Detroit Signs Hatcher

The Detroit Red Wings already had the Norris Trophy winner. Now, they’ve added another top defenseman.

The Red Wings signed Derian Hatcher away from the rival Dallas Stars on Thursday, adding him to a defensive corps that already features Norris Trophy winners Nicklas Lidstrom and Chris Chelios.

Lidstrom has been given the Norris, awarded to the NHL’s top defenseman, after each of the last three seasons. Hatcher was a finalist this year.

The Red Wings signed the unrestricted free agent to a five-year, $30-million contract, which doesn’t contain a no-trade clause.

Hatcher captained the Stars to the 1999 Stanley Cup. He has played in 827 regular-season and 100 playoff games in his 12-year career, all with the Stars. That includes 23 postseason games in 1999, when the Stars won their only Stanley Cup.

This signing came one day after Sergei Fedorov’s agent said the star forward, who spent 13 seasons in Detroit, would leave the team via free agency.

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The Buffalo Sabres acquired center Chris Drury in a four-player, three-team trade involving the Calgary Flames and Colorado Avalanche.

The Sabres traded defenseman Rhett Warrener and center Steve Reinprecht, acquired earlier in the day from Colorado. Buffalo also acquired center Steve Begin from Calgary.

In the deal for Reinprecht, the Sabres traded defenseman Keith Ballard -- their first-round pick in the 2002 draft -- to Colorado.

The NHL’s rookie of the year in 1999, Drury had 23 goals and 53 points in 80 games for the Flames last season. He spent his first four years in the league with the Avalanche.

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The Columbus Blue Jackets signed unrestricted free-agent forwards Todd Marchant and Trevor Letowski to multiyear contracts. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.

Marchant, 29, spent the last 10 seasons with the Edmonton Oilers and was the team’s MVP last season, when he had a career-high 60 points in 77 games.