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Canadiens Sign Gionta, Gill

POSTED: 9:42 pm EDT July 1, 2009

(Sports Network) - The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Brian Gionta to a five-year contract and defenseman Hal Gill to a two-year deal, the team announced Wednesday.

Financial terms of both deals were not released, though Canada's TSN reported Gionta's deal is worth $25 million and Gill will make $4.5 million over the span of his contract.

Gionta, 30, had spent his entire seven-year career with New Jersey after the Devils selected him in the third round of the 1998 draft.

In 473 career games, Gionta has posted 152 goals and 160 assists. Last season he had 20 goals and 40 assists in 81 contests.

Gill, 34, spent last season with the Pittsburgh Penguins and had two goals and eight assists in 62 regular season games. He also added two assists in the playoffs, helping the Penguins win the Stanley Cup.

In 851 games over 11 NHL seasons with Boston, Toronto and Pittsburgh, Gill has recorded 31 games and 120 assists, and accumulated 800 penalty minutes.


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