NHL releases free agent list

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Here’s the list of players who became free agents Thursday. It’s a bit outdated because some players have signed today and a few re-signed with their teams earlier in the week, but their contracts hadn’t been filed with the NHL.

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

$1,020,348 or below None
Over $1,020,348 to $1,545,981 Third-round choice
Over $1,545,981 to $3,091,963 Second-round choice
Over $3,091,963 to $4,637,944 First-round and third-round choice
Over $4,637,944 to $6,183,925 First-round, second-round and third-round choice
Over $6,183,925 to $7,729,907 Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice
Over $7,729,907 Four first-round choices

ANAHEIM

Brendan Mikkelson, Bobby Ryan, James Wisniewski.

ATLANTA

Niclas Bergfors, Ben Eager, Bryan Little, Clarke MacArthur, Peter Mannino, Ondrej Pavelec, Anthony Stewart.

BOSTON

Gregory Campbell, Mikko Lehtonen, Adam McQuaid, Mark Stuart, Blake Wheeler

BUFFALO

Philip Gogulla, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Patrick Kaleta, Tim Kennedy, Mark Mancari, Mike Weber, Derek Whitmore.

CALGARY

Gord Baldwin, Kris Chucko, Matt Keetley, Matt Pelech, Brett Sutter, Ian White.

CAROLINA

Nicolas Blanchard, Casey Borer, Nick Dodge, Jonathan Matsumoto, Justin Peters, Justin Pogge, Bryan Rodney.

CHICAGO

Bryan Bickell, Evan Brophey, Nathan Davis, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Andrew Ladd, Antti Niemi, Jack Skille, Hannu Toivonen.

COLORADO

Peter Mueller, Kyle Quincey, Chris Stewart, Julian Talbot, Daniel Winnik, Brandon Yip.

COLUMBUS

Michael Blunden, Jared Boll, Grant Clitsome, Chad Kolarik, Tom Sestito, Anton Stralman.

DALLAS

Fabian Brunnstrom, Maxime Fortunus, Aaron Gagnon, Nicklas Grossman, Perttu Lindgren, Trevor Ludwig, James Neal, Matt Niskanen, Raymond Sawada.

DETROIT

Patrick Eaves, Darren Helm, Sergei Kolosov, Daniel Larsson, Derek Meech, Drew Miller, Jamie Tardif, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen.

EDMONTON

Gilbert Brule, Andrew Cogliano, Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers, Devan Dubnyk, Colin Fraser, Sam Gagner, Jean-Francois Jacques, Ryan O’Marra, Theo Peckham, Liam Reddox.

FLORIDA

Jason Garrison, Jordan Henry, Kenndal McArdle, Tyler Plante.

LOS ANGELES

Marc-Andre Cliche, Richard Clune, Corey Elkins, Trevor Lewis, Brad Richardson.

MINNESOTA

Josh Harding, Anton Khudobin, Guillaume Latendresse.

MONTREAL

Mathieu Carle, David Desharnais, Cedric Desjardins, Maxim Lapierre, Carey Price, Ryan Russell, Brock Trotter, James Wyman.

NASHVILLE

Mark Dekanich, Robert Dietrich, Cody Franson, Patric Hornqvist, Sergei Kostitsyn, Teemu Laakso, Ryan Parent, Michael Santorelli.

NEW JERSEY

David Clarkson, Patrick Davis, Tyler Eckford, Mark Fraser, Olivier Magnan-Grenier.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Dustin Kohn, Nathan Lawson, Matt Moulson, Dylan Reese, Rob Schremp.

NEW YORK RANGERS

Brodie Dupont, Dan Girardi, Ilkka Heikkinen, Brandon Prust, Michael Sauer, Marc Staal.

OTTAWA

Cody Bass, Chris Campoli, Nick Foligno, Geoff Kinrade, Peter Regin, Jesse Winchester, Ilya Zubov.

PHILADELPHIA

Dan Carcillo, Matthew Clackson, Braydon Coburn, David Laliberte, Darroll Powe.

PHOENIX

Martin Hanzal, Shaun Heshka, Alexandre Picard.

PITTSBURGH

Chris Conner.

ST. LOUIS

Nicholas Drazenovic, Jaroslav Halak, T.J. Hensick, Cam Janssen, Jonas Junland, D.J. King, David Perron, Ryan Reaves, Vladimir Sobotka, Alex Steen, Tyson Strachan.

SAN JOSE

Derek Joslin, Devin Setoguchi, Steven Zalewski.

TAMPA BAY

Steve Downie, Blair Jones, Martins Karsums, Mike Lundin, Vladimir Mihalik, Teddy Purcell, Paul Ranger, Juraj Simek, Paul Szczechura, Nate Thompson.

TORONTO

Nikolai Kulemin.

VANCOUVER

Alexandre Bolduc, Tanner Glass, Jannik Hansen, Shane O’Brien, Mason Raymond, Eric Walsky, Sean Zimmerman.

WASHINGTON

Jay Beagle, Chris Bourque, Eric Fehr, Tomas Fleischmann, Andrew Gordon, Boyd Gordon, Patrick McNeill, Zach Miskovic, Jeff Schultz.

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

Kyle Calder, Brennan Evans, Saku Koivu, Joey MacDonald, Scott Niedermayer, Teemu Selanne, Aaron Ward.

ATLANTA

Maxim Afinogenov, Colby Armstrong, Evgeny Artyukhin, Eric Boulton, Chris Chelios, Josh Gratton, Johan Hedberg, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Pavel Kubina, Steve McCarthy, Mark Popovic, Christoph Schubert, Tim Stapleton.

BOSTON

Steve Begin, Guillaume Lefebvre, Mark Recchi, Dany Sabourin, Miroslav Satan, Andy Wozniewski.

BUFFALO

Jeff Cowan, Joe DiPenta, Matt Ellis, Patrick Lalime, Toni Lydman, Adam Mair, Cody McCormick, Henrik Tallinder, Raffi Torres.

CALGARY

Craig Conroy, Andy Delmore, Carsen Germyn, Christopher Higgins, Jamal Mayers, Brian McGrattan, Garth Murray, Eric Nystrom, Colin Stuart, Vesa Toskala, David Van Der Gulik.

CAROLINA

Tim Conboy, Robert Hennigar, Manny Legace, Brian Pothier, Michael Ryan, Ray Whitney.

CHICAGO

Danny Bois, Nick Boynton, Adam Burish, Joey Crabb, Mark Cullen, Jassen Cullimore, Kim Johnsson, John Madden, Richard Petiot.

COLORADO

Brett Clark, Chris Durno, Brian Fahey, John Grahame, Darren Haydar, Matt Hendricks, Ruslan Salei, Marty Sertich, Brett Skinner, Marek Svatos, Darcy Tucker, Brian Willsie, Stephane Yelle.

COLUMBUS

Brendan Bell, Trevor Frischmon, Derek MacKenzie, Nathan Paetsch, Raffaele Sannitz, Alexander Svitov.

DALLAS

Matt Climie, Andrew Hutchinson, Dan Jancevski, Jere Lehtinen, Mike Modano, Warren Peters, Garrett Stafford, Marty Turco.

DETROIT

Brett Lebda, Andreas Lilja, Kirk Maltby, Brad May, Jason Williams.

EDMONTON

Dean Arsene, Mike Comrie, Aaron Johnson, Charles Linglet, Alexei Mikhnov, Chris Minard, Fernando Pisani, Brock Radunske, Jason Strudwick.

FLORIDA

Rory Fitzpatrick, Jamie Johnson, Steve MacIntyre, Craig Weller.

LOS ANGELES

Alexander Frolov, Jeff Halpern, Raitis Ivanans, Randy Jones, Fredrik Modin, Sean O’Donnell.

MINNESOTA

Derek Boogaard, Jon DiSalvatore, Wade Dubielewicz, Andrew Ebbett, Andy Hilbert, Shane Hnidy, Ryan Lannon, Duncan Milroy, Owen Nolan, Brandon Rogers, John Scott, Jaime Sifers, Nathan Smith.

MONTREAL

Marc-Andre Bergeron, Dan Ellis, Mike Glumac, Alex Henry, Janne Lahti, Paul Mara, Glen Metropolit, Dominic Moore, Curtis Sanford.

NASHVILLE

Ben Guite, Dave Scatchard, Nolan Yonkman.

NEW JERSEY

Yann Danis, Ilya Kovalchuk, Paul Martin, Dean McAmmond, Mike Mottau, Cory Murphy, Rob Niedermayer, Tuomas Pihlman, Ilkka Pikkarainen, Martin Skoula.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Martin Biron, Tim Jackman, Greg Mauldin, Freddy Meyer, Scott Munroe, Richard Park, Jeremy Reich, Jon Sim, Doug Weight.

NEW YORK RANGERS

Alex Auld, Anders Eriksson, Olli Jokinen, Pierre Parenteau, Vaclav Prospal, Jody Shelley, Steve Valiquette.

OTTAWA

Drew Bannister, Andy Chiodo, Matt Cullen, Shean Donovan, Andy Sutton, Anton Volchenkov, Jeremy Yablonski.

PHILADELPHIA

Arron Asham, Sebastien Caron, Sean Curry, Ray Emery, Krystofer Kolanos, Lukas Krajicek, Joey Mormina, Mika Pyorala, Mike Rathje, Jared Ross, Jason Ward.

PHOENIX

Jeff Hoggan, Robert Lang, Francis Lessard, Matthew Lombardi, Zbynek Michalek, Derek Morris, Joel Perrault, Mathieu Schneider, Dave Spina, Lee Stempniak.

PITTSBURGH

Mark Ardelan, Ryan Bayda, Wade Brookbank, Mark Eaton, Ruslan Fedotenko, Sergei Gonchar, Bill Guerin, Dan Hamhuis, Chris Lee, Jordan Leopold, Jay McKee, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Wyatt Smith.

ST. LOUIS

Derek Armstrong, Carlo Colaiacovo, Justin Fletcher, Nate Guenin, Paul Kariya, Bryce Lampman, Chris Mason, Cam Paddock, Pascal Pelletier, Timofei Shishkanov, Darryl Sydor, Barry Tallackson, Keith Tkachuk, Mike Weaver, Brad Winchester.

SAN JOSE

Rob Blake, Joe Callahan, Frank Doyle, Danny Groulx, Dwight Helminen, Jay Leach, Manny Malhotra, Evgeni Nabokov, Jed Ortmeyer, Ryan Vesce, Brett Westgarth.

TAMPA BAY

Brandon Bochenski, Ryan Craig, Kurtis Foster, Mitch Fritz, David Hale, Zenon Konopka, Antero Niittymaki, Mark Parrish, Alex Tanguay, Stephane Veilleux.

TORONTO

Garnet Exelby, Jonas Frogren, Jamie Lundmark, Ben Ondrus, Wayne Primeau, Mike Van Ryn, Rickard Wallin, Derrick Walser.

VANCOUVER

Pavol Demitra, Ryan Johnson, Brad Lukowich, Willie Mitchell, Lawrence Nycholat, Matt Pettinger, Andrew Raycroft, Yan Stastny, Kyle Wellwood.

WASHINGTON

Eric Belanger, Joe Corvo, Alexandre Giroux, Milan Jurcina, Boyd Kane, Quintin Laing, Brendan Morrison, Shaone Morrisonn, Jose Theodore, Scott Walker.

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

Ryan Donally, Brian Salcido.

ATLANTA

None.

BOSTON

Drew Fata, Drew Larman.

BUFFALO

None.

CALGARY

Brett Palin.

CAROLINA

Michael Angelidis, Steve Goertzen.

CHICAGO

Kyle Greentree, Danny Richmond.

COLORADO

Tyler Weiman.

COLUMBUS

David Liffiton, Greg Moore.

DALLAS

None.

DETROIT

Riley Armstrong, Ryan Oulahen, Jeremy Williams.

EDMONTON

Colin McDonald, Matt Nickerson, Ryan Stone.

FLORIDA

Chris Beckford-Tseu, David Brine, Mathieu Roy.

LOS ANGELES

Drew Bagnall, Gabe Gauthier, Joe Piskula.

MINNESOTA

Barry Brust, Robbie Earl, Danny Irmen.

MONTREAL

Shawn Belle, Andre Benoit.

NASHVILLE

Triston Grant, Hugh Jessiman, Ryan Maki.

NEW JERSEY

Tim Sestito, Ben Walter.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Mark Flood, Trevor Smith.

NEW YORK RANGERS

Corey Locke, Corey Potter, Matt Zaba.

OTTAWA

Josh Hennessy, Derek Smith, Martin St. Pierre.

PHILADELPHIA

Ryan Dingle, Danny Syvret.

PHOENIX

Sean Sullivan, Josh Tordjman.

PITTSBURGH

None.

ST. LOUIS

None.

SAN JOSE

Brett Sterling.

TAMPA BAY

None.

TORONTO

Tim Brent, Andre Deveaux.

VANCOUVER

Nathan McIver.

WASHINGTON

Kyle Wilson.

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

Bobby Bolt, Shawn Weller.

ATLANTA

Chad Denny, Rylan Kaip, Scott Lehman, Matthew Siddall.

BOSTON

Daniel Paille, Kevin Regan.

BUFFALO

Matt Generous, Michael Kostka, Jean-Philippe Lamoureux.

CALGARY

Brad Cole.

CAROLINA

Brett Carson, Alexandre Picard.

CHICAGO

Michael Brennan, Jordan Hendry, Adam Hobson, Peter MacArthur, Jean-Claude Sawyer.

COLORADO

Codey Burki, Wes O’Neill, Derek Peltier.

COLUMBUS

Dan LaCosta, Kevin Lalande, Andrey Plekhanov, Jordan Smotherman.

DALLAS

Tyler Shelast.

DETROIT

Evan McGrath, Johan Ryno.

EDMONTON

Josef Hrabal, Bryan Lerg, Geoff Paukovich, Ryan Potulny, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Viacheslav Trukhno.

FLORIDA

Peter Aston, Luke Beaverson, Dan Collins, Kamil Kreps, Andrew Sweetland, Nick Tarnasky.

LOS ANGELES

None.

MINNESOTA

Jamie Fraser, Morten Madsen, Roman Voloshenko.

MONTREAL

Dustin Boyd, Michael Busto, Mikael Johansson, Gregory Stewart.

NASHVILLE

Denis Grebeshkov, Patrik Hersley, Peter Olvecky.

NEW JERSEY

Rod Pelley, Bradley Snetsinger, Myles Stoesz.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Sean Bentivoglio, Sean Bergenheim, Jeff Tambellini.

NEW YORK RANGERS

Andreas Ambuhl, Erik Christensen, Paul Crowder, Enver Lisin.

OTTAWA

Tomas Kudelka.

PHILADELPHIA

Josh Beaulieu, Rob Bellamy, Jeremy Duchesne, Michael-Lee Teslak.

PHOENIX

Stefan Meyer, Miika Wiikman.

PITTSBURGH

Aaron Boogaard, Jonathan D’Aversa.

ST. LOUIS

Joseph Fallon, Alexander Hellstrom, Pierre-Cedric Labrie.

SAN JOSE

Matt Jones, Daniel Rahimi, Michael Vernace.

TAMPA BAY

Chris Lawrence, Radek Smolenak, Lauri Tukonen.

TORONTO

Matt Jones, John Mitchell, Phil Oreskovic, Kyle Rogers.

VANCOUVER

Michael Funk, Matt Pope.

WASHINGTON

None.

Stay tuned for NHL free agent moves as they happen...

-- Helene Elliott