The San Jose Sharks yesterday re-sign three key players, inking forward Jeremy Roenick and backup goalie Brian Boucher and forward Joe Pavelski to a two-year contract.

Pavelski's deal is worth $3.3 million, breaking down as $1.65 million per season. Roenick will be paid $1.1 million, Boucher $650K.

Good affordable signings by the Sharks, particularly Pavelski's given his notable improvement in the second half of last season and in the playoffs. Roenick will again provide veteran leadership and timely scoring whilst Boucher is an experienced backup for Evgeni Nabokov.

No word as to how contract talks with Brian Campbell are going. The Sharks gave several Eastern Conference clubs permission to speak to Campbell's agent but apparently haven't rule out re-signing him.

The parade of potential buyouts continued on Thursday as the Calgary Flames placed defensemen Rhett Warrener and Anders Eriksson and forward Marcus Nilson on waivers.

Flames GM Darryl Sutter needs to free up cap space in part to absorb the potential new contract of impending UFA center Daymond Langkow and to further bolster the roster.

It's been speculated for weeks that Sutter tried shopping Warrener, Eriksson and Nilson but could find no takers, which isn't surprising given the decline in their respective performances last season.

Nilson has one year, $1 million remaining on his contract, Eriksson one-year, $1.5 million and Warrener one-year at $2.5 million. Their buyouts will be spread out over the next two seasons.