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| | Tuesday, August 15 List of NHL free agents | |||||
| Associated Press NEW YORK -- National Hockey League free agents: Group II Free Agents subject to compensation and right to match Anaheim -- Antti Aalto, Matt Cullen, Jorgen Jonsson, Oleg Tverdovsky. Atlanta -- Petr Buzek, Herbert Vasiljevs. Boston -- Anson Carter, Sergei Samsonov, Joe Thornton. Buffalo -- Martin Biron, Denis Hamel, Jason Holland, David Moravec, Michael Peca, Erik Rasmussen. Calgary -- Chris Clark, Andreas Johansson, Derek Morris, Dave Roche, Marc Savard, Darrel Scoville, Andrei Trefilov, Clarke Wilm. Carolina -- Jeff O'Neill. Chicago -- Anders Eriksson, Nathan Perrott. Colorado -- Chris Drury, Milan Hejduk, Jon Klemm, Brad Larsen, Nolan Pratt. Columbus -- Matt Davidson, Marc Denis, Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, Steve Heinze, Krzysztof Oliwa, Deron Quint. Dallas -- Blake Sloan Detroit -- Kris Draper, Jason Elliott, Vyacheslav Kozlov, B.J. Young. Edmonton -- Mike Grier, Dan Lacouture, Georges Laraque, Ethan Moreau, Rem Murray, Alain Nasreddine, Ryan Smyth, Doug Weight. Florida -- Dan Boyle, Dave Duerden, Rocky Thompson, Peter Worrell. Los Angeles -- Craig Charron, Jan Nemecek, Jozef Stumpel. Minnesota -- Zac Bierk, Filip Kuba. Montreal -- Matthieu Descoteaux, Trent McCleary, Craig Rivet, Stephane Robidas, Martin Rucinsky, Sheldon Souray, Jose Theodore, Dainius Zubrus. Nashville -- Richard Lintner, Marc Moro, Kimmo Timonen. New Jersey -- Jason Arnott, Frederic Henry, Steve Kelly, Richard Rochefort, Colin White. New York Islanders -- Zdeno Chara, Ray Giroux, Roman Hamrlik, Brad Isbister, Kenny Jonsson, Dimitri Nabokov. New York Rangers -- Derek Armstrong, Drew Bannister, Jason Dawe, Daniel Goneau, Eric Lacroix, Dale Purinton, David Wilkie, Johan Witehall. Ottawa -- Radek Bonk, Viacheslav Butsayev, Andreas Dackell. Philadelphia -- Brian Boucher, Eric Lindros, Chris Therien, Steve Washburn. Phoenix -- Daniel Briere, Eric Healey, Trevor Letowski, Craig Mills, Mikael Renberg, Radoslav Suchy. Pittsburgh -- Jean-Sebastien Aubin, Sven Butenschon, Chris Kelleher. St. Louis -- Lubos Bartecko, Derek Bekar, Michal Handzus, Brent Johnson, Reed Low. San Jose -- Christian Gosselin, Todd Harvey, Alexander Korolyuk, Patrick Marleau, John Nabokov, Owen Nolan, Marcus Ragnarsson, Steve Shields, Marco Sturm. Tampa Bay -- Kaspars Astashenko, Pavel Kubina, Bryan Muir, Wayne Primeau. Toronto -- Lonny Bohonos, Alexander Karpovtsev, Don MacLean, D.J. Smith, Shawn Thornton. Vancouver -- Donald Brashear, Brendan Morrison, Felix Potvin, Brent Sopel, Lubomir Vaic. Washington -- Jan Bulis, Sergei Gonchar, Matt Herr, Ken Klee, Mike Peluso, Jason Shmyr, Chris Simon. Group III The following players are 31 years old or older with at least four years of NHL experience and are unrestricted free agents. Anaheim -- Ted Donato. Atlanta -- Johan Garpenlov. Boston -- Marty McSorley. Buffalo -- Randy Cunneyworth, James Patrick, Vladimir Tsyplakov, Dixon Ward. Calgary -- Bobby Dollas, Darryl Shannon. Carolina -- Mark Fitzpatrick Colorado -- None. Dallas -- Shawn Chambers, Dave Manson, Brian Skrudland. Detroit -- Joe Kocur. Edmonton -- Frantisek Musil, Bill Ranford. Florida -- Ray Sheppard, Mikhail Shtalenkov. Los Angeles -- Garry Galley. New Jersey -- Claude Lemieux, Sergei Nemchinov. Ottawa -- Tom Barrasso, Grant Ledyard, Kevin Miller. Phoenix -- Greg Adams, Sean Burke, Benoit Hogue. Pittsburgh -- Rob Brown, Tom Chorske, Steve Leach. St. Louis -- Bob Bassen, Kelly Chase, Dave Ellett, Rudy Poeschek, Stephane Richer. San Jose -- Jeff Norton, Ron Sutter. Tampa Bay -- Daren Puppa, Reid Simpson. Vancouver -- None. Washington -- Michal Pivonka. Group VI The following players qualify for unrestricted free agency, having met the requirements for Group VI free agency. These players, whose contracts have expired, are age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and in the case of a player other than a goaltender have played fewer than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), OR in the case of a goaltender have played fewer than 28 NHL games regular-season and playoff. Anaheim -- Tom Askey, Frank Banham, Scott Ferguson, Jeremy Stevenson. Atlanta -- Bob Lachance. Boston -- Aaron Downey, Joe Hulbig, Joel Prpic. Buffalo -- Craig Fisher, Scott Nichol, Chris Taylor. Carolina -- Eric Dandenault, Len Esau, Mike Rucinski, Todd Simon. Chicago -- Jeff Christian, Ted Crowley, Marc Lamothe. Colorado -- Michael Gaul. Columbus -- Barrie Moore. Dallas -- Kelly Fairchild. Edmonton -- Kevin Brown, Vladimir Vorobiev. Florida -- Paul Brousseau, Chad Cabana, Craig Reichert. Los Angeles -- Allan Egeland, Mike O'Neill, Marko Tuomainen. Nashville -- Paul Healey, Brent Peterson. New Jersey -- Steve Brule, Mike Buzak, Sylvain Cloutier, Sasha Lakovic. New York Rangers -- Chris Kenady. Ottawa -- Jeff Shevalier. Philadelphia -- Jeff Lank, Mike Maneluk, Steve McLaren, Sean O'Brien. Phoenix -- Trent Cull. St. Louis -- Bryan Helmer. San Jose -- Jon Coleman. Tampa Bay -- Pavel Torgaev. Vancouver -- Martin Gendron. Washington -- Martin Brochu, Trevor Halverson. 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. x-Club retains draft choice compensation only y-Players eligible to elect Group V Free Agency who did not receive a qualifying offer. Anaheim -- Corey Hirsch, Kip Miller-y, Blaine Russell, Lloyd Shaw, Tony Tuzzolino, Chad Wagner. Atlanta -- Maxim Galanov, Joel Irving. Boston -- Marquis Mathieu. Buffalo -- Daniel Bienvenue, Jason Cipolla, Mark Dutiaume, Paul Kruse-y, Mike Zanutto. Calgary -- Eric Charron-y, Steve Dubinsky, Stewart Malgunas-y, Lee Sorochan, John Tripp. Carolina -- Jeff Daniels-y, Gilbert Dionne-y, Sergei Fedotov, Hugh Hamilton, Mike Morrone. Colorado -- Jason Bowen. Dallas -- Keith Aldridge, Melvin Angelstad, Frederic Bouchard, Joel Bouchard, Matt Martin. Detroit -- David Arsenault, Alexandre Jacques. Edmonton -- Adam Copeland, Boyd Devereaux, Mike Minard, Alexander Selivanov. Florida -- Alex Hicks, Andrew Long, Jeff Ware. Los Angeles -- Nathan Lafayette. Montreal -- Byron Briske, Jonathan Delisle, Dave Morissette, Boyd Olson. Nashville -- Phil Crowe, Jeff Kealty. New Jersey -- George Awada. New York Islanders -- Johan Davidsson, Jamie Rivers. New York Rangers -- Alexandre Daigle. Ottawa -- Erich Goldmann, David Van Drunen. Philadelphia -- Chris Albert, Ryan Bast, Travis Brigley, Martin Cerven, Matt Henderson, Jim Montgomery. Phoenix -- Sylvain Daigle, Brad May, David Oliver, Shayne Toporowski. Pittsburgh -- Pat Falloon, Valentin Morozov, Tom O'Connor, Peter Skudra, Jean-Paul Tessier. St. Louis -- Jim Campbell, Dan Keczmer-y, Libor Prochazka, Darren Rumble-y. San Jose -- Garrett Burnett, Peter Roed. Tampa Bay -- Andrei Skopintsev, Timothy Thomas, Jr. Toronto -- Jason Bonsignore, Mark Deyell, Tyler Harlton, Francis Larivee, Ryan Pepperall, Marc Robitaille, Brian Wiseman. Vancouver -- Chad Allan, Stewart Bodtker, Paul Ferone, Tim Keyes, Garth Snow, Mike Valley, Harry York. | ALSO SEE Free agents: Who has signed where | |||||