It's going to be a busy couple of weeks for the NHL.
Tuesday will be the Hall of Fame announcements, followed by Wednesday's awards presentation, Friday and Saturday with the draft. All of that leads up to free agency starting next Thursday.
With 10 days to go, here's my rankings of the top 100 UFAs this year. It's a thin class overall, and especially in terms of scoring wingers, but there are a lot of netminders and some good No. 3 and 4 defencemen available. (Full free agent lists can be found here.)
As per usual, there'll be a lot of activity, especially on the first day:
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'09-10 Cap Hit |
GP |
G |
A |
P |
PIM |
+/- |
TOI/G |
|
NAME |
POS |
AGE |
TEAM |
GS |
W |
GAA |
SPCT |
SO |
|
MIN |
|
1 |
Kovalchuk, Ilya |
F |
27 |
NJ |
$6.389 |
76 |
41 |
44 |
85 |
53 |
10 |
22.03 |
2 |
|
F |
30 |
SJ |
$6.300 |
82 |
44 |
39 |
83 |
22 |
21 |
21.21 |
3 |
|
D |
36 |
PIT |
$5.000 |
62 |
11 |
39 |
50 |
49 |
-4 |
24.39 |
4 |
|
F |
27 |
MTL |
$2.750 |
82 |
25 |
45 |
70 |
50 |
5 |
19.96 |
5 |
|
D |
29 |
NJ |
$3.833 |
22 |
2 |
9 |
11 |
2 |
10 |
22.50 |
6 |
|
G |
34 |
SJ |
$5.375 |
71 |
44 |
2.43 |
.922 |
3 |
4,194 |
|
7 |
|
D |
36 |
ANA |
$6.750 |
80 |
10 |
38 |
48 |
38 |
-9 |
26.50 |
8 |
|
D |
33 |
ATL |
$5.000 |
76 |
6 |
32 |
38 |
66 |
0 |
22.62 |
9 |
|
D |
27 |
PIT |
$2.000 |
78 |
5 |
19 |
24 |
49 |
4 |
21.24 |
10 |
|
D |
28 |
OTT |
$2.500 |
64 |
4 |
10 |
14 |
38 |
2 |
20.69 |
11 |
Mitchell, Willie |
D |
33 |
VAN |
$3.500 |
48 |
4 |
8 |
12 |
48 |
13 |
22.60 |
12 |
|
D |
27 |
PHX |
$1.250 |
72 |
3 |
14 |
17 |
30 |
5 |
22.64 |
13 |
|
F |
28 |
PHX |
$1.817 |
78 |
19 |
34 |
53 |
36 |
8 |
17.94 |
14 |
|
F |
27 |
LA |
$2.900 |
81 |
19 |
32 |
51 |
26 |
-1 |
18.43 |
15 |
Selanne, Teemu |
F |
39 |
ANA |
$2.625 |
54 |
27 |
21 |
48 |
16 |
3 |
17.31 |
16 |
|
G |
34 |
STL |
$3.000 |
61 |
30 |
2.53 |
.913 |
2 |
3,512 |
|
17 |
|
G |
29 |
TB |
$0.600 |
46 |
21 |
2.87 |
.909 |
1 |
2,657 |
|
18 |
|
G |
34 |
DAL |
$5.700 |
52 |
22 |
2.72 |
.913 |
4 |
3,087 |
|
19 |
|
D |
31 |
BUF |
$2.563 |
82 |
4 |
16 |
20 |
32 |
13 |
20.61 |
20 |
|
F |
38 |
CAR |
$3.550 |
80 |
21 |
37 |
58 |
26 |
-6 |
19.14 |
21 |
|
F |
35 |
NYR |
$1.150 |
75 |
20 |
38 |
58 |
32 |
8 |
20.09 |
22 |
Stempniak, Lee |
F |
27 |
PHX |
$2.500 |
80 |
28 |
20 |
48 |
26 |
0 |
17.30 |
23 |
|
F |
33 |
OTT |
$2.875 |
81 |
16 |
32 |
48 |
34 |
-7 |
18.74 |
24 |
|
F |
31 |
NYR |
$5.250 |
82 |
15 |
35 |
50 |
75 |
3 |
17.85 |
25 |
|
D |
32 |
BUF |
$2.875 |
67 |
4 |
16 |
20 |
30 |
10 |
18.85 |
26 |
|
F |
30 |
TB |
$2.500 |
80 |
10 |
27 |
37 |
32 |
-2 |
15.79 |
27 |
Afinogenov, Maxim |
F |
30 |
ATL |
$0.800 |
82 |
24 |
37 |
61 |
46 |
-17 |
17.39 |
28 |
|
F |
30 |
PIT |
$2.105 |
77 |
21 |
29 |
50 |
61 |
-1 |
16.45 |
29 |
Johnsson, Kim |
D |
34 |
CHI |
$4.850 |
60 |
7 |
10 |
17 |
30 |
10 |
22.78 |
30 |
|
G |
29 |
MON |
$1.750 |
28 |
15 |
2.70 |
.909 |
1 |
1,714 |
|
31 |
|
F |
35 |
ANA |
$3.250 |
71 |
19 |
33 |
52 |
36 |
14 |
18.58 |
32 |
Belanger, Eric |
F |
32 |
WAS |
$1.750 |
77 |
15 |
26 |
41 |
32 |
2 |
15.51 |
33 |
Kariya, Paul |
F |
35 |
STL |
$6.000 |
75 |
18 |
25 |
43 |
36 |
-7 |
17.15 |
34 |
|
D |
32 |
WAS |
$2.625 |
52 |
6 |
12 |
18 |
12 |
-10 |
23.29 |
35 |
Guerin, Bill |
F |
39 |
PIT |
$2.000 |
78 |
21 |
24 |
45 |
75 |
-9 |
17.53 |
36 |
|
F |
42 |
BOS |
$1.700 |
81 |
18 |
25 |
43 |
34 |
4 |
17.05 |
37 |
Morrison, Brendan |
F |
34 |
WAS |
$1.500 |
74 |
12 |
30 |
42 |
40 |
23 |
15.73 |
38 |
Theodore, Jose |
G |
33 |
WAS |
$4.500 |
43 |
30 |
2.81 |
.911 |
1 |
2,585 |
|
39 |
|
F |
27 |
ATL |
$2.400 |
79 |
15 |
14 |
29 |
61 |
6 |
14.78 |
40 |
|
D |
31 |
PHX |
$3.300 |
76 |
4 |
25 |
29 |
37 |
2 |
21.43 |
41 |
|
D |
28 |
TB |
$0.600 |
71 |
8 |
34 |
42 |
48 |
-5 |
17.18 |
42 |
|
D |
26 |
BOS |
$0.500 |
51 |
5 |
10 |
15 |
43 |
10 |
17.65 |
43 |
|
F |
30 |
SJ |
$0.700 |
71 |
14 |
19 |
33 |
41 |
17 |
15.62 |
44 |
Svatos, Marek |
F |
27 |
COL |
$2.050 |
54 |
7 |
4 |
11 |
35 |
-13 |
11.41 |
45 |
|
G |
29 |
PHI |
$0.600 |
31 |
17 |
2.83 |
.905 |
1 |
1,799 |
|
46 |
|
F |
31 |
PIT |
$1.200 |
79 |
15 |
15 |
30 |
106 |
17 |
14.78 |
47 |
|
G |
37 |
ATL |
$1.088 |
42 |
21 |
2.62 |
.915 |
3 |
2,631 |
|
48 |
|
G |
32 |
NYI |
$1.400 |
26 |
9 |
3.27 |
.896 |
1 |
1,634 |
|
49 |
|
D |
29 |
PIT |
$1.750 |
81 |
11 |
15 |
26 |
28 |
0 |
21.91 |
50 |
Torres, Raffi |
F |
28 |
BUF |
$2.250 |
74 |
19 |
17 |
36 |
34 |
-11 |
13.51 |
51 |
|
F |
35 |
VAN |
$4.000 |
28 |
3 |
13 |
16 |
0 |
3 |
16.18 |
52 |
Emery, Ray |
G |
27 |
PHI |
$1.500 |
29 |
16 |
2.64 |
.905 |
3 |
1,683 |
|
53 |
|
F |
29 |
MTL |
$1.100 |
69 |
10 |
18 |
28 |
43 |
5 |
14.83 |
54 |
|
F |
28 |
PHX |
$0.600 |
74 |
12 |
11 |
23 |
39 |
13 |
13.45 |
55 |
|
D |
27 |
STL |
$1.283 |
67 |
7 |
25 |
32 |
60 |
8 |
17.30 |
56 |
Mottau, Mike |
D |
32 |
NJ |
$0.763 |
79 |
2 |
16 |
18 |
41 |
4 |
22.25 |
57 |
|
D |
33 |
PIT |
$2.000 |
79 |
3 |
13 |
16 |
26 |
5 |
19.75 |
58 |
|
F |
27 |
CGY |
$2.250 |
67 |
8 |
9 |
17 |
32 |
-9 |
17.54 |
59 |
|
D |
35 |
SJ |
$1.725 |
70 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
49 |
-5 |
17.31 |
60 |
Salei, Ruslan |
D |
35 |
COL |
$3.025 |
14 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
10 |
-1 |
18.71 |
61 |
Sutton, Andy |
D |
35 |
OTT |
$3.000 |
72 |
5 |
8 |
13 |
107 |
-10 |
20.39 |
62 |
|
D |
33 |
COL |
$3.500 |
64 |
3 |
17 |
20 |
28 |
6 |
19.13 |
63 |
Pothier, Brian |
D |
33 |
CAR |
$2.500 |
61 |
5 |
10 |
15 |
21 |
4 |
19.02 |
64 |
|
D |
38 |
LA |
$1.250 |
78 |
3 |
12 |
15 |
70 |
14 |
18.73 |
65 |
|
D |
28 |
DET |
$0.650 |
63 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
24 |
-2 |
14.98 |
66 |
Jones, Randy |
D |
28 |
LA |
$2.750 |
48 |
5 |
16 |
21 |
28 |
-3 |
18.17 |
67 |
Kozlov, Slava |
F |
38 |
ATL |
$3.667 |
55 |
8 |
18 |
26 |
33 |
-15 |
15.25 |
68 |
Metropolit, Glen |
F |
35 |
MTL |
$1.000 |
69 |
16 |
13 |
29 |
24 |
-1 |
13.57 |
69 |
Nolan, Owen |
F |
38 |
MIN |
$2.750 |
73 |
16 |
17 |
33 |
40 |
-12 |
16.59 |
70 |
Morrisonn, Shaone |
D |
27 |
WAS |
$1.975 |
68 |
1 |
11 |
12 |
68 |
8 |
17.56 |
71 |
Meyer, Freddy |
D |
29 |
NYI |
$0.588 |
64 |
4 |
11 |
15 |
40 |
-2 |
16.77 |
72 |
Modano, Mike |
F |
40 |
DAL |
$3.450 |
59 |
14 |
16 |
30 |
22 |
-6 |
14.29 |
73 |
Lilja, Andreas |
D |
34 |
DET |
$1.250 |
20 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
14.10 |
74 |
Madden, John |
F |
37 |
CHI |
$2.750 |
79 |
10 |
13 |
23 |
12 |
-2 |
15.41 |
75 |
Ward, Aaron |
D |
37 |
ANA |
$2.500 |
77 |
1 |
12 |
13 |
62 |
-15 |
17.29 |
76 |
Weaver, Mike |
D |
32 |
STL |
$0.800 |
77 |
1 |
9 |
10 |
29 |
10 |
16.95 |
77 |
Wellwood, Kyle |
F |
27 |
VAN |
$1.200 |
75 |
14 |
11 |
25 |
12 |
6 |
13.85 |
78 |
Lang, Robert |
F |
39 |
PHX |
$1.700 |
64 |
9 |
20 |
29 |
28 |
-4 |
15.08 |
79 |
Mara, Paul |
D |
30 |
MTL |
$1.675 |
42 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
48 |
-16 |
18.71 |
80 |
|
D |
27 |
WAS |
$1.375 |
44 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
24 |
2 |
17.64 |
81 |
|
F |
35 |
NJ |
$1.000 |
71 |
10 |
12 |
22 |
45 |
3 |
16.80 |
82 |
Fedotenko, Ruslan |
F |
31 |
PIT |
$1.800 |
80 |
11 |
19 |
30 |
50 |
-17 |
14.65 |
83 |
Halpern, Jeff |
F |
34 |
LA |
$2.000 |
71 |
9 |
10 |
19 |
39 |
-14 |
14.51 |
84 |
|
G |
29 |
NYR |
$1.000 |
20 |
9 |
2.96 |
.895 |
0 |
1,298 |
|
85 |
|
F |
27 |
CGY |
$0.688 |
82 |
11 |
8 |
19 |
54 |
0 |
13.17 |
86 |
Walker, Scott |
F |
36 |
WAS |
$2.500 |
42 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
32 |
-3 |
9.67 |
87 |
Modin, Fredrik |
F |
35 |
LA |
$3.250 |
44 |
5 |
6 |
11 |
26 |
-8 |
14.77 |
88 |
Satan, Miroslav |
F |
35 |
BOS |
$0.700 |
38 |
9 |
5 |
14 |
12 |
8 |
15.74 |
89 |
Johnson, Aaron |
D |
27 |
EDM |
$0.540 |
41 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
35 |
-6 |
15.61 |
90 |
Conroy, Craig |
F |
38 |
CGY |
$1.050 |
63 |
3 |
12 |
15 |
25 |
-6 |
13.56 |
91 |
Tucker, Darcy |
F |
35 |
COL |
$2.250 |
71 |
10 |
14 |
24 |
47 |
-3 |
12.11 |
92 |
Asham, Arron |
F |
32 |
PHI |
$0.640 |
72 |
10 |
14 |
24 |
126 |
-2 |
10.07 |
93 |
|
G |
28 |
NJ |
$0.500 |
6 |
3 |
2.06 |
.923 |
0 |
467 |
|
94 |
Lehtinen, Jere |
F |
36 |
DAL |
$2.500 |
58 |
4 |
13 |
17 |
8 |
-8 |
14.74 |
95 |
Pisani, Fernando |
F |
33 |
EDM |
$2.500 |
40 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
-16 |
14.58 |
96 |
|
F |
35 |
SJ |
$0.750 |
79 |
4 |
15 |
19 |
72 |
0 |
13.06 |
97 |
Hendricks, Matt |
F |
28 |
COL |
$0.500 |
56 |
9 |
7 |
16 |
74 |
1 |
9.25 |
98 |
|
F |
27 |
CHI |
$0.713 |
13 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
14 |
2 |
8.77 |
99 |
|
G |
30 |
VAN |
$0.500 |
14 |
9 |
2.42 |
.911 |
1 |
967 |
|
100 |
Bergeron, M-A |
D |
29 |
MTL |
$0.750 |
60 |
13 |
21 |
34 |
16 |
-7 |
15.05 |
I'll reserve the right to alter this list as we go and players are bought out or signed. Over the next week, I'll pick out some gems that could be overlooked. On July 1, players will be crossed off as they're picked up by teams around the league.
UPDATE Players with strikethrough have been signed or retired.
UPDATE This list has not been updated to include players who were bought out or restricted free agents that did not receive qualifying offers. So keep in mind that the likes of Patrick O'Sullivan, Robert Nilsson, Denis Grebeshkov, etc., are also available.
UPDATE Antti Niemi and Brendan Witt are also now UFAs. I'll be keeping this cheat sheet updated all off-season.