For all you anxious hockey fans, this Labour Day not only marks the last long weekend of the summer, it also signifies one month before the National Hockey League drop the puck to officially kick off the 2005-2006 season.

After the lockout wiped out an entire year of play, the NHL are hoping to rebound is a huge way. To help win back disgruntled fans, all 30 franchises have been scheduled to play on opening night.

With training camp only one week away, rosters are beginning to take shape. General managers around the League are striving to put together a team that can be both competitive and remain under the $39 million [US] dollar salary cap.

While huge signings such as Peter Forsberg signing with the Philadelphia Flyers and Scott Niedermayer signing with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks gained a lot of press coverage, the six Canadian teams have also been making some noise during the busiest off season in League history.

Here is an up-to-date list of who?s coming, going and staying with all six Canadian franchises:

Toronto Maple Leafs:
Added: Eric Lindros, Jason Alliston, Jeff O?Neil & Alex Khavanov.
Lost: Gary Roberts, Joe Nieuwendyk, Alexander Mogilny, Ron Francis, Brian Leetch,
Trevor Kidd, Robert Reichel, Harold Druken & Owen Nolan.
Retained: Mats Sundin, Ed Belfour, Tie Domi, Darcy Tucker, Bryan McCabe, Tomas
Kaberle, Nik Antropov, Aki Berg, Chad Kilger, Ken Klee, Matt Stajan, Wade
Belak, Alex Ponikarvsky, Karel Pilar & J.S. Aubin.
Rookies to watch: Carlo Colaiacovo, Kyle Wellwood, Mikael Tellqvist, Brendan Bell,
Alexander Steen & Ian White.

Ottawa Senators:
Added: Dany Heatley & Dominik Hasek
Lost: Marian Hossa, Patrick Lalime, Radek Bonk, Todd White, Peter Bondra, Greg de
Vries, Martin Prusek, Curtis Leschyshyn, Shaun Van Allan & Todd Simpson.
Retained: Martin Havlat, Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza, Wade Redden, Zdeno Chara,
Mike Fisher, Vaclav Varada, Antoine Vermette, Bryan Smolinski, Peter
Schaefer, Chris Phillips, Anton Volchencov & Chris Neil
Rookies to watch: Ray Emery, Andrej Meszaros, Chris Kelly & Patrick Eaves

Montreal Canadiens:
Added: Radek Bonk, Cristobal Huet & Mathieu Dandenault
Lost: Patrice Brisebois, Stephane Quintal, Mathieu Garon, Yanic Perreault, Jim Dowd,
Karl Dykhuis, Jason Ward, Joe Juneau, Darren Langon.
Retained: Jose Theodore, Saku Koivu, Alex Kovalev, Marcel Hossa, Richard Zednik,
Mike Riberio, Mike Komisarek, Sheldon Souray, Andrei Markov, Pierre
Dagenais, Craig Rivet, Steve Begin, Francis Bouillon, Niklas Sundstrum & Jan
Bulis.
Unsigned: Michael Ryder
Rookies to watch: Andrei Kostitsyn, Tomas Plekanec, Chris Higgins, Alexander
Perezhogin, Corey Locke & Kyle Chipchura.

Calgary Flames:
Added: Tony Amonte, Darren McCarty, Roman Hamrlik & Philippe Sauve
Lost: Roman Turek, Ville Nieminen, Martin Gelinas, Mike Commodore, Craig Conroy,
Tony Lydman, Dean McAmmond & Chris Clark.
Retained: Jarome Iginla, Miikka Kiprusoff, Robyn Regehr, Andrew Ference, Steven
Reinprecht, Stephane Yelle, Rhett Warrener, Jordan Leopold, Chuck Kobasew
& Chris Simon.
Rookies to watch: Dion Phanuef.

Edmonton Oilers:
Added: Chris Pronger, Michael Peca,
Lost: Eric Brewer, Peter Nedved, Brad Isbister, Jeff Woywitka, Adam Oates & Mike
York
Retained: Shawn Horcoff, Steve Staios, Ty Conklin, Ethan Moreau, Georges Laraque, Jani Rita, Cory Cross & Raffi Torres.
Unsigned: Ryan Smyth
Rookies to watch: Rob Schremp, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Yan Stastny & Danny Syvret.

Vancouver Canucks:
Added: Anson Carter, Richard Park & Brent Johnston
Lost: Marek Malik, Brent Sopel, Brad May, Johan Hedberg, Martin Rucinsky, Magnus
Arvedson & Jaroslav Obsut
Retained: Markus Naslund, Todd Betuzzi, Dan Cloutier, Ed Jovanovski, Mattias Ohlund,
Trevor Linden, Brendan Morrison, Sami Salo, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin &
Jarkko Ruutu.
Unsigned: Matt Cooke
Rookies to watch: Alex Auld, Fedor Federov, Wade Brookbank & Nolan Baumgartner.






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