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Liles, Foote are done deals for Avs

By Rick Sadowski, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)

Published June 29, 2008 at 11:37 p.m.
Updated June 30, 2008 at 11:46 a.m.

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The Avalanche on Monday announced it has signed John-Michael Liles to a new four-year contract and Adam Foote to a new two-year deal. Both defensemen would have been eligible for unrestricted free agency Tuesday.

Liles' deal is worth $16.8 million with a $4.2 million salary-cap hit. Foote's cap number is $3 million a year.

Liles, 27, had six goals and 26 assists in 81 games last season. Foote, who will turn 37 on July 10, had one assist and 12 penalty minutes in 12 games with the Avalanche after his Feb. 26 acquisition from Columbus.

AVALANCHE FREE AGENTS

Nine Avalanche players will become unrestricted free agents without compensation unless they are re-signed before Tuesday. Four players would become restricted free agents but have been tendered qualifying offers, enabling the Avalanche to match any offer from another team or receive compensation in the form of draft picks.

Unrestricted free agents

Player's 2007-08 salary

C Joe Sakic, $6.75 million

G Jose Theodore, $6 million

LW Peter Forsberg, $5 million (pro-rated)

LW Andrew Brunette, $1.6 million

D Kurt Sauer, $719,000

D Jeff Jillson, $500,000

C Wyatt Smith, $500,000

G Tyler Weiman, $495,000

D Jeff Finger, $475,000

Restricted free agents

Player's 2007-08 salary

RW Marek Svatos, $1.2 million

LW Wojtek Wolski, $860,000

LW Cody McLeod, $490,000

LW Cody McCormick, $475,000

The following players are signed for 2008-09 and would count $37.176667 million toward the NHL salary cap of $56.7 million for the 2008-09 season.

Player's 2008-09 cap number

LW Ryan Smyth, $6.25 million

D Scott Hannan, $4.5 million

D John-Michael Liles, $4.2 million

RW Milan Hejduk, $3.9 million

D Brett Clark, $3.5 million

D Ruslan Salei, $3.025 million

D Adam Foote, $3 million

C Tyler Arnason, $1.675 million

D Jordan Leopold, $1.5 million

RW Ian Laperriere, $1.15 million

C T.J. Hensick, $850,000

C Paul Stastny, $850,000

G Peter Budaj, $700,000

D Kyle Cumiskey, $551,667

RW David Jones, $550,000

RW Scott Parker, $500,000

C Ben Guite, $475,000

Comments

  • June 30, 2008

    8:32 a.m.

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    SteveM writes:

    Thank goodness!

  • July 2, 2008

    5:58 p.m.

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    SciotoSlim writes:

    Adam Foote is a scumbag