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); 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); 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)
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1 18 18 Louis Leblanc 26-Jan-91 Pointe-Claire, QC 6' 0" USHL C 3 4 65 Joonas Nattinen 3-Jan-91 Jamsa, FIN 6' 2" FINLAND C 3 18 79 Mac Bennett 25-Mar-91 Warwick, RI 6' 0" HIGH-CT D 4 18 109 Alexander Avtsin 19-Mar-91 Moscow RUS 6' 2" Dynamo Moscow 2 RW 5 18 139 Gabriel Dumont 6-Oct-90 Ville Degelis, QC 5' 9" QMJHL C 6 18 169 Dustin Walsh 20-Mar-91 Shannonville, ON 6' 2" OJHL C 7 18 199 Michael Cichy 8-Jul-90 New Britain, CT 5' 11" USHL C 7 30 211 Petteri Simila 9-Apr-90 Oulu FIN 6' 6" FINLAND G
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