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ST. PAUL, Minn. (APThe Minnesota Wild have signed left wing Colton Gillies(notes) into a two-year contract.

The Wild designed the announcement Wednesday, giving the 22-year-old Gillies a contract that ought to enable cement his position together with the group heading into instruction camp.

Getty Photos - Jun 24, six:38 pm EDT NHL Gallery Gillies was the group first-round select in 2007. He skated in 45 games while using Wild in 2008-09, but took part in just 7 very last 12 months, scoring one objective.

He invested almost all of his time using the teams AHL affiliate in Houston, enjoying for Mike Yeo, who was simply just lately promoted to go coach using the Wild. Gillies had eleven goals and 15 assists in 64 video games to the Aeros final year. He also scored seven aims for the duration of their run on the Calder Cup finals.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed defenseman Radek Martinek(notes) into a one-year agreement, including the veteran blue-liner that they essential.

Standard supervisor Scott Howson declared the move on Wednesday.Getty Photographs - Jun 24, six:37 pm EDT NHL Gallery The 34-year-old Martinek, a 10-year NHL veteran, had 21 aims and 82 helps with 272 penalty minutes in 453 games together with the Ny Islanders. Last year, he'd three plans and 13 assists with 35 penalty minutes in addition to a twenty:50 regular ice in time 64 video games. He missed the vast majority of the 2009-10 campaign because of a knee injury.

The Islanders12th decide on, No. 228 general, inside the 1999 draft, Martinek, a local with the Czech Republic, designed his NHL debut inside 2001-02 year or so. He also represented his homeland in the 2000 and 2001 Universe Championships, helping to seize back-to-back gold medals