An arbitrator has awarded defensemen Shea Weber a $7.5 million, one-year contract. Nashville still has the option to walk away, which will make Weber a UFA.
Joni Pitkanen, perhaps the best FA defenseman that was going to go on the market July 1st, has been signed by Carolina for 3 years at $4.5 mill per year.
Andrew Gross reporting that back-up goaltender Marty Biron is out indefinitely with a fractured collarbone suffered today in practice. Cam Talbot has been recalled from Connecticut (AHL).
