NHL releases names of free agents

NEW YORK – The National Hockey League has 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
 
$1,034,249 or below         None
Over $1,034,249 to $1,567,043: Third-round choice
Over $1,567,043 to $3,134,088: Second-round choice
Over $3,134,088 to $4,701,131: First-round and third-round choice
Over $4,701,131 to $6,268,175: First-round, second-round and third-round choice
Over $6,268,175 to $7,835,219: Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice
Over $7,835,219: Four first-round choices
 
ANAHEIM
 
Patrick Maroon, Dan Sexton
 
BOSTON
 
Andrew Bodnarchuk, Stefan Chaput, Brad Marchand
 
BUFFALO
 
Jhonas Enroth, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Dennis McCauley, Dennis Persson, Andrej Sekera, Travis Turnbull, Mike Weber
 
CALGARY
 
Chris Butler, Leland Irving, Brendan Mikkelson
 
CAROLINA
 
Derek Joslin, Oskar Osala, Bobby Sanguinetti, Brandon Sutter, Brett Sutter
 
CHICAGO
 
Chris Campoli, Brian Connelly, Michael Frolik, Rob Klinkhammer, Alec Richards, Viktor Stalberg, Ivan Vishnevskiy
 
COLORADO
 
Kyle Cumiskey, T.J. Galiardi, Kevin Porter, Ryan Wilson
 
COLUMBUS
 
Marc Methot
 
DALLAS
 
None
 
DETROIT
 
Dick Axelsson, Francis Pare, Jordan Pearce, Logan Pyett
 
EDMONTON
 
Taylor Chorney, Andrew Cogliano, Ryan O’Marra, Theo Peckham, Liam Reddox
 
FLORIDA
 
Michael Caruso, Mike Duco, Shawn Matthias, Kenndal McArdle, Tyler Plante, Mike Santorelli
 
LOS ANGELES
 
Andrew Campbell, Marc-Andre Cliché, Richard Clune, Drew Doughty, Corey Elkins, Johan Fransson, Bud Holloway, Trevor Lewis, Alec Martinez, David Meckler, Oscar Moller, Patrick Mullen, Brad Richardson, Jeff Zatkoff
 
MINNESOTA
 
Justin Falk, Colton Gillies, Jarod Palmer, Jeff Penner, Darroll Powe, James Sheppard, Casey Wellman
 
MONTREAL
 
Mathieu Carle, Josh Gorges, Kyle Klubertanz, Ryan Russell, Frederic St.
Denis, Ryan White
 
NASHVILLE
 
Matt Halischuk, Sergei Kostitsyn, Linus Klasen, Chris Mueller, Cal O’Reilly, Nick Spaling, Andreas Thuresson
 
NEW JERSEY
 
Matthew Corrente, Mark Fraser, Jeff Frazee, Maxim Noreau, Nathan Perkovich, Matt Taormina, Alexander Vasyunov, Steven Zalewski, Vladimir Zharkov
 
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
 
Josh Bailey, Blake Comeau, Micheal Haley, Jesse Joensuu, Dylan Reese, Ty Wishart
NEW YORK RANGERS
 
Artem Anisimov, Stu Bickel, Brian Boyle, Ryan Callahan, Brandon Dubinsky, Brodie Dupont, Chad Johnson, Michael Sauer
 
OTTAWA
 
Erik Condra, Kaspars Daugavins, Geoff Kinrade, Roman Wick
 
PHILADELPHIA
 
Jon Kalinski, Wayne Simmonds, Jakub Voracek
 
PHOENIX
 
Jonas Ahnelov, Mikkel Boedker, Lauri Korpikoski, Brett MacLean, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Viktor Tikhonov, Kyle Turris, Matt Watkins, Keith Yandle
 
PITTSBURGH
 
Dustin Jeffrey, Brad Thiessen
 
ST. LOUIS
 
Ben Bishop, Ryan Reaves
 
SAN JOSE
 
Benn Ferriero, John McCarthy
 
TAMPA BAY
 
Johan Harju, Riku Helenius, Scott Jackson, Teddy Purcell, Steven Stamkos
 
TORONTO
 
Tyler Bozak, Matt Lashoff, Clarke MacArthur, Luke Schenn
 
VANCOUVER
 
Jannik Hansen, Sergei Shirokov
 
WASHINGTON
 
Karl Alzner, Francois Bouchard, Troy Brouwer, Mathieu Perreault, Semyon Varlamov
 
WINNIPEG
 
Zach Bogosian, Brett Festerling, Riley Holzapfel, Arturs Kulda, Andrew Ladd, Spencer Machacek, Ben Maxwell, Blake Wheeler
 
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
 
Ray Emery, Josh Green, Jason Jaffray, Andreas Lilja, Todd Marchant, Brian McGrattan, Joel Perrault, Jarkko Ruutu, Teemu Selanne, Brad Winchester
 
BOSTON
 
Shane Hnidy, Tomas Kaberle, Kirk MacDonald, Mark Recchi, Jeremy Reich, Michael Ryder, Nolan Schaefer, Trent Whitfield
 
BUFFALO
 
Tim Conboy, Tim Connolly, Matt Ellis, Mike Grier, Patrick Lalime, Cody McCormick, Rob Niedermayer, Mark Parrish, Colin Stuart
 
CALGARY
 
Anton Babchuk, Staffan Kronvall, Tomi Maki, Fredrik Modin, Brendan Morrison, Adam Pardy, Steve Staios
 
CAROLINA
 
Erik Cole, Brandon Nolan, Bryan Rodney, Cory Stillman
 
CHICAGO
 
Jassen Cullimore, Garnet Exelby, Jordan Hendry, Ryan Johnson, Steve Montador, Fernando Pisani, Jeff Taffe, Hannu Toivonen, Marty Turco
 
COLORADO
 
Jason Bacashihua, Peter Budaj, Tomas Fleischmann, Adam Foote, John Grahame, David Koci, Ben Walter
 
COLUMBUS
 
Chris Clark, Trevor Frischmon, Mathieu Garon, Ben Guite, Jan Hejda, David LeNeveu, Greg Moore, Ethan Moreau, Andrew Murray, Craig Rivet, Scottie Upshall, James Wisniewski
 
DALLAS
 
Brent Krahn, Jamie Langenbrunner, Brad Richards, Brandon Segal, Karlis Skrastins, Brian Sutherby, Jason Williams, Jeff Woywitka
 
DETROIT
 
Kris Draper, Patrick Eaves, Jonathan Ericsson, Ilari Filppula, Joey MacDonald, Derek Meech, Drew Miller, Mike Modano, Chris Osgood, Ruslan Salei, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen
 
EDMONTON
 
Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers, Martin Gerber, Alexandre Giroux, Steve MacIntyre, Brad Moran, Ben Ondrus, Richard Petiot, Jason Strudwick, Jim Vandermeer
 
FLORIDA
 
Joe Callahan, Ryan Carter, Triston Grant, Darcy Hordichuk, Hugh Jessiman, Marty Reasoner, Patrick Rissmiller, Sergei Samsonov, Alexander Sulzer, Bill Thomas, Tomas Vokoun, Clay Wilson
 
LOS ANGELES
 
Michal Handzus, Peter Harrold, Alexei Ponikarovsky, John Zeiler
 
MINNESOTA
 
Andrew Brunette, Jean-Michel Daoust, Josh Harding, Chuck Kobasew, John Madden, Antti Miettinen, Jed Ortmeyer, Jose Theodore
 
MONTREAL
 
Alex Auld, Marvin Degon, Jeff Halpern, Roman Hamrlik, Drew MacIntyre, Paul Mara, Alexander Perezhogin, Curtis Sanford, Brent Sopel
 
NASHVILLE
 
Steve Begin, Wade Belak, Matt Ellison, Marcel Goc, Aaron Johnson, Shane O’Brien, Brett Palin, Steve Sullivan, Joel Ward
 
NEW JERSEY
 
Rob Davison, Andy Greene, Johan Hedberg, Adam Mair, Mike McKenna, Bradley Mills, Chad Wiseman
 
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
 
Andy Hilbert, Zenon Konopka, Nathan Lawson, Joel Martin, Radek Martinek, Doug Weight, Jeremy Yablonski
 
NEW YORK RANGERS
 
Steve Eminger, Ruslan Fedotenko, Alexander Frolov, Bryan McCabe, Vaclav Prospal, Todd White, Jeremy Williams
 
OTTAWA
 
Michal Barinka, Andre Benoit, Mike Brodeur, David Hale, Ryan Keller, Pascal Leclaire, Francis Lessard, Curtis McElhinney, Ryan Shannon, Marek Svatos
 
PHILADELPHIA
 
Brian Boucher, Nick Boynton, Ville Leino, Sean O’Donnell, Michael Ryan, Patrick Thoresen, Nikolay Zherdev
 
PHOENIX
 
Eric Belanger, Matt Climie, Andrew Ebbett, Vernon Fiddler, Ryan Hollweg, Ed Jovanovski, Bracken Kearns, Petr Prucha, Radim Vrbata, Nolan Yonkman
 
PITTSBURGH
 
Arron Asham, Mike Comrie, Chris Conner, John Curry, Daniel Fernholm, Eric Godard, Andrew Hutchinson, Alex Kovalev, Corey Potter, Michael Rupp, Brett Sterling, Maxime Talbot, Steve Wagner
 
ST. LOUIS
 
Dean Arsene, Ty Conklin, Cam Janssen, Graham Mink, Nathan Oystrick, Dave Scatchard, Dave Spina
 
SAN JOSE
 
Ben Eager, Kent Huskins, Jamal Mayers, Scott Nichol, T.J. Trevelyan, Niclas Wallin, Kyle Wellwood, Ian White
 
TAMPA BAY
 
Sean Bergenheim, Chris Durno, Mitchell Fritz, Simon Gagne, Randy Jones, Mathieu Roy, Mike Smith
 
TORONTO
 
Tim Brent, Joey Crabb, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Fredrik Sjostrom, Aaron Voros, Mike Zigomanis
 
VANCOUVER
 
Nolan Baumgartner, Colby Genoway, Tanner Glass, Chris Higgins, Nathan Paetsch, Rick Rypien, Sami Salo, Jeff Tambellini, Raffi Torres, Tyler Weiman
 
WASHINGTON
 
Jason Arnott, Matt Bradley, Brian Fahey, Todd Ford, Boyd Gordon, Scott Hannan, Jakub Klepis, Michael Nylander, Steven Pinizzotto, Marco Sturm, Brian Willsie
 
WINNIPEG
 
Eric Boulton, Radek Dvorak, Jason Krog, Freddy Meyer, Jared Ross, Jaime Sifers, Noah Welch  
 
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
 
None
 
BOSTON
 
Anton Khudobin, David Laliberte
 
BUFFALO
 
Mark Mancari, Derek Whitmore
 
CALGARY
 
Kris Chucko, Cam Cunning, Matt Keetley, Ryan Stone
 
CAROLINA
 
Casey Borer, Nick Dodge, Zack Fitzgerald, Justin Pogge
 
CHICAGO
 
None
 
COLORADO
Shawn Belle, Julian Talbot
 
COLUMBUS
 
Jonathan Sigalet, Trevor Smith, Kyle Wilson
 
DALLAS
 
Aaron Gagnon, Trevor Ludwig, Ray Sawada
 
DETROIT
 
Sergei Kolosov, Jamie Tardif
 
EDMONTON
 
Gregory Stewart
 
FLORIDA
 
None
 
LOS ANGELES
 
None
 
MINNESOTA
 
Robbie Earl, Jamie Fraser
 
MONTREAL
 
James Wyman
 
NASHVILLE
 
Mark Dekanich, Grant Lewis, Kelsey Wilson
 
NEW JERSEY
 
Tyler Eckford, Olivier Magnan-Grenier, Tim Sestito
 
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
 
Jeremy Colliton
 
NEW YORK RANGERS
 
None
 
OTTAWA
 
Derek Smith
 
PHILADELPHIA
 
Danny Syvret
 
PHOENIX
 
Dane Byers, Matt Clackson, Alexandre Picard
 
PITTSBURGH
 
Tim Wallace
 
ST. LOUIS
 
Adam Cracknell, Tyson Strachan
 
SAN JOSE
 
Thomas Greiss
 
TAMPA BAY
 
Cedrick Desjardins
 
TORONTO
 
Darryl Boyce, Alex Foster, Christian Hanson, Danny Richmond
 
VANCOUVER
 
Alex Bolduc, Guillaume Desbiens
 
WASHINGTON
 
Andrew Gordon, Andrew Joudrey
 
WINNIPEG
 
None
 
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
 
Kyle Chipchura, John Degray, Ryan Hillier, Jean-Philippe Levasseur, Eric Regan, Nigel Williams
 
BOSTON
 
Matt Dalton, Boris Valabik, Cody Wild
 
BUFFALO
 
None
 
CALGARY
 
John Armstrong, Gord Baldwin, Hugo Carpentier, Josh Meyers, Matt Pelech
 
CAROLINA
 
Troy Bodie, Jiri Tlusty
 
CHICAGO
 
Evan Brophey, Jake Dowell, Mathis Olimb
 
COLORADO
 
Philippe Dupuis, Brian Elliott, Tom Fritsche, Ray Macias, Harrison Reed
 
COLUMBUS
 
Petr Kalus, Tomas Kana, Sami Lepisto, Michael Ratchuk, Anton Stralman, Gustaf Wesslau
 
DALLAS
 
Sean Backman, Guillaume Monast
 
DETROIT
 
Jordan Owens
 
EDMONTON
 
Jordan Bendfeld, Jean-Francois Jacques, Matt Marquardt, Kevin Montgomery, Bryan Pitton, Zack Stortini
 
FLORIDA
 
Niclas Bergfors, Steve Bernier, Byron Bitz, Brady Calla, James Delory, T.J.
Fast, Jordan Knackstedt, Jeff Lovecchio
 
LOS ANGELES
 
Rob Bordson
 
MINNESOTA
 
Patrick O’Sullivan
 
MONTREAL
 
Dustin Boyd, Nigel Dawes, Alexandre Picard, Benoit Pouliot, Tom Pyatt
 
NASHVILLE
 
Dan Gendur, Mark Santorelli
 
NEW JERSEY
 
Anssi Salmela
 
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
 
Robin Figren, Jack Hillen, Rob Hisey, Dustin Kohn
 
NEW YORK RANGERS
 
Devin Didiomete, Tysen Dowzak, Matt Gilroy, Matt McCue, Justin Soryal
 
OTTAWA
 
Jason Bailey, Cody Bass, Ryan Potulny
 
PHILADELPHIA
 
Dan Carcillo, Garrett Klotz, Brian Stewart
 
PHOENIX
 
Joel Gistedt, Josh Lunden, Jeff May
 
PITTSBURGH
 
Joey Haddad, Tyler Kennedy
 
ST. LOUIS
 
Matt D’Agostini, Nicholas Drazenovic
 
SAN JOSE
 
Patrick Davis, Kevin Henderson, Carter Hutton, Joe Loprieno, Nick Schaus, Michael Swift
 
TAMPA BAY
 
Alex Berry, Stefano Giliati, Mike Lundin, Vladimir Mihalik, Levi Nelson, Kevin Quick, Matt Smaby, Paul Szczechura
 
TORONTO
 
Fabian Brunnstrom, Brayden Irwin
 
VANCOUVER
 
Mario Bliznak, MacGregor Sharp, Lee Sweatt
 
WASHINGTON
 
Trevor Bruess, Joe Finley, Josh Godfrey
 
WINNIPEG
 
Andrew Kozek, Ian McKenzie, Rob Schremp, Anthony Stewart.
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