Vyacheslav Kozlov, acquired from the Buffalo Sabres at the National Hockey League draft on June 22, accepted a one-year qualifying offer from the Atlanta Thrashers yesterday.
The speedy forward, hampered last season by an Achilles' tendon injury, scored nine goals and had 13 assists in 38 games.
The Thrashers also re-signed forward Tomi Kallio and unrestricted free agent Chris Herperger, who had four goals, nine assists and 43 penalty minutes in 72 games with the Ottawa Senators last season. Kallio had eight goals and 14 assists in 60 games.
The Los Angeles Kings re-signed goaltender Jamie Storr, winger Mikko Eloranta and centre Steve Kelly.
Storr, 26, was the backup to Felix Potvin last year and was 9-4-3, with a 1.90 goals-against average, a .920 save percentage and two shutouts.
Eloranta, 29, had nine goals and nine assists in 71 games last season, while Kelly, 25, played most of last season with the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League, scoring 10 goals and getting 21 assists in 49 games.
The Tampa Bay Lightning re-signed forward Ben Clymer to a one-year contract and avoided arbitration by re-signing tough guy Andre Roy.
Clymer, 24, had 14 goals, 20 assists and 36 penalty minutes in 81 games with the Lightning last season.
Roy, 27, signed a one-year deal. He had one goal, one assist and 63 penalty minutes in nine games with the Lightning last season after being acquired from the Senators on March 15. He had 148 penalty minutes in 56 games with Ottawa.
The Senators, meanwhile, signed forwards Petr Schastlivy and Steve Martins to multiyear contracts and signed forward Brad Smyth and defenceman Josef Boumedienne to one-year deals.
Smyth, an Ottawa native, played the entire 2001-02 season with the Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL under John Paddock, now the coach of the Senators' new AHL affiliate in Binghamton, N.Y. In 79 games with Hartford, Smyth had 34 goals, 48 assists and 90 penalty minutes and finished fourth in AHL scoring.
Schastilvy split last season between the Senators and the Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL. In 31 games with the Griffins, he had 22 goals, 13 assists and 10 penalty minutes. He played one game with the Senators last season, getting one assist before suffering a knee injury in December that kept him out of action for the rest of the season.
Martins, 30, had 10 goals, 21 assists and 66 penalty minutes in 51 games with the Griffins. In four stints with Ottawa, he scored one goal in 14 games.
Boumedienne, 24, split the 2001-02 season between the New Jersey Devils and Lightning organizations. In 62 games with the Albany River Rats (New Jersey) and Springfield Falcons (Tampa Bay) of the AHL, Boumedienne had seven goals, 28 assists and 67 penalty minutes.
In other news:
The Detroit Red Wings agreed to terms for a one-year contract with centre Igor Larionov, 41, the oldest player in the NHL. He had 11 goals, 32 assists and 50 penalty minutes in 70 games last season.
Forward Shean Donovan accepted his qualifying offer from the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 27-year-old played in 13 games with the Penguins last season, getting two goals, one assist and 18 penalty minutes after being claimed on waivers from the Thrashers on March 15. In 48 games with Atlanta, he had six goals, six assists and 40 penalty minutes.
The Penguins also avoided arbitration by signing forward Randy Robitaille. The 26-year-old had 10 goals, 20 assists and 16 penalty minutes in 40 games with the Penguins last season after being claimed on waivers from Los Angeles on Jan. 4.
The Carolina Hurricanes re-signed left winger Jeff Daniels to a one-year contract. The 34-year-old was a key part of Carolina's penalty-killing unit as the Hurricanes won the Eastern Conference championship last season. He had five points in 65 games and one assist in 23 playoff games.
The Nashville Predators signed forward Vladimir Orszagh to a contract extension. Orszagh, 25, had 15 goals and 21 assists in 79 games in 2001-02, his first full NHL season.
The St. Louis Blues appointed Jarmo Keklalainen as the director of amateur scouting. Keklalainen, 36, spent the past seven seasons as the director of player personnel and European scout for the Senators.
The Calgary Flames signed defencemen Toni Lydman and Robyn Regehr. Lydman played in 79 games with the Flames last season, scoring six goals and adding 22 assists for 28 points while collecting 52 penalty minutes. Regehr had two goals and six assists for eight points in 77 games last year.