DETROIT--The Detroit Red Wings signed free agent Brett Hull today,adding another aging star to one of the NHL's highest payrolls in abid to win a third Stanley Cup in six years.
The deal is for about $9 million over two years, a team sourcetold the Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
Hull, a 37-year-old right wing who ranks seventh in NHL historywith 649 goals, joins goaltender Dominik Hasek, 36, and left wing LucRobitaille, 35, as major off season acquisitions by Detroit. Hasekarrived in a trade, Robitaille signed as a free agent.
Hull scored 39 goals for the Dallas Stars last season, his 15th inthe league.
"By signing Brett Hull, we have added significant punch to rightside," Red Wings general manager Ken Holland said in a statement.
"He has a tremendous goal-scoring ability and is one of thegreatest goal scorers in the history of our game."
Hull will have a news conference in Detroit on Thursday.
The New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens reportedly werecourting Hull, too, and offering two-year deals worth $10 million.
Hull enters the 2001-02 season second among active players ingoals, behind Mark Messier of the New York Rangers, who has 651.Hull's new Red Wings teammate, Steve Yzerman, has 645.
With the Stars, Hull scored the series-clinching goal againstHasek and the Buffalo Sabres in the third overtime of Game 6 of the1999 Stanley Cup finals.
Hull signed with Dallas as a free agent in 1998 and also playedwith the St. Louis Blues and Calgary Flames.
Hull and his father, Bobby, hold the record for NHL goals by afather-son combination with 1,259. Bobby Hull had 610 goals in a Hallof Fame career spent mostly with the Chicago Blackhawks.
AP
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