NHL free agent list
This is a list released by the NHL on July 1 and was updated July 7.
Subject to Compensation and Right to Match
Group 2
The players listed below have been tendered a qualifying offer by their respective clubs and are subject to draft-choice compensation and right to match. The draft choice compensation scale is based on compensation offered by the new Club:
$994,443 or below - None
Over $994,433 to $1,506,716 - Third-round choice
Over $1,506,716 to $3,013,434 - Second-round choice
Over $3,013,434 to $4,520,150 - First- and third-round choices
Over $4,520,150 to $6,026,867 - First-, second- and third-round choices
Over $6,016,867 to $7,533,584 - Two first- , one second- and one third-round choices
Over $7,533,584 - Four first-round choices
ANAHEIM: Petri Kontiola, Brian Salcido, Petteri Wirtanen.
ATLANTA: Jordan Lavallee, Scott Lehman, Kari Lehtonen, Grant Lewis, Jim Slater, Boris Valabik.
BOSTON: Phil Kessel, Kevin Regan.
BUFFALO: Patrick Kaleta, Mark Mancari, Andrej Sekera, Drew Stafford, Marek Zagrapan.
CALGARY: Dustin Boyd, Kris Chucko.
CAROLINA: Mike Angelidis, Anton Babchuk, Brett Carson, Bryan Rodney.
CHICAGO: Bryan Bickell.
COLORADO: Kyle Cumiskey, Philippe Dupuis, David Jones.
COLUMBUS: Michael Blunden, Dan LaCosta, Marc Methot, Alexandre Picard, Jonathan Sigalet, Alexander Svitov.
DETROIT: Evan McGrath, Ryan Oulahen, Jiri Hudler.
EDMONTON: Gilbert Brule, Devan Dubnyk, Denis Grebeshkov, Colin McDonald, Ryan Potulny, Liam Reddox, Rob Schremp, Ladislav Smid, Ryan Stone.
FLORIDA: David Brine.
LOS ANGELES: Drew Bagnall, Brady Murray, Scott Parse, Joe Piskula, Ted Purcell.
MINNESOTA: Kyle Brodziak, Robbie Earl, Josh Harding, Danny Irmen, Benoit Pouliot, Clayton Stoner.
MONTREAL: Shawn Belle, Kyle Chipchura, Matt D'Agostini, Guillaume Latendresse, Gregory Stewart.
NASHVILLE: Ryan Jones, Ryan Maki, Cal O'Reilly, Antti Pihlstrom, Kelsey Wilson.
NEW JERSEY: Patrick Davis, Mark Fraser, Petr Vrana.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS: Jeremy Colliton, Blake Comeau, Trevor Smith, Nate Thompson.
NEW YORK RANGERS: Brian Boyle, Dane Byers, Ryan Callahan, Brandon Dubinsky, Lauri Korpikoski, Corey Potter.
OTTAWA: Brian Elliott, Mattias Karlsson, Derek Smith.
PHILADELPHIA: Ryan Dingle, Jared Ross, Danny Syvret.
PHOENIX: Shaun Heshka, Sami Lepisto, Enver Lisin, Alexander Nikulin, Dave Spina, Sean Sullivan, Josh Tordjman, Scottie Upshall, Daniel Winnik, Keith Yandle.
PITTSBURGH: John Curry, Ben Lovejoy, Tim Wallace.
ST. LOUIS: Jonathan Filewich, Chris Holt, Roman Polak, Steve Wagner.
SAN JOSE: Thomas Greiss, Brad Staubitz.
TAMPA BAY: Blair Jones, Martins Karsums, Matt Lashoff, Mike Lundin, Karri Ramo, Radek Smolenak, Lauri Tukonen.
TORONTO: Darryl Boyce, Alex Foster, Ryan Hamilton, Justin Pogge, Tim Stapleton.
VANCOUVER: Jannik Hansen, Nathan McIver, Shane O'Brien, Kyle Wellwood.
WASHINGTON: Chris Bourque, Eric Fehr, Boyd Gordon, Milan Jurcina, Shaone Morrisonn, Steven Pinizzotto, Jeff Schultz, Kyle Wilson.
Unrestricted-Group 3
The following players have qualified for Group 3 free agency (age 27 or older or with at least seven accrued seasons) and are unrestricted free agents:
ANAHEIM: Francois Beauchemin, Eric Boguniecki, Josh Green, Bret Hedican, Jason King, Brad Larsen, Todd Marchant, Bjorn Melin, Rob Niedermayer.
ATLANTA: Mike Hoffman, Joe Motzko, Eric Perrin, Grant Stevenson
BOSTON: P.J. Axelsson, Manny Fernandez, Nathan Robinson, Martin Samuelsson, Stephane Yelle.
BUFFALO: Maxim Afinogenov, Tyler Bouck, Matt Ellis, Colton Fretter, Dominic Moore, Colin Murphy, Teppo Numminen, Andrew Peters, Mikael Tellqvist.
CALGARY: Todd Bertuzzi, Anders Eriksson, Carsen Germyn, Marcus Nilson, Andre Roy, Rhett Warrener.
CAROLINA: Ryan Bayda, Trevor Gillies, Dan LaCouture, Matt Murley, Dennis Seidenberg.
CHICAGO: Jonas Nordqvist, Pavel Vorobiev.
COLORADO: Jesse Boulerice, Ben Guite, Per Ledin, Aaron MacKenzie, Joe Sakic, Nathan Smith, Daniel Tjarnqvist.
COLUMBUS: Christian Backman, Wade Dubielewicz, Chris Gratton, Steve Kelly, Craig MacDonald, Manny Malhotra, Michael Peca, Jason Williams, Mike York.
DALLAS: Joel Lundqvist, Brendan Morrison, Mark Parrish, Darryl Sydor, Landon Wilson, Sergei Zubov.
DETROIT: Chris Chelios, Aaron Downey, Darren Haydar, Darren McCarty.
EDMONTON: Carl Corazzini, Ales Kotalik.
FLORIDA: Nick Boynton, Jassen Cullimore, Vaclav Nedorost, Ville Peltonen, Janis Sprukts, Mikhail Yakubov, Richard Zednik.
LOS ANGELES: Kyle Calder, Dan Cloutier, Denis Gauthier.
MINNESOTA: Marc-Andre Bergeron, Kurtis Foster, Krys Kolanos, Bryan Lundbohm, Tomas Mojzis, Nolan Schaefer, Martin Skoula.
MONTREAL: Chad Anderson, Francis Bouillon, Patrice Brisebois, Mathieu Dandenault, Marc Denis, Ryan Flinn, Mike Glumac, T.J. Kemp, Tom Kostopoulos, Robert Lang, Yanick Lehoux, Mathieu Schneider, Alex Tanguay.
NASHVILLE: Radek Bonk, Greg De Vries, Ville Koistinen, Scott Nichol, Jed Ortmeyer, Denis Platonov, Nolan Yonkman.
NEW JERSEY: Jon DiSalvatore, Niclas Havelid, Bobby Holik, Olli Malmivaara, Ryan Murphy, Brendan Shanahan, Kevin Weekes, Chad Wiseman.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS: Yann Danis, Mitch Fritz, Andy Hilbert, Chris Lee, Junior Lessard, Joey MacDonald, Dean McAmmond, Kurtis McLean, Thomas Pock, Mike Sillinger.
NEW YORK RANGERS: Mark Bell, Blair Betts, Jarkko Immonen, Paul Mara, Derek Morris.
OTTAWA: Mike Comrie, Brad Isbister, Greg Mauldin.
PHILADELPHIA: Andrew Alberts, J.S. Aubin, Martin Biron, Derian Hatcher, Boyd Kane, Lasse Kukkonen, Scott Munroe, Antero Niittymaki.
PHOENIX: Jeff Hoggan, Dmitri Kalinin, Ken Klee, Brian McGrattan, Derek Nesbitt, Wyatt Smith.
PITTSBURGH: Philippe Boucher, David Gove, Chris Minard, Joey Mormina, Janne Pesonen, Jani Rita, Miroslav Satan, Petr Sykora, Andy Wozniewski, Mike Zigomanis.
ST. LOUIS: Dan Hinote, Manny Legace, Charles Linglet, Trent Whitfield.
SAN JOSE: Brendan Buckley, Tom Cavanagh, Mike Grier, Cory Larose, Claude Lemieux, Kyle McLaren, Travis Moen, Jeremy Roenick, Alexei Semenov, Ryan Vesce, Brett Westgarth.
TAMPA BAY: Wade Brookbank, Andreas Holmqvist, Marek Malik, Josef Melichar, Cory Murphy, Janne Niskala, Matt Pettinger, Jason Ward.
TORONTO: Bates Battaglia, Josef Boumedienne, Luca Cereda, Boyd Devereaux, Martin Gerber, Jeff Hamilton, Chris Harrington, Jamie Heward, Curtis Joseph, Olaf Kolzig, Brad May, Ben Ondrus.
VANCOUVER: Juha Alen, Jeff Cowan, Mark Cullen, Rob Davison, Jason Jaffray, Michel Ouellet, Taylor Pyatt, Curtis Sanford, Mats Sundin, Ossi Vaananen.
WASHINGTON: Jakub Cutta, Sergei Fedorov, Alexandre Giroux, Bryan Helmer, Brent Johnson, Viktor Kozlov, Graham Mink.
Unrestricted-Group 6
The following players qualify for unrestricted free agency, having met the requirements for Group 6 free agency. These players, whose contracts have expired, are age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and (a) in the case of a player other than a goaltender, have played less than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (b) in the case of a goaltender, have play
The following players qualify for unrestricted free agency, having met the requirements for Group 6 free agency. These players, whose contracts have expired, are age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and (a) in the case of a player other than a goaltender, have played less than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (b) in the case of a goaltender, have played less than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff):
ANAHEIM: David LeNeveu.
ATLANTA: Joey Crabb, Nathan Oystrick, Brett Skinner.
BOSTON: Ryan Stokes.
BUFFALO: None.
CALGARY: Warren Peters.
CAROLINA: Dwight Helminen, Joe Jensen, Daniel Manzato.
CHICAGO: Tim Brent, Pascal Pelletier.
COLORADO: Darcy Campbell.
COLUMBUS: Aaron Rome.
DALLAS: Chris Conner, Tobias Stephan.
DETROIT: Randall Gelech.
EDMONTON: Mathieu Roy.
FLORIDA: None.
LOS ANGELES: Matt Moulson.
MINNESOTA: Corey Locke, Jesse Schultz.
MONTREAL: None.
NASHVILLE: Drew MacIntyre.
NEW JERSEY: Barry Tallackson.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS: Joe Callahan, Mike Iggulden.
NEW YORK RANGERS: Greg Moore, Pierre Parenteau.
OTTAWA: Danny Bois.
PHILADELPHIA: Nate Guenin.
PHOENIX: Ryan Lannon.
PITTSBURGH: Adam Henrich, Bill Thomas.
ST. LOUIS: Matt Foy.
SAN JOSE: None.
TAMPA BAY: Richard Petiot, Brandon Segal, Noah Welch.
TORONTO: Andre Deveaux, Jay Harrison, Erik Reitz, Jaime Sifers, Jeremy Williams.
VANCOUVER: None.
WASHINGTON: Staffan Kronvall.
Unrestricted
The following players were not tendered a qualifying offer and are therefore unrestricted free agents not subject to a right to match or draft choice compensation:
ANAHEIM: Michal Birner, Chad Painchaud.
ATLANTA: Dan Turple.
BOSTON: Ned Lukacevic, Wacey Rabbit.
BUFFALO: Jimmy Bonneau, Mike Card, Adam Dennis, Michael Funk, Dylan Hunter.
CALGARY: Adam Cracknell, Aki Seitsonen.
CAROLINA: Noah Babin, Mark Flood, Jakub Petruzalek.
CHICAGO: Adam Berti, Tim Hambly, Adam Pineault, James Sharrow, Logan Stephenson.
COLORADO: Jason Bacashihua, Cody McCormick, Michael Vernace.
COLUMBUS: Trevor Hendrikx, Jon Landry, Jiri Novotny, Petr Pohl, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, John Vigilante, Kyle Wharton.
DALLAS: John Lammers, Alexander Naurov.
DETROIT: None.
EDMONTON: Sebastien Bisaillon, Stephane Goulet, David Rohlfs, Tyler Spurgeon, Bryan Young.
FLORIDA: Steve Eminger, Tanner Glass, Drew Larman, Franklin MacDonald, David Shantz, Anthony Stewart.
LOS ANGELES: Vladimir Dravecky, Daniel Taylor.
MINNESOTA: Paul Albers, Riley Emmerson, Dan Fritsche, Peter Olvecky.
MONTREAL: Mathieu Aubin, Loic Lacasse, Olivier Latendresse.
NASHVILLE: Tim Ramholt.
NEW JERSEY: Stephen Gionta, Andy Greene, Matthew Spiller.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS: Jamie Fraser, Peter Mannino, Sergei Ogordonikov, Jason Pitton.
NEW YORK RANGERS: Joe Barnes, Vladimir Denisov.
OTTAWA: Brendan Bell, Jeff Glass, Jim McKenzie, Geoff Waugh.
PHILADELPHIA: Josh Gratton, Nate Raduns.
PHOENIX: Alex Bourret, Joakim Lindstrom.
PITTSBURGH: David Brown.
ST. LOUIS: Steve Regier, Marek Schwarz, Jeff Woywitka.
SAN JOSE: Jonathan Boutin, Taylor Dakers, T.J. Fox, Marcel Goc, Lukas Kaspar, Mike Morris, Tomas Plihal, Ashton Rome.
TAMPA BAY: Justin Keller, Mike McKenna.
TORONTO: Brent Aubin, Ryan Hollweg, Andy Rogers.
VANCOUVER: Patrick Coulombe, Julien Ellis, Zach Fitzgerald.
WASHINGTON: Andrew Joudrey, Daren Machesney, Travis Morin, Sasha Pokulok.
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