01:00 AM EDT on Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Bowling Green defenseman Jonathan Sigalet agreed to a three-year contract with the Bruins yesterday, 10 days after his older brother signed with Boston.

The Bruins also announced one-year agreements with six other players -- centers Brad Boyes, Ben Guite and Nate Robinson, left wing Eric Healey, right wing Jason MacDonald and defenseman Kevin Dallman.

The 19-year-old Sigalet passed up his last two years of college eligibility after finishing with six goals and 25 assists in 72 games during the last two seasons. Boston took him with the 100th pick of this year's draft

Goalie Jordan Sigalet, 24, was Jonathan's teammate in college and was drafted by Boston in the seventh round in 2001. He played most of the games in his senior year after being diagnosed in March 2004 with multiple sclerosis.

Boyes and Dallman were restricted free agents who played for Providence last season. Guite, another P-Bruin last year, Robinson, Healey and MacDonald were unrestricted free agents.

ROUNDUP LeCLAIR JOINS PENGUINS: High-scoring forward John LeClair, let go by the Philadelphia Flyers in the first wave of NHL salary dumping last month, signed yesterday with Pittsburgh -- the Penguins' fifth major player addition in slightly more than two weeks. LeClair, 36, not only is one of the NHL's top goal-scorers over the last nine seasons, but the 6-foot-3, 225-pound forward adds a physical presence to a team that badly needed one during three consecutive losing seasons, from 2001-04. The five-time All-Star has 382 goals and 379 assists for 761 points in 873 career games.

HURRICANES SIGN TWO: Right wing Pavel Brendl and defenseman Bruno St. Jacques signed one-year contracts yesterday with the Carolina Hurricanes. Brendl will be paid nearly $900,000 if he makes the team while St. Jacques will earn $450,000 if he wins a spot with the club.

ISLANDERS INK TWO: The New York Islanders re-signed forwards Oleg Kvasha and Arron Asham to one-year contracts, the team said. Kvasha will make $1.2 million, the NHL Players Association said. Asham will earn $627,000. The 27-year-old Kvasha tied with Trent Hunter for the team lead in points during the 2003-04 season, collecting career highs with 15 goals and 36 assists. Asham, 27, had 12 goals and 12 assists for New York that season.

FOUR AGREE TO DEALS: Defenseman Rostislav Klesla, goaltender Pascal Leclaire and right wing Tim Jackman signed qualifying offers with the Blue Jackets yesterday, while right wing Brandon Sugden signed a one-year contract to return to Columbus.

RANGERS MOVES: Free-agent defenseman Tom Poti re-signed with the New York Rangers yesterday. Poti had 10 goals and 14 assists in 2003-04 for New York despite missing 15 games with injuries. The Rangers also signed defenseman Steven MacIntyre, who spent last season splitting time between the AHL and ECHL.

MARLEAU, STURM RETURN: Captain Patrick Marleau and defenseman Brad Stuart were among eight free agents re-signed by the San Jose Sharks yesterday. San Jose also retained speedy forward Marco Sturm, enforcer Scott Parker and minor-leaguers Garrett Stafford, Nolan Schaeffer, the former Providence College goaltender, Matt Carkner and Doug Murray. Marleau has been with the Sharks since 1997, scoring 332 points in eight seasons. Sturm scored 41 points in 64 games before a broken ankle ended his season in 2003-04. He has scored at least 20 goals in each of his last three NHL seasons.

WILD SIGN DEFENSEMAN: Defenseman Daniel Tjarnqvist signed a one-year contract yesterday with the Minnesota Wild after playing three seasons with the Atlanta Thrashers. The 28-year-old Tjarnqvist had 20 points during the 2003-04 season. That ranked second among Atlanta defensemen, as did his five goals.

BREWER ACCEPTS OFFER: Defenseman Eric Brewer, acquired by the St. Louis Blues earlier this month in a trade for Chris Pronger, accepted the teams' qualifying offer yesterday. The Blues also re-signed forwards Jamal Mayers and Peter Sejna and defenseman Brett Scheffelmaier. Brewer has played six seasons in the NHL, the last four with Edmonton.

HECHT IN FOLD: Sabres forward Jochen Hecht agreed to a three-year contract yesterday, while leading scorer Daniel Briere was one of 11 Buffalo players accepting one-year qualifying offers. Hecht's contract is worth more than $6 million total, a significant raise over the $1.6 million he was due next season -- his last before being eligible to become an unrestricted free agent. Briere accepted a $1.93-million qualifying offer. Other veteran Sabres accepting one-year qualifying offers were forwards Maxim Afinogenov, J.P. Dumont, Tim Connolly, Ales Kotalik, Milan Bartovic and defensemen Henrik Tallinder and Rhode Island native Jeff Jillson.

CAPITAL MOVES: The Capitals re-signed center Jeff Halpern, defenseman Brendan Witt and eight other restricted free agents yesterday. Also re-signed were centers Brian Sutherby and Graham Mink, right wingers Stephen Peat and Brian Willsie, defensemen Steve Eminger, Shaone Morrisonn and Nolan Yonkman, and goaltender Maxime Ouellet. Halpern and Witt are two of the few core veterans remaining from the Capitals' pre-lockout team, although Witt has said he would like to be traded.

LEGWAND ACCEPTS DEAL: The Predators agreed to terms with veteran center David Legwand on a one-year contract. Legwand tied for second on the team with a career-high 18 goals in the 2003-04 season, finishing with 47 points and five game-winning goals. He was the No. 2 overall pick in the 1998 draft.