After acquiring him in a mid-season trade, the Vancouver Canucks have signed forward Emerson Etem to a one-year, one-way contract, general manager Jim Benning announced Monday.

The deal is worth $775,000.

"Emerson is a hardworking 24-year-old who supports our plan to build a young, fast, high-character team," said Benning. "His speed will help us compete next year and he is a good role model for our first and second year players because of the work ethic and professionalism he brings every single day."

Etem finished last season with 15 points in 58 games split between the Canucks and the New York Rangers, with the majority of his production coming in Vancouver.

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Former No. 1 overall pick Eric Lindros was finally announced as a Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Monday, and the 43-year-old took time with reporters to discuss a controversial part of his past - his refusal to play for the team that drafted him in 1991, the Quebec Nordiques.

"It was not about a city, it was about an owner," Lindros said, according to Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports.

The former owner he is referring to is Marcel Aubut - who recently resigned as president of the Canadian Olympic Committee as a result of a sexual harassment scandal.

After Lindros refused to play for the Nordiques, he spent another year with the OHL's Oshawa Generals and represented Canada at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where he recorded 11 points on the silver medal-winning squad.

The following year he was dealt to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Peter Forsberg, Mike Ricci, Ron Hextall, Steve Duchesne, Kerry Huffman, a first-round pick and $15 million.

While Lindros never won a Stanley Cup, Forsberg, and Ricci were among the Nordiques who relocated to Colorado and won a Stanley Cup in 1996. Forsberg would win a second championship with the Avalanche five years later.

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The Ottawa Senators will make defenseman Patrick Wiercioch a free agent, declining to present him with a qualifying offer Monday.

The Senators had to extend a $2.7-million qualifying offer to retain Wiercioch's rights, which, even at the minimum, would have been difficult to swallow with Cody Ceci up for a new contract, and a lot of money tied up in Erik Karlsson, Dion Phaneuf, and Marc Methot.

Wiercioch closed his 2014-15 season on a high, earning an invitation from Canada for the World Championship, but wasn't able to carry that momentum into his fifth professional season last year.

He finished with five assists in 52 games, taking bottom-pairing minutes.

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The Arizona Coyotes have locked up restricted free-agent goaltender Louis Domingue to a multi-year contract, the team announced Monday.

"We are very pleased to sign Louis to a multi-year contract," said general manager John Chayka. "Louis had a breakthrough season last year and we are confident that he and Mike (Smith) will form a great tandem for us."

Terms of the contract were not disclosed, but Domingue himself took to Instagram to announce the term - a two-year deal.

The 24-year-old won the NHL's Rookie of the Month in January after posting a 6-3-2 record, while replacing the injured Smith. He finished the season with a 15-8-5 record with a 2.75 goals-against average and a .912 save percentage.

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Eric Lindros, Sergei Makarov, Rogie Vachon, and Pat Quinn are the Hockey Hall of Fame inductees for 2016.

The quintessential power forward, Lindros was one of the most dominant forces in the NHL over the last quarter century. He produced well over a point per game at the height of his career, and remains one of the most efficient scorers in league history despite his performance being undermined by injury in the final third of his career. He retired with 372 goals and 865 points in 760 games.

A three-time Soviet MVP, nine-time scoring champion, two-time Olympic gold medal winner, Canada Cup winner, and eight-time world champion, Makarov is one of the most decorated Russian players ever. He scored 86 points in his Calder Trophy season as a 31-year-old rookie in the NHL, and went on to collect 384 points in 424 NHL games.

The fifth-winningest netminder at the time of his retirement with 355 wins, Vachon was one of the game's greatest goaltenders still waiting for the call. He's a Stanley Cup champion, Vezina winner, and has his number retired with the Los Angeles Kings.

Finally, a legendary coach and character in Quinn will enter the Hall of Fame posthumously in the builder category. He ranks seventh in NHL wins with 684, and led Canada to gold medals at the Olympics and World Junior Championship.

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