Caps: Free Agency Update 3 - 7/28

There has been some activity on the free agency front that either is recent news, or has yet to be reported by ESPN. I found a new site for hockey news: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl Go figure, it's Canadian.

Anyway. I've decided to do an overview in this update, sorting each player into the relevant category: New, Re-signed, Gone, or Pending

New:
Brendan Morrison (C): Signed to a 1-year deal from the Dallas Stars

Mike Knuble (RW): Signed a 2-year deal from the Philadelphia Flyers

Re-Signed:
Jeff Shultz (D): Signed a 1-year deal with the Caps

Kyle Wilson (C): Signed a 1-year deal with the Caps

Chris Borque (LW): Signed a 1-year deal with the Caps

Eric Fehr (RW): Signed a 1-year deal with the Caps

Boyd Gordon (RW): Signed a 1-year deal with the Caps

Shaone Morrisonn (D): Signed a 1-year deal with the Caps

Steven Pinizzotto (RW): Signed a 2-year deal with the Caps.

Gone:
Donald Brashear (LW): Signed a 2-year deal with the New York Rangers

Sergei Federov (C): Signed with a KHL team in Russia

Brent Johnson (G): Signed a 2-year deal with Pittsburgh. Reportedly, he wasn't very happy about leaving the Caps, particularly to go to the enemy.

Viktor Kozlov (RW): Signed with a team in the KHL

Pending:
UFAs:
Jakub Cutta (D):

Alexandre Giroux (C):

Bryan Helmer (D):

Staffan Kronwall (D):

Quintin Laing (LW):

Graham Mink (C):

RFAs:

Andrew Joudrey (C):

Milan Jurchina (D):

Sami Lepisto (D):

Daren Machesney (G):

Travis Morin (C):

Sasha Polulok (D):

As can be seen, the Caps still have some work to do, but they've gotten most of the major players back for another season. The biggest question mark at this point is Milan Jurchina. The Caps tendered a qualifying offer almost a month ago, but there's been no word since. Jurchina could be shopping around to try to get a bigger contract. Since he is a restricted free agent though, the Caps have the opportunity to match any deal he recieves from another team.

That's all for now.

Until next time,

-TES