Pitkanen, Melichar to Carolina

By Rich Hammond on July 2, 2008 9:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (2) |

Carolina has signed defenseman Joni Pitkanen to a three-year contract worth a total of $12 million and has signed defenseman Josef Melichar to a one-year contract worth $1 million.

2 Comments

Anonymous said:

detroit signed Hossa

July 2, 2008 9:44 AM

Anonymous said:

If Detroit wasn't strong enough.

M. Hossa - one year 7.3 million

Yikes.

July 2, 2008 9:45 AM

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