Carolina Hurricanes
Assigned goaltender Randy Petruk to Cincinnati of the International Hockey League.

Ottawa Senators
Assigned goaltender Mike Fountain and left wings Yves Sarault and Ivan Ciernik to Grand Rapids of the International Hockey League.

St. Louis Blues
Assigned centers Daniel Corso and Andrei Podkonicky, forwards Derek Bekar and Sylvain Blouin and defensemen Peter Smrek and Bryce Salvador to Worcester of the American Hockey League.

San Jose Sharks
Assigned center Jarrod Skalde to Utah of the International Hockey League

Assigned center Eric Landry and defenseman Robert Jindrich to Kentucky of the American Hockey League

Assigned goaltender Evgeni Nabokov to Cleveland of the IHL.

Tampa Bay Lightning
Announced the retirement of center Brian Bradley.

Washington Capitals
Assigned center Jeff Nelson and defenseman Steve Shirreffs to Portland of the American Hockey League.