The following notable players are either on training camp tryouts with NHL teams or are on two-way contracts for this season hoping to land spots with their respective teams.

Anaheim Ducks: Eric Boguniecki, Teemu Selanne.

Carolina Hurricanes: Jeff O’Neill, Dan Lacouture.

Chicago Blackhawks: Keith Carney.

Columbus Blue Jackets: Richard Matvichuk.

Dallas Stars: Nolan Pratt

Detroit Red Wings: Darren McCarty.

Florida Panthers: Jassen Cullimore.

New York Rangers: Petr Nedved (hat tip to Chip)

Minnesota Wild: Krys Kolanos.

Ottawa Senators: Luke Richardson

Philadelphia Flyers: Jim Dowd, Bryan Berard (hat tip to "midknt").

San Jose Sharks: Jeff Friesen, Alexei Semenov.

Reports out of Europe claim three Swiss teams have expressed interest in signing unrestricted free agent winger Anson Carter to a contract but he’s rejected their offers, citing his intent to only entertain offers from North America (NHL) or Russia.

No word if any Russian Super League teams are interested in Carter but apart from a failed training camp tryout with the Edmonton Oilers there’s been no media reports of anything coming his way from NHL teams.

Some Canucks fans are still pining for the Canucks to bring back Carter, where only two seasons ago he had a 33-goal season playing with the Sedin Twins.  But comments made by GM Dave Nonis over the last two summer suggest he won’t be suiting up again for Vancouver anytime soon.

Nonis never really said it, but the implication seems to be that negotiations never went well between the two sides. The fact he struggled big time last season split between Columbus and Carolina didn’t help his free agent value.

Speaking of Swiss teams, HC Lugano is reportedly very interested in signing former Calgary Flames forward Jeff Friesen, who still remains available in the UFA market.

Friesen was still a capable checking forward but his best NHL seasons are now long behind him and it appears if he’s going to keep his playing career alive that it’ll have to be in Europe.

Looks like St. Louis Blues forward Petr Cajanek is headed to Europe after all.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Sunday the Blues could be about to loan Cajanek to Ak Bars Kazan of the Russian Super League, with that team picking up half his $2.1 million salary for this season.

Reports from Switzerland earlier this month had a couple of Swiss teams interested in him but Cajanek, who’d been demoted to the Blues minor league affiliate in Peoria, stated his intent to play in North America and try to get back into the NHL.

The Blues had placed Cajanek on re-entry waivers in hopes another club would be willing to claim him for only half his salary but received no interest.

Finally, the Detroit Red Wings have called up prospect forward Igor Grigorenko after poor conditioning landed him on their minor league affiliate to open the season.

Reports out of Detroit suggest if Grigorenko fails to earn a spot on the Wings that he might return to Russia, possibly never to return to the NHL.

Grigorenko was considered one of the Wings’ top prospects and battled back to salvage his career after it was nearly ended several years ago in a car accident.

As expected the number of UFA signings within the NHL has all but dried up with the approach of training camp. Don’t expect any significant player movement over the next couple of weeks, but as the start of the regular season approaches there could be some possible signings or trades near the end of September.

The only significant UFA signing this past week, apart from the previously reported Jeremy Roenick signing with the San Jose Sharks, was the Toronto Maple Leafs inking winger Tony Salmelainen to a one-year, two-way contract.

Salmelainen was involved in a trade in July where he and defenseman Jassen Cullimore were dealt to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for winger Sergei Samsonov. The Habs subsequently bought both players out of their contracts.

For the past several weeks the most significant player moves has been the steady stream of NHL free agents signing with European teams.

Jeff Friesen, who was a member of the Calgary Flames last season, will be joining Ed Belfour with Leksand of the Swedish "Allsvenskan" League, signing a one-year contract with the club.

Former Montreal Canadiens defenseman Janne Niinimaa had been rumored close to signing with Swedish club Linkopings HC, but he instead signed with Swiss Hockey Club Davos.

Jan Bulis, who played last season with the Vancouver Canucks, is now confirmed to have signed a one-year contract with Russian club Khimik Mytischy.

Finally, former Flames goaltender Jamie McLennan won’t be playing for Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Russian Super League after all.

The team’s management was apparently unhappy with McLennan’s performance during pre-season play and released him from his contract. It remains to be seen if “Noodles” will be signing with another European team or try his luck back in the NHL.