Another name that came up (though I think universally rejected here at CC) as that "cheap August signing" Rutherford has teased us with, Todd Bertuzzi signed with Detroit today. 1 year, $-terms not disclosed yet (around $1.5mil I saw earlier.

So here's the latest list from NHL.com of available free agents. Ryan Bayda is on it now. There are a lot of decent (and more than decent) skaters still out there. Time will tell (and only 2 more weeks till September) if JR will have yet another amazing deal for us to delight in.

What's our budget again?

I saw where Aaron Ward returns to wearing jersey #4 on the Hurricanes roster. Seidenberg is still job-hunting.