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The Anaheim Ducks on Monday signed Viktor Fasth out of the Swedish Elite League to be their back up to Jonas Hiller. Deslaueriers has a one-way contract, meaning the only chances he has at sticking in Anaheim is if he beats Fasth for the No. 2 job in training came or clears waivers and is sent down to the AHL. That leaves open the chance that he could be on the moved. General manager Bob Murray wouldn't discuss the topic, simply saying "that there will be competition in goal." Deslauriers, in four games with the Ducks, went 3-1-0 with a 2.74 goals-against average and .902 save percentage.

The 31-year-old played in just 10 games this season because of a torn groin muscle. He went 1-5-0 with a 2.72 goals-against average and .911 save percentage, but with Jonas Hiller entrenched as the No. 1 and Fasth as his back up, there is no room in Anaheim for his services. Ellis made $1,500,000 this season.

Fasth's deal is one-way and he'll reportedly earn $1 million. He's the heavy favorite to enter the 2012-13 campaign as Jonas Hiller's understudy. He had a 2.12 GAA and .931 save percentage in 46 Swedish Elite League games in 2011-12.

As a result of the loss, Canada was knocked out of the medal contention in the quarterfinals of the World Hockey Championships. "It's a sick way to lose. It's a tough pill to swallow. It hurts," said Getzlaf after the defeat. "It hurts like hell right now. To lose in that fashion is not easy to swallow. The guys worked way too hard to be delivered something like that." He had an assist on Evander Kane's marker in the first frame, while Jeff Skinner and Alex Burrows had the other tallies for Canada in the 4-3 loss.

Parros is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent this summer. "We're just waiting on a phone call," Parros' agent, George Bazos said. "Normally when you think about re-signing any free agent, it's encumbent of the team to reach out. I don't know when they'll reach out, if at all." Parros had four points and 85 penalty minutes in 46 games in 2011-12.

Tarkki was scheduled to become a restricted free agent after spending the bulk of the 2011-12 campaign with AHL Syracuse. The odds of Tarkki earning a spot on the Ducks' 2012-13 squad were not favorable.

"Last week, I had a good chat with him," Ducks GM Bob Murray said. "I think Justin has got his exams and he'll figure out what he wants to do after he gets his schoolwork done. He wanted to concentrate on school and I think he gets done for the year sometime next week. We expect to know something on that in the next little while." The problem is that the Ducks drafted Schultz in 2008 and if they don't sign him soon, he'll become an unrestricted free agent. Schultz has been great in the NCAA, so there will probably be other teams interested in him if he becomes available.