Chelios, Niedermayer & Shanahan inducted to Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame - The Hockey Hall of Fame will induct Chris Chelios, Scott Niedermayer and Brendan Shanahan as part of its 2013 class, the organization announced Tuesday. The Hockey Hall of Fame will also be inducting Geraldine Heaney and two-time Stanley Cup-winning coach Fred Shero as builders. The formal induction ceremony will take place this November.

NY Islanders - The New York Islanders announced Tuesday that they have agreed to terms with forward Cal Clutterbuck on a four-year contract. Arthur Staple of Newsday is reporting the deal to be worth $11 million. The Islanders acquired Clutterbuck, who was a restricted free agent, from the Minnesota Wild on June 30 for Nino Niederreiter. He's 25 years old and has 110 points in 346 career NHL games, all with the Wild. Clutterbuck, who played junior hockey with Islanders center John Tavares, had 10 points and a Minnesota team-high 155 hits in 42 games in 2012-13. He had another two points in five games in the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Colorado - Milan Hejduk has been with the same organization ever since the Quebec Nordiques selected him in the fourth round (No. 87) of the 1994 NHL Draft. The 37-year-old right wing broke into the NHL with the Colorado Avalanche in 1998 and has scored 375 goals and 430 assists in 1,020 games – all with the Avs. But, it appears the next goal he scores will be for another club. Adrian Dater of The Denver Post reported Monday that Hejduk would like to continue his playing career, but the Avalanche are no longer interested in his services. Hejduk, who had four goals and seven assists in 29 games for Colorado in 2012-13, is an unrestricted free agent.

"He wants to keep playing," Hejduk's agent, Jiri Crha, told the paper. "If there is any team that really wants to use him for his offensive skills, he still believes he could do it. They are very honest about their different plans. They don't believe he can play in their top six of forwards. We just saw a player (Daniel Alfredsson in Ottawa) who left after 17 years with the same team. That's the reality of the hockey life."

Hejduk has reportedly received offers from other clubs over the past week, but Crha told Dater that his client will only sign for the right price. Hejduk made $2 million in 2012-13. "He's not going to take some (minimum) salary. It could be a contract with bonuses or something like that, if he achieved them then it's fair to both sides. But we'll see, as I said there is no rush," Crha said.