Owen Nolan

UFA Owen Nolan signs with Minnesota: two years at $2.75 million per.

Drafted first overall by Quebec in 1990, Nolan, 36, has played for the Nordiques, Colrado, San Jose, Toronto, Phoenix and Calgary. He's been an All-Star five times, most recently in 2002.

Nolan made $1.75 million last season while scoring 16 goals and adding 16 assists for the Flames.

To the extent that the exuberant Alexander Ovechkin always looks like he's having fun playing hockey, Nolan – the only NHL player born in Belfast – is exacty the opposite, a player whose mien is that of a s--t salesman with a mouth full of samples.