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September 18, 2005

Remaining NHL Free Agents

NEW YORK (CP) - Remaining National Hockey League free agents (note: some players whose names appear on this list may recently have signed with their respective clubs but contracts have not been filed with the League):
Group 2

Subject to Compensation and Right to Match

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:

NEW YORK (CP) - Remaining National Hockey League free agents (note: some players whose names appear on this list may recently have signed with their respective clubs but contracts have not been filed with the League):


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Group 2

Subject to Compensation and Right to Match

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

$660,000 or below: No compensation.

Over $660,000 to $1 million: Third-round choice.

$1-million to $2-million: Second-round choice.

$2-million to $3-million: First and third-round choices.

$3-million to $4-million: First, second and third-round choices.

$4-million to $5-million: Two first-round choices, one second and one third-round choice.

Over $5-million: Four first-round choices.

Anaheim

Kip Brennan, Stanislav Chistov.

Atlanta

Shane Hnidy, Brian Maloney, Tommi Santala.

Boston

Nick Boynton, Jonathan Girard, Andy Hilbert, Ivan Huml, Martin Samuelsson, Sergei Zinovjev.

Buffalo

Jay McKee, Sean McMorrow, Taylor Pyatt.

Calgary

Chris Clark, Chuck Kobasew, Matthew Lombardi, Lynn Loyns.

Carolina

Bruno St. Jacques.

Chicago

Craig Anderson, Michael Holmqvist, Quintin Laing, Michael Leighton, Mikhail Yakubov.

Colorado

Riku Hahl, Philippe Sauve, Karlis Skrastins.

Columbus

Alexander Svitov.

Detroit

Niklas Kronvall, Joey MacDonald.

Edmonton

Ales Hemsky, Shawn Horcoff, Michael Morrison, Tony Salmelainen.

Florida

Christian Berglund, Joel Kwiatkowski, Vaclav Nedorost.

Los Angeles

Yanick Lehoux.

Minnesota

Erik Reitz.

Montreal

Marc-Andre Thinel.

Nashville

Andrei Mukhachev, Libor Pivko.

New Jersey

Ari Ahonen, Sean Brown, Matt Demarchi, Patrik Elias, Jeff Friesen, Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez, David Hale, Viktor Kozlov, Jamie Langenbrunner, Paul Martin, Ilkka Pikkarainen, Krisjanis Redlihs, Colin White.

N.Y. Islanders

Rob Collins, Eric Godard, Kenny Jonsson, Justin Mapletoft, Justin Papineau, Mark Parrish, Tomi Pettinen.

N.Y. Rangers

Karel Rachunek.

Ottawa

Andrew Hedlund.

Philadelphia

Randy Jones, Freddy Meyer, David Printz, Wade Skolney.

Phoenix

Sheldon Keefe.

Pittsburgh

Matt Hussey, Guillaume Lefebvre, Ross Lupaschuk, Matt Murley, Martin Strbak, Jocelyn Thibault.

San Jose

Alexander Korolyuk.

Tampa Bay

Nikita Alexeev, Andreas Holmqvist, Eric Perrin, Shane Willis.

Toronto

Pierre Hedin, Nathan Perrott, Karel Pilar.

Vancouver

Bryan Allen, Artem Chubarov, Matt Cooke, Jason King, Jarkko Ruutu, Nathan Smith.

Washington

Josef Boumedienne.

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Group 3

Unrestricted Free Agents

The following players have qualified for Group 3 Free Agency (age 31 or older with at least four accrued seasons) and are unrestricted free agents.

Calgary

Andrei Trefilov.

Chicago

Steve Poapst.

Colorado

Vincent Damphousse, Darby Hendrickson.

Columbus

Arturs Irbe.

Dallas

Don Sweeney.

Detroit

Stacy Roest, Jason Woolley.

Los Angeles

Roman Cechmanek, Stephane Quintal.

Montreal

Karl Dykhuis.

Nashville

Tony Hrkac, Greg Johnson, Jim McKenzie.

New Jersey

Scott Stevens.

Philadelphia

Claude Lapointe, Marcus Ragnarsson, John Slaney.

Pittsburgh

Mike Eastwood.

St. Louis

Alexander Khavanov.

Washington

Stephane Beauregard.

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Group 5 Free Agents

No players remain in this category.

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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).

Atlanta

Cory Larose, Kyle Rossiter.

Buffalo

Tom Askey, Brandon Smith.

Chicago

Ajay Baines, Shawn Thornton.

Colorado

Chris Bala, Mathieu Darche, Andre Savage, D.J. Smith, Jeff Ulmer.

Columbus

Karl Goehring, Zenith Komarniski, Andre Lakos, Brad Moran, Jeff Panzer, Darrel Scoville.

Detroit

Pete Vandermeer.

Edmonton

Sean McAslan, Tyler Moss, Rocky Thompson.

Florida

Patrick Desrochers, Burke Henry, Ryan Jardine, Ty Jones, Kamil Piros, Travis Scott.

Los Angeles

Ryan Flinn, Chris Schmidt.

Minnesota

Dan Cavanaugh, Ray Giroux.

Montreal

Gavin Morgan.

Nashville

Jerred Smithson.

New Jersey

Rob Skrlac.

N.Y. Islanders

Barrett Heisten, Dieter Kochan, Ryan Kraft, Richard Seeley.

N.Y. Rangers

Richard Scott, Stephen Valiquette.

Ottawa

Jesse Fibiger, Pat Kavanagh.

Philadelphia

Neil Little.

Phoenix

Nik Tselios.

St. Louis

Jame Pollock.

Vancouver

Jeff Heerema, Justin Morrison.

Washington

Darcy Verot.

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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

Eddy Ferhi, Cory Pecker, Alexei Smirnov, Lance Ward.

Atlanta

Paul Flache, Libor Ustrnul.

Boston

Peter Hamerlik, Robert Liscak, P.J. Stock, Kris Vernarsky.

Buffalo

Jason Botterill, Brad Brown, Ryan Jorde.

Calgary

Sebastien Centomo, Deryk Engelland, Anders Eriksson, Brennan Evans, Davis Parley, Roman Rozakov.

Carolina

Ryan Bayda, Daniel Boisclair, Sean Curry, Jim Henkel, Ed Hill, Marty Murray, Jared Newman, Rob Zepp.

Chicago

Scott Balan, Brandin Cote, Igor Radulov.

Colorado

Dennis Bonvie, Sergey Klyazmin, Agris Saviels, Peter Worrell.

Columbus

Scott Heffernan, Ben Knopp, Joe Motzko, Mike Pandolfo, Prestin Ryan, Matthias Trattnig, Duvie Westcott.

Detroit

Paul Ballantyne, Danny Groulx.

Edmonton

Mike Bishai, Joe Cullen, Jamie Wright.

Florida

Eric Beaudoin, Scott Kelman, Josh Olson.

Los Angeles

Jason Holland, Esa Pirnes.

Minnesota

Jason Beckett, Christoph Brandner, Marc Cavosie, Mark Cullen, Kyle Kettles, Jordan Krestanovich.

Montreal

Benoit Dusablon, Christian Larrivee, Matt Shasby.

Nashville

Andreas Lilja, Vladimir Orszagh.

New Jersey

Jiri Bicek, Phil Cole, Eric Johansson, Matus Kostur.

N.Y. Islanders

Graham Belak, Blaine Down.

N.Y. Rangers

Dan Blackburn, Lucas Lawson, Layne Ulmer.

Ottawa

Josh Langfeld, Charlie Stephens.

Philadelphia

Nick Deschenes, Jeff Smith, Radovan Somik, Peter White.

Phoenix

Daniel Cleary, Mike Stutzel.

Pittsburgh

Steven Crampton, Darcy Robinson.

San Jose

David Cloutier, Scott Ford, Aaron Gill.

Toronto

Nathan Barrett, Harold Druken, Regan Kelly.

Vancouver

Tim Smith.

Washington

Jason Doig, Justin Eddy.

End Remaining NHL Free Agents List

Posted by admin at September 18, 2005 04:55 PM

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