By Dave Brousseau
Sun Sentinel Staff Writer

The Panthers continued to add experience to their
roster Tuesday, signing former Calgary left wing
Martin Gelinas to a two-year contract.

Gelinas, 35, has played in 1,052 NHL games for five
teams with 269 goals and 286 assists. He's played in
147 postseason games.

Gelinas becomes the third player with more than 1,000
NHL games to be signed by GM Mike Keenan in the last
two days, joining Joe Nieuwendyk and Gary Roberts.
Gelinas has appeared in the Stanley Cup Finals with
four teams -- Edmonton, Vancouver, Carolina and
Calgary.

"I thought Calgary was going to come through with a
one-year deal," Gelinas said. "It was a big move and a
quick decision to join the Panthers when I woke up
this morning. I thought Florida was moving in the
right direction."

Gelinas played for Keenan in Vancouver during the
1997-98 season.

The Panthers also signed defenseman Joel Kwiatkowski
and left wing Greg Jacina to two-year contracts.
Kwiatkowski, 28, has played 149 NHL games with Ottawa
(under the direction of Panthers coach Jacques Martin
from 2000-02) and Washington (2002-04). Jacina, 23,
had played in 78 games with the AHL's San Antonio
Rampage last season.

Elsewhere

THRASHERS: Center Bobby Holik signed a three-year,
$12.75 million deal.

BRUINS: Free-agent forwards Glen Murray and Shawn
McEachern agreed to terms. Murray agreed to a
four-year deal; McEachern, two. Center Dave Scatchard
was signed away from the Islanders.

FLAMES: Signed forward Tony Amonte to a two-year
contract worth $3.7 million.

HURRICANES: Cory Stillman, who was second among Tampa
Bay scorers with 80 points in 81 games in 2003-04,
signed a three-year deal.

BLACKHAWKS: Former Islanders defenseman Adrian Aucoin
signed a four-year, $16 million deal.

BLUE JACKETS: Adam Foote, 34, a defensive cornerstone
of two championship teams in Colorado, signed a
three-year, $13.8 million contract.

RED WINGS: Steve Yzerman will be back for a 22nd
season. The 40-year-old signed a one-year deal with
the only team for which he has ever played.

CANADIENS: Defenseman Francis Bouillon re-signed with
a one-year deal. Free-agent forward Peter Vandermeer
also signed a one-year contract.

ISLANDERS: Signed defenseman Alexei Zhitnik to a
four-year deal.

RANGERS: Signed forward Martin Straka away from Los
Angeles. Goalie Kevin Weekes got a two-year deal worth
$1.9 million next season and $2 million in 2006-07.
Also signed was former Vancouver defenseman Marek
Malik.

KINGS: Center Pavol Demitra agreed to a three-year,
$13.5 million deal. ... Free-agent goalie Jason
LaBarbera signed a two-year deal.

FLYERS: Signed defensemen Derian Hatcher, Mike Rathje
and Chris Therien. Hatcher signed a four-year deal
worth $14 million. Rathje left San Jose for a
five-year, $17.5 million deal, and Therien rejoined
the Flyers for one season at $500,000. To clear cap
space, defenseman Danny Markov was traded to Nashville
for a third-round pick in next year's draft. Also
re-signed was forward Jon Sim.

COYOTES: Goalie Brian Boucher re-signed, agreeing to a
one-year deal worth $900,000.

PENGUINS: Teen phenom Sidney Crosby, 17, selected No.
1 overall by Pittsburgh in the draft, is to appear
Thursday on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

ET CETERA: The Russian hockey federation refused to
sign the player transfer agreement between the NHL and
the International Ice Hockey Federation, which could
jeopardize the NHL's participation at the 2006
Olympics.

Posted August 3 2005

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