Atlanta                 
• Signed unrestricted free agent forward Jason Williams to a one-year $2.2 million contract.
• Re-signed forward Eric Boulton to a two-year contract.              
• Signed defenseman Ron Hainsey to a five-year deal at an average of $4.5 million per season.            
• Signed unrestricted free agent forwards Junior Lessard, Grant Stevenson and Mike Hoffman.            
                  
Carolina                 
• Signed defenseman Anton Babchuk to a one-year deal              
• Signed defenseman Dennis Seidenberg to a one-year, $1.2 million contract.             
• Signed forward Dwight Helminen to a one-year deal.              
• Signed Josef Melichar to a one-year deal for $1 million.              
• Signed Wade Brookbank, Ryan Bayda, Tim Conboy, Tuomo Ruutu, Tim Gleason, Michael Leighton and Patrick Eaves           • Traded Erik Cole to Edmonton in exchange for defenseman Joni Pitkanen and signed Pitkanen to a three-year deal at an average of $4 million per season.        
                  
Florida                 
• Re-signed goalie Chris Beckford-Tseu, forward Steve MacIntyre and defenseman Rory Fitzpatrick to two-year contracts.          
• Re-signed Gregory Campbell and Rotislav Olesz               
• Signed Cory Stillman to a three-year deal at an average of $3.53 million per season             
                  
Nashville                 
• Signed free-agent forward Josh Gratton to a one-year, two-way contract.             
• Signed Shea Weber, Dan Eliis and Ryan Suter               
• Traded Marek Zidlicky to Minnesota in exchange for Ryan Jones and a second-round draft pick in 2009           
                  
Tampa Bay                   
• Re-signed unrestricted free agent center Chris Gratton to a one-year contract.
• Acquired Janne Niskala from Philadelphia in exchange for a sixth-round draft pick in 2009 and signed him to a one-year deal (value undisclosed)         
• Re-signed Ryan Craig to a two-year deal at an average of $787,507.50 per season.             
• Signed Adam Hall to a three-year deal at an average of $600,000 per season             
• Signed center Wyatt Smith to a one-year deal               
• Signed David Koci to a one-deal for $525,000               
• Signed defenseman Scott Jackson to a three-year deal.              
• Signed forward Mark Recchi to a one-year, $1.25 million contract.             
• Signed forwards Brandon Bochenski and Evgeni Artyukhin to two-year contracts.            
• Signed Gary Roberts to a one-year deal for $1.2 million              
• Signed Olaf Kolzig to a one-year deal for $1.5 million              
• Signed Radim Vrbata to a three-year deal at an average of $3 million per season             
• Signed Ryan Malone to a seven-year deal at an average of $4.5 million per season             
• Signed Vaclav Prospal to a four-year deal at an average of $3.5 million per season             
• Traded Dan Boyle and Brad Lukowich to San Jose for defensemen Matt Carle, Ty Wishart, a first round selection in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and a fourth round selection in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.      
                  
Washington                  
• Re-signed restricted free agent forward Boyd Gordon to a one-year contract.
• Re-signed restricted free agent center Brooks Laich to a three-year contract and unrestricted free agent center Sergei Federov to a one-year deal.         
• Signed center Keith Aucoin to a two-year deal.               
• Signed Graham Mink and Tyler Sloan               
• Signed Jose Theodore to a two-year deal at an average of $4.5 million per season.             
• Signed restricted free agent defenseman Mike Green to a four-year deal