The New Jersey Devils announced on Wednesday that they
signed defenseman Kyle Quincy to a one-year, 1.25 million-dollar contract.
Quincy, 31, spent the past four seasons with the Detroit Red
Wings where he put up 14 goals and 34 assists in 256 games. In eight seasons
between the Red Wings, Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings, he has scored
30 goals and 110 helpers, with 495 penalty minutes in 495 games.
In 54 post season contests, he has added eight assists with
38 penalty minutes. The left-handed defenseman was selected by the Red Wings, 132nd
overall, in the fourth round of the 2003 National Hockey League Draft.
The six foot two, 215 pound Kitchener, Ontario native played
in the Ontario Hockey League, with the London Knights and Mississauga Steelheads
prior to joining the NHL. He scored 35 goals and 68 assists in 189 games,
throughout his three OHL seasons.
The New York Islanders also announced on Wednesday, that
that added a defenseman for the 2016-2017 NHL season as well.
Former Boston Bruins defenseman, Denis Seidenberg will be
heading to Brooklyn with a one-year, one million-dollar contract. The
35-year-old defenseman is currently representing Team Europe in finals of the
World Cup of Hockey.
This past season Seidenberg put up a goal and 11 assists in
61 games with the Bruins. In 758 NHL games over a 13-year career, the past
seven with Boston, he has scored 39 goals and 185 assists.
Seidenberg became an unrestricted free agent after the
Bruins bought out the final two seasons of his contract in June. He is expected
to join the Islanders after the completion of the World Cup.
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