Maple Leafs sign Orr to four-year, $4 million deal

TSN.ca Staff
7/1/2009 1:33:27 PM

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The Toronto Maple Leafs have dipped in the free agent market signing forward Colton Orr to a four-year contract worth $4 million.

Orr, 27, played the last four seasons with the New York Rangers and tallied five points and 193 penalty minutes last season.

The 6-3, 220-pound winger has skated in 245 career NHL games with the Rangers and Boston Bruins, registering 11 points and 549 penalty minutes.

The native of Winnipeg, Manitoba was originally signed by the Boston Bruins as a free agent in 2001. He was claimed off waivers by the Rangers in 2005.

(Photo: The Canadian Press)

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