| Wednesday, August 3, 2005 |
| TEAM | |
| Boston Bruins | Agreed to terms with defenseman Brian Leetch, who had been with the Toronto Maple Leafs, on a one-year contract. |
| Dallas Stars | Signed defenseman Martin Skoula, who had been with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, to a two-year contract. |
| Montreal Canadiens | Re-signed right wing Alexei Kovalev to a four-year contract; signed defenseman-right wing Mathieu Dandenault, who had been with the Detroit Red Wings, to a four-year contract. |
| New York Islanders | Acquired defenseman Brent Sopel from the Vancouver Canucks for a 2006 conditional pick. |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | Signed defenseman Sergei Gonchar, who had been with the Boston Bruins, to a multi-year contract. |
| Vancouver Canucks | Re-signed left wing Markus Naslund to a three-year contract. |
| Florida Panthers | Signed left wing Greg Jacina to a two-year contract. |
| Tuesday, August 2, 2005 |
| TEAM | |
| Boston Bruins | Agreed to terms with right wing Glen Murray on a four-year contract and right wing Shawn McEachern, who had been with the Atlanta Thrashers, on a two-year contract; agreed to terms with center Dave Scatchard, who had been with the New York Islanders, on a four-year contract. |
| Calgary Flames | Signed right wings Tony Amonte, who had been with the Philadelphia Flyers, and Darren McCarty, who had been with the Detroit Red Wings. |
| Chicago Blackhawks | Signed defenseman Adrian Aucoin, who had been with the New York Islanders, to a four-year contract. |
| Detroit Red Wings | Re-signed center Steve Yzerman to a one-year contract. |
| Carolina Hurricanes | Agreed to terms with left wing Cory Stillman, who had been with the Tampa Bay Lightning, on a three-year contract. |
| Los Angeles Kings | Agreed to terms with center Pavol Demitra, who had been with the St. Louis Blues, on a three-year contract and goaltender Jason Labarbera, who had been with the New York Rangers, on a two-year contract; named Mike Kalinowski manager of communications, Ben Peirce manager of game entertainment and Stephanie Krauss communications and broadcasting assistant; promoted Lee Callans to hockey operations administrator. |
| Montreal Canadiens | Re-signed defenseman Francis Bouillon to a one-year contract; signed forward Peter Vandermeer, who had been with the Detroit Red Wings, to a one-year contract. |
| New York Islanders | Signed defenseman Alexei Zhitnik, who had been with the Buffalo Sabres, to a four-year contract. |
| New York Rangers | Re-signed goaltender Kevin Weekes; signed center Martin Straka, who had been with the Los Angeles Kings, and defenseman Marek Malik, who had been with the Vancouver Canucks. |
| Ottawa Senators | Re-signed left wing Denis Hamel to a two-year contract. |
| Philadelphia Flyers | Signed defensemen Derian Hatcher, who had been with the Detroit Red Wings, to a four-year contract, defenseman Mike Rathje, who had been with the San Jose Sharks, to a five-year contract, defenseman Chris Therien, who had been with the Dallas Stars, to a one-year contract and left wing Jon Sim, who had been with the Pittsburgh Penguins, to a one-year contract. |
| St. Louis Blues | Acquired defensemen Eric Brewer, Jeff Woywitka and Doug Lynch from the Edmonton Oilers for defenseman Chris Pronger; signed center Trent Whitfield, who had been with the Washington Capitals, left wing Jeff Hoggan and center Ryan Ramsay. |
| Vancouver Canucks | Named T.C. Carling manager of media and player relations. |
| Phoenix Coyotes | Re-signed goaltender Brian Boucher to a one-year contract. |
| Florida Panthers | Signed left wing Martin Gelinas, who had been with the Calgary Flames, to a two-year contract; signed defenseman Joel Kwiatkowski and left wing Greg Jacina to two-year contracts. |
| Nashville Predators | Acquired defenseman Danny Markov from the Philadelphia Flyers for a 2006 third-round pick. |
| Atlanta Thrashers | Signed center Bobby Holik, who had been with the New York Rangers. |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | Signed defenseman Adam Foote, who had been with the Colorado Avalanche, to a three-year contract. |
| Minnesota Wild | Signed left wing Roman Voloshenko. |
| Monday, August 1, 2005 |
| TEAM | |
| Boston Bruins | Acquired left wing Brad Isbister from the Edmonton Oilers for a fourth-round pick in the 2006 draft. |
| Los Angeles Kings | Signed right wing Tom Kostopoulos to a two-year contract. |
| New York Rangers | Promoted Gordie Clarke to amateur scout. |
| St. Louis Blues | Signed free agent right wing Aaron Downey, who had been with the Dallas Stars, to a one-year contract. |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | Re-signed defenseman Francois Beauchemin to a two-year contract. |
| Minnesota Wild | Signed free agent left wing Andrei Nazarov, who had been with the Phoenix Coyotes. |