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2009 Official Free Agent List
2009 Official Free Agent List
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ALSO SEE: OFFICIAL 2009 FREE AGENT SIGNINGS
Below is a complete list of players, who, effective July 1, became free agents.
Names will be removed from this list as the players sign with their respective Clubs.
Some players whose names appear on this list may recently have signed with their respective Clubs; however, their contracts have not yet been filed with the League.
FREE AGENT CLASSIFICATIONS
GROUP 2 - SUBJECT TO COMPENSATION AND RIGHT TO MATCH
These players 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:
OFFER / COMPENSATION
$994,433 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-round and third-round choice
Over $4,520,150 to $6,026,867 / First-round, second-round and third-round choice
Over $6,026,867 to $7,533,584 / Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice
Over $7,533,584 / Four first-round choices
GROUP 3 - UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
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.
GROUP 6 - UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
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 (i) in the case of a player other than a goaltender, have played less than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, have played less than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff).
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
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 DUCKS
Group 2 FAs: Petri Kontiola (Signed in Russia), Petteri Wirtanen.
Group 3 UFAs: Eric Boguniecki, Josh Green (Signed in Sweden), Bret Hedican, Jason King (Signed in Germany), Brad Larsen, Bjorn Melin, Rob Niedermayer.
Group 6 UFAs: David LeNeveu (Signed in Austria).
UFAs: Michal Birner, Chad Painchaud.
ATLANTA THRASHERS
Group 2 FAs: Colby Armstrong (Re-signed Atlanta), Jordan Lavallee, Scott Lehman (Re-signed Atlanta), Kari Lehtonen (Re-signed Atlanta), Grant Lewis (Re-signed Atlanta), Tim Stapleton (Re-signed Atlanta), Boris Valabik (Re-signed Atlanta).
Group 3 UFAs: Mike Hoffman, Joe Motzko (Signed in KHL), Eric Perrin (Signed in KHL), Grant Stevenson (Signed in Switzerland).
Group 6 UFAs: Joey Crabb (Re-signed Atlanta), Nathan Oystrick (Re-signed Atlanta).
UFAs: Dan Turple.
BOSTON BRUINS
Group 2 FAs: Matt Hunwick (Re-signed Boston), Phil Kessel, Kevin Regan (Re-signed Boston).
Group 3 UFAs: P.J. Axelsson (Signed in Sweden), Manny Fernandez, Nathan Robinson, Martin Samuelsson, Stephane Yelle (Signed Carolina).
Group 6 UFAs: Martin St. Pierre (Signed Ottawa), Ryan Stokes.
UFAs: Ned Lukacevic, Wacey Rabbit.
BUFFALO SABRES
Group 2 FAs: Patrick Kaleta (Re-signed Buffalo), Clarke MacArthur (Re-signed Buffalo), Mark Mancari, Andrej Sekera (Re-signed Buffalo), Drew Stafford, Marek Zagrapan (Signed in Russia).
Group 3 UFAs: Maxim Afinogenov, Tyler Bouck (Signed in Germany), Colton Fretter (Signed Springfield AHL), Dominic Moore, Colin Murphy (Signed in Germany), Teppo Numminen (Retired), Andrew Peters, Mikael Tellqvist (Signed in Russia).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Jimmy Bonneau, Mike Card, Adam Dennis (Signed in Italy), Michael Funk (Signed Vancouver), Dylan Hunter.
CALGARY FLAMES
Group 2 FAs: Dustin Boyd (Re-signed Calgary), Kris Chucko (Re-signed Calgary), Nigel Dawes (Re-signed Calgary).
Group 3 UFAs: Todd Bertuzzi (Signed Detroit), Anders Eriksson, Marcus Nilson (Signed in Sweden), Andre Roy, Rhett Warrener.
Group 6 UFAs:
UFAs: Adam Cracknell (Signed St. Louis), Aki Seitsonen (Signed in Finland).
CAROLINA HURRICANES
Group 2 FAs: Mike Angelidis (Re-signed Carolina), Anton Babchuk, Brett Carson (Re-signed Carolina), Bryan Rodney (Re-signed Carolina), Tuomo Ruutu (Re-signed Carolina).
Group 3 UFAs: Ryan Bayda, Trevor Gillies, Dan LaCouture, Matt Murley, Michael Ryan (Re-signed Carolina), Dennis Seidenberg.
Group 6 UFAs: Dwight Helminen (Signed San Jose), Joe Jensen, Daniel Manzato (Signed in Switzerland).
UFAs: Noah Babin, Jakub Petruzalek (Signed in Finland).
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
Group 2 FAs: Bryan Bickell (Re-signed Chicago).
Group 3 UFAs: Jonas Nordqvist (Signed in Sweden), Pavel Vorobiev (Signed in KHL).
Group 6 UFAs: Tim Brent (Signed Toronto), Pascal Pelletier (Signed Columbus).
UFAs: Adam Berti, Tim Hambly, Adam Pineault, James Sharrow, Logan Stephenson.
COLORADO AVALANCHE
Group 3 UFAs: Jesse Boulerice, Ben Guite (Signed Nashville), Per Ledin (Signed in Sweden), Aaron MacKenzie, Joe Sakic (Retired), Nathan Smith (Signed Minnesota), Daniel Tjarnqvist (Signed in KHL).
Group 6 UFAs: Darcy Campbell (Signed in Finland).
UFAs: Jason Bacashihua (Signed Hershey AHL), Cody McCormick (Signed Buffalo), Michael Vernace (Signed Atlanta).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
Group 2 FAs: Michael Blunden (Re-signed Columbus), Dan LaCosta (Re-signed Columbus), Marc Methot (Re-signed Columbus), Alexandre Picard (Re-signed Columbus), Alexander Svitov.
Group 3 UFAs: Christian Backman, Wade Dubielewicz (Signed Minnesota), Chris Gratton, Steve Kelly, Craig MacDonald (Signed in Germany), Manny Malhotra, Michael Peca, Jason Williams (Signed Detroit), Mike York (Signed Rochester AHL).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Trevor Hendrikx, Jon Landry, Jiri Novotny (Signed in KHL), Petr Pohl, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen (Signed Philadelphia), John Vigilante, Kyle Wharton.
DALLAS STARS
Group 2 FAs: None.
Group 3 UFAs: Joel Lundqvist (Signed in Sweden), Mark Parrish, Darryl Sydor, Landon Wilson (Signed Texas AHL), Sergei Zubov (Signed in KHL).
Group 6 UFAs: Tobias Stephan (Signed in Switzerland).
UFAs: John Lammers, Alexander Naurov.
DETROIT RED WINGS
Group 2 FAs: Jiri Hudler (Signed in KHL), Evan McGrath (Re-signed Detroit), Ryan Oulahen (Re-signed Detroit).
Group 3 UFAs: Chris Chelios, Aaron Downey, Darren McCarty.
Group 6 UFAs: Randall Gelech.
UFAs: None.
EDMONTON OILERS
Group 2 FAs: Gilbert Brule (Re-signed Edmonton), Devan Dubnyk (Re-signed Edmonton), Denis Grebeshkov (Re-signed Edmonton), Colin McDonald (Re-signed Edmonton), Ryan Potulny (Re-signed Edmonton), Liam Reddox (Re-signed Edmonton), Rob Schremp (Re-signed Edmonton), Ladislav Smid (Re-signed Edmonton), Ryan Stone (Re-signed Edmonton).
Group 3 UFAs: Carl Corazzini.
Group 6 UFAs: Mathieu Roy (Signed Columbus).
UFAs: Sebastien Bisaillon (Signed in Germany), Stephane Goulet, David Rohlfs, Tyler Spurgeon, Bryan Young.
FLORIDA PANTHERS
Group 2 FAs: David Brine (Re-signed Florida).
Group 3 UFAs: Jassen Cullimore, Vaclav Nedorost, Ville Peltonen (Signed in KHL), Janis Sprukts [b](Signed in Latvia)[b], Mikhail Yakubov, Richard Zednik (Signed in Russia).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Steve Eminger (Signed Anaheim), Tanner Glass (Signed Vancouver), Drew Larman (Signed Boston), Franklin MacDonald, David Shantz, Anthony Stewart (Signed Atlanta).
LOS ANGELES KINGS
Group 2 FAs: Drew Bagnall (Re-signed Los Angeles), Brady Murray (Signed in Switzerland), Joe Piskula (Re-signed Los Angeles), Ted Purcell (Re-signed Los Angeles).
Group 3 UFAs: Derek Armstrong (Signed St. Louis), Kyle Calder, Dan Cloutier, Denis Gauthier.
Group 6 UFAs:
UFAs: Vladimir Dravecky (Signed in Slovakia), Daniel Taylor.
MINNESOTA WILD
Group 2 FAs: Kyle Brodziak (Re-signed Minnesota), Robbie Earl (Re-signed Minnesota), Josh Harding (Re-signed Minnesota), Danny Irmen (Re-signed Minnesota), Benoit Pouliot (Re-signed Minnesota), Clayton Stoner (Re-signed Minnesota).
Group 3 UFAs: Marc-Andre Bergeron, Krys Kolanos (Signed Philadelphia), Bryan Lundbohm, Tomas Mojzis (Signed in Sweden), Nolan Schaefer (Signed in KHL), Martin Skoula.
Group 6 UFAs: Jesse Schultz.
UFAs: Paul Albers (Signed in Germany), Riley Emmerson (Signed Springfield AHL), Dan Fritsche, Peter Olvecky (Signed Nashville).
MONTREAL CANADIENS
Group 2 FAs: Shawn Belle (Re-signed Montreal), Matt D'Agostini (Re-signed Montreal), Guillaume Latendresse (Re-signed Montreal), Tomas Plekanec (Re-signed Montreal), Gregory Stewart (Re-signed Montreal).
Group 3 UFAs: Chad Anderson (Re-signed Montreal), Francis Bouillon, Patrice Brisebois, Mathieu Dandenault, Marc Denis, Ryan Flinn, T.J. Kemp (Signed in Germany), Tom Kostopoulos (Signed Carolina), Robert Lang, Yanick Lehoux (Signed in Sweden), Mathieu Schneider (Signed Vancouver), Alex Tanguay (Signed Tampa Bay).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Mathieu Aubin, Loic Lacasse, Olivier Latendresse.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Group 2 FAs: Ryan Jones (Re-signed Nashville), Ryan Maki (Re-signed Nashville), Cal O'Reilly (Re-signed Nashville), Antti Pihlstrom (Signed in Sweden), Kelsey Wilson (Signed in Austria).
Group 3 UFAs: Radek Bonk (Signed in KHL), Greg de Vries, Ville Koistinen (Signed Florida), Scott Nichol (Signed San Jose), Jed Ortmeyer (Signed San Jose), Denis Platonov.
Group 6 UFAs:
UFAs: Tim Ramholt.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Group 2 FAs: Patrick Davis (Re-signed New Jersey), Mark Fraser (Re-signed New Jersey), Petr Vrana (Signed Czech Republic), Travis Zajac (Re-signed New Jersey).
Group 3 UFAs: Jon DiSalvatore (Signed Minnesota), Niclas Havelid (Signed Sweden), Bobby Holik (Retired), Olli Malmivaara (Signed in Finland), Ryan Murphy, Brendan Shanahan (Re-signed New Jersey), Kevin Weekes, Chad Wiseman.
Group 6 UFAs: Barry Tallackson (Signed St. Louis).
UFAs: Stephen Gionta (Re-signed New Jersey), Matthew Spiller.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Group 2 FAs: Jeremy Colliton (Signed in Sweden), Blake Comeau (Re-signed Islanders), Trevor Smith (Re-signed Islanders), Nate Thompson (Re-signed Islanders).
Group 3 UFAs: Mitch Fritz, Andy Hilbert, Junior Lessard, Joey MacDonald (Signed Toronto), Dean McAmmond, Kurtis McLean (Signed in Finland), Thomas Pock (Signed in Switzerland), Mike Sillinger (Retired).
Group 6 UFAs: Joe Callahan (Signed San Jose), Mike Iggulden (Signed in Latvia).
UFAs: Jamie Fraser (Signed Minnesota), Sergei Ogordonikov, Jason Pitton.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Group 2 FAs: Dane Byers (Re-signed Rangers), Ryan Callahan (Re-signed Rangers), Brandon Dubinsky, Enver Lisin (Re-signed Rangers), Corey Potter (Re-signed Rangers), Nikolai Zherdev.
Group 3 UFAs: Mark Bell, Blair Betts, Jarkko Immonen (Signed in KHL), Derek Morris (Signed Boston).
Group 6 UFAs:
UFAs: Joe Barnes, Vladimir Denisov.
OTTAWA SENATORS
Group 2 FAs: Brian Elliott (Re-signed Ottawa), Mattias Karlsson (Signed in Sweden), Derek Smith (Re-signed Ottawa).
Group 3 UFAs: Mike Comrie (Signed Edmonton), Brad Isbister.
Group 6 UFAs: Danny Bois (Signed Chicago).
UFAs: Brendan Bell (Signed St. Louis), Jeff Glass (Signed in KHL), Jim McKenzie, Geoff Waugh.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Group 2 FAs: Ryan Dingle (Re-signed Philadelphia), Jared Ross (Re-signed Philadelphia), Danny Syvret (Re-signed Philadelphia).
Group 3 UFAs: Andrew Alberts (Signed Carolina), J.S. Aubin (Signed in Germany), Martin Biron (Signed Islanders), Derian Hatcher (Retired), Lasse Kukkonen (Signed in KHL).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Josh Gratton (Signed Atlanta), Nate Raduns (Signed in Italy).
PHOENIX COYOTES
Group 2 FAs: Lauri Korpikoski (Re-signed Phoenix), Sami Lepisto (Re-signed Phoenix), Alexander Nikulin (Signed in KHL), Dave Spina (Re-signed Phoenix), Sean Sullivan (Re-signed Phoenix), Josh Tordjman (Re-signed Phoenix), Scottie Upshall (Re-signed Phoenix), Daniel Winnik (Re-signed Phoenix), Keith Yandle (Re-signed Phoenix).
Group 3 UFAs: Jeff Hoggan (Re-signed Phoenix), Dmitri Kalinin (Signed in KHL), Ken Klee (Retired), Derek Nesbitt (Signed Rockford AHL), Wyatt Smith (Signed Pittsburgh).
Group 6 UFAs: Ryan Lannon (Signed Minnesota).
UFAs: Alex Bourret, Joakim Lindstrom (Signed in Russia).
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Group 2 FAs: John Curry (Re-signed Pittsburgh), Ben Lovejoy (Re-signed Pittsburgh), Tim Wallace (Re-signed Pittsburgh).
Group 3 UFAs: Philippe Boucher (Retired), David Gove, Chris Minard (Signed Edmonton), Joey Mormina (Signed Philadelphia), Janne Pesonen (Signed in KHL), Jani Rita (Singed in Finland), Miroslav Satan, Petr Sykora, Andy Wozniewski (Signed Boston), Mike Zigomanis.
Group 6 UFAs: Adam Henrich, Connor James (Signed in Germany), Bill Thomas.
UFAs: David Brown.
ST. LOUIS BLUES
Group 2 FAs: Jonathan Filewich (Signed in Austria), Chris Holt (Signed Binghamton AHL), Roman Polak (Re-signed St. Louis), Steve Wagner (Re-signed St. Louis).
Group 3 UFAs: Dan Hinote, Manny Legace, Charles Linglet, Trent Whitfield (Signed Boston).
Group 6 UFAs: Matt Foy.
UFAs: Steve Regier (Signed in Austria), Marek Schwarz (Signed in Czech Republic).
SAN JOSE SHARKS
Group 2 FAs: Thomas Greiss (Re-signed San Jose), Brad Staubitz (Re-signed San Jose).
Group 3 UFAs: Brendan Buckley, Tom Cavanagh, Mike Grier (Signed Buffalo), Cory Larose, Claude Lemieux (Retired), Kyle McLaren, Jeremy Roenick (Retired), Alexei Semenov, Ryan Vesce (Re-signed San Jose).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Jonathan Boutin, Taylor Dakers, T.J. Fox, Marcel Goc (Signed Nashville), Lukas Kaspar (Signed Philadelphia), Mike Morris, Tomas Plihal (Signed in Finland), Ashton Rome.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Group 2 FAs: Blair Jones (Re-signed Tampa Bay), Martins Karsums (Re-signed Tampa Bay), Matt Lashoff (Re-signed Tampa Bay), Mike Lundin (Re-signed Tampa Bay), Karri Ramo (Signed in Russia), Matt Smaby (Re-signed Tampa Bay), Radek Smolenak (Re-signed Tampa Bay), Lauri Tukonen (Re-signed Tampa Bay).
Group 3 UFAs: Wade Brookbank (Signed Pittsburgh), Andreas Holmqvist (Signed in Sweden), Marek Malik, Josef Melichar (Signed in Czech Republic), Cory Murphy (Signed New Jersey), Janne Niskala, Matt Pettinger, Jason Ward (Signed Philadelphia).
Group 6 UFAs: Noah Welch (Signed Atlanta).
UFAs: Justin Keller, Mike McKenna.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Group 2 FAs: Darryl Boyce (Re-signed Toronto), Alex Foster (Re-signed Toronto), Ryan Hamilton (Re-signed Toronto), Justin Pogge (Re-signed Toronto).
Group 3 UFAs: Bates Battaglia, Josef Boumedienne (Signed in KHL), Luca Cereda, Boyd Devereaux, Martin Gerber (Signed in KHL), Jeff Hamilton (Signed in Switzerland), Chris Harrington, Jamie Heward, Curtis Joseph, Olaf Kolzig (Retired), Brad May, Ben Ondrus (Re-signed Toronto).
Group 6 UFAs: Andre Deveaux (Re-signed Toronto), Erik Reitz (Signed in KHL), Jaime Sifers (Signed Minnesota).
UFAs: Brent Aubin (Signed in Austria), Ryan Hollweg, Andy Rogers.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS
Group 2 FAs: Jannik Hansen (Re-signed Vancouver), Nathan McIver (Re-signed Vancouver), Kyle Wellwood (Re-signed Vancouver).
Group 3 UFAs: Juha Alen, Jeff Cowan (Signed Buffalo), Mark Cullen (Signed Chicago), Rob Davison (Signed New Jersey), Michel Ouellet, Taylor Pyatt (Signed Phoenix), Curtis Sanford (Signed Montreal), Mats Sundin, Ossi Vaananen (Signed in KHL).
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Patrick Coulombe, Julien Ellis, Zach Fitzgerald (Signed Carolina).
WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Group 2 FAs: Chris Bourque (Re-signed Washington), Eric Fehr (Re-signed Washington), Boyd Gordon (Re-signed Washington), Milan Jurcina (Re-signed Washington), Shaone Morrisonn (Re-signed Washington), Steven Pinizzotto (Re-signed Washington), Jeff Schultz (Re-signed Washington), Kyle Wilson (Re-signed Washington).
Group 3 UFAs: Jakub Cutta (Signed in Czech Republic), Sergei Fedorov (Signed in Russia), Alexandre Giroux (Re-signed Washington), Bryan Helmer (Signed Hershey AHL), Brent Johnson (Signed Pittsburgh), Viktor Kozlov (Signed in Russia), Graham Mink (Signed Florida).
Group 6 UFAs: Staffan Kronvall (Signed Calgary).
UFAs: Andrew Joudrey (Signed Hershey AHL), Daren Machesney (Signed Manitoba AHL), Travis Morin, Sasha Pokulok.
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