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New York Islanders: Calder Trophy finalist Trent Hunter signed a one-year contract with the Islanders on Tuesday.

Hunter, 24, tied Mariusz Czerkawski for the Islanders' lead with 25 goals and tied Oleg Kvasha for the team lead in points with 51. One of three finalists for NHL Rookie of the Year, he was the only first-year player to lead his team in those statistical categories.

He appeared in the NHL Young Stars Game during All-Star weekend and was a member of the league's All-Rookie team.

Originally drafted by the Mighty Ducks in the sixth round as the 150th overall pick in 1998, Hunter came to the Islanders in May 2000 for a fourth-round draft pick. In the 2002 playoffs, he appeared in the last four games of the Islanders' seven-game series against Toronto and had a goal and an assist.

Dallas Stars: Veteran forward Stu Barnes signed a two-year contract extension through the 2006-07 season.

Barnes, 33, appeared in 77 games with the Stars last season, registering 11 goals and 18 assists. He is a 13-year NHL veteran.

Since being acquired from the Buffalo Sabres last year, he has posted 13 goals and 23 assists in 90 games with Dallas. The Spruce Grove, Alberta, native has also played in 17 playoff games with the Stars, collecting two goals and three assists.

Calgary Flames: Denis Gauthier and the Flames agreed on a contract before the defenseman's salary arbitration hearing.

Terms and conditions of the deal were not released. Gauthier was paid $1.3 million last season.

"I'm happy to secure my place in Calgary for two more years and be a part of making a couple more runs like last year," Gauthier said. "I believe reaching this agreement shows faith in me from the team and that we are committed to each other."

Gauthier, 27, had one goal, 15 assists and 113 penalty minutes in 80 regular-season games for Calgary last season. In 384 career games over seven seasons with the Flames, he has posted 13 goals, 45 assists and 515 penalty minutes.

Montreal Canadiens: Goaltender Cristobal Huet, who played in 41 games for the L.A. Kings last season, signed a two-year contract with the Habs.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

A native of France, Huet joined the Kings after playing in the Swiss Elite League from 1994 to 2002. He also represented France in the 1998 and 2002 Olympics.

Huet and Radek Bonk were acquired by the Canadiens on June 26 for goaltender Mathieu Garon and a third-round pick in this year's draft. The Canadiens signed Bonk to a three-year deal Friday.

Last season, Huet posted a 10-16-3 record with a 2.43 goals-against average and .907 save percentage. He recorded three shutouts.

San Jose Sharks: The Sharks re-signed right wing Niko Dimitrakos, backup goalie Vesa Toskala, enforcer Scott Parker and center Matt Carkner on Tuesday.

Dimitrakos had nine goals and 15 assists in his first full NHL season, spending part of his time on the Sharks' top line. He also had one goal and a team-high eight assists in the playoffs.

Toskala, a restricted free agent, won 12 games for the Sharks last season with a 2.06 goals-against average. He teamed with starter Evgeni Nabokov to set the franchise record with 11 shutouts.

Parker had four points and 101 penalty minutes in his first season with San Jose.

Carkner was a top defenseman for the Sharks' AHL affiliate in Cleveland last season, scoring 13 points with a team-high plus-13 rating.

Toskala and Parker filed for arbitration last month, but reached deals with the team before the hearings. The Sharks also re-signed defenseman Scott Hannan last week before his arbitration hearing.

San Jose's arbitration hearing with forward Nils Ekman concluded Monday, and a decision will be reached this week. Ekman was the Sharks' second-leading scorer last season with 55 points, but he slumped in the playoffs.

Tampa Bay Lightning: The Stanley Cup champion Lightning re-signed left wing Dmitry Afanasenkov and right wing Nikita Alexeev to one-year contracts. Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed.

Afanasenkov, 24, played in 71 games for Tampa Bay last season, recording six goals and 10 assists. He also played in all 23 playoff games, producing one goal and two assists.

The Lightning's third-round pick in the 1998 draft, Afanasenkov has played in 85 games with Tampa Bay, registering seven goals and 11 assists.

Alexeev, 22, was limited to 14 games with AHL Hershey last season after surgery to repair a dislocated left shoulder that sidelined him for six months.

Tampa Bay's first-round pick in 2000, Alexeev had four goals and two assists in 37 contests for the Lightning in 2002-03.

Los Angeles Kings: The Kings signed free-agent center Matt Ryan to a three-year deal and left wing Noah Clarke to a one-year contract.

Ryan helped the Guelph Storm win the Ontario Hockey League championship last season and reach the Memorial Cup. He appeared in 68 games, with 42 goals and 35 assists. Ryan recently played in the Kings' summer development camp.

Clarke played in 71 games for the AHL's Manchester Monarchs last season, with 25 goals and 26 assists. He appeared in two games with the Kings last season, with one assist. He was selected by the Kings in the ninth round (250th overall) of the 1999 entry draft.

Pittsburgh Penguins: Forwards Ramzi Abid, Kris Beech and Shane Endicott and defenseman Ross Lupaschuk agreed to terms on contracts.

Abid appeared in 16 games in the Penguins last year. He had five points but missed the final 57 games of the season after injuring a knee Dec. 6. He has been in 49 games with Phoenix and the Penguins.

Beech appeared in four games with the Penguins last year. He played in 53 games with Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate in Wilkes Barre/Scranton, totaling 45 points. He has played a total of 99 NHL games with the Capitals and the Penguins.

Endicott and Lupaschuk also played with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

Phoenix Coyotes: The Coyotes on Tuesday signed center Krystofer Kolanos to a one-year deal that includes a club option.

Kolanos played for the Coyotes and Springfield of the AHL last season. In 41 games with the Coyotes, he had four goals and six assists.

The Coyotes drafted Kolanos in the first round, 19th overall, in 2000 out of Boston College.

Information from The Associated Press and SportsTicker was used in this report.