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


Centers - 2010 NHL Unrestricted Free Agents
Player Age Team 09-10 Salary Notes
Patrick Marleau29SJ$6,300,000 
Olli Jokinen30CAL$5,500,000 
Marc Savard31BOS$5,000,000 Re-signed with the Bruins. 7 years, $28.05 million.
Saku Koivu34ANA$3,250,000 
Matt Cullen32 OTT $2,800,000 
John Madden36CHI$2,750,000 
Tomas Plekanec26MON$2,750,000 
Matthew Lombardi27PHO$2,350,000 
Mike Modano39DAL$2,250,000 
Chris Higgins26NYR$2,250,000 
Doug Weight38NYI$2,000,000 
Jeff Halpern33 LA $2,000,000 
Eric Belanger31MIN$1,750,000 
Matt Stajan25 CAL $1,750,000 Re-signed with the Flames. 4 years, $14 million.
Jason Williams28DET$1,500,000 
Brendan Morrison33WASH$1,500,000 
Wayne Primeau33TOR$1,400,000 
Kyle Wellwood26VAN$1,200,000 
Ryan Johnson33VAN$1,200,000 
Mike Comrie28EDM$1,125,000 
Vaclav Prospal34NYR$1,100,000 
Craig Conroy37CAL$1,000,000 
Glen Metropolit35MON$1,000,000 
Jim Slater26ATL$840,000 
Ryan Craig27TB$800,000 
Adam Mair30BUF$775,000 
Scott Nichol34SJ$750,000 
Adam Burish26CHI$725,000 
Joel Perrault26PHO$625,000 
Jamie Lundmark28 TOR $600,000 
Ryan Shannon26OTT$600,000 
Krys Barch29DAL$575,000 
Stephane Yelle35 COL $550,000 
Derek MacKenzie28CBJ$550,000 
Toby Petersen30DAL$550,000 
Cam Paddock26STL$525,000 
Andrew Ebbett26 MIN $500,000 
Rich Peverley26ATL$500,000 Re-signed with the Thrashers. 2 years, $2.6 million.
Michael Ryan29CAR$500,000 
Colin Stuart26CAL$500,000 
Yan Stastny26 VAN $500,000 
Zenon Konopka28TB$500,000 
Alexandre Giroux28WASH$500,000 
Cody McCormick26BUFTBA 
Dwight Helminen26SJTBA 
Derek Armstrong36STLTBA 
Rickard Wallin29TORTBA 
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Left Wingers - 2010 NHL Unrestricted Free Agents
Player Age Team 09-10 Salary Notes
Ilya Kovalchuk26 NJ $7,500,000 
Paul Kariya34STL$6,000,000 
Alexander Frolov27LA$4,000,000 
Vyacheslav Kozlov37ATL$3,850,000 
Ray Whitney37CAR$3,550,000 
Fredrik Modin34 LA $3,500,000 
Markus Naslund35NYR$3,000,000 
Raffi Torres27 BUF $2,750,000 
Alex Tanguay29TB$2,500,000 
Alexei Ponikarovsky29 PIT $2,500,000 
Darcy Tucker34COL$2,300,000 
Tomas Holmstrom36DET$2,250,000 
Keith Tkachuk37STL$2,150,000 
Ruslan Fedotenko30PIT$1,800,000 
Jere Lehtinen36DAL$1,500,000 
Steve Ott26DAL$1,500,000Re-signed with the Stars. 4 years , $11.8 million.
Rene Bourque27CAL$1,400,000 Re-signed with the Flames. 6 years, $20 million.
Derek Boogaard27MIN$1,250,000 
Matt Cooke30PIT$1,200,000 
Jon Sim31NYI$1,000,000 
Christoph Schubert27 ATL $900,000 
Steve Begin31BOS$850,000 
Brad Winchester28STL$800,000 
Eric Nystrom26CAL$775,000 
Kirk Maltby36DET$750,000 
Stephane Veilleux27TB$750,000 
Jody Shelley33SJ$725,000 
Eric Boulton32ATL$600,000 
Raitis Ivanans30LA$600,000 
David Koci28COL$575,000 
Steve MacIntyre28EDM$550,000 
Warren Peters26DAL$500,000 
Chris Minard27EDM$500,000 
Taylor Pyatt27PHOTBA 
Matt Ellis27BUFTBA 
Quintin Laing30WASHTBA 
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Right Wingers - 2010 NHL Unrestricted Free Agents
Player Age Team 09-10 Salary Notes
Milan Hejduk33COL$4,000,000 
Pavol Demitra34VAN$4,000,000 
Lee Stempniak26 PHO $3,500,000 
Owen Nolan37MIN$2,750,000 
Scott Walker35 WASH $2,500,000 
Fernando Pisani32EDM$2,500,000 
Marek Svatos27COL$2,350,000 
Teemu Selanne39ANA$2,000,000 
Bill Guerin38PIT$2,000,000 
Petr Sykora32MIN$1,600,000 
Todd Bertuzzi34DET$1,500,000 
Jamal Mayers34 CAL $1,400,000 
Mike Grier34BUF$1,200,000 
Evgeny Artyukhin26ANA$1,000,000 
Mark Recchi41BOS$1,000,000 
Jordin Tootoo26NASH$975,000 
Richard Park33NYI$800,000 
Wade Belak32NASH$650,000 
Shean Donovan34OTT$650,000 
Arron Asham31PHI$640,000 
Craig Weller28MIN$625,000 
Shawn Thornton31BOS$550,000 
Tim Jackman27NYI$550,000 
Brandon Bochenski27TB$550,000 
Brian McGrattan27CAL$547,000 
David Van Der Gulik26CAL$500,000 
Ilkka Pikkarainen28NJ$500,000 
Keith Aucoin30WASH$500,000 
Ben Guite30NASHTBA 
Jason Ward30PHITBA 
Jed Ortmeyer30SJTBA 
Ryan Vesce27SJTBA 
Barry Tallackson26STLTBA 
Ben Ondrus27TORTBA 
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Defenseman - 2010 NHL Unrestricted Free Agents
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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Goaltenders - 2010 NHL Unrestricted Free Agents
Player Age Team 09-10 Salary Notes
Evgeni Nabokov33SJ$6,000,000  
Marty Turco33DAL$5,400,000  
Jose Theodore32WASH$4,500,000  
Vesa Toskala32 CAL $4,000,000  
Chris Mason33STL$3,000,000  
Dan Ellis29NASH$2,000,000  
Ray Emery26PHI$1,500,000  
Martin Biron31NYI$1,400,000  
Jonas Hiller27ANA$1,300,000 Re-signed with the Ducks. 4 years, $18 million.
Peter Budaj26COL$1,250,000  
Johan Hedberg36ATL$1,175,000  
Patrick Lalime34BUF$1,000,000  
Alex Auld28 NYR $1,000,000  
Pekka Rinne26NASH$725,000 Re-signed with the Predators. 2 years, $6.8 million.
Stephen Valiquette31NYR$725,000  
Michael Leighton28CAR$600,000  
Curtis Sanford29MON$600,000  
Antero Niittymaki29TB$600,000  
Brent Johnson32PIT$525,000  
Yann Danis28NJ$500,000  
Andrew Raycroft29VAN$500,000  
Dany Sabourin28BOSTBA  
Scott Munroe27NYITBA  
Joey MacDonald29 ANA TBA  
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