rachelle Gardner-Sayers women's basketball coach.
FLORIDA STATE-Announced WR Taiwan Easterling is leaving school to pursue a professional baseball career.
ILLINOIS STATE-Named Megan Thompson strategic communication director.
LAMAR-Names Allen Johnson secondary coach and co-defensive coordinator. P
