User blog:Wagnike2/New York Rangers Score First Off Season Goal

This current weekend was the first weekend of the NHL's free agency market. While most people were out planning and enjoying their barbecues and other Fourth of July festivities, many hockey executives were trapped in the board rooms trying to acquire the best players for the next season.

The New York Rangers in many ways seemed to emerge as the pack's front runners. The Rangers were able to get the highly sought after center Brad Richards. Richards signed to the team for the price of sixty million dollars for nine years.

The Rangers, however, weren't the only team working over the holiday weekend. The Buffalo Sabres added Christian Ehrhoff, Ville Leino, Drew Stafford, and Nathan Gerbe.

Other teams active throughout the first weekend of free agency were the Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets, the Washington Capitals, and the New Jersey Devils among others.

Source

 * The Sports Xchange via Yahoo