August 26, 2005 :
• The Tampa Bay Lightning signed goaltender Morgan Cey
  
  August 25, 2005 :
• The Detroit Red wings signed goaltender Jimmy Howard to a 3-year deal
• Goaltender Roberto Luongo was awarded a $3.2-million US, one-year contract with the Florida Panthers by an arbitrator
  
  August 24, 2005 :
• The Dallas Stars signed goaltender Tobias Stephan to a 3-year deal
  
  August 23, 2005 :
• The Nashville Predators signed goaltender Pekka Rinne
• Atlanta Thrashers goaltender Pasi Nurminen announced his retirement
  
  August 22, 2005 :
• The Philadelphia Flyers signed goaltender Jamie Storr
  
  August 19, 2005 :
• The Florida Panthers signed goaltender Jean-Marc Pelletier
• The Phoenix Coyotes signed goaltender Steve Passmore to a 1-year deal
• The Dallas Stars signed goaltender Dan Ellis to a 1-year contract
  
  August 18, 2005 :
• The Toronto Maple Leafs signed goaltender Jean-Sébastien Aubin to a 1-year contract
• The Vancouver Canucks re-signed goaltender Dan Cloutier to a 2-year deal
• The Tampa Bay Lightning signed goaltender Brian Eklund
• The New York Rangers signed goaltender Chris Holt
  
  August 17, 2005 :
• The Phoenix Coyotes signed goaltender Curtis Joseph to a 1-year contract
  
  August 16, 2005 :
• The Colorado Avalanche signed goaltenders Petr Budaj, David Aebischer and Vytali Kolesnik
  
  August 15, 2005 :
• The Columbus Blue Jackets signed restricted free agent goaltender pascal Leclaire to a 1-year contract
• The Calgary Flames signed goaltenders Curtis McElhinney and Brent Krahn
• The Washington Capitals re-signed goaltender Maxime Ouellet
• The San Jose Sharks signed goaltender Nolan Schaefer to a 1-year contract
  
  August 12, 2005 :
• The Atlanta Thrashers Re-signed goaltender Michael Garnett
• The Buffalo Sabres Signed restricted free agent goaltenders Ryan Miller and Martin Biron to 1-year qualifying offers
• The Calgary Flames Signed restricted free agent goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff to a multi-year contract
• The Dallas Stars re-signed Mike Smith to 1-year qualifying offer
• The New Jersey Devils signed goaltender Frank Doyle
  
  August 11, 2005 :
• The Atlanta Thrashers re-signed goaltender Pasi Nurminen
• The Los Angeles Kings agreed to terms with goaltender Yutaka Fukufuji on a two-year contract
• The Montreal Canadiens signed goaltender Jaroslav Halak to a 3-year contract
• The Ottawa Senators re-signed restricted free-agent goaltender Ray Emery to a one-year contract
  
  August 10, 2005 :
• The Boston Bruins signed goaltender Jordan Sigalet
• The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired goaltender Jocelyn Thibault from the Chicago Blackhawks for Pittsburgh's 4th round choice in the 2006 Entry Draft; signed goaltender Jocelyn Thibault to a multi-year contract.
• The Los Angeles Kings signed goaltender Adam Hauser to a 1-year contract
• Calgary Flames' Roman Turek announced his retirement
• The Philadelphia Flyers signed goaltender Robert Esche to a 2-year contract
• The Pittsburgh Penguins signed goaltender Dany Sabourin
  
  August 9, 2005 :
• The Tampa bay Lightning signed goaltender Sean Burke to a 2-year contract
  
  August 8, 2005 :
• The Detroit Red Wings signed goaltender Chris Osgood to a 1-year contract
• The Minnesota Wild signed goaltender Miroslav Kopriva
  
  August 5, 2005 :
• The Chicago Blackhawks signed goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin to a 4-year contract
• The Edmonton Oilers signed goaltender Jussi Markkanen to a 2-year contract
• The Dallas Stars signed goaltender Johan Hedberg to a 1-year contract
  
  August 4, 2005 :
• The Columbus Blue Jackets signed goaltender Martin Prusek to a 1-year contract
  
  August 3, 2005 :
• The Los Angeles Kings agreed to terms with goaltender Jason Labarbera on a 2-year contract
• The New York Rangers re-signed goaltender Kevin Weekes
• The Phoenix Coyotes re-signed goaltender Brian Boucher to a 1-year contract
  
  August 2, 2005 :
• The Minnesota Wild re-signed goaltender Manny Fernandez to 1-year contract