 Jul 2nd 2009 - Oilers land Khabibulin
The net wasn't empty very long.
Less than two hours after last season's MVP Dwayne Roloson left town to sign a two-year deal with the New York Islanders, the Oilers signed unrestricted free agent Nikolai Khabibulin to a four-year, $15-million contract.
In addition to replacing him in the net, Khabibulin, at 36, replaces Roloson as the oldest player on the team.
While some would ask the difference between signing a 36-year-old to a four-year deal and refusing to sign a 39-year-old to a two-year deal for a smaller cap hit ($2.5 to Khabibulin's $ ..full story>>  Jul 2nd 2009 - Roloson heads to Long Island
Dwayne Roloson wanted two years, but the Edmonton Oilers only offered one.
So the veteran goaltender is taking his stick and his pads to New York, signing a two-year $5-million contract with the Islanders yesterday.
'SECOND YEAR'
'"If they would have given me that extra year, I definitely would have signed it," said Roloson. "If we can get a second year from the Oilers, I would have signed with them. But that's hindsight now, I have to move forward and unfortunately I'm not coming back to Edmonton.
"I made a lot of ..full story>> |
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