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Nordiques get rid of Ward and Semin, fail to acquire Radulov
July 5th 2015 - Free agency frenzy has started, and Nordiques GM Dale Hunter has announced that the team has failed to come to terms with NHL unrestricted free agent Alexander Radulov, who was one of the prime target for the team. Radulov, who played his junior career with the Quebec Remparts and who went on to have moderate NHL success with Nashville, has been playing in the russian KHL for the last three years and will play out the remaining year of his contract with CSKA. He hasn't ruled out the idea of joining the Nordiques and the NHL in 2016-17.
Meanwhile, the team has traded away goaltender Cam Ward to the Ottawa Senators and right winger Alexander Semin to the Phoenix Coyotes. In return for these players, the team has added a 3rd rounder and two 4th rounders. The team as also acquired local prospect winger Émile Poirier from the Calgary Flames for young forwards Victor Rask and Andrej Nestrasil.
The shopping period hasn't been a success for Quebec in the free agent market. Thus far, te team has added goaltender Matt Hackett, defensemen Bruno Gervais and Matt Bartkowski as well as forward Daneil Winnik.
Other notable UFA signings
Anaheim - RD Adam McQuaid
Arizona - C Brad Richards
Arizona - C Torrey Mitchell
Calgary - C Mike Fisher
Calgary - RW Joel Ward
Colorado - RD Mike Green
Edmonton - LD Jordan Leopold
Edmonton - G Thomas Greiss
Florida - RW Zach Boychuk
Nashville - RW Justin Williams
New Jersey - LD Tim Gleason
New Jersey - RW Erik Condra
New York I - LD Carlo Colaiacovo
San Jose - LD Barret Jackman
St. Louis - G Devan Dubnyk
St. Louis - C Derek Roy
Tampa Bay - RW Michael Ryder
Toronto - RW Drew Stafford
Toronto - LD Paul Martin
Toronto - LW Blake Comeau
Toronto - C Antoine Vermette
Other notable trades
To Columbus : RW Milan Michalek
To Ottawa : G Oscar Danks and 3rd rounder
To New Jersey : LD Marc Methot and 3rd rounder
To Ottawa : LD Jon Merrill
To Arizona : LD Alec Martinez
To Los Angeles : RD Dysin Mayo and 4th rounder
To Philadelphia : RW David Pastrnak
To Boston : RW Michael Raffl, 3rd rounder, 4th rounder
To Colorado : LW Kevin Fiala
To Nashville : C Nick Magyar and 2nd rounder
To New Jersey : LD Mirco Müller
To San Jose : C John Quenneville and 3rd rounder
To New Jersey : RW Wayne Simomnds
To Philadelphia : LD Andy Greene
To Buffalo : C Nicklas Jensen
To Vancouver : LW Johan Larsson and two 3rd rounders
To Philadelphia : RW Joel Armia
To Winnipeg : G Anthony Stolarz, 2nd rounder and 4th rounder
To Los Angeles : RW Dmitrij Jaskin
To St. Louis : G Jean-François Bérubé and G Patrik Bartosak
To Winnipeg : RW Mike Cammalleri, 3rd rounder
To New Jersey : RD Jacob Trouba
To New Jersey : RW Rickard Rakell
To Anaheim : C Travis Zajac
To Buffalo : C Tyler Bozak
To Toronto : C Eric Cornell and LD Brycen Martin
Still on the UFA market
LW Tomas Fleischmann
LW Brenden Morrow
LW Olli Jokinen
C Jarret Stoll
C Marcel Goc
C Mike Santorelli
C Shawn Matthias
RW Steve Bernier
RW Jaromir Jagr
LD Christian Ehrhoff
RD Lubomir Visnovsky
RD Zbynek Michalek
G Jonas Gustavsson
G Ray Emery
G Michael Neuvirth
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