MONTREAL - (Gazette)
Brian Gionta said that longtime friend Scott Gomez didn't encourage him to sign with the Montreal Canadiens, but the two are delighted to be on the same team again.
"We've been playing together since we were involved with USA Hockey when we were 15," Gionta said Thursday on a conference call from his summer home near Rochester, N.Y.
IN
Scott Gomez C (acquired from NYR)
Jaroslav Spacek D (UFA, Buffalo); $11.5M/3 years
Hal Gill D (UFA, Pittsburgh) ; $4.5M/2 years
Mike Cammalleri F (UFA, Calgary); $30M/5 years
Brian Gionta F (UFA, New Jersey); $25M/5 years
OUT
Chris Higgins F (traded to NYR)
Mike Komisarek D (UFA, Toronto); $22.5M/ 5 years
Saku Koivu C (UFA, tbd)
Alex Kovalev F (UFA, tbd)
Alex Tanguay F (UFA, tbd)
Robert Lang F (UFA, tbd)
Francis Bouillon D (UFA, tbd)
Patrice Brisebois D (UFA, tbd)
Mathieu Dandenault D (UFA, tbd)
Tom Kostopoulos F (UFA, tbd)
Mathieu Schneider D (UFA, tbd)
Rnd
Pick
OA
Player
DOB
Born
Ht/Wt
Team
Pos
1 18 18 Louis Leblanc 26-Jan-91 Pointe-Claire, QC 6' 0" 178 USHL Omaha C
3 4 65 Joonas Nattinen 3-Jan-91 Jamsa, FIN 6' 2" 183 FINLAND Blues Jr C
3 18 79 Mac Bennett 25-Mar-91 Warwick, RI 6' 0" 170 HIGH-CT D
4 18 109 Alexander Avtsin 19-Mar-91 Moscow RUS 6' 2" 198 Dynamo Moscow 2 RW
5 18 139 Gabriel Dumont 6-Oct-90 Ville Degelis, QC 5' 9" 170 QMJHL Drummondville C
6 18 169 Dustin Walsh 20-Mar-91 Shannonville, ON 6' 2" 175 OJHL Kingston C
7 18 199 Michael Cichy 8-Jul-90 New Britain, CT 5' 11" 187 USHL Indiana C
7 30 211 Petteri Simila 9-Apr-90 Oulu FIN 6' 6" 189 FINLAND Karpat Jr. G