The Wild created the announcement Tuesday, in addition to the signing of centre Jeff Taffe to some one-year, two-way contract plus the appointment of John Torchetti as head coach on their AHL affiliate in Houston.

Powe is a restricted free of charge agent, acquired the other day in a very invest with Philadelphia on a third-round pick within the 2013 draft. The 26-year-old play centre or wing. Terms cant be found disclosed.

Torchetti has long been an assistant with 5 NHL teams, including stints as interim head coach with Florida (2004) and New york (2006).

The 30-year-old Taffe may be a former University of Minnesota star and native of Hastings, Minn., which has 44 points in 175 profession NHL games.
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators added a bit of muscle on Tuesday following the club signed tough guy Zenon Konopka to some one-year deal.

The 30-year-old spent last season using the New york city Islanders, registering two targets, seven assists and also a league-high 307 penalty minutes.

Konopka also ranked fourth in the NHL along with a 57.7 % faceoff effectiveness.

Undrafted away from junior, Konopka has played 195 career NHL regular-season games with Anaheim, Columbus, Tampa Bay as well as the Islanders, registering eight ambitions, 14 assists and 684 penalty minutes.

Konopka spent his complete junior career aided by the Ontario Hockey League's Ottawa 67's, appearing in 242 games from 1998 to 2002 when registering 185 points (53-132) and 389 penalty minutes

"I've had fun with some B.U. guys and stuff has gone smooth," Reasoner joked. "I used Mike Grier for a little bit therefore we didn't kill the other, n order that pushed alright. I do believe it has been for enough time now exactly where we will let that go."

What Reasoner will not get rid of is his even think of winning the Stanley Cup. Should the Islanders entitled to the postseason in 2012, Reasoner will play in her first playoff game in nine years. He'd goal in six postseason contests for Edmonton in 2003.

"That's everyone's ultimate objective," Reasoner mentioned. "It were there for my situation in a while, and it's also something everyone strives for. It will undoubtedly be much greater associated with experience to obtain there with your an effective, young team growing. There's no doubt that it's fun to input and help in that position and obtain the Islanders in to where they ought to be.

"This team has such good tradition and background. I believe it is something that hopefully you are able to create off all and feel proud to be an Islander. I believe this can be an element that commencing to go ahead an appropriate direction and hopefully we could keep pushing that forward."