The Hockey News: Headlines: Blue Jackets sign defencemen Plekhanov, Wilson and left wing Vigilante

Blue Jackets sign defencemen Plekhanov, Wilson and left wing Vigilante

2008-07-08 21:30:00

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Columbus Blue Jackets signed defenceman Andrei Plekhanov to a two-year contract and defenceman Clay Wilson and left wing John Vigilante to one-year deals on Tuesday.

Financial terms of the deals were not disclosed.

Plekhanov spent most of last season with the club's American Hockey League affiliate in Syracuse, where he scored nine goals and had 16 assists.

Wilson, acquired in a trade with Anaheim last November, had one goal and one assist in seven games with Columbus last season.

Vigilante has spent the past two seasons with the Nashville Predators' AHL affiliate in Milwaukee, where he had 23 goals and 50 assists.

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the harv Posted
(2009-04-30 06:47:49)

The Vig is someone to watch. He will be a dynamiac left wing when he finally makes the show. Surpirsed it has taken this long, but hitchcock will see what others have missed...

Jordan R. Posted
(2009-04-30 06:34:10)

Is there a cooler hockey name than John Vigilante?

rob Posted
(2009-04-30 06:34:06)

So much for "the huge change we'll make will all this money"

Jackets Fan Section 112 Posted
(2009-04-30 06:34:00)

Clay Wilson, just remember the name, the kid fell flat on his face during his first NHL shift, he totally tripped over his own two feet, I think the kid was soooo nervous that his head was moving faster than his feet. After that shift, the kid was so poised, so swift with the puck I thought it was Rafalski. I really hope the kid has a good camp this year, maybe he could bump his way onto the roster, he does have some potential and kind of outshinned Russell in his brief stint last year.