NEW YORK – 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, Luca Caputi, Mathieu Carle, Kyle Cumiskey.
BOSTON
Matt Bartkowski, Lane MacDermid, Tuukka Rask.
BUFFALO
Alex Biega, T.J. Brennan, Tyler Ennis, Patrick Kaleta, Dennis Persson, Drew Schiestel, Paul Szczechura.
CALGARY
Akim Aliu, Mikael Backlund, Paul Byron, Leland Irving.
CAROLINA
Drayson Bowman, Zach Boychuk, Evgeni Dadonov, Mike Murphy, Jerome Samson, Chris Terry.
CHICAGO
None.
COLORADO
Jonas Holos, Erik Johnson, Jamie McGinn, Mark Olver, Ryan O’Reilly.
COLUMBUS
Jared Boll, Maksim Mayorov.
DALLAS
Richard Bachman, Jamie Benn, Jordie Benn, Mark Fistric, Ryan Garbutt, Luke Gazdic, Philip Larsen, Colton Sceviour, Tom Wandell.
DETROIT
Justin Abdelkader, Kyle Quincey.
EDMONTON
Devan Dubnyk, Sam Gagner, Linus Omark, Theo Peckham, Jeff Petry, Alex Plante, Chris VandeVelde.
FLORIDA
Michael Caruso, Roman Derlyuk, Keaton Ellerby, Brian Foster, Dmitry Kulikov, Michal Repik, Eric Selleck, Kris Versteeg, James Wright.
LOS ANGELES
Justin Azevedo, Andrew Campbell, Thomas Hickey, Dwight King, Stefan Legein, David Meckler, Jake Muzzin.
MINNESOTA
Cody Almond, Dennis Endras, Justin Falk, Chay Genoway, David McIntyre, Carson McMillan, Jarod Palmer, Nick Palmieri.
MONTREAL
Raphael Diaz, Lars Eller, Andreas Engqvist, Blake Geoffrion, Aaron Palushaj, Frederic St. Denis, P.K. Subban.
NASHVILLE
Jonathon Blum, Atte Engren, Sergei Kostitsyn, Teemu Laakso, Alexander Radulov, Jeremy Smith, Ryan Thang, Shea Weber, Colin Wilson.
NEW JERSEY
Matthew Corrente, Mark Fayne, Vladimir Zharkov.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Sean Backman, Justin DiBenedetto, Mark Katic, Mikko Koskinen, Tomas Marcinko, Matt Martin, Rhett Rakhshani, Ty Wishart.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Michael Del Zotto, Anton Stralman, Cameron Talbot, Pavel Valentenko, Casey Wellman, Mats Zuccarello.
OTTAWA
Kaspars Daugavins, Nikita Filatov, Nick Foligno, Eric Gryba, Erik Karlsson, Jim O’Brien.
PHILADELPHIA
Marc-Andre Bourdon, Ben Holmstrom, Tom Sestito, Mike Testwuide, Jakub Voracek, Harry Zolnierczyk.
PHOENIX
Kyle Chipchura, Brett MacLean, Chris Summers, Viktor Tikhonov.
PITTSBURGH
Robert Bortuzzo, Alex Grant, Carl Sneep, Brian Strait, Eric Tangradi.
ST. LOUIS
Jay Barriball, Jori Lehtera, T.J. Oshie, Anthony Peluso, David Perron, Brett Sonne.
SAN JOSE
T.J. Galiardi, Tim Kennedy, Brandon Mashinter, Frazer McLaren, Matt Pelech, Nick Petrecki, James Sheppard, Alex Stalock.
TAMPA BAY
Jaroslav Janus, Anders Lindback, Evan Oberg.
TORONTO
Cody Franson, Mark Fraser, Simon Gysbers, Korbinian Holzer, Juraj Mikus, Marcel Mueller, Jussi Rynnas, Ben Scrivens.
VANCOUVER
Eddie Lack, Dale Weise.
WASHINGTON
Jay Beagle, John Carlson, Mike Green, Zach Hamill, Kevin Marshall, Mathieu Perreault.
WINNIPEG
Brett Festerling, Evander Kane, Arturs Kulda, Maxime Macenauer, Spencer Machacek, Ben Maxwell, Paul Postma.
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, Dan Ellis, Niklas Hagman, Jean-Francois Jacques, Petri Kontiola, George Parros, Rod Pelley, Teemu Selanne, Matt Smaby.
BOSTON
Joe Corvo, Josh Hennessy, Chris Kelly, Nathan McIver, Zach McKelvie, Mike Mottau, Michel Ouellet, Brian Rolston, Marty Turco, Greg Zanon.
BUFFALO
Brad Boyes, Jochen Hecht, Ales Kotalik, David Leggio, Drew MacIntyre, Shaone Morrisonn, Michael Ryan, Colin Stuart, Derek Whitmore.
CALGARY
Guillaume Desbiens, Scott Hannan, Raitis Ivanans, Olli Jokinen, Tom Kostopoulos, Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond, David Moss.
CAROLINA
Bryan Allen, Chris Durno, Mathieu Roy, Jaroslav Spacek.
CHICAGO
Andrew Brunette, Cristobal Huet, Sami Lepisto, Brendan Morrison, Sean O’Donnell.
COLORADO
David Liffiton, Joakim Lindstrom, Greg Mauldin, Jay McClement, Danny Richmond, Patrick Rissmiller.
COLUMBUS
Darryl Boyce, Alexandre Giroux, Kristian Huselius, Aaron Johnson, Brett Lebda, Radek Martinek, Curtis McElhinney, Curtis Sanford, Martin St.
Pierre.
DALLAS
Adam Burish, Jake Dowell, Radek Dvorak, Maxime Fortunus, Brad Lukowich, Toby Petersen, Vojtech Polak, Andrew Raycroft, Raymond Sawada, Sheldon Souray, Dan Spang.
DETROIT
Fabian Brunnstrom, Ty Conklin, Chris Conner, Garnet Exelby, Tomas Holmstrom, Jiri Hudler, Doug Janik, Jamie Johnson, Nicklas Lidstrom, Chris Minard, Andrew Murray.
EDMONTON
Yann Danis, Josh Green, Darcy Hordichuk, Ryan Keller, Bryan Rodney, Ryan Smyth.
FLORIDA
Krys Barch, Scott Clemmensen, Mark Cullen, Jason Garrison, Bracken Kearns, John Madden, Greg Rallo, Mikael Samuelsson, Marco Sturm, Sean Sullivan, Bill Thomas.
LOS ANGELES
Corey Elkins, Johan Fransson, Trent Hunter, Ethan Moreau, Brady Murray, Scott Parse, Dustin Penner.
MINNESOTA
Erik Christensen, Jon DiSalvatore, Kurtis Foster, Mike Lundin, Jed Ortmeyer, Warren Peters, Jeff Taffe.
MONTREAL
Joe Callahan, Chris Campoli, Mathieu Darche, Alex Henry, Nathan Lawson, Garrett Stafford, Brad Staubitz, Brian Willsie.
NASHVILLE
Francis Bouillon, Sebastien Caron, Paul Gaustad, Andrei Kostitsyn, Brian McGrattan, Antti Pihlstrom, Tyler Sloan, Ryan Suter, Jordin Tootoo.
NEW JERSEY
Martin Brodeur, Johan Hedberg, Jay Leach, Brad Mills, Zach Parise, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Bryce Salvador, Tim Sestito, Petr Sykora, Petr Vrana.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Jeremy Colliton, Mark Eaton, Trevor Frischmon, Trevor Gillies, John Grahame, Milan Jurcina, Al Montoya, Jay Pandolfo, P.A. Parenteau, Dylan Reese, Steve Staios.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Sean Avery, Ivan Baranka, Brendan Bell, Martin Biron, Andre Deveaux, Steve Eminger, Ruslan Fedotenko, Ilkka Heikkinen, John Mitchell, Kris Newbury, Brandon Prust, John Scott, Jeff Woywitka.
OTTAWA
Alex Auld, Matt Carkner, Tim Conboy, Matt Gilroy, Mattias Karlsson, Zenon Konopka, Filip Kuba, Francis Lessard, Corey Locke, Mike McKenna, Mark Parrish, Jesse Winchester.
PHILADELPHIA
Jason Bacashihua, Johan Backlund, Blair Betts, Matt Carle, Jaromir Jagr, Dan Jancevski, Pavel Kubina, Ian Laperriere, Michael Leighton, Stefan Ruzicka.
PHOENIX
Dean Arsene, Adrian Aucoin, Matt Beaudoin, Alexandre Bolduc, Shane Doan, Daymond Langkow, Patrick O’Sullivan, Nathan Oystrick, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Taylor Pyatt, Michal Rozsival, Kurt Sauer, Ray Whitney.
PITTSBURGH
Arron Asham, Ryan Craig, Brent Johnson, Steve MacIntyre, Colin McDonald, Scott Munroe, Richard Park, Steve Sullivan, Jason Williams.
ST. LOUIS
Jason Arnott, Jonathan Cheechoo, Carlo Colaiacovo, Brennan Evans, Jonathan Filewich, Kyle Hagel, Kent Huskins, Jamie Langenbrunner, Chris Porter, Brett Sterling, Danny Syvret.
SAN JOSE
Ben Guite, Torrey Mitchell, Dominic Moore, Mike Moore, Antero Niittymaki, Jim Vandermeer, Colin White, Brad Winchester, Daniel Winnik.
TAMPA BAY
Brett Clark, Mike Commodore, Bruno Gervais, Richard Petiot, Paul Ranger, Dwayne Roloson, Brandon Segal, Ryan Shannon, Trevor Smith, Tim Wallace.
TORONTO
Joey Crabb, Philippe Dupuis, Jeff Finger, Ryan Hamilton, Mike Zigomanis.
VANCOUVER
Nolan Baumgartner, Byron Bitz, Matt Climie, Andrew Ebbett, Samuel Pahlsson, Steven Pinizzotto, Steven Reinprecht, Aaron Rome, Sami Salo, Eric Walsky.
WASHINGTON
Keith Aucoin, Sean Collins, Kyle Greentree, Jeff Halpern, D.J. King, Mike Knuble, Jacob Micflikier, Zach Miskovic, Alexander Semin.
WINNIPEG
Mark Flood, Tanner Glass, Jonas Gustavsson, Jason Jaffray, Randy Jones, Peter Mannino, Chris Mason, Tim Stapleton, Kyle Wellwood.
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, Sean Zimmerman.
BOSTON
None.
BUFFALO
Travis Turnbull.
CALGARY
Brian Connelly, Stefan Meyer.
CAROLINA
Justin Peters, Justin Soryal, Brett Sutter.
CHICAGO
None.
COLORADO
Evan Brophey, Cedric Desjardins, Justin Mercier, Ryan Stoa.
COLUMBUS
Dane Byers, Mark Dekanich.
DALLAS
None.
DETROIT
None.
EDMONTON
Taylor Chorney.
FLORIDA
Jon Matsumoto.
LOS ANGELES
Patrick Mullen, Jeff Zatkoff.
MINNESOTA
Matt Kassian, Jeff Penner.
MONTREAL
None.
NASHVILLE
Brodie Dupont.
NEW JERSEY
Matt Taormina.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Micheal Haley.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Stu Bickel, Chad Johnson.
OTTAWA
Rob Klinkhammer.
PHILADELPHIA
None.
PHOENIX
Tyler Eckford, Justin Pogge, Brock Trotter, Matt Watkins.
PITTSBURGH
None.
ST. LOUIS
None.
SAN JOSE
John McCarthy.
TAMPA BAY
Scott Jackson, Jon Kalinski, Michael Kostka, Alexandre Picard.
TORONTO
Matt Lashoff, Jay Rosehill.
VANCOUVER
Mark Mancari.
WASHINGTON
Christian Hanson, Jordan Henry, Joel Rechlicz.
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, Dale Mitchell, Richard Schofield, Iiro Tarkki.
BOSTON
Jamie Arniel, Andrew Bodnarchuk, Stefan Chaput, Adam Courchaine.
BUFFALO
None.
CALGARY
Ryley Grantham, Logan MacMillan.
CAROLINA
Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll, Kyle Lawson, Matthew Pistilli.
CHICAGO
Simon Danis-Pepin, Christopher DiDomenico.
COLORADO
Trevor Cann, Zach Cohen, Peter Mueller, Jake Newton, Kevin Porter.
COLUMBUS
Taylor Ellington, Shawn Hunwick, Brent Regner.
DALLAS
Angelo Esposito, Jake Hauswirth, Michael Neal, Mikhail Stefanovich.
DETROIT
Travis Ehrhardt, Logan Pyett.
EDMONTON
Cam Barker, Milan Kytnar, Johan Motin, Hunter Tremblay.
FLORIDA
Justin Bernhardt, Ondrej Roman, Keith Seabrook, Wojtek Wolski.
LOS ANGELES
Ray Kaunisto.
MINNESOTA
Kris Fredheim, Nick Johnson, Guillaume Latendresse.
MONTREAL
Hunter Bishop, Michael Blunden, Andrew Conboy, Olivier Fortier, Dany Masse, Mark Mitera, Robert Slaney.
NASHVILLE
Ryan Flynn, Jack Hillen, Zack Stortini.
NEW JERSEY
Kory Nagy, Timo Pielmeier.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Yuri Alexandrov, Tyler McNeely, Yannick Riendeau, Tony Romano.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Lee Baldwin, Francois Bouchard, Chris Chappell, Sam Klassen, Andreas Thuresson.
OTTAWA
Craig Schira.
PHILADELPHIA
Andrew Rowe.
PHOENIX
Gilbert Brule, Colin Long, Nick Ross.
PITTSBURGH
Marc Cheverie, Mattias Modig, Cal O’Reilly, Alexandre Picard, Casey Pierro-Zabotel, Boris Valabik.
ST. LOUIS
None.
SAN JOSE
Benn Ferriero, Tony Lucia, Cameron MacIntyre, James Marcou, Tyson Sexsmith.
TAMPA BAY
Sebastien Piche, Benoit Pouliot.
TORONTO
Richard Greenop.
VANCOUVER
Mike Duco, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Victor Oreskovich, Ryan Parent.
WASHINGTON
None.
WINNIPEG
Eric Fehr, Michael Forney, John Negrin, Fredrik Pettersson.
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