cited to move on and restart the game of hockey for me. The last month-and-a-half of the year was tough just practicing all the time not knowing. I'm looking forward to starting over again. I want to get back out there and play."According to the Post, the Capitals placed Schultz on unconditional waivers Tuesday to begin the buyout process.Schultz played in 26 games during the 2012-13 season, none after March 31. He had three assists.A first-round pick (No. 27) by the Capitals in the 2004 NHL Draft, the 27-year-old has 11 goals, 75 points and 133 penalty minutes, and is a plus-78 in 399 games over parts of seven seasons.
The Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday traded the rights to defenseman Drew Olson to the Tampa Bay Lightning for future considerations.Olson, a 2008 fourth-round pick, spent the past four seasons at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. In 2012-13, the 5-foot-11, 215-pound blueliner had one goal and six assists. In four seasons, he had three goals and 18 assists in 146 games.He also got into five American Hockey League games with the Peoria Rivermen, totaling one assist and a minus-2 rating.
The Calgary Flames have signed forward TJ Galiardi, whom they acquired from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for the Flames' fourth-round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft.Galiardi,Mike Richards Jersey, a 25-year-old Calgary native,Patrice Bergeron Jersey, had five goals and nine assists in 36 games with the Sharks in 2012-13."I don't think it's still fully sunk in that I'm going to be on the Flames," Galiardi told the team's website. "It's been a dream of mine ever since I was a little kid. I think ever since I got into the NHL, I've always had a soft spot for the Flames even though I was playing against them. I always figured when the time came when I was an unrestricted free agent I would try my best to make it to Calgary."The fact that it happened this soon and when I was a restricted free agent, it's great."The Sharks had acquired Galiardi in a trade with the Colorado Avalanche, along with Daniel Winnik and a 2013 seventh-round pick in exchange for Jamie McGinn, Michael Sgarbossa and Mike Connolly on Feb. 27, 2012."The fact that I was going to get traded was out of the blue but [Sharks general manager] Doug Wilson was great," Galiardi said. "Once we got to that process, he let me know which teams were interested and when I heard Calgary,Sidney Crosby Black Authentic Jersey, it was a no-brainer for me and I said that was my team that I wanted and was pretty much only interested in. Then I and [Flames GM] Jay Feaster talked and worked out a deal. It all pretty much came about in the last couple days."A 2007 second-round pick of the Avalanche, Galiardi has 39 goals and 87 points in 221 NHL games in five seasons."We are thrilled to add a young player with TJ's size and versatility to our lineup," Feaster said in announcing the trade. "He can play left wing or center, he competes hard, is a very good energy player, and he is only 25 years old. The fact that he is from Calgary, lives here in the offseason and played for the Hitmen [in the Western Hockey League] is an added bonus, as he is yet another player who is excited to be part of our program going forward."
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