2010 NHL Unrestricted Free Agents by Position
Here is an early look at potential 2010 NHL Unrestricted Free Agents listed by position. Throughout the year some potential NHL free agents will be re-signed, and we'll update accordingly. Also take a look at 2010 NHL Restricted Free Agents by team.
Center | Right Wingers | Left Wingers | Defense | Goaltenders
|
| Player |
Age |
Team |
09-10 Salary |
Notes |
| Patrick Marleau | 29 | SJ | $6,300,000 | |
| Olli Jokinen | 30 | CAL | $5,500,000 | |
| Marc Savard | 31 | BOS | $5,000,000 |
Re-signed with the Bruins. 7 years, $28.05 million. |
| Saku Koivu | 34 | ANA | $3,250,000 | |
| Matt Cullen | 32 |
OTT |
$2,800,000 | |
| John Madden | 36 | CHI | $2,750,000 | |
| Tomas Plekanec | 26 | MON | $2,750,000 | |
| Matthew Lombardi | 27 | PHO | $2,350,000 | |
| Mike Modano | 39 | DAL | $2,250,000 | |
| Chris Higgins | 26 | NYR | $2,250,000 | |
| Doug Weight | 38 | NYI | $2,000,000 | |
| Jeff Halpern | 33 |
LA |
$2,000,000 | |
| Eric Belanger | 31 | MIN | $1,750,000 | |
| Matt Stajan | 25 |
CAL |
$1,750,000 |
Re-signed with the Flames. 4 years, $14 million. |
| Jason Williams | 28 | DET | $1,500,000 | |
| Brendan Morrison | 33 | WASH | $1,500,000 | |
| Wayne Primeau | 33 | TOR | $1,400,000 | |
| Kyle Wellwood | 26 | VAN | $1,200,000 | |
| Ryan Johnson | 33 | VAN | $1,200,000 | |
| Mike Comrie | 28 | EDM | $1,125,000 | |
| Vaclav Prospal | 34 | NYR | $1,100,000 | |
| Craig Conroy | 37 | CAL | $1,000,000 | |
| Glen Metropolit | 35 | MON | $1,000,000 | |
| Jim Slater | 26 | ATL | $840,000 | |
| Ryan Craig | 27 | TB | $800,000 | |
| Adam Mair | 30 | BUF | $775,000 | |
| Scott Nichol | 34 | SJ | $750,000 | |
| Adam Burish | 26 | CHI | $725,000 | |
| Joel Perrault | 26 | PHO | $625,000 | |
| Jamie Lundmark | 28 |
TOR |
$600,000 | |
| Ryan Shannon | 26 | OTT | $600,000 | |
| Krys Barch | 29 | DAL | $575,000 | |
| Stephane Yelle | 35 |
COL |
$550,000 | |
| Derek MacKenzie | 28 | CBJ | $550,000 | |
| Toby Petersen | 30 | DAL | $550,000 | |
| Cam Paddock | 26 | STL | $525,000 | |
| Andrew Ebbett | 26 |
MIN |
$500,000 | |
| Rich Peverley | 26 | ATL | $500,000 |
Re-signed with the Thrashers. 2 years, $2.6 million. |
| Michael Ryan | 29 | CAR | $500,000 | |
| Colin Stuart | 26 | CAL | $500,000 | |
| Yan Stastny | 26 |
VAN |
$500,000 | |
| Zenon Konopka | 28 | TB | $500,000 | |
| Alexandre Giroux | 28 | WASH | $500,000 | |
| Cody McCormick | 26 | BUF | TBA | |
| Dwight Helminen | 26 | SJ | TBA | |
| Derek Armstrong | 36 | STL | TBA | |
| Rickard Wallin | 29 | TOR | TBA | |
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| Player |
Age |
Team |
09-10 Salary |
Notes |
| Ilya Kovalchuk | 26 |
NJ |
$7,500,000 | |
| Paul Kariya | 34 | STL | $6,000,000 | |
| Alexander Frolov | 27 | LA | $4,000,000 | |
| Vyacheslav Kozlov | 37 | ATL | $3,850,000 | |
| Ray Whitney | 37 | CAR | $3,550,000 | |
| Fredrik Modin | 34 |
LA |
$3,500,000 | |
| Markus Naslund | 35 | NYR | $3,000,000 | |
| Raffi Torres | 27 |
BUF |
$2,750,000 | |
| Alex Tanguay | 29 | TB | $2,500,000 | |
| Alexei Ponikarovsky | 29 |
PIT |
$2,500,000 | |
| Darcy Tucker | 34 | COL | $2,300,000 | |
| Tomas Holmstrom | 36 | DET | $2,250,000 | |
| Keith Tkachuk | 37 | STL | $2,150,000 | |
| Ruslan Fedotenko | 30 | PIT | $1,800,000 | |
| Jere Lehtinen | 36 | DAL | $1,500,000 | |
| Steve Ott | 26 | DAL | $1,500,000 | Re-signed with the Stars. 4 years , $11.8 million. |
| Rene Bourque | 27 | CAL | $1,400,000 |
Re-signed with the Flames. 6 years, $20 million. |
| Derek Boogaard | 27 | MIN | $1,250,000 | |
| Matt Cooke | 30 | PIT | $1,200,000 | |
| Jon Sim | 31 | NYI | $1,000,000 | |
| Christoph Schubert | 27 |
ATL |
$900,000 | |
| Steve Begin | 31 | BOS | $850,000 | |
| Brad Winchester | 28 | STL | $800,000 | |
| Eric Nystrom | 26 | CAL | $775,000 | |
| Kirk Maltby | 36 | DET | $750,000 | |
| Stephane Veilleux | 27 | TB | $750,000 | |
| Jody Shelley | 33 | SJ | $725,000 | |
| Eric Boulton | 32 | ATL | $600,000 | |
| Raitis Ivanans | 30 | LA | $600,000 | |
| David Koci | 28 | COL | $575,000 | |
| Steve MacIntyre | 28 | EDM | $550,000 | |
| Warren Peters | 26 | DAL | $500,000 | |
| Chris Minard | 27 | EDM | $500,000 | |
| Taylor Pyatt | 27 | PHO | TBA | |
| Matt Ellis | 27 | BUF | TBA | |
| Quintin Laing | 30 | WASH | TBA | |
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| Player |
Age |
Team |
09-10 Salary |
Notes |
| Milan Hejduk | 33 | COL | $4,000,000 | |
| Pavol Demitra | 34 | VAN | $4,000,000 | |
| Lee Stempniak | 26 |
PHO |
$3,500,000 | |
| Owen Nolan | 37 | MIN | $2,750,000 | |
| Scott Walker | 35 |
WASH |
$2,500,000 | |
| Fernando Pisani | 32 | EDM | $2,500,000 | |
| Marek Svatos | 27 | COL | $2,350,000 | |
| Teemu Selanne | 39 | ANA | $2,000,000 | |
| Bill Guerin | 38 | PIT | $2,000,000 | |
| Petr Sykora | 32 | MIN | $1,600,000 | |
| Todd Bertuzzi | 34 | DET | $1,500,000 | |
| Jamal Mayers | 34 |
CAL |
$1,400,000 | |
| Mike Grier | 34 | BUF | $1,200,000 | |
| Evgeny Artyukhin | 26 | ANA | $1,000,000 | |
| Mark Recchi | 41 | BOS | $1,000,000 | |
| Jordin Tootoo | 26 | NASH | $975,000 | |
| Richard Park | 33 | NYI | $800,000 | |
| Wade Belak | 32 | NASH | $650,000 | |
| Shean Donovan | 34 | OTT | $650,000 | |
| Arron Asham | 31 | PHI | $640,000 | |
| Craig Weller | 28 | MIN | $625,000 | |
| Shawn Thornton | 31 | BOS | $550,000 | |
| Tim Jackman | 27 | NYI | $550,000 | |
| Brandon Bochenski | 27 | TB | $550,000 | |
| Brian McGrattan | 27 | CAL | $547,000 | |
| David Van Der Gulik | 26 | CAL | $500,000 | |
| Ilkka Pikkarainen | 28 | NJ | $500,000 | |
| Keith Aucoin | 30 | WASH | $500,000 | |
| Ben Guite | 30 | NASH | TBA | |
| Jason Ward | 30 | PHI | TBA | |
| Jed Ortmeyer | 30 | SJ | TBA | |
| Ryan Vesce | 27 | SJ | TBA | |
| Barry Tallackson | 26 | STL | TBA | |
| Ben Ondrus | 27 | TOR | TBA | |
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| Player |
Age |
Team |
09-10 Salary |
Notes |
| Nicklas Lidstrom |
39 |
DET |
$7,450,000 |
|
| Scott Niedermayer |
35 |
ANA |
$6,000,000 |
|
| Sergei Gonchar |
35 |
PIT |
$5,500,000 |
|
| Kim Johnsson |
33 |
CHI |
$5,300,000 |
|
| Pavel Kubina |
32 |
ATL |
$5,000,000 |
|
| Paul Martin |
28 |
NJ |
$4,500,000 |
|
| Brett Clark |
32 |
COL |
$3,500,000 |
|
| Marek Zidlicky |
32 |
MIN |
$3,500,000 |
|
| Andy Sutton |
34 |
OTT |
$3,500,000 |
|
| Mike Rathje |
35 |
PHI |
$3,500,000 |
|
| Rob Blake |
39 |
SJ |
$3,500,000 |
|
| Willie Mitchell |
32 |
VAN |
$3,500,000 |
|
| Mike Van Ryn |
30 |
TOR |
$3,350,000 |
|
| Derek Morris |
30 |
PHO |
$3,300,000 |
|
| Ruslan Salei |
34 |
COL |
$3,275,000 |
|
| Henrik Tallinder |
30 |
BUF |
$3,250,000 |
|
| Adam Foote |
37 |
COL |
$3,250,000 |
|
| Anton Volchenkov |
27 |
OTT |
$3,200,000 |
|
| Toni Lydman |
31 |
BUF |
$3,150,000 |
|
| Randy Jones |
27 |
LA |
$3,000,000 |
|
| Joe Corvo |
32 |
WASH |
$2,750,000 |
|
| Jason Smith |
35 |
OTT |
$2,600,000 |
|
| Aaron Ward |
36 |
ANA |
$2,500,000 |
|
| Dan Hamhuis |
26 |
NASH |
$2,500,000 |
|
| Brian Pothier |
32 |
CAR |
$2,500,000 |
|
| Rostislav Klesla |
27 |
CBJ |
$2,250,000 |
|
| Dennis Seidenberg |
27 |
BOS |
$2,250,000 |
|
| Adrian Aucoin |
35 |
PHO |
$2,250,000 |
|
| Mark Eaton |
32 |
PIT |
$2,000,000 |
|
| Shaone Morrisonn |
26 |
WASH |
$1,975,000 | |
| Brad Lukowich |
32 |
VAN |
$1,800,000 | |
| Jordan Leopold |
28 |
PIT |
$1,750,000 | |
| Niclas Wallin |
34 |
SJ |
$1,725,000 | |
| Garnet Exelby |
27 |
TOR |
$1,725,000 | |
| Paul Mara |
29 |
MON |
$1,675,000 | |
| Andrew Ference |
30 |
BOS |
$1,625,000 | |
| Mathieu Schneider |
40 |
PHO |
$1,550,000 | |
| Nick Boynton |
30 |
ANA |
$1,500,000 | |
| Stephane Robidas |
32 |
DAL |
$1,500,000 | |
| Zbynek Michalek |
26 |
PHO |
$1,500,000 | |
| Lukas Krajicek |
26 |
TB |
$1,475,000 | |
| Carlo Colaiacovo |
26 |
STL |
$1,400,000 | |
| Milan Jurcina |
26 |
WAS |
$1,375,000 | |
| Andreas Lilja |
33 |
DET |
$1,250,000 | |
| Sean O'Donnell |
37 |
LA |
$1,250,000 | |
| Nathan Paetsch |
26 |
CLB |
$1,050,000 | |
| Jonas Frogren |
28 |
TOR |
$900,000 | |
| Brett Lebda |
27 |
DET |
$850,000 | |
| Jay McKee |
31 |
PIT |
$800,000 | |
| Mike Weaver |
31 |
STL |
$800,000 | |
| Mike Mottau |
31 |
NJ |
$775,000 | |
| Shane Hnidy |
33 |
MIN |
$750,000 | |
| Francis Bouillon |
33 |
NASH |
$750,000 | |
| David Hale |
28 |
TB |
$725,000 | |
| Jason Strudwick |
33 |
EDM |
$700,000 | |
| Andrew Hutchinson |
29 |
DAL |
$600,000 | |
| Freddy Meyer |
28 |
NYI |
$600,000 | |
| Kurtis Foster |
27 |
TB |
$600,000 | |
| Martin Skoula |
31 |
NJ |
$575,000 |
|
| Sheldon Brookbank |
28 |
ANA |
$550,000 | |
| Dan Jancevski |
28 |
DAL |
$550,000 | |
| Garrett Stafford |
29 |
DAL |
$550,000 | |
| John Scott |
26 |
MIN |
$550,000 | |
| Aaron Johnson |
26 |
ED |
$540,000 | |
| Tim Conboy |
27 |
CAR |
$500,000 | |
| Nate Guenin |
28 |
STL |
$500,000 |
|
| Jay Harrison |
26 |
CAR |
$500,000 | |
| Jay Leach |
29 |
NJ |
$500,000 | |
| Cory Murphy |
31 |
NJ |
$500,000 | |
| Matt Carkner |
28 |
OTT |
$500,000 | |
| Lawrence Nycholat |
30 |
VAN |
$500,000 | |
| Doug Janik |
29 |
DET |
TBA | |
| Alex Henry |
29 |
MON |
TBA | |
| Joe Callahan |
26 |
SJ |
TBA | |
| Brendan Bell |
26 |
CLB |
TBA | |
| Mike Lundin |
24 |
TB |
TBA | |
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| Player |
Age |
Team |
09-10 Salary |
Notes |
| Evgeni Nabokov | 33 | SJ | $6,000,000 |
|
| Marty Turco | 33 | DAL | $5,400,000 |
|
| Jose Theodore | 32 | WASH | $4,500,000 |
|
| Vesa Toskala | 32 |
CAL |
$4,000,000 |
|
| Chris Mason | 33 | STL | $3,000,000 |
|
| Dan Ellis | 29 | NASH | $2,000,000 |
|
| Ray Emery | 26 | PHI | $1,500,000 |
|
| Martin Biron | 31 | NYI | $1,400,000 |
|
| Jonas Hiller | 27 | ANA | $1,300,000 |
Re-signed with the Ducks. 4 years, $18 million. |
| Peter Budaj | 26 | COL | $1,250,000 |
|
| Johan Hedberg | 36 | ATL | $1,175,000 |
|
| Patrick Lalime | 34 | BUF | $1,000,000 |
|
| Alex Auld | 28 |
NYR |
$1,000,000 |
|
| Pekka Rinne | 26 | NASH | $725,000 |
Re-signed with the Predators. 2 years, $6.8 million. |
| Stephen Valiquette | 31 | NYR | $725,000 |
|
| Michael Leighton | 28 | CAR | $600,000 |
|
| Curtis Sanford | 29 | MON | $600,000 |
|
| Antero Niittymaki | 29 | TB | $600,000 |
|
| Brent Johnson | 32 | PIT | $525,000 |
|
| Yann Danis | 28 | NJ | $500,000 |
|
| Andrew Raycroft | 29 | VAN | $500,000 |
|
| Dany Sabourin | 28 | BOS | TBA |
|
| Scott Munroe | 27 | NYI | TBA |
|
| Joey MacDonald | 29 |
ANA |
TBA |
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