Ottawa Senators
Re-signed restricted free agent center Radek Bonk to a one-year contract.

Phoenix Coyotes
Signed goaltender Patrick DesRochers, their 1998 first-round pick, to a three-year contract.

Pittsburgh Penguins
Assigned the following players to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre of the American Hockey League: goaltenders Craig Hillier and Scott Myers

Defensemen Craig Anderson, Don Coyne, Kurtis Drummond, Chris Kelleher, Josef Melichar, Tom O'Connor, Pavel Skrbek and Jean-Paul Tessier

And forwards Ed Bursich, Greg Crozier, Dylan Gyori, Casey Harris, Alexei Kolkunov, Tom Kostopoulos, Valentin Morozov and Boris Protsenko

Returned goaltender Sebastien Caron, defensemen Darcy Robinson and Jeremy Van Hoof and forwards David Cameron, Jan Fadrny, Alain O'Driscoll and Joel Scherban to their junior teams

Released defenseman Harlan Pratt and forwards Joe Blaznek, Kevin Brown, Eric Lecompte, Mike Pietrangelo and Mike Prokopec.