 | HTR Feature Article: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents |
 A complete listing of the 2006 Free Agents. See who is going to be unrestricted this July.
2006 NHL FREE AGENTS
Compiled and updated by Cory Brolund
2006 NHL Free
Agents
This Update:
* - Option held on Contract (Player/Team)
Player 06-07 Team Date
ANAHEIM
Keith Carney, (III)
Aaron Gavey, (III)
Jason Marshall, (III)
Andy McDonald, (III)
Geoff Peters, (III)
Ruslan Salei, (III)
Teemu Selanne, (III)
Petr Sykora, (III)
Tyler Wright, (III)
Kip Brennan, (VI) (34)
Joe DiPenta, (VI) (26)
Trevor Gillies, (VI)
Kent Huskins, (VI)
Zenon Konopka, (VI)
Chris Kunitz, (VI) (59)
Bruno St. Jacques, (VI) (14)
Ilya Bryzgalov, (II)
George Davis, (II)
Todd Fedoruk, (II)
Joffrey Lupol, (II)
Travis Moen, (II)
Pierre Parenteau, (II)
Igor Pohanka, (II)
Joel Stepp, (II)
Vitali Vishnevsky, (II)
ATLANTA
Marc Savard, (UFA)
Serge Aubin, (III)
Peter Bondra, (III)
Eric Boulton, (III)
Mike Dunham, (III)
Niclas Havelid, (III)
Shane Hnidy, (III)
Jani Hurme, (III)
Slava Kozlov, (III)
Brad Larsen, (III)
Scott Mellanby, (III)
Pasi Nurminen, (III)
Ronald Petrovicky, (III)
Travis Roche, (III)
Steve Shields, (III)
Andy Sutton, (III)
JP Vigier, (III)
Ramzi Abid, (VI) (31)
Stephen Baby, (VI)
Scott Barney, (VI)
Kevin Doell, (VI)
Brian Maloney, (VI)
Tommi Santala, (VI)
Luke Sellars, (VI)
Anthony Aquino, (II)
Adam Berkhoel, (II)
Jeff Dwyer, (II)
Garnet Exelby, (II)
Michael Garnett, (II)
Tomas Kloucek, (II)
Kari Lehtonen, (II)
Francis Lessard, (II)
Derek Mackenzie, (II)
Mark Popovic, (II)
Adam Smyth, (II)
Patrik Stefan, (II)
Karl Stewart, (II)
Colin Stuart, (II)
BOSTON
P.J. Axelsson, (UFA)
Sergei Samsonov, (UFA)
Tom Fitzgerald, (III)
Hal Gill, (III)
Eric Healey, (III)
Brad Isbister, (III)
Dan Lacouture, (III)
Brian Leetch, (III)
Jason MacDonald, (III)
Ian Moran, (III)
Eric Nickulas, (III)
Jiri Slegr, (III)
Tim Thomas, (III)
Ben Guite, (VI)
Milan Jurcina, (VI)
Patrick Leahy, (VI)
Jeremy Reich, (VI)
Garret Stroshein, (VI)
Andrew Alberts, (II)
Patrice Bergeron, (II)
Brad Boyes, (II)
Nick Boynton, (II)
Jonathan Girard, (II)
Brett Nowak, (II)
Andrew Raycroft, (II)
Nathan Robinson, (II)
Martin Samuelsson, (II)
Jordan Sigalet, (II)
David Tanabe, (II)
Hannu Toivonen, (II)
BUFFALO
Rory Fitzpatrick, (UFA)
Maxim Afinogenov, (III)
Martin Biron, (III)
Daniel Briere, (III)
Tim Connolly, (III)
Jean-Pierre Dumont, (III)
Mike Grier, (III)
Jochen Hecht, (III)
Toni Lydman, (III)
Jay McKee, (III)
Teppo Numminen, (III)
Chris Taylor, (III)
Doug Janik, (VI)
Andrew Peters, (VI) (36)
Michael Ryan, (VI)
Brian Campbell, (II)
Paul Gaustad, (II)
Jeff Jillson, (II)
Dmitri Kalinen, (II)
Ales Kotalik, (II)
Michael Leighton, (II)
Adam Mair, (II)
Sean McMorrow, (II)
Ryan Miller, (II)
Karel Mosovsky, (II)
Mika Noronen, (II)
Jiri Novotny, (II)
Nathan Paetsch, (II)
Jason Pominville, (II)
Taylor Pyatt, (II)
Derek Roy, (II)
Henrik Tallinder, (II)
Chris Thorburn, (II)
CALGARY
Zenith Komarniski, (UFA)
Shean Donovan, (III)
Craig MacDonald, (III)
Bryan Marchment, (III)
Brantt Myhres, (III)
Marcus Nilson, (III)
Steve Reinprecht, (III)
Cam Severson, (III)
Chris Simon, (III)
Jason Wiemer, (III)
Stephane Yelle, (III)
Lynn Loyns, (VI)
Andrew Ference, (II)
Kristian Huselius, (II)
Chuck Kobasew, (II)
Brent Krahn, (II)
Matt Lombardi, (II)
Darren Lynch, (II)
Tim Ramholt, (II)
Phil Sauve, (II)
CAROLINA
Chris Hajt, (UFA)
Craig Adams, (III)
Matt Cullen, (III)
Gordie Dwyer, (III)
Martin Gerber, (III)
David Gove, (III)
Frantisek Kaberle, (III)
Niclas Wallin, (III)
Aaron Ward, (III)
Glen Wesley, (III)
Keith Aucoin, (VI)
Andrew Hutchinson, (VI) (62)
Jesse Boulerice, (II)
Erik Cole, (II)
Mike Commodore, (II)
Krystoffer Kolanos, (II)
Craig Kowalski, (II)
Chad Larose, (II)
Niklas Nordgren, (II)
Stephen Peat, (II)
Eric Stall, (II)
Justin Williams, (II)
Mike Zigomanis, (II)
CHICAGO
Kyle Calder, (UFA)
Ajay Baines, (III)
Eric Daze, (III)
Jim Dowd, (III)
Eric Meloche, (III)
Jason Morgan, (III)
Todd Simpson, (III)
Milan Bartovic, (VI)
Mike Brown, (VI)
Mark Cullen, (VI)
Andy Hilbert, (VI) (42)
Mikael Holmqvist, (VI) (59)
Shawn Thornton, (VI)
Craig Andersson, (II)
Tyler Arnason, (II)
Anton Babchuk, (II)
Michal Barinka, (II)
Nathan Barrett, (II)
Mark Bell, (II)
Rene Bourque, (II)
Vladimir Gusev, (II)
Duncan Keith, (II)
Matt Keith, (II)
Alexander Kojevnikov, (II)
Nick Kuiper, (II)
Lasse Kukkonen, (II)
Quintin Laing, (II)
Adam Munro, (II)
Tuomo Ruutu, (II)
Patrick Sharp, (II)
Jim Vandermeer, (II)
Pavel Vorobiev, (II)
Radim Vrbata, (II)
James Wisniewski, (II)
Mikhail Yakubov, (II)
COLORADO
David Aebischer, (III)
Rob Blake, (III)
Bob Boughner, (III)
Brett Clark, (III)
Paul Healey, (III)
Dan Hinote, (III)
Antti Laaksonen, (III)
Brett McLean, (III)
Joe Sakic, (III)
Karlis Skrastins, (III)
Jeff Finger, (VI)
Tom Lawson, (VI) (28)
Peter Budaj, (II)
Vitaly Kolesnik, (II)
John-Michael Liles, (II)
Cody McCormick, (II)
Kurt Sauer, (II)
Tomas Slovak, (II)
Marek Svatos, (II)
Alex Tanguay, (II)
Ossi Vaananen, (II)
Mikko Viitanen, (II)
COLUMBUS
Manny Malhotra, (UFA)
Andy Delmore, (III)
Marc Denis, (III)
Jan Hrdina, (III)
Cale Hulse, (III)
Trevor Letowski, (III)
Martin Prusek, (III)
Jamie Pushor, (III)
Luke Richardson, (III)
Jody Shelley, (III)
Radoslav Suchy, (III)
Brandon Sugden, (III)
Darcey Verot, (III)
David Vyborny, (III)
Ron Hainsey, (VI) (48)
Jeff MacMillan, (VI)
Peter Sarno, (VI)
Ben Simon, (VI) (12)
Jaroslav Balastik, (II)
Shane Bendera, (II)
Jason Chimera, (II)
Dan Fritsche, (II)
Steven Goertzen, (II)
Aaron Johnson, (II)
Rostislav Klesla, (II)
Pascal LeClaire, (II)
Andrew Penner, (II)
Mike Rupp, (II)
Nikolai Zherdev, (II)
DALLAS
Jason Arnott, (III)
Phillipe Boucher, (III)
Garrett Burnett, (III)
Johan Hedberg, (III)
Jon Klemm, (III)*
David Oliver, (III)
Nathan Perrott, (III)
Patrick Traverse, (III)
Marty Turco, (III)
Dan Ellis, (VI) (27)
Dan Jancevski, (VI)
Mattias Tjarnqvist, (VI)
David Bararuk, (II)
Trevor Daley, (II)
John Erskine, (II)
Niklas Hagman, (II)
Niko Kapanen, (II)
Junior Lessard, (II)
Steve Ott, (II)
Mike Smith, (II)
Jaroslav Svoboda, (II)
DETROIT
Dan Cleary, (UFA)
Chris Chelios, (III)
Bryan Helmer, (III)
Manny Legace, (III)
Niklas Lidstrom, (III)
Andreas Lilja, (III)
Donald MacLean, (III)
Eric Manlow, (III)
Mark Mowers, (III)
Chris Osgood, (III)
Jamie Rivers, (III)
Mikael Samuelsson, (III)
Brendan Shanahan, (III)
Jason Woolley, (III)
Steve Yzerman, (III)
Joey MacDonald, (VI)
Kent McDonell, (VI)
Darryl Bootland, (II)
Johan Franzen, (II)
Michael Hackert, (II)
Eric Himelfarb, (II)
Jiri Hudler, (II)
Tomas Kopecky, (II)
Brett Lebda, (II)
Jason Williams, (II)
EDMONTON
Cory Cross, (III)
Radek Dvorak, (III)
Todd Harvey, (III)
Georges Laraque, (III)
Mike Peca, (III)
Fernando Pisani, (III)
Marty Reasoner, (III)
Dan Smith, (III)
Igor Ulanov, (III)
Nate DiCasmirro, (VI)
Blake Evans, (VI)
JJ Hunter, (VI)
Mike Morrison, (VI) (28)
Jason Platt, (VI)
Dan Baum, (II)
Kyle Brodziak, (II)*
Ed Caron, (II)
Ales Hemsky, (II)
Shawn Horcoff, (II)
Toby Peterson, (II)
Mathieu Roy, (II)
Kenny Smith, (II)
Jarrett Stoll, (II)
FLORIDA
Olli Jokinen, (UFA)
Dan Focht, (III)
Chris Gratton, (III)
Sean Hill, (III)*
Alexander Karpotsev, (III)
Jamie McLennan, (III)*
Jean-Marc Pellietier, (III)
Phil Osaer, (VI) (28)
Jay Bouwmeester, (II)
Greg Campbell, (II)
Nathan Horton, (II)
Juraj Kolnik, (II)
Lukas Krajicek, (II)
Roberto Luongo, (II)
Grant McNeill, (II)
Branislav Mezei, (II)
Steve Montador, (II)
Vaclav Nedorost, (II)
Serge Payer, (II)
Alexei Semenov, (II)*
Petr Taticek, (II)
Victor Uchevatov, (II)
Mike Van Ryn, (II)
Stephen Weiss, (II)
LOS ANGELES
Derek Armstrong, (III)
Eric Belanger, (III)
Ken Belanger, (III)
Valeri Bure, (III)
Joe Corvo, (III)
Jeff Cowan, (III)
Nathan Dempsey, (III)
Mathieu Garon, (III)
Trent Klatt, (III)
Luc Robitaille, (III)
Jeremy Roenick, (III)
Brad Smyth, (III)
Mike Weaver, (III)
Brad Fast, (VI)
Ryan Flinn, (VI)
Adam Hauser, (VI) (28)
Richard Seeley, (VI)
Sean Avery, (II)
Dustin Brown, (II)
Mike Cammalleri, (II)
Tim Gleason, (II)
Denis Grebeshkov, (II)
Greg Hogeboom, (II)
Petr Kanko, (II)
Yannick Lehoux, (II)
MINNESOTA
Marc Chouinard, (III)
Alexander Daigle, (III)
Scott Ferguson, (III)
Manny Fernandez, (III)
Ray Giroux, (III)
Filip Kuba, (III)
Kirby Law, (III)
Willie Mitchell, (III)
Curtis Murphy, (III)
Andrei Nazarov, (III)
Randy Robitaille, (III)
Dwayne Roloson, (III)
Joey Tetarenko, (III)
Andrei Zyuzin, (III)
Rikard Wallin, (VI)
Kyle Wanvig, (VI) (67)
Eric Westrum, (VI)
Dustin Wood, (VI)
Derek Boogard, (II)
Pierre-Marc Bouchard, (II)
Brent Burns, (II)
Pascal Dupuis, (II)
Kurtis Foster, (II)
Matt Foy, (II)
Marian Gaborik, (II)
Josh Harding, (II)
Chris Heid, (II)
Alex Henry, (II)
Mikko Koivu, (II)
Eric Reitz, (II)
Nick Schultz, (II)
Ryan Stokes, (II)
Daniel Tjarnqvist, (II)
MONTREAL
Steve Begin, (UFA)*
Jonathan Aitken, (III)
Francis Bouillon, (III)
Jan Bulis, (III)
Benjamin Carpenter, (III)
Pierre Dagenais, (III)
Cristobal Huet, (III)
Saku Koivu, (III)
Jeff Paul, (III)
Mark Streit, (III)
Niklas Sundstrom, (III)
Peter Vandermeer, (III)
Yann Danis, (VI) (28)
Aaron Archer, (II)
Jean-Phillipe Cote, (II)
Jonathan Ferland, (II)
Chris Higgins, (II)
Raitis Ivanis, (II)
Mike Komisarek, (II)
Olivier Michaud, (II)
Duncan Milroy, (II)
Garth Murray, (II)
Alexander Perezhogan, (II)
Mike Ribeiro, (II)
Michael Ryder, (II)
NASHVILLE
Rick Berry, (UFA)
David Legwand, (UFA)
Jamie Allison, (III)
Greg Classen, (III)
Mark Eaton, (III)
Danny Markov, (III)
Chris Mason, (III)
Scott Nichol, (III)
Yannic Perreault, (III)
Jeremy Stevenson, (III)
Marek Zidlicky, (III)
Sheldon Brookbank, (VI)
Vernon Fiddler, (VI) (44)
Darren Haydar, (VI)
Libor Pivko, (VI)
Jerred Smithson, (VI) (50)
Jeremy Yablonski, (VI)
Denis Arkhipov, (II)
Kris Beech, (II)
Martin Erat, (II)
Brian Finley, (II)
Adam Hall, (II)
Dan Hamhuis, (II)
Scott Hartnell, (II)
Denis Platonov, (II)
Brandon Segal, (II)
Timofei Shishkanov, (II)
Jordin Tootoo, (II)
Scottie Upshall, (II)
NEW JERSEY
Tommy Albelin, (III)
Sean Brown, (III)
Scott Clemmenson, (III)
Patrik Elias, (III)
Viktor Kozlov, (III)
Darren Langdon, (III)
Jamie Langenbrunner, (III)
Krysztof Oliwa, (III)
Jay Pandolfo, (III)
Erik Rasmussen, (III)
Colin White, (III)
Ari Ahonen, (VI) (28)
Bobby Allen, (VI)
Matt DeMarchi, (VI)
Ahren Nittel, (VI)
Krisjanis Redlihs, (VI)
Mike Sgrori, (VI)
Brad Ference, (II)
Adrian Foster, (II)
Brian Gionta, (II)
Scott Gomez, (II)
David Hale, (II)
Paul Martin, (II)
Tuomas Pihlman, (II)
Ilya Pikkareainen, (II)
Alexander Suglobov, (II)
Petr Vrana, (II)
NY ISLANDERS
Oleg Kvasha, (UFA)
Aaron Asham, (III)
Shawn Bates, (III)
Joel Bouchard, (III)
Travis Brigley, (III)
Rob Collins, (III)
Jeff Hamilton, (III)
Radek Martinek, (III)
Mark Parrish, (III)
Tomi Pettinen, (III)
Wyatt Smith, (III)
Mike York, (III)
Kevin Colley, (VI)
Wade Dubielwicz, (VI) (26)
Paul Flache, (VI)
Matt Koalska, (VI)
Vince Macri, (VI)
Jody Robinson, (VI)
Allan Rourke, (VI)
Sean Bergenheim, (II)
Chris Campoli, (II)
Rick DiPietro, (II)
Eric Godard, (II)
Trent Hunter, (II)
Justin Papineau, (II)
Steven Regier, (II)
Mattias Weinhandl, (II)
NY RANGERS
Jason Ward, (UFA)
Ville Nieminen, (III)
Tom Poti, (III)
Dale Purinton, (III)
Steve Rucchin, (III)
Martin Rucinsky, (III)
Martin Straka, (III)
Jason Strudwick, (III)
Dan Cavanaugh, (VI)
Brandon Cullen, (VI)
Fedor Fedorov, (VI)
Alexander Giroux, (VI)
Martin Grenier, (VI)
Steven MacIntyre, (VI)
Dominic Moore, (VI) (75)
Joe Rullier, (VI)
Craig Weller, (VI)
Chad Wiseman, (VI)
Blair Betts, (II)
Lee Falardeau, (II)
Dwight Helminen, (II)
Marcel Hossa, (II)
Maxim Kondratiev, (II)
Bryce Lampman, (II)
Colton Orr, (II)
Jed Ortmayer, (II)
Michal Rozsival, (II)
Juris Stals, (II)
Jeff Taffe, (II)
Fedor Tyutin, (II)
OTTAWA
Brian McGratton, (UFA)
Zdeno Chara, (III)
Dominik Hasek, (III)
Steve Martins, (III)
Brian Pothier, (III)
Wade Redden, (III)
Peter Schaeffer, (III)
Vaclav Varada, (III)
Lance Ward, (III)
Brett Clouthier, (VI)
Joe Cullen, (VI)
Jeff Heerema, (VI)
Chris Kelly, (VI) (76)
Charlie Stephens, (VI)
Ray Emery, (II)
Brennan Evans, (II)
Martin Havlat, (II)
Neil Komadosky, (II)
Tomas Malec, (II)
Chris Neil, (II)
Filip Novak, (II)
Jan Platil, (II)
Christoph Schubert, (II)
Jason Spezza, (II)
Antoinne Vermette, (II)
Greg Watson, (II)
PHILADELPHIA
Donald Brashear, (III)
Eric Desjardins, (III)
Kim Johnsson, (III)
Mark Murphy, (III)
Brian Savage, (III)
Jon Sim, (III)
John Slaney, (III)
Jamie Storr, (III)
Chris Therien, (III)
Nick Deschenes, (VI)
Pat Kavanaugh, (VI)
Freddy Meyer, (VI)
Ryan Ready, (VI)
Wade Skolney, (VI)
Tony Voce, (VI)
Mathieu Brunelle, (II)
Marc Cavosie, (II)
Matt Ellison, (II)
Simon Gagne, (II)
Josh Gratton, (II)
Joey Hope, (II)
Randy Jones, (II)
Kiel McLeod, (II)
Antero Nittymaki, (II)
Joni Pitkanen, (II)
David Prinz, (II)
Brankko Radivojevic, (II)
Stephan Ruzicka, (II)
Dennis Seidenberg, (II)
RJ Umberger, (II)
Stephen Wood, (II)
PHOENIX
Paul Mara, (UFA)
Derek Morris, (UFA)
Brian Boucher, (III)
Boyd Deveraux, (III)
Doug Doull, (III)
Denis Gauthier, (III)
Brett Hull, (III)
Curtis Joseph, (III)
Mike LeClerc, (III)
Chris McAllister, (III)
Steve Passmore, (III)
Pascal Rheaume, (III)
Mike Ricci, (III)*
Geoff Sanderson, (III)
Ray Schultz, (III)
Martin Sonnenberg, (III)
Mike Bishai, (VI)
Pavel Brendl, (VI) (4)
Steve Gainey, (VI)
Ryan Bathe, (II)
Eric Chouinard, (II)
Mike Comrie, (II)
Tim Jackman, (II)
Jakub Kores, (II)
Ladislav Kouba, (II)
David LeNeveu, (II)
Frantisek Lukes, (II)
Jamie Lundmark, (II)
Darren McLachlan, (II)
Zbynek Michalek, (II)
Lance Monych, (II)
Ladislav Nagy, (II)
Jeff Pietrasiak, (II)
Martin Podlesak, (II)
Oleg Saprykin, (II)
Fredrik Sjostrom, (II)
Marcus Smith, (II)
Russell Spence, (II)
Matt Spiller, (II)
John Zeiler, (II)
PITTSBURGH
Rico Fata, (UFA)
Eric Boguniecki, (III)
Dennis Bonvie, (III)
Ric Jackman, (III)
Chris Kelleher, (III)
John Leclair, (III)
Mario Lemieux, (III)
Alain Nasreddine, (III)
Lyle Odelein, (III)
Lasse Pirjeta, (III)
Mark Recchi, (III)*
Dick Tarnstrom, (III)
Ryan Vandenbussche, (III)
Matt Hussey, (VI)
David Koci, (VI)
Guillaume Lefebvre, (VI)
Matt Murley, (VI) (62)
Dany Sabourin, (VI) (24)
Robert Scuderi, (VI)
Andy Chiodo, (II)
Drew Fata, (II)
Marc-Andre Fleury, (II)
Konstantin Koltsov, (II)
Milan Kraft, (II)
Ryan Malone, (II)
Brooks Orpik, (II)
Alexander Rouleau, (II)
Tomas Surovy, (II)
ST LOUIS
Eric Brewer, (UFA)
Petr Cajanek, (III)
Reinhard Divis, (III)
Aaron Downey, (III)
Dallas Drake, (III)
Ryan Johnson, (III)
Patrick Lalime, (III)
Reed Low, (III)
Jamal Mayers, (III)
Dean McAmmond, (III)
Mike Mottau, (III)
Steve Poapst, (III)
Andy Roach, (III)
Bryce Salvador, (III)
Mike Sillinger, (III)
Rocky Thompson, (III)
Doug Weight, (III)
Eric Weinrich, (III)
Trent Whitfield, (III)
Scott Young, (III)
Trevor Byrne, (VI)
Kevin Dallman, (VI)
Simon Gamache, (VI) (69)
Mike Glumac, (VI)
Colin Hemingway, (VI)
Jeff Hoggan, (VI)
Aaron MacKenzie, (VI)
Curtis Sanford, (VI) (20)
Brett Scheffelmaier, (VI)
Mike Stuart, (VI)
Jason Bacashihua, (II)
Christian Backman, (II)
Greg Black, (II)
Doug Lynch, (II)
Jay McClemment, (II)
Mark Rycroft, (II)
Peter Sejna, (II)
Matt Walker, (II)
Jeff Woywitka, (II)
SAN JOSE
Josh Langfeld, (III)
Alyn McCauley, (III)
Evgeni Nabokov, (III)
Scott Parker, (III)
Mark Smith, (III)
Scott Thornton, (III)
Vesa Toskala, (III)
Matt Carkner, (VI)
Doug Murray, (VI)
Josh Prudden, (VI)
Pat Rissmiller, (VI)
Nolan Schaffer, (VI) (28)
Garrett Stafford, (VI)
Jonathan Cheechoo, (II)
Tim Conboy, (II)
Rob Davison, (II)
Nikos Dimitrakos, (II)
Christian Ehrhoff, (II)
Jim Fahey, (II)
Marcel Goc, (II)
Shane Joseph, (II)
Milan Michalek, (II)
Glenn Olson, (II)
Dmitri Patzold, (II)
Tomas Plihal, (II)
Grant Stevenson, (II)
Craig Valette, (II)
TAMPA BAY
Cory Sarich, (UFA)
Jim Campbell, (III)
Chris Dingman, (III)
John Grahame, (III)
Pavel Kubina, (III)
Steve McLaren, (III)
Todd Rohloff, (III)
Jarrod Skalde, (III)
Brian Eklund, (VI) (28)
Mitch Fritz, (VI)
Jason Jaspers, (VI)
Norm Milley, (VI)
Dimitri Afanasenkov, (II)
Martin Cibak, (II)
Ryan Craig, (II)
Gerard Dicaire, (II)
Ruslan Fedotenko, (II)
Timo Helbling, (II)
Brad Richards, (II)
Jean-Francois Soucey, (II)
TORONTO
Brad Brown, (UFA)
Jason Allison, (III)
Jean-Sebastien Aubin, (III)
Ed Belfour, (III)*
Aki Berg, (III)
Mariusz Czerkawski, (III)
Tomas Kaberle, (III)
Alexander Khavanov, (III)
Chad Kilger, (III)
Ken Klee, (III)
Eric Lindros, (III)
Bryan McCabe, (III)
Marc Moro, (III)
Karel Pilar, (III)
Clarke Wilm, (III)
Mike Hoffman, (VI)
Brad Leeb, (VI)
John Pohl, (VI)
Nik Antropov, (II)
Brendan Bell, (II)
Carlo Colaiacovo, (II)
Jay Harrison, (II)
Roman Kukumberg, (II)
Matt Stajan, (II)
Mikael Tellqvist, (II)
Kyle Wellwood, (II)
Ian White, (II)
VANCOUVER
Nolan Baumgartner, (III)
Wade Brookbank, (III)
Sven Butenschon, (III)
Anson Carter, (III)
Craig Darby, (III)
Jason Doig, (III)
Wade Flaherty, (III)
Lee Goren, (III)
Josh Green, (III)
Ed Jovanovski, (III)
Trevor Linden, (III)
Richard Park, (III)
Jarkko Ruttu, (III)
Tyler Bouck, (VI) (7)
Maxime Ouellet, (VI) (20)
Bryan Allen, (II)
Alex Auld, (II)
Josef Balej, (II)
Ryan Kesler, (II)
Jason King, (II)
Kirill Koltsov, (II)
Steve McCarthy, (II)
Rob McVicar, (II)
Tomas Mojzis, (II)
Brandon Nolan, (II)
Prestin Ryan, (II)
Jesse Schultz, (II)
Daniel Sedin, (II)
Henrik Sedin, (II)
Nathan Smith, (II)
WASHINGTON
Matt Bradley, (III)
Andrew Cassels, (III)
Frederic Cassivi, (III)
Chris Clark, (III)
Ben Clymer, (III)
Colin Forbes, (III)
Jeff Friesen, (III)
Jeff Halpern, (III)
Jamie Heward, (III)
Brent Johnson, (III)
Boyd Kane, (III)
Olaf Kolzig, (III)
Ivan Majesky, (III)
Bryan Muir, (III)
Brian Willsie, (III)
Brendan Witt, (III)
Mark Wotton, (III)
Dwayne Zinger, (III)
Jean-Francois Fortin, (VI) (9)
Graham Mink, (VI)
Lawrence Nycholat, (VI)
Petr Sykora, (VI)
Nolan Yonkman, (VI)
Miroslav Zalesak, (VI)
Jared Aulin, (II)
Mathieu Biron, (II)
Jakub Cutta, (II)
Steve Eminger, (II)
Owen Fussey, (II)
Boyd Gordon, (II)
Brooks Laich, (II)
Shaone Morrison, (II)
Matt Pettinger, (II)
Louis Robitaille, (II)
Alexander Semin, (II)
Brian Sutherby, (II)
This list falls into the following categories:
- Group II (restricted; original team has right to
match or accept draft-pick compensation);
- Group III (unrestricted; original team has no
right to match)
- Group IV (restricted; players who have never
signed a contract and are considered defected players)
- Group V (unrestricted; a player who has played in
11 professional games in each of the last 10 years, and makes less than the average salary
of $1.312 million can declare for unrestricted free agency once in his career)
- Group VI (unrestricted; a player who is 25 years
or older, has completed three or more professional seasons and in the case of a player
other than a goaltender has played fewer than 80 NHL games, or in the case of a goaltender
has played fewer than 28 NHL games).
- UFA (Unrestricted; a player who has played in at
elast 7 professional seasons, or a player who has been released from their current
contract by a buyout, a 2/3 of remaining salary option all teams carry with all contracts,
or Group II restricted free agents not offered a contract by their teams become Group III
unrestricted free agents.) 2006 NHL Free
Agents
|
|
|
|
| "Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents" | Login/Create an Account | 53 comments |
|
| | The comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content. |
|
|
|
No Comments Allowed for Anonymous, please register |
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by wayne2 on Monday, January 02
(User Info | Send a Message) | I hope the sens are able to resign Redden,Chara and Schaefer.I also hope they add either Eric Belanger or Marc Chouinard for us Quebec(Hull)
sens fan.
Montreal should try to get better at defense and replace Koivu.
Brewer,Morris,Gauthier,Jovanovski,Mckee,Hill and Kubina,Boucher(any 2 would help them a lot).
Arnott would help for size but if you want to please the fans go for Brière and Dumont. |
|
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by Bishop7979 (my house) on Monday, January 02
(User Info | Send a Message) | Leclair signed a two year deal, the first year being somewhere around 2.1 mil, the second falls in at around 1.4, so he wont be anything next season.
I asssume the * next to recchi is because he has both a club option at 2.5 and a player option at 1.5 next season.
As far as whose out there. I've always been a fan of Axlesson Donavan, and Friesen just because of the effort that they put out there 99% of the games they play. anouther guy who i would include in the list of hardworking players I wish were on my team would be thomas holmstrom, whens his contract up anyways?
The UFA defensmen crop is impressive, Jovo, Chara Lidstrom McCabe K. Johnsson Redden along with the next teir down guys like Morris, Mara, Tarnstrom, Kaberle, Gauthier, Kubina, D. Markov and McKee.
From a pens fan perspective I hope to see Gonchar and his large salary shipped out by the deadline, I hope to see Melichar gone as well. I also see Tarnstrom being traded as he is a UFA next season and his low salary vs his offensive ablity will garner some interest.
Gone should be Fata, Vandenbouche, Bogunicki (even if I do like his speed and grit), Odelein, and Pirjeta. I can't see Mario coming back for anouther year, and Recchi will only be brought back if it is at his player option which is 1.5 mil for next year.
I wouldnt have a problem with resigning Jackman (21 points in 25 games) and bringing up Welsh from the minors. Target guys like Mckee, Gauthier or maybe D. Markov (he seems to be a bit out of place in the post lockout CBA) to put some grit and defensive pressence along with two way guys like Jackman Whitney and Welsh.
At forward Malkin Crosby, Malkin, Palffy, Christensen, Leclair, Recchi and Roy are locks to be back next season, Talbot Surovy and Ouelett have shown they belong in the NHL as well. A good veteran third line center would be ideal, whatever happened to guys like Guy Carbonneau? A real shut down defensive center, a guy who you feel comfortable putting on the ice game 7 of the cup, 45 seconds left, faceoff in your zone, up by one goal. Guys like Ricci and Peca, who could play that role in the past are a shadow of their former glory this season. There are guys who would be affordable on the list, Jason Arrnot and Alyn McCauley, for example, but where would they play? They'er too good to be a third line center in my opinion, but they wont be bumping Malking and Crosby down either. So I guess at forward there really isn't anyone on the list who fit the teams real needs.
And at goalie we are stuck with T-bo and Fluery is the real thing so no need to bring that up.
The teams payroll for this year will be around 33 mil after fluery and crosby's bonus's hit. Fluerys next contract will be similar to Raycrofts so I should be easier to plan around. And even without Gonchar traded, between the loss of Mario, losing the above mentioned players at seasons end, guys like Recchi, Leclair and Fleury getting less money there will be something like 8 mil or so to try and right the ship for next season, even after Gonchar and Palffys raises, and still have a payroll similar to this seasons.
Hopefully Patrick, or whoever replaces him, will do a better job of creating a more balanced team this time. |
|
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by Komic-J on Monday, January 02
(User Info | Send a Message) | I don't think the Montreal Canadiens will sign anyone in that list but Saku Koivu. I don't see the Habs not trying to sign him, especially after this season. They locked Kovalev for 4 years, and I think it'll be a huge factor in Koivu's contract negociation. Jan Bulis and Niklas Sundstrom are gone, and so is Pierre Dagenais. Francis Bouillon is the only other player I would sign from that list...and of course, Steve Begin, but I'm not sure if he has the option, or the team...
The Habs need big scoring foward, and physical defenseman. But I'd like them to add another hard-working two way foward, we need someone to replace Radek Bonk on our third line.
He's not really what the Habs need right now, but I'd like them to go after Maxim Afinogenov. He always had a lot of succes against Montreal, and truely impressed me this season when the Sabres were playing the Canadiens. Imagine what a guy like him could do with an older Perezhogin and a big talented center like Viktor Kozlov or David Legwand.
Steve Reinprecht could be the "hard-working two way foward" I'm looking for. He's playing in the Western Conference, so I don't see him play a lot, but from what I've seen of him, I guess it's safe to say that he could be a fan favorite here in Montreal. Or maybe it could be Jeff Halpern. I still can't believe we decided to take Bulis instead of Halpern when we traded Dainius Zubrus.
If there's one defenseman in that list that I would LOVE to see in Montreal, it's the hard-hitting Denis Gauthier. Of course, there are a lot of more talented defensemen in the list, but Gauthier would be such a great fit in a Habs uniform. And let's face it, chances are the Leafs are gonna sign McCabe back sometime during the season/offseason.
And please...bring back Mathieu Garon so that we can trade Jose Theodore against a great offensive player or a solid defenseman !!! |
|
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by LeafyMcLeaf (Canadian_leafs_fan@hotmail.com) on Monday, January 02
(User Info | Send a Message) | | With this UFA defense crop and the Leafs having $34 million in cap space possibley, they should finally work on their defense. Getting Kaberle and McCabe back will be key, and I'd like to have Colaiacovo and Kronwall at 5 and 6, so we just need a 1 and 2, unless people think McCabe and Kaberle are ready for it, then a 3 and 4. With Leetch, Blake, Chara, Redden, Jovanovski, Kuba, Brewer, Morris, Mara, and many more on the market, if they don't imrpove their defense, they'll have to answer to a hole lot of angry fans. |
|
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by suppaman on Monday, January 02
(User Info | Send a Message) | | This list has errors and incorrect information all over it. |
|
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by wingerxxx on Monday, January 02
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I wasn't aware the Poti was a Group III free agent at the end of the year. If that's the case, then he, Purinton and Niemenen can all walk for all I care. Having Straka back would be nice, but it wouldn't break my heart if he had to leave. Rucchin is getting older and more injury-prone, but it's always good to have a guy like that on your club. Ward and Strudwick, I hope, will stick around. Rucinsky as well. |
|
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by suppaman on Monday, January 02
(User Info | Send a Message) | | To add to the truth (which is what I said that this list is wrong and full of incorrect information), if it can be I think this should be taken off, because a lot of people will see this and think that what this list says is correct in terms of FA, but it isn't. |
|
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by Hockey_Fan_99 on Monday, January 02
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I thought Brad Richards was group III |
|
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by 19AVSFANFoLIFE19 on Monday, January 02
(User Info | Send a Message) | | joe sakics option is declined so wouldnt he be a ufa. |
|
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by Marky2Fresh on Monday, January 02
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Cory Cross is a UFA, I bet a ton of GM's will be beating his door down to get him. |
|
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by GaryPuck on Monday, January 02
(User Info | Send a Message) | | A little off topic, but can someone please explain the Owen Nolan situation? Where is he? What happened? Is there a story I can read on the internet? |
|
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by habs79 on Monday, January 02
(User Info | Send a Message) | Montreal needs to keep
Saku Koivu
Steve Begin
Yan Danis
Say good-bye to all the other group 3 free agents.
I would love for them to make a run at signing.
Jason Arnott (possible)
Niklas Lidstrom (not likely)
David Legwand (not likely)
Danny Markov (possible)
Marek Zidlicky (not likely)
Jamie Langenbrunner (possible)
Zedeno Chara (possible)
Wade Redden (possible)
Denis Gauthier (possible)
Mike LeClerc (possible)
Eric Brewer (possible)
Nolan Schaffer (not likely)
Cory Sarich (possible)
Clarke Wilm (possible)
Bredan Witt (possible)
Now I DON'T expect Montreal to sign all those players. Those are the players I would LIKE them to try for. I know some are pretty much locks to remain with their current team.
However players such as Chara and Redden if Ottawa can't sign both if Montreal puts up the money they have a shot at one. However they could skip the chaos caused by those two and try to pry away Zidlicky from Nashville (altough he will most likely resign with the Preds.). Him and Andrei Markov would be amazing on the powerplay.
They need the size and aggression of players like Arnott and LeClerc, also Langenbrunner would be a good fit to give the team some more grit.
Players like Gauthier, Sarich, Markov, and Witt could provide size, physical play, and stable defense to Montreal's weak defense core.
Wilm playing on a line with Steve Begin would give the Habs a huge shot of energy everytime they are on the ice.
Whoever they try to sign they need players with size and skill upfront, would also be nice if they could get a couple more right handed shooters as well. They also need to improve on thier defense, there are lots of players avalible. I just hope Gainey makes some good signings to improve the team. |
|
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by BleedinBlueTillDeath on Monday, January 02
(User Info | Send a Message) | Being a Leaf fan, I would hope they bring back McCabe, Kaberle on defense and try signing Kubina, Morris or Gauthier. Then have Kronwall, Colaiacovo and Wozzy or Harrison.
They would have a solid top 6 with
McCabe -- Kaberle
Colaiacovo -- Kubina/Morris/Gauthier
Kronwall -- Wozzy/Harrison
Then keep Tellqvist and sign Turco for a 3 or 4 year contract to hold us off until Pogge and/or Rask are ready.
On Forward, I would Keep Lindros, Allison, Stajan, Wellwood, Pohl. Have a rookie or 2 come up next year and go with a line up like this...
Linros/Sundin/Steen
O'Neill/Wellwood/Tucker
Ponikarovski/Stajan/Antropov
Ondrus/Pohl/Domi
Obviously it is still REAL early and the chances of any of this is un-likely to happen, it was still
somthing for me to do so I could kill 10 minutes. |
|
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by 24_cups_and_counting on Tuesday, January 03
(User Info | Send a Message) | "The Leafs only have $11 million tied up in a few players so that leaves them with 29-34 million to work with".
It doesn't matter. The Leafs are notorious for overpaying old geezers. What's to say that next year is goin' to be any different than any other year? Leaf fans can dream, but you have to remember that JFJ and Quinn still run the team. |
|
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by NemiNA (JOrens1@hotmail.com) on Wednesday, January 04
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Since he's unrestricted, Denis should run screaming from columbus. WHO cares if he gets a backup job. Columbus is like a death zone. NO offense to the fans, but that team needs to be gutted from the inside out. Management, coaches, keep a few of the players. |
|
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by Senatorsfan78 (iiiii) on Tuesday, March 21
(User Info | Send a Message) | | I think when the Ottawa Senators get Jason Spezza and Zdeno Chara and Wade Redden and Martin Havlat under contract then think they should try to go after Chris Simon and Jason Arnott. |
|
|
Re: Full Listing of 2006 Free Agents (Score: 1)
by Trevor_williams (jfj@thinkdraftdevelopment.please) on Sunday, May 07
(User Info | Send a Message) | i think if toronto signs all of their rfa"s and mcabe they will look good come training camp
with aubin and tellqvist the team has a couple of competent backups(perfect for a 2 golie system)
with the good young crop of defenseman (coliacovo>white>kronwall>harrison>bell>woznski)
we only need two good vets(kaberle mcabe)
that would bring the team to about 15 million
at forward
sundin(6.3M)>ponikarovksy(0.7M)>antropov(1.4M)
stajan(1.5M)>steen(0.9M)>o"niel(1.5M)
wellwood(1.5M)>tucker(1.5M)>kilger(1.5M)
bringing the salary to about 35 million AFTER buying out belfour(old/bad back/wat past his prime) and belak(should have been a career minor leaguer)and domi(too old)
if the cap goes to 43 or 45 million next year this would leave toronto with about 7 to 9 million for the free agent market. this could be spent on 2 top tier wingers or 3 depth players. all in all, i think if they keep their core group of young players along with their vetran leadership , and add 2 or 3 guys to fill gaps and this team will have no problem making the playoffs. i think the key will be to find guys who can develop with the core of the team not just fill a spot for a year. |
|
|
| |
|
