Official 2012 Free Agent List

[chilly666]

The National Hockey League today released the names of the players, who, effective today, became free agents.

Some players whose names appear on this list may recently have signed with their respective Clubs; however, their contracts had not yet been filed with the League.

FREE AGENTS 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:

OFFER COMPENSATION

$1,110,249 or below None

Over $1,110,249 to $1,682,194 Third-round choice

Over $1,682,194 to $3,364,391 Second-round choice

Over $3,364,391 to $5,046,585 First-round and third-round choice

Over $5,046,585 to $6,728,781 First-round, second-round and third-round choice

Over $6,728,781 to $8,410,976 Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice

Over $8,410,976 Four first-round choices

ANAHEIM

Nick Bonino (Re-Signed), Luca Caputi, Mathieu Carle (E), Kyle Cumiskey (Re-Signed).

BOSTON

Matt Bartkowski (Re-Signed), Lane MacDermid (Re-Signed), Tuukka Rask (Re-Signed).

BUFFALO

Alex Biega (Re-Signed), T.J. Brennan (Re-Signed), Tyler Ennis, Patrick Kaleta (Re-Signed), Dennis Persson (E), Drew Schiestel (Re-Signed), Paul Szczechura (E).

CALGARY

Akim Aliu (Re-Signed), Mikael Backlund (Re-Signed), Paul Byron (Re-Signed), Leland Irving (Re-Signed).

CAROLINA

Drayson Bowman (Re-Signed), Zach Boychuk (Re-Signed), Evgeni Dadonov (E), Mike Murphy (E), Jerome Samson (Re-Signed), Chris Terry (Re-Signed).

CHICAGO

None.

COLORADO

Jonas Holos (E), Erik Johnson (Re-Signed), Jamie McGinn (Re-Signed), Mark Olver (Re-Signed), Ryan O'Reilly.

COLUMBUS

Jared Boll (Re-Signed), Nick Foligno (Re-Signed), Maksim Mayorov (E).

DALLAS

Richard Bachman (Re-Signed), Jamie Benn, Jordie Benn (Re-Signed), Mark Fistric (Re-Signed), Ryan Garbutt (Re-Signed), Luke Gazdic (Re-Signed), Philip Larsen (Re-Signed), Colton Sceviour (Re-Signed), Tom Wandell (Re-Signed).

DETROIT

Justin Abdelkader, Kyle Quincey (Re-Signed).

EDMONTON

Devan Dubnyk (Re-Signed), Sam Gagner (Re-Signed), Linus Omark (E), Theo Peckham (Re-Signed), Jeff Petry (Re-Signed), Alex Plante (Re-Signed), Chris VandeVelde (Re-Signed).

FLORIDA

Michael Caruso (Re-Signed), Roman Derlyuk (E), Keaton Ellerby (Re-Signed), Brian Foster (Re-Signed), Dmitry Kulikov, Michal Repik (E), Eric Selleck (Re-Signed), Kris Versteeg (Re-Signed), Casey Wellman (Signed), James Wright (Re-Signed).

LOS ANGELES

Justin Azevedo (E), Andrew Campbell (Re-Signed), Thomas Hickey (Re-Signed), Dwight King (Re-Signed), Stefan Legein (Re-Signed), David Meckler (Re-Signed), Jake Muzzin (Re-Signed).

MINNESOTA

Cody Almond (E), Dennis Endras (E), Justin Falk (Re-Signed), Chay Genoway (Re-Signed), David McIntyre (Re-Signed), Carson McMillan (Re-Signed), Jarod Palmer (Re-Signed), Nick Palmieri.

MONTREAL

Raphael Diaz (Re-Signed), Lars Eller (Re-Signed), Andreas Engqvist (E), Blake Geoffrion (Re-Signed), Aaron Palushaj (Re-Signed), Frederic St. Denis (Re-Signed), P.K. Subban.

NASHVILLE

Jonathon Blum (Re-Signed), Atte Engren (E), Sergei Kostitsyn (Re-Signed), Teemu Laakso (E), Alexander Radulov (E), Jeremy Smith (Re-Signed), Ryan Thang (E), Shea Weber (Re-Signed), Colin Wilson (Re-Signed).

NEW JERSEY

Matthew Corrente (Re-Signed), Mark Fayne (Re-Signed), Vladimir Zharkov (E).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Sean Backman (Re-Signed), Justin DiBenedetto (E), Mark Katic (E), Mikko Koskinen (E), Tomas Marcinko (E), Matt Martin (Re-Signed), Rhett Rakhshani (E), Ty Wishart (Re-Signed).

NEW YORK RANGERS

Michael Del Zotto, Anton Stralman (Re-Signed), Cameron Talbot (Re-Signed), Pavel Valentenko (E), Mats Zuccarello (E).

OTTAWA

Kaspars Daugavins (Re-Signed), Nikita Filatov (E), Eric Gryba (Re-Signed), Erik Karlsson (Re-Signed), Jim O'Brien (Re-Signed).

PHILADELPHIA

Marc-Andre Bourdon (Re-Signed), Ben Holmstrom (Re-Signed), Tom Sestito (Re-Signed), Mike Testwuide (Re-Signed), Jakub Voracek, Harry Zolnierczyk (Re-Signed).

PHOENIX

Kyle Chipchura (Re-Signed), Brett MacLean, Chris Summers (Re-Signed), Viktor Tikhonov.

PITTSBURGH

Robert Bortuzzo (Re-Signed), Alex Grant (Re-Signed), Carl Sneep (Re-Signed), Brian Strait (Re-Signed), Eric Tangradi (Re-Signed).

ST. LOUIS

Jay Barriball (Re-Signed), Jori Lehtera (E), T.J. Oshie (Re-Signed), Anthony Peluso (Re-Signed), David Perron (Re-Signed), Brett Sonne (Re-Signed).

SAN JOSE

T.J. Galiardi (Re-Signed), Tim Kennedy, Brandon Mashinter (Re-Signed), Frazer McLaren (Re-Signed), Matt Pelech (Re-Signed), Nick Petrecki, James Sheppard, Alex Stalock (Re-Signed).

TAMPA BAY

Jaroslav Janus (E), Anders Lindback (Signed), Evan Oberg (Re-Signed).

TORONTO

Cody Franson, Mark Fraser (Re-Signed), Simon Gysbers (Re-Signed), Korbinian Holzer (Re-Signed), Juraj Mikus (E), Marcel Mueller (E), Jussi Rynnas (Re-Signed), Ben Scrivens (Re-Signed).

VANCOUVER

Eddie Lack (Re-Signed), Dale Weise (Re-Signed).

WASHINGTON

Jay Beagle (Re-Signed), John Carlson (Re-Signed), Mike Green (Re-Signed), Zach Hamill (Re-Signed), Kevin Marshall (Re-Signed), Mathieu Perreault (Re-Signed).

WINNIPEG

Brett Festerling (E), Evander Kane, Arturs Kulda (E), Maxime Macenauer (Re-Signed), Spencer Machacek (Re-Signed), Ben Maxwell (Re-Signed), Paul Postma (Re-Signed).

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS - 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

Mark Bell, Jason Blake, Troy Bodie, Sheldon Brookbank (CHI), Dan Ellis, Niklas Hagman (E), Jean-Francois Jacques (FLA), Petri Kontiola (E), George Parros (FLA), Rod Pelley, Teemu Selanne (Re-Signed), Matt Smaby (Re-Signed).

BOSTON

Joe Corvo (CAR), Josh Hennessy (E), Chris Kelly (Re-Signed), Nathan McIver (NYI), Zach McKelvie (Abbotsford - AHL), Mike Mottau, Michel Ouellet, Brian Rolston, Marty Turco, Greg Zanon (COL).

BUFFALO

Brad Boyes (NYI), Jochen Hecht, Ales Kotalik (E), David Leggio (Re-Signed), Drew MacIntyre (E), Shaone Morrisonn (E), Michael Ryan (E), Colin Stuart, Derek Whitmore.

CALGARY

Guillaume Desbiens (VAN), Scott Hannan (NSH), Raitis Ivanans (E), Olli Jokinen (WPG), Tom Kostopoulos, Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond, David Moss (PHX).

CAROLINA

Bryan Allen (ANA), Chris Durno, Mathieu Roy (E), Jaroslav Spacek.

CHICAGO

Andrew Brunette, Cristobal Huet (E), Sami Lepisto (E), Brendan Morrison, Sean O'Donnell.

COLORADO

David Liffiton (E), Joakim Lindstrom (E), Greg Mauldin (E), Jay McClement (TOR), Danny Richmond (E), Patrick Rissmiller.

COLUMBUS

Darryl Boyce, Alexandre Giroux (E), Kristian Huselius, Aaron Johnson (BOS), Brett Lebda, Radek Martinek, Curtis McElhinney (Re-Signed), Curtis Sanford (E), Martin St. Pierre (Rockford - AHL).

DALLAS

Adam Burish (SJ), Jake Dowell (MIN), Radek Dvorak, Maxime Fortunus (Re-Signed), Brad Lukowich, Toby Petersen (Re-Signed), Vojtech Polak (Europe), Andrew Raycroft (E), Raymond Sawada (St. John's - AHL), Sheldon Souray (ANA), Dan Spang (E).

DETROIT

Fabian Brunnstrom (E), Ty Conklin, Chris Conner (PHX), Garnet Exelby (BOS), Tomas Holmstrom, Jiri Hudler (CGY), Doug Janik (E), Jamie Johnson (Europe), Nicklas Lidstrom (Retired), Chris Minard (E), Andrew Murray (STL).

EDMONTON

Yann Danis (Re-Signed), Josh Green (Oklahoma City - AHL), Darcy Hordichuk (Re-Signed), Ryan Keller (E), Bryan Rodney, Ryan Smyth (Re-Signed).

FLORIDA

Krys Barch (NJ), Scott Clemmensen (Re-Signed), Mark Cullen (E), Jason Garrison (VAN), Bracken Kearns (SJ), John Madden, Greg Rallo (Re-Signed), Mikael Samuelsson (DET), Marco Sturm, Sean Sullivan (COL), Bill Thomas (COL).

LOS ANGELES

Corey Elkins (ANA), Johan Fransson (E), Trent Hunter, Ethan Moreau (Retired), Brady Murray (E), Scott Parse, Dustin Penner (Re-Signed).

MINNESOTA

Erik Christensen (E), Jon DiSalvatore (Hershey - AHL), Kurtis Foster, Mike Lundin (OTT), Jed Ortmeyer, Warren Peters (PIT), Jeff Taffe (Hershey - AHL).

MONTREAL

Joe Callahan (Abbotsford - AHL), Chris Campoli, Mathieu Darche, Alex Henry (E), Nathan Lawson (OTT), Garrett Stafford (WSH), Brad Staubitz (ANA), Brian Willsie.

NASHVILLE

Francis Bouillon (MTL), Sebastien Caron, Paul Gaustad (Re-Signed), Andrei Kostitsyn, Brian McGrattan(Re-Signed), Antti Pihlstrom (E), Tyler Sloan (DAL), Ryan Suter (MIN), Jordin Tootoo (DET).

NEW JERSEY

Martin Brodeur (Re-Signed), Johan Hedberg (Re-Signed), Jay Leach (Re-Signed), Brad Mills, Zach Parise (MIN), Alexei Ponikarovsky (WPG), Bryce Salvador (Re-Signed), Tim Sestito (Re-Signed), Petr Sykora, Petr Vrana (E).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Jeremy Colliton, Mark Eaton, Trevor Frischmon, Trevor Gillies (E), John Grahame, Milan Jurcina, Al Montoya (WPG), Jay Pandolfo, P.A. Parenteau (COL), Dylan Reese (PIT), Steve Staios (Retired).

NEW YORK RANGERS

Sean Avery, Ivan Baranka (E), Brendan Bell, Martin Biron (Re-Signed), Andre Deveaux (FLA), Steve Eminger (Re-Signed), Ruslan Fedotenko (PHI), Ilkka Heikkinen (E), John Mitchell (COL), Kris Newbury (Re-Signed), Brandon Prust (MontrealTL), John Scott (BUF), Jeff Woywitka (STL).

OTTAWA

Alex Auld (E), Matt Carkner (NYI), Tim Conboy, Matt Gilroy, Mattias Karlsson (E), Zenon Konopka (MIN), Filip Kuba (FLA), Francis Lessard, Corey Locke (E), Mike McKenna (STL), Mark Parrish, Jesse Winchester.

PHILADELPHIA

Jason Bacashihua (E), Johan Backlund (E), Blair Betts, Matt Carle (TB), Jaromir Jagr (DAL), Dan Jancevski, Pavel Kubina, Ian Laperriere (Retired), Michael Leighton (Re-Signed), Stefan Ruzicka (E).

PHOENIX

Dean Arsene (St. John's - AHL), Adrian Aucoin (CMB), Matt Beaudoin (Hershey - AHL), Alexandre Bolduc (Re-Signed), Shane Doan (Re-Signed), Daymond Langkow, Patrick O'Sullivan, Nathan Oystrick (E), Marc-Antoine Pouliot (E), Taylor Pyatt (NYR), Michal Rozsival (CHI), Kurt Sauer, Ray Whitney (DAL).

PITTSBURGH

Arron Asham (NYR), Ryan Craig (Springfield - AHL), Brent Johnson, Steve MacIntyre (Re-Signed), Colin McDonald (NYI), Scott Munroe, Richard Park (E), Steve Sullivan (PHX), Jason Williams (E).

ST. LOUIS

Jason Arnott, Jonathan Cheechoo, Carlo Colaiacovo (DET), Brennan Evans (Grand Rapids - AHL), Jonathan Filewich (Retired), Kyle Hagel (Hamilton - AHL), Kent Huskins, Jamie Langenbrunner (Re-Signed), Chris Porter (Re-Signed), Brett Sterling (Chicago - AHL), Danny Syvret (PHI).

SAN JOSE

Ben Guite, Torrey Mitchell (MIN), Dominic Moore, Mike Moore (NSH), Antero Niittymaki (E), Jim Vandermeer, Colin White, Brad Winchester, Daniel Winnik (ANA).

TAMPA BAY

Brett Clark, Mike Commodore, Bruno Gervais (PHI), Richard Petiot, Paul Ranger (Toronto - AHL), Dwayne Roloson, Brandon Segal (NYR), Ryan Shannon (E), Trevor Smith (PIT), Tim Wallace (CAR).

TORONTO

Joey Crabb (WSH), Philippe Dupuis (PIT), Jeff Finger, Ryan Hamilton (Re-Signed), Mike Zigomanis (Toronto - AHL).

VANCOUVER

Nolan Baumgartner (Retired), Byron Bitz, Matt Climie (Chicago - AHL), Andrew Ebbett (Re-Signed), Samuel Pahlsson (E), Steven Pinizzotto (Re-Signed), Steven Reinprecht, Aaron Rome (DAL), Sami Salo (TB), Eric Walsky (E).

WASHINGTON

Keith Aucoin (TOR), Sean Collins (NYR), Kyle Greentree (E), Jeff Halpern (NYR), D.J. King, Mike Knuble, Jacob Micflikier (E), Zach Miskovic (Chicago - AHL), Alexander Semin (CAR).

WINNIPEG

Mark Flood (E), Tanner Glass (PIT), Jonas Gustavsson (DET), Jason Jaffray (St. John's - AHL), Randy Jones, Peter Mannino, Chris Mason (NSH), Tim Stapleton (E), Kyle Wellwood (Re-Signed).

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS - 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 (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).

ANAHEIM

Ryan O'Marra (E), Sean Zimmerman (Denver - CHL).

BOSTON

None.

BUFFALO

Travis Turnbull (E).

CALGARY

Brian Connelly (MIN), Stefan Meyer (E).

CAROLINA

Justin Peters (Re-Signed), Justin Soryal, Brett Sutter (Re-Signed).

CHICAGO

None.

COLORADO

Evan Brophey, Cedric Desjardins (MTL), Justin Mercier, Ryan Stoa (WSH).

COLUMBUS

Dane Byers (EDM), Mark Dekanich (WPG).

DALLAS

None.

DETROIT

None.

EDMONTON

Taylor Chorney (STL).

FLORIDA

Jon Matsumoto (San Jose).

LOS ANGELES

Patrick Mullen (VAN), Jeff Zatkoff (PIT).

MINNESOTA

Matt Kassian (Re-Signed), Jeff Penner.

MONTREAL

None.

NASHVILLE

Brodie Dupont (E).

NEW JERSEY

Matt Taormina (TB).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Micheal Haley (NYR).

NEW YORK RANGERS

Stu Bickel (Re-Signed), Chad Johnson (PHX).

OTTAWA

Rob Klinkhammer (PHX).

PHILADELPHIA

None.

PHOENIX

Tyler Eckford (OTT), Justin Pogge (E), Brock Trotter, Matt Watkins (NYI).

PITTSBURGH

None.

ST. LOUIS

None.

SAN JOSE

John McCarthy (Re-Signed).

TAMPA BAY

Scott Jackson, Jon Kalinski, Mike Kostka (TOR), Alexandre Picard (E).

TORONTO

Matt Lashoff (E), Jay Rosehill.

VANCOUVER

Mark Mancari (BUF).

WASHINGTON

Christian Hanson (BOS), Jordan Henry (E), Joel Rechlicz (PHX).

WINNIPEG

Kenndal McArdle.

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

Riley Holzapfel (Pittsburgh), Dale Mitchell (E), Richard Schofield (Rochester - AHL), Iiro Tarkki (E).

BOSTON

Jamie Arniel (E), Andrew Bodnarchuk (LA), Stefan Chaput, Adam Courchaine.

BUFFALO

None.

CALGARY

Ryley Grantham, Logan MacMillan (E).

CAROLINA

Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll, Kyle Lawson, Matthew Pistilli.

CHICAGO

Simon Danis-Pepin (Orlando - ECHL), Chris DiDomenico (E).

COLORADO

Trevor Cann, Zach Cohen, Peter Mueller (FLA), Jake Newton (E), Kevin Porter (BUF).

COLUMBUS

Taylor Ellington (Florida - ECHL), Shawn Hunwick (E), Brent Regner.

DALLAS

Angelo Esposito (E), Jake Hauswirth, Michael Neal, Mikhail Stefanovich (E).

DETROIT

Travis Ehrhardt (E), Logan Pyett (NYR).

EDMONTON

Cam Barker, Milan Kytnar (E), Johan Motin (E), Hunter Tremblay (St. John's - AHL).

FLORIDA

Justin Bernhardt, Ondrej Roman (E), Keith Seabrook (E), Wojtek Wolski (WSH).

LOS ANGELES

Ray Kaunisto (St. John's - AHL).

MINNESOTA

Kris Fredheim, Nick Johnson (PHX), Guillaume Latendresse (OTT).

MONTREAL

Hunter Bishop, Michael Blunden (Re-Signed), Andrew Conboy, Olivier Fortier, Dany Masse, Mark Mitera, Robert Slaney.

NASHVILLE

Ryan Flynn (E), Jack Hillen (WSH), Zack Stortini.

NEW JERSEY

Kory Nagy, Timo Pielmeier (E).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Yuri Alexandrov (E), Tyler McNeely, Yannick Riendeau, Tony Romano (E).

NEW YORK RANGERS

Lee Baldwin (Greenville - ECHL), Francois Bouchard, Chris Chappell, Sam Klassen, Andreas Thuresson (E).

OTTAWA

Craig Schira (E).

PHILADELPHIA

Andrew Rowe.

PHOENIX

Gilbert Brule (E), Colin Long (E), Nick Ross (E).

PITTSBURGH

Marc Cheverie (Binghamton - AHL), Mattias Modig (E), Cal O'Reilly (E), Alexandre Picard (E), Casey Pierro-Zabotel, Boris Valabik (E).

ST. LOUIS

None.

SAN JOSE

Benn Ferriero (PIT), Tony Lucia, Cam MacIntyre, James Marcou, Tyson Sexsmith.

TAMPA BAY

Sebastien Piche, Benoit Pouliot (Re-Signed).

TORONTO

Richard Greenop (Retired).

VANCOUVER

Mike Duco, Marc-Andre Gragnani (CAR), Victor Oreskovich, Ryan Parent.

WASHINGTON

None.

WINNIPEG

Eric Fehr, Michael Forney (Colorado - ECHL), John Negrin (Chicago - AHL), Fredrik Pettersson (E).

[chilly666]

i will be going thru the list and editing it this afternoon

[chilly666]

guys who departed for europe and most of the re-signings are noted (i might have missed some, but will go back thru tomorrow).

players that signed elsewhere have been mostly updated as well.

[chilly666]

as up to date as i think it can get...if i missed any let me know and ill edit them. thanks!

[Boston Garden]

Jagr (Dallas)

[Baronking]

Originally Posted by chilly666

as up to date as i think it can get...if i missed any let me know and ill edit them. thanks!

Jake Dowell - Minnesota
Al Montoya - Winnipeg

[skacore]

would be nice to have some sort of top 10 UFA lists, or maybe top 3 in each position... I'll make one tomorrow after work if someone else doesn't come around and do so

[skacore]

Jason Blake
Brian Rolston
Scott Hannan
Jaroslav Spacek
Brendan Morrison
Kristian Huselius
John Madden
Andrei Kostitsyn
Ruslan Fedotenko
Michal Rozsival
Shane Doan
Jason Arnott
Jamie Langenbrunner
Dominic Moore
Daniel Winnik
Mike Knuble
Alexander Semin
Kyle Wellwood

Wow...if you're looking for skilled players there certainly isn't much left.

[chilly666]

RFA's that still need to be signed (regular nhl'ers in '11-12)

Jamie Benn (DAL), P.K. Subban (MTL), Michael Del Zotto (NYR), Ryan O'Reilly (COL), Dmitri Kulikov (FLA), Cody Franson (TOR)

[thepolishkid88]

Is there going to be a seperate thread for buyouts or are we just going to log them in here?

[chilly666]

considering they won't be until next offseason, i'll deal with it then.