Blues Claim Taylor Chorney Off Waivers from Oilers

The St. Louis Blues have announced that they have claimed defenseman Taylor Chorney off waivers from the Edmonton Oilers. He has yet to appear in an NHL game so far this season. In 12 games last season with the Oilers, he had one goal and three assists for four points. He also appeared in 46 games with Oklahoma City of the AHL, scoring three goals and 13 assists for 16 points. Not a bad pickup for the Blues, as Chorney is a very mobile defenseman with good puckmoving skills, as well as plenty of offensive upside. With Carlo Colaiacovo currently on injured reserve with an upper body injury, Chorney should be a suitable replacement on the blueline until Colaiacovo returns to the lineup.

Ducks Acquire Cumiskey from Avalanche for Newton, Draft Pick

The Anaheim Ducks have announced that they have acquired defenseman Kyle Cumiskey from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for defenseman Jake Newton and a seventh round pick in the 2013 Entry Draft. The pick can become a fifth round pick in 2012 if Cumiskey plays in a minimum of 45 NHL games this season. In 18 games last season with the Avalanche, Cumiskey had one goal and seven assists for eight points. He missed 35 games early in the 2010-11 season with a concussion and the last 28 games of the season with another concussion. In 48 games last season with Syracuse of the AHL, Newton had two goals and seven assists for nine points. He has yet to appear in an NHL game. Not a bad trade for the Ducks, as Cumiskey is a very mobile defenseman and has some offensive upside. He is currently day to day with a groin injury, but with injuries to Toni Lydman and Kurtis Foster, Cumiskey will be a good replacement until the two blueliners return to the lineup. As for the Avalanche, they have plenty of defensive prospects in the minors with offensive upside, so Cumiskey became expendable. Newton will bring some size to Colorado's blueline, something they've been focusing on adding as of late, so he could see a role on the team's defense in the future.

Canadiens Sign Joe Callahan to One-Year Contract

The Montreal Canadiens have announced that they have signed defenseman Joe Callahan to a one-year, two-way contract. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. He was immediately assigned to the Canadiens' AHL affiliate in Hamilton after the signing. In 27 games last season with the Florida Panthers, he had one assist. He also appeared in 48 games with Rochester of the AHL, scoring four goals and nine assists for 13 points. This is really just a depth signing for the Canadiens, as Callahan will likely spend the majority of the 2011-12 season in the minors.

Coyotes Sign Martin Hanzal to Five-Year Extension

The Phoenix Coyotes have announced that they have signed center Martin Hanzal to a five-year contract extension worth $15.5 million. The deal will average out to $3.1 million per season. In two games so far this season, he has one assist. In 61 games last season with the Coyotes, he had 16 goals and 10 assists for 26 points. Not a bad signing for the Coyotes, as Hanzal brings lots of two-way skill to the team at center. He also brings plenty of size, grit, and rugged play to the forward lines. His offensive game is still taking shape, so look for it to improve over the course of the contract.

Jets Claim Brett MacLean Off Waivers from Coyotes

The Winnipeg Jets have announced that they have claimed right wing Brett MacLean off waivers from the Phoenix Coyotes. He is pointless in only one game so far this season with the Jets. In 13 games last season with the Coyotes, he had two goals and one assist for three points. He also appeared in 51 games with San Antonio of the AHL, scoring 23 goals and 27 assists for 50 points. Not a bad pickup for the Jets, as MacLean has plenty of potential to become a scoring winger at the NHL level. He has plenty of two-way and scoring upside and is versatile enough to play at center. Look for him to stick with the Jets throughout the season.

NY Rangers Claim Jeff Woywitka Off Waivers from Canadiens

The New York Rangers have announced that they have claimed defenseman Jeff Woywitka off waivers from the Montreal Canadiens. In 63 games last season with the Dallas Stars, he had two goals and nine assists for 11 points. He has yet to play a game with the Rangers this season. This is purely a depth move for the Rangers, as Marc Staal is currently sidelined with post concussion headaches. Woywitka will bring plenty of size and strength to the blueline as either a sixth or seventh defenseman until Staal returns to the lineup.

NHL 2011-12 Opening Day Rosters

The NHL has released the team rosters for the opening of the 2011-12 regular season, which begins today with three games scheduled. Here are the rosters, with links to the players, courtesy of nhl.com:

Anaheim Ducks

Francois Beauchemin, Matt Beleskey, Jason Blake, Sheldon Brookbank, Andrew Cogliano, Jeff Deslauriers, Dan Ellis, Kurtis Foster, Cam Fowler, Ryan Getzlaf, Andrew Gordon, Nathan Guenin, Jonas Hiller, Saku Koivu, Maxime Macenauer, Brian McGrattan, Brandon McMillan, George Parros, Corey Perry, Bobby Ryan, Luca Sbisa, Teemu Selanne, Devante Smith-Pelly, Lubomir Visnovsky.

Injured: Toni Lydman, Matt Smaby.

Boston Bruins

Matthew Bartkowski, Patrice Bergeron, Johnny Boychuk, Gregory Campbell, Jordan Caron, Zdeno Chara, Joe Corvo, Andrew Ference, Nathan Horton , Chris Kelly, David Krejci, Milan Lucic, Brad Marchand, Adam McQuaid, Daniel Paille, Rich Peverley, Benoit Pouliot, Tuukka Rask, Tyler Seguin, Dennis Seidenberg, Tim Thomas, Shawn Thornton.

Injured: Steven Kampfer, Marc Savard.

Buffalo Sabres

Luke Adam, Brad Boyes, Christian Ehrhoff, Matt Ellis, Tyler Ennis, Jhonas Enroth, Paul Gaustad, Nathan Gerbe, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Jochen Hecht, Patrick Kaleta, Ville Leino, Jordan Leopold, Drew MacIntyre, Cody McCormick, Ryan Miller, Tyler Myers, Jason Pominville, Robyn Regehr, Derek Roy, Andrej Sekera, Drew Stafford,

Injured: Thomas Vanek, Mike Weber.

Carolina Hurricanes

Bryan Allen, Brian Boucher, Tim Brent, Zac Dalpe, Patrick Dwyer, Justin Faulk, Tim Gleason, Jay Harrison, Jussi Jokinen, Derek Joslin, Tomas Kaberle, Chad Larose, Jamie McBain, Ryan Murphy, Joni Pitkanen, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Tuomo Ruutu, Jeff Skinner, Eric Staal, Anthony Stewart, Brandon Sutter, Jiri Tlusty, Cam Ward.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Cam Atkinson, Derick Brassard, Matt Calvert, Jeff Carter, Grant Clitsome, Derek Dorsett, Ryan Johansen, Aaron Johnson, Derek MacKenzie, Radek Martinek, Steve Mason, Maksim Mayorov, Marc Methot, Rick Nash, Samuel Pahlsson, Vaclav Prospal, Kris Russell, Curtis Sanford, David Savard, Fedor Tyutin,R.J. Umberger, Antoine Vermette, James Wisniewski.

Injured: Jared Boll, Mark Dekanich, Kristian Huselius, Theo Ruth.

Calgary Flames

Anton Babchuk, Rene Bourque, Jay Bouwmeester, Chris Butler, Mark Giordano, Curtis Glencross, Niklas Hagman, Scott Hannan, Roman Horak, Jarome Iginla, Tim Jackman, Olli Jokinen, Henrik Karlsson, Miikka Kiprusoff, Tom Kostopoulos, Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond, David Moss, Cory Sarich, Derek Smith, Matt Stajan, Lee Stempniak, Alex Tanguay.

Injured: Mikael Backlund, Raitis Ivanans, Brendan Morrison.

Chicago Blackhawks

Bryan Bickell, Dave Bolland, Andrew Brunette, Corey Crawford, Ray Emery, Michael Frolik, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Marian Hossa, Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith, Nick Leddy, Sami Lepisto, Jamal Mayers, Steve Montador, Sean O'Donnell, Rostislav Olesz, Brandon Pirri, Brandon Saad, John Scott, Brent Seabrook, Patrick Sharp, Jonathan Toews.

Injured: Philippe Paradis, Ben Smith, Viktor Stalberg.

Colorado Avalanche

Matt Duchene, TJ Galiardi, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Jan Hejda, Milan Hejduk, Matt Hunwick, Erik Johnson, David Jones, Chuck Kobasew, Gabriel Landeskog, Joakim Lindstrom, Jay McClement, Cody McLeod, Peter Mueller, Shane O'Brien, Ryan O'Byrne, Ryan O'Reilly, Kevin Porter, Kyle Quincey, Paul Stastny, Semyon Varlamov, Ryan Wilson, Daniel Winnik.

Injured: Kyle Cumiskey, Brandon Yip, Mark Olver.

Dallas Stars

Krystofer Barch, Jamie Benn, Adam Burish, Trevor Daley, Jake Dowell, Radek Dvorak, Loui Eriksson, Vernon Fiddler, Mark Fistric, Alex Goligoski, Nicklas Grossman, Philip Larsen, Kari Lehtonen, Brenden Morrow, Steve Ott, Toby Petersen, Andrew Raycroft, Mike Ribeiro, Stephane Robidas, Michael Ryder, Sheldon Souray, Tomas Vincour, Tom Wandell.

Injured: Scott Glennie, Adam Pardy.

Detroit Red Wings

Justin Abdelkader, Todd Bertuzzi, Fabian Brunnstrom, Daniel Cleary, Mike Commodore, Ty Conklin, Pavel Datsyuk, Patrick Eaves, Cory Emmerton, Jonathan Ericsson, Valtteri Filppula, Johan Franzen, Darren Helm, Tomas Holmstrom, Jimmy Howard, Jiri Hudler, Jakub Kindl, Niklas Kronwall, Nicklas Lidstrom, Andrew Miller, Brad Stuart, Ian White, Henrik Zetterberg.

Injured: Jan Mursak.

Edmonton Oilers

Cam Barker, Eric Belanger, Taylor Chorney, Devan Dubnyk, Jordan Eberle, Tom Gilbert, Taylor Hall, Ales Hemsky, Shawn Horcoff, Darcy Hordichuk, Ryan Jones, Nikolai Khabibulin, Anton Lander, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Linus Omark, Magnus Paajarvi, Theo Peckham, Lennart Petrell, Jeff Petry, Corey Potter, Ladislav Smid, Ryan Smyth, Andy Sutton.

Injured: Ben Eager, Taylor Fedun, Sam Gagner, Ryan Whitney.

Florida Panthers

Sean Bergenheim, David Booth, Matt Bradley, Brian Campbell, Ryan Carter, Evgeny Dadonov, Keaton Ellerby, Tomas Fleischmann, Jason Garrison, Marcel Goc, Erik Gudbranson, Ed Jovanovski, Tomas Kopecky, Dmitry Kulikov, Jacob Markstrom, Shawn Matthias, Jack Skille, Jose Theodore, Scottie Upshall, Kris Versteeg, Mike Weaver, Stephen Weiss.

Injured: Scott Clemmensen, Michael Santorelli.

Los Angeles Kings

Jonathan Bernier, Dustin Brown, Kyle Clifford, Drew Doughty, Davis Drewiske, Simon Gagne, Matt Greene, Trent Hunter, Jack Johnson, Anze Kopitar, Trevor Lewis, Alec Martinez, Willie Mitchell, Ethan Moreau, Scott Parse, Dustin Penner, Jonathan Quick, Mike Richards, Brad Richardson, Rob Scuderi, Jarret Stoll, Kevin Westgarth, Justin Williams, Jeff Zatkoff.

Injured: Jake Muzzin.

Minnesota Wild

Niklas Backstrom, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Kyle Brodziak, Brett Bulmer, Cal Clutterbuck, Matt Cullen, Justin Falk, Colton Gillies, Josh Harding, Dany Heatley, Nick Johnson, Mikko Koivu, Guillaume Latendresse, Eric Nystrom, Darroll Powe, Marco Scandella, Nick Schultz, Devin Setoguchi, Jared Spurgeon, Brad Staubitz, Clayton Stoner, Greg Zanon, Marek Zidlicky.

Injured: Cody Almond, Matt Kassian, Mike Lundin.

Montreal Canadiens

Blair Betts, Peter Budaj, Michael Cammalleri, Chris Campoli, Erik Cole, Mathieu Darche, David Desharnais, Raphael Diaz, Andreas Engqvist, Alexei Emelin, Hal Gill, Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez, Josh Gorges, Andrei Kostitsyn, Travis Moen, Max Pacioretty, Tomas Plekanec, Carey Price, Jaroslav Spacek, P.K. Subban, Yannick Weber.

Injured: Hunter Bishop, Andrei Markov, Brendon Nash, Ryan White.

Nashville Predators

Niclas Bergfors, Jonathon Blum, Mattias Ekholm, Martin Erat, Blake Geoffrion, Matt Halischuk, Jack Hillen, Patric Hornqvist, Sergei Kostitsyn, Kevin Klein, Teemu Laakso, David Legwand, Anders Lindback, Cal O'Reilly, Pekka Rinne, Craig Smith, Jerred Smithson, Nick Spaling, Zack Stortini, Ryan Suter, Jordin Tootoo, Shea Weber, Colin Wilson.

Injured: Francis Bouillon, Mike Fisher, Roman Josi.

New Jersey Devils

Eric Boulton, Martin Brodeur, David Clarkson, Patrik Elias, Mark Fayne, Mark Fraser, Andy Greene, Johan Hedberg, Adam Henrique, Cam Janssen, Jacob Josefson, Ilya Kovalchuk, Adam Larsson, Bradley Mills, Nick Palmieri, Zach Parise, Rod Pelley, Bryce Salvador, Henrik Tallinder, Mattias Tedenby, Anton Volchenkov, Dainius Zubrus.

Injured: Travis Zajac.

New York Islanders

Josh Bailey, Blake Comeau, Rick DiPietro, Mark Eaton, Michael Grabner, Travis Hamonic, Milan Jurcina, Andrew MacDonald, Matt Martin, Al Montoya, Mike Mottau, Matt Moulson, Evgeni Nabokov, Frans Nielsen, Kyle Okposo, Jay Pandolfo, PA Parenteau, Marty Reasoner, Brian Rolston, Steve Staios, Mark Streit, Ryan Strome, John Tavares.

Injured:Jeremy Colliton, Trevor Gillies, Mark Katic, Nino Niederreiter, Rhett Rakhshani.

New York Rangers

Artem Anisimov, Brendan Bell, Stu Bickel, Martin Biron, Brian Boyle, Ryan Callahan, Erik Christensen, Michael Del Zotto, Brandon Dubinsky, Steve Eminger, Tim Erixon, Ruslan Fedotenko, Marian Gaborik, Dan Girardi, Henrik Lundqvist, Ryan McDonagh, Brandon Prust, Brad Richards, Michael Rupp, Michael Sauer, Scott Stajcer, Derek Stepan, Wojtek Wolski, Mats Zuccarello.

Injured: Chad Kolarik, Marc Staal.

Ottawa Senators

Daniel Alfredsson, Craig Anderson, Alex Auld, Bobby Butler, Erik Condra, Jared Cowen, Stephane Da Costa, Nikita Filatov, Nick Foligno, Sergei Gonchar, Colin Greening, Erik Karlsson, Zenon Konopka, Filip Kuba, Brian Lee, Milan Michalek, Chris Neil, Chris Phillips, David Rundblad, Zack Smith, Jason Spezza, Mika Zibanejad.

Injured: Matt Carkner, Peter Regin, Jesse Winchester.

Philadelphia Flyers

Sergei Bobrovsky, Daniel Briere, Ilya Bryzgalov, Matt Carle, Braydon Coburn, Sean Couturier, Claude Giroux, Scott Hartnell, Jaromir Jagr, Andreas Lilja, Andrej Meszaros, Andreas Nodl, Chris Pronger, Matt Read, Zac Rinaldo, Jody Shelley, Wayne Simmonds, Maxime Talbot, Kimmo Timonen, James van Riemsdyk, Jakub Voracek, Matt Walker.

Injured: Ian Laperriere, Brandon Manning, Andrew Rowe.

Phoenix Coyotes

Adrian Aucoin, Paul Bissonnette, Mikkel Boedker, Kyle Chipchura, Shane Doan, Boyd Gordon, Martin Hanzal, Rostislav Klesla, Lauri Korpikoski, Jason LaBarbera, Daymond Langkow, Brett MacLean, Derek Morris, Petteri Nokelainen, Patrick O'Sullivan, Taylor Pyatt, Michal Rozsival, David Schlemko, Mike Smith, Raffi Torres, Radim Vrbata, Ray Whitney, Keith Yandle.

Injured: Kurt Sauer.

Pittsburgh Penguins

Craig Adams, Arron Asham, Matt Cooke, Pascal Dupuis, Deryk Engelland, Marc-Andre Fleury, Brent Johnson, Tyler Kennedy, Chris Kunitz, Kris Letang, Mark Letestu, Ben Lovejoy, Steve MacIntyre, Evgeni Malkin, Paul Martin, Zbynek Michalek, James Neal, Matt Niskanen, Brooks Orpik, Richard Park, Jordan Staal, Steve Sullivan, Joe Vitale.

Injured: Robert Bortuzzo, Sidney Crosby, Nick Petersen.

St. Louis Blues

Jason Arnott, David Backes, Patrik Berglund, Carlo Colaiacovo, Matt D'Agostini, Brian Elliott, Evgeny Grachev, Jaroslav Halak, Kent Huskins, Barret Jackman, Jamie Langenbrunner, Andy McDonald, Scott Nichol, Nikita Nikitin, T.J. Oshie, Alex Pietrangelo, Roman Polak, Chris Porter, Ryan Reaves, Kevin Shattenkirk, Vladimir Sobotka, Alexander Steen, Chris Stewart.

Injured: B.J. Crombeen, David Perron.

San Jose Sharks

Dan Boyle, Brent Burns, Ryane Clowe, Logan Couture, Jason Demers, Andrew Desjardins, Thomas Greiss, Michal Handzus, Patrick Marleau, Jamie McGinn, Torrey Mitchell, Andrew Murray, Douglas Murray, Joe Pavelski, Harri Sateri, Joe Thornton, Jim Vandermeer, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Colin White, Brad Winchester, Tommy Wingels.

Injured: Martin Havlat, Antti Niemi, Antero Niittymaki.

Tampa Bay Lightning

Marc-Andre Bergeron, Eric Brewer, Brett Clark, Brett Connolly, Steve Downie, Mathieu Garon, Bruno Gervais, Matt Gilroy, Adam Hall, Victor Hedman, Blair Jones, Pavel Kubina, Vincent Lecavalier, Ryan Malone, Dominic Moore, Teddy Purcell, Tom Pyatt, Mattias Ritola, Dwayne Roloson, Ryan Shannon, Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos, Nate Thompson.

Injured: Charles Landry, Mattias Ohlund.

Toronto Maple Leafs

Colby Armstrong, Tyler Bozak, Mike Brown, Philippe Dupuis, Cody Franson, Matt Frattin, Jake Gardiner, Mikhail Grabovski, Carl Gunnarsson, Jonas Gustavsson, Phil Kessel, Mike Komisarek, Nikolai Kulemin, John-Michael Liles, Matthew Lombardi, Joffrey Lupul, Clarke MacArthur, Colton Orr, Dion Phaneuf, James Reimer, Jay Rosehill, Luke Schenn, David Steckel.

Injured: Tim Connolly, Nazem Kadri.

Vancouver Canucks

Andrew Alberts, Keith Ballard, Kevin Bieksa, Alexandre Burrows, Andrew Ebbett, Alexander Edler, Dan Hamhuis, Jannik Hansen, Christopher Higgins, Cody Hodgson, Maxim Lapierre, Roberto Luongo, Manny Malhotra, Sami Salo, Mikael Samuelsson, Cory Schneider, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Marco Sturm, Alexander Sulzer, Christopher Tanev, Aaron Volpatti, Dale Weise.

Injured: Nolan Baumgartner, Byron Bitz, Ryan Kesler, Steven Pinizzotto, Mason Raymond, Aaron Rome, Stefan Schneider.

Washington Capitals

Karl Alzner, Keith Aucoin, Nicklas Backstrom, Jay Beagle, Troy Brouwer, John Carlson, Jason Chimera, Mike Green, Kyle Greentree, Jeff Halpern, Roman Hamrlik, Marcus Johansson, DJ King, Mike Knuble, Brooks Laich, Michal Neuvirth, Alex Ovechkin, Mathieu Perreault, Jeff Schultz, Alexander Semin, Tomas Vokoun, Joel Ward, Dennis Wideman.

Injured: John Erskine, Matt Hendricks, Tom Poti.

Winnipeg Jets

Nik Antropov, Zach Bogosian, Alexander Burmistrov, Dustin Byfuglien, Patrice Cormier, Tobias Enstrom, Tanner Glass, Ron Hainsey, Randy Jones, Evander Kane, Andrew Ladd, Bryan Little, Chris Mason, Derek Meech, Johnny Oduya, Ondrej Pavelec, Mark Scheifele, Jim Slater, Tim Stapleton, Mark Stuart, Chris Thorburn, Kyle Wellwood, Blake Wheeler.

Injured: Eric Fehr, Ben Maxwell, Kenndal McArdle.

Coyotes Sign Paul Bissonnette to Two-Year Extension

The Phoenix Coyotes announced on Wednesday that they have signed left wing Paul Bissonnette to a two-year contract extension worth $1.475 million. He would have been an unrestricted free agent next summer. In 48 games last season with the Coyotes, he had one goal and 71 penalty minutes. Not a bad depth signing for the Coyotes, as Bissonnette is a hard-working player on the ice who plays with lots of grit and toughness. Look for him to continue to fill the enforcer role over the next few seasons.

Canadiens Claim Blair Betts Off Waivers from Flyers

The Montreal Canadiens announced on Wednesday that they have claimed center Blair Betts off waivers from the Philadelphia Flyers. In 75 games last season with the Flyers, he had five goals and seven assists for 12 points. Not a bad depth move for the Canadiens, as Betts will bring lots of skill on the faceoff, as well has experience to the penalty kill and some two-way ability to the forward lines. Look for him to center the fourth line throughout the 2011-12 season.

Devils Sign Petr Sykora to One-Year Contract

The New Jersey Devils announced on Wednesday that they have signed right wing Petr Sykora to a one-year contract worth $650,000. He had been attending the team's training camp on a tryout basis. This will be his second stint with the team, where he played from 1995 to 2002. In 13 games last season with Plzen of the Czech League, he had five goals and eight assists for 13 points. He also appeared in 28 games with Dynamo Minsk of the KHL, scoring eight goals and eight assists for 16 points. He last played in the NHL with the Minnesota Wild during the 2009-10 season. Not a bad depth signing for the Devils, as Sykora brings plenty of offensive skill to the forward lines and a good shot. There's a possibility he could play on the top line with Ilya Kovalchuk and Patrik Elias, but it remains to be seen just how Devils' head coach Peter DeBoer will set up his lines when the regular season starts.

Maple Leafs Acquire David Steckel from Devils

The Toronto Maple Leafs have announced that they have acquired center David Steckel from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for a fourth round pick in the 2012 Entry Draft. He still has two years left on his current contract. In 75 games last season with the Washington Capitals and New Jersey Devils, he had six goals and six assists for 12 points. Not a bad depth move for the Maple Leafs, as Steckel will bring loads of experience and talent to the faceoff, as well as plenty of size and skill to the penalty kill. With Tim Connolly and Mikhail Grabovski currently sidelined with injuries, Steckel adds some much needed depth at center for Toronto, but it's just a short-term fix, as both players shouldn't miss much time. Once they return, look for Steckel to play on the fourth line. For the Devils, this move presents an opportunity for players like Brad Mills, Adam Henrique, Mattias Tedenby, and Cam Janssen to make the opening night roster.

Canucks Claim Dale Weise Off Waivers from NY Rangers

The Vancouver Canucks have announced that they have claimed right wing Dale Weise off waivers from the New York Rangers. In 10 games last season with the Rangers, he had no points and 19 penalty minutes. He also appeared in 47 games with Connecticut of the AHL, scoring 18 goals and 20 assists for 38 points and 73 penalty minutes. This is really just a depth move for the Canucks, as Weise will likely spend the majority of the season in the minors. If he does see any time with Vancouver, it will likely be on the fourth line, where he will provide plenty of grit and toughness.

NY Islanders Sign Jay Pandolfo to One-Year Contract

The New York Islanders have announced that they have signed left wing Jay Pandolfo to a one-year contract. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it is believed to be for the veteran minimum of $570,000. He had been attending the team's training camp on a tryout basis. In 12 games last season with Springfield of the AHL, Pandolfo had two goals and four assists for six points. He last played in the NHL with the New Jersey Devils during the 2009-10 season. Not a bad depth signing for the Islanders, as Pandolfo will bring a lot of experience and skill to the penalty kill and is a solid forechecker. He's never had a lot of scoring upside, so look for him to play on the checking lines during the upcoming season.

Sharks Sign Brad Winchester to One-Year Deal

The San Jose Sharks announced today that they have signed left wing Brad Winchester to a one-year contract. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. He had been attending the team's training camp on a tryout basis. In 76 games last season with the St. Louis Blues and Anaheim Ducks, he had 10 goals and six assists for 16 points and 114 penalty minutes. Not a bad depth signing for the Sharks, as Winchester will bring lots of grit and toughness to the lineup, as well as plenty of size. He should be a good fit on the checking lines.

Blackhawks Sign Ray Emery to One-Year Contract

The Chicago Blackhawks announced today that they have signed goaltender Ray Emery to a one-year contract worth $600,000. He had been attending the team's training camp on a tryout basis. In 10 games last season with the Anaheim Ducks, Emery posted a 7-2-0 record, with a 2.28 GAA and a .926 save percentage. He missed the majority of the 2010-11 season with a career-threatening hip injury, but was able to battle back from the condition and sign with the Ducks. Not a bad depth signing for the Blackhawks, as Emery has good size, is a solid goaltender, and will bring the team plenty of veteran depth in goal. Despite struggling a bit in the preseason and being outplayed by Alexander Salak, he was able to earn a contract with Chicago and will likely play as the backup to Corey Crawford. If Emery should struggle this season, he will more than likely be sent to the minors and be replaced with Salak.

Red Wings Sign Fabian Brunnstrom to One-Year Contract

The Detroit Red Wings announced today that they have signed right wing Fabian Brunnstrom to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal will pay him $600,000 at the NHL level and $105,000 at the AHL level. He had been attending the team's training camp on a tryout basis. In 72 games last season with Texas and Toronto of the AHL, he had 15 goals and 20 assists for 35 points. He last played in the NHL with the Dallas Stars during the 2009-10 season. This isn't a bad depth signing for the Red Wings, as Brunnstrom still has the potential to become a scoring forward in the NHL despite being very inconsistent and having trouble adapting to the North American brand of hockey. For the past several seasons, the Red Wings have been able to help struggling players improve their game, so the team might be able to help Brunnstrom turn his career around. This will likely be his last chance to prove himself at the NHL level, and if he can't find any consistency to his game, Brunnstrom will likely be headed back to Europe next summer.

2011 NHL Free Agents

Here is the official list of the NHL players who became free agents on July 1, 2011. The explanations of the different free agent groups can be found at the bottom of the page. Players who are traded or claimed off waivers throughout the course of the season and summer will be added to their new teams when such transactions occur. Players who are signed by new teams, re-signed by their respective teams, or retire will be removed from the free agent list. A player who is removed from this list will be added to the UPDATES section below. Signings are organized by date. See the separate 2011 Free Agent Signings List for an alphabetical listing of player signings here: http://hockeyblog-kev.blogspot.com/2010/10/2011-nhl-free-agent-signings.html


***PLEASE NOTE***
The Atlanta Thrashers are listed as the Winnipeg Jets on this list.

***A NOTE ON THE SALARY CAP***
The salary cap for the 2010-11 season was $59.4 million. The figure is expected to increase for the 2011-12 season.
tsn.ca is reporting that the 2011-12 salary cap will be set at an upper limit of $64.3 million and a floor of $48.3 million.


***UPDATES***

- Moved Ryan O'Byrne to Colorado from Montreal (Acquired by the Avalanche on 11/11/10)
- Moved Dane Byers to Columbus from NY Rangers (Acquired by Blue Jackets on 11/11/10)
- Moved Chad Kolarik to NY Rangers from Columbus (Acquired by the Rangers on 11/11/10)
- Added David Leggio to Buffalo (Group 2 free agent)
- Moved Troy Bodie to Carolina from Anaheim (Claimed off waivers by the Hurricanes on 11/16/10)
- Moved Brett Sutter to Carolina from Calgary (Acquired by the Hurricanes on 11/17/10)
- Moved Ian White to Carolina from Calgary (Acquired by the Hurricanes on 11/17/10)
- Moved Anton Babchuk to Calgary from Carolina (Acquired by the Flames on 11/17/10)
- Added Mark Parrish to Buffalo (Group 3 free agent)
- Moved Danny Syvret to Philadelphia from Anaheim (Acquired by the Flyers on 11/21/10)
- Moved Rob Bordson to Philadelphia from Anaheim (Acquired by the Flyers on 11/21/10)
- Moved David Laliberte to Anaheim from Philadelphia (Acquired by the Ducks on 11/21/10)
- Moved Patrick Maroon to Anaheim from Philadelphia (Acquired by the Ducks on 11/21/10)
- Moved Patrick O'Sullivan to Minnesota from Carolina (Claimed off waivers by the Wild on 11/23/10)
- Moved Stu Bickel to NY Rangers from Anaheim (Acquired by the Rangers on 11/23/10)
- Moved Nigel Williams to Anaheim from NY Rangers (Acquired by the Ducks on 11/23/10)
- Moved Ryan Carter to Carolina from Anaheim (Acquired by the Hurricanes on 11/23/10)
- Moved Stefan Chaput to Anaheim from Carolina (Acquired by the Ducks on 11/23/10)
- Added Michael Ryan to Philadelphia (Group 3 free agent)
- Added Garnet Exelby to Chicago (Group 3 free agent)
- Moved Matt Hunwick to Colorado from Boston (Acquired by the Avalanche on 11/29/10)
- Moved Tomas Fleischmann to Colorado from Washington (Acquired by the Avalanche on 11/30/10)
- Moved Scott Hannan to Washington from Colorado (Acquired by the Capitals on 11/30/10)
- Added Jeremy Colliton to NY Islanders (Group 2 free agent) (re-signed on 11/30/10)
- Removed Peter Schaefer from Vancouver (retired on 11/29/10 after having his contract terminated by the team)
- Moved Juraj Simek to Boston from Tampa Bay (Acquired by the Bruins on 12/9/10)
- Moved Levi Nelson to Tampa Bay from Boston (Acquired by the Lightning on 12/9/10)
- Moved Sean Zimmerman to Boston from Florida (Acquired by the Bruins on 12/9/10)
- Moved Jeff Lovecchio to Florida from Boston (Acquired by the Panthers on 12/9/10)
- Moved Jordan Knackstedt to Florida from Boston (Acquired by the Panthers on 12/9/10)
- Moved Marco Sturm to Los Angeles from Boston (Acquired by the Kings on 12/11/10)
- Added Ryan Johnson to Chicago (Group 3 free agent) (signed on 12/17/10)
- Added Chris Mueller to Nashville (Group 2 free agent) (signed on 12/27/10)
- Added Marek Svatos to St. Louis (Group 3 free agent) (signed on 12/28/10)
- Moved James Wisniewski to Montreal from NY Islanders (Acquired by the Canadiens on 12/28/10)
- Moved Marek Svatos to Nashville from St. Louis (claimed off waivers by the Predators on 12/29/10)
- Moved Maxim Lapierre to Anaheim from Montreal (Acquired by the Ducks on 12/31/10)
- Moved Brett Festerling to Montreal from Anaheim (Acquired by the Canadiens on 12/31/10)
- Moved Dwayne Roloson to Tampa Bay from NY Islanders (Acquired by the Lightning on 1/1/11)
- Moved Ty Wishart to NY Islanders from Tampa Bay (Acquired by the Islanders on 1/1/11)
- Moved Nate Guenin to Anaheim from Columbus (Acquired by the Ducks on 1/4/11)
- Moved Trevor Smith to Columbus from Anaheim (Acquired by the Blue Jackets on 1/4/11)
- Added Marc-Andre Bergeron to Tampa Bay (Group 3 free agent) (signed on 1/4/11)
- Added Jed Ortmeyer to Minnesota (Group 3 free agent) (signed on 1/5/11)
- Moved Jamie Langenbrunner to Dallas from New Jersey (Acquired by the Stars on 1/7/11)
- Added Kyle Wellwood to St. Louis (Group 3 free agent) (signed on 1/11/11)
- Moved Fabian Brunnstrom to Toronto from Dallas (Acquired by the Maple Leafs on 1/13/11)
- Moved Ben Eager to San Jose from Atlanta (Acquired by the Sharks on 1/18/11)
- Moved Kyle Wellwod to San Jose from St. Louis (claimed off waivers by the Sharks on 1/18/11)
- Added Evgeni Nabokov to Detroit (Group 3 free agent) (signed on 1/21/11)
- Moved Evgeni Nabokov to NY Islanders from Detroit (claimed off waivers by the Islanders on 1/22/11)
- Added Joel Martin to NY Islanders (Group 3 free agent) (signed on 2/4/11)
- Added Peter Forsberg to Colorado (Group 3 free agent) (signed on 2/6/11)
- Added Ray Emery to Anaheim (Group 3 free agent) (signed on 2/7/11)
- Moved Al Montoya to NY Islanders from Phoenix (Acquired by the Islanders on 2/9/11)
- Moved Michael Frolik to Chicago from Florida (Acquired by the Blackhawks on 2/9/11)
- Moved Alexander Salak to Chicago from Florida (Acquired by the Blackhawks on 2/9/11)
- Moved Jack Skille to Florida from Chicago (Acquired by the Panthers on 2/9/11)
- Moved Hugh Jessiman to Florida from Chicago (Acquired by the Panthers on 2/9/11)
- Moved Jay Leach to New Jersey from San Jose (Acquired by the Devils on 2/9/11)
- Moved Steven Zalewski to New Jersey from San Jose (Acquired by the Devils on 2/9/11)
- Moved Patrick Davis to San Jose from New Jersey (Acquired by the Sharks on 2/9/11)
- Moved Michael Swift to San Jose from New Jersey (Acquired by the Sharks on 2/9/11)
- Added Jason Williams to Dallas (Group 3 free agent) (signed on 2/12/11)
- Moved Aaron Voros to Toronto from Anaheim (Acquired by the Maple Leafs on 2/15/11)
- Moved Jarkko Ruutu to Anaheim from Ottawa (Acquired by the Ducks on 2/17/11)
- Moved Craig Anderson to Ottawa from Colorado (Acquired by the Senators on 2/18/11)
- Moved Brian Elliott to Colorado from Ottawa (Acquired by the Avalanche on 2/18/11)
- Moved Blake Wheeler to Atlanta from Boston (Acquired by the Thrashers on 2/18/11)
- Moved Mark Stuart to Atlanta from Boston (Acquired by the Thrashers on 2/18/11)
- Moved Boris Valabik to Boston from Atlanta (Acquired by the Bruins on 2/18/11)
- Moved Tomas Kaberle to Boston from Toronto (Acquired by the Bruins on 2/18/11)
- Moved Derek Joslin to Carolina from San Jose (Acquired by the Hurricanes on 2/18/11)
- Moved Ian White to San Jose from Carolina (Acquired by the Sharks on 2/18/11)
- Moved Eric Brewer to Tampa Bay from St. Louis (Acquired by the Lightning on 2/18/11)
- Moved Curtis McElhinney to Tampa Bay from Anaheim (Acquired by the Lightning on 2/24/11)
- Moved Alexei Kovalev to Pittsburgh from Ottawa (Acquired by the Penguins on 2/24/11)
- Moved Marek Svatos to Ottawa from Nashville (Claimed off waivers by the Senators on 2/24/11)
- Moved Brent Sopel to Montreal from Atlanta (Acquired by the Canadiens on 2/24/11)
- Moved Nigel Dawes to Montreal from Atlanta (Acquired by the Canadiens on 2/24/11)
- Moved Ben Maxwell to Atlanta from Montreal (Acquired by the Thrashers on 2/24/11)
- Moved Cory Stillman to Carolina from Florida (Acquired by the Hurricanes on 2/24/11)
- Moved Ryan Carter to Florida from Carolina (Acquired by the Panthers on 2/24/11)
- Moved Alexander Sulzer to Florida from Nashville (Acquired by the Panthers on 2/25/11)
- Moved Marco Sturm to Washington from Los Angeles (Claimed off waivers by the Capitals on 2/26/11)
- Moved Nick Boynton to Philadelphia from Chicago (Claimed off waivers by the Flyers on 2/26/11)
- Moved Craig Rivet to Columbus from Buffalo (Claimed off waivers by the Blue Jackets on 2/26/11)
- Moved Bryan McCabe to NY Rangers from Florida (Acquired by the Rangers on 2/26/11)
- Moved Tim Kennedy to Florida from NY Rangers (Acquired by the Panthers on 2/26/11)
- Added Shane Hnidy to Boston (Group 3 free agent) (signed on 2/26/11)
- Moved Brian McGrattan to Anaheim from Boston (Acquired by the Ducks on 2/27/11)
- Moved Sean Zimmerman to Anaheim from Boston (Acquired by the Ducks on 2/27/11)
- Moved David Laliberte to Boston from Anaheim (Acquired by the Bruins on 2/27/11)
- Moved Stefan Chaput to Boston from Anaheim (Acquired by the Bruins on 2/27/11)
- Moved Radek Dvorak to Atlanta from Florida (Acquired by the Thrashers on 2/28/11)
- Moved Niclas Bergfors to Florida from Atlanta (Acquired by the Panthers on 2/28/11)
- Moved Patrick Rissmiller to Florida from Atlanta (Acquired by the Panthers on 2/28/11)
- Moved Brett Carson to Calgary from Carolina (Claimed off waivers by Flames on 2/28/11)
- Moved Curtis McElhinney to Ottawa from Tampa Bay (Claimed off waivers by the Senators on 2/28/11)
- Moved Rob Schremp to Atlanta from NY Islanders (Claimed off waivers by the Thrashers on 2/28/11)
- Moved Scottie Upshall to Columbus from Phoenix (Acquired by the Blue Jackets on 2/28/11)
- Moved Sami Lepisto to Columbus from Phoenix (Acquired by the Blue Jackets on 2/28/11)
- Moved Dane Byers to Phoenix from Columbus (Acquired by the Coyotes on 2/28/11)
- Moved Shawn Belle to Colorado from Edmonton (Acquired by the Avalanche on 2/28/11)
- Moved Kevin Montgomery to Edmonton from Colorado (Acquired by the Oilers on 2/28/11)
- Moved Chris Campoli to Chicago from Ottawa (Acquired by the Blackhawks on 2/28/11)
- Moved Ryan Potulny to Ottawa from Chicago (Acquired by the Senators on 2/28/11)
- Moved Sergei Samsonov to Florida from Carolina (Acquired by the Panthers on 2/28/11)
- Moved Brad Winchester to Anaheim from St. Louis (Acquired by the Ducks on 2/28/11)
- Moved John Mitchell to NY Rangers from Toronto (Acquired by the Rangers on 2/28/11)
- Moved Chris Higgins to Vancouver from Florida (Acquired by the Canucks on 2/28/11)
- Moved Fredrik Modin to Calgary from Atlanta (Acquired by the Flames on 2/28/11)
- Moved Maxim Lapierre to Vancouver from Anaheim (Acquired by the Canucks on 2/28/11)
- Moved MacGregor Sharp to Vancouver from Anaheim (Acquired by the Canucks on 2/28/11)
- Moved Joel Perrault to Anaheim from Vancouver (Acquired by the Ducks on 2/28/11)
- Moved Tom Sestito to Philadelphia from Columbus (Acquired by the Flyers on 2/28/11)
- Moved Greg Moore to Columbus from Philadelphia (Acquired by the Blue Jackets on 2/28/11)
- Moved Jason Arnott to Washington from New Jersey (Acquired by the Capitals on 2/28/11)
- Moved Brett Festerling to Atlanta from Montreal (Acquired by the Thrashers on 2/28/11)
- Moved Drew MacIntyre to Montreal from Atlanta (Acquired by the Canadiens on 2/28/11)
- Moved Anton Khudobin to Boston from Minnesota (Acquired by the Bruins on 2/28/10)
- Moved Jeff Penner to Minnesota from Boston (Acquired by the Wild on 2/28/11)
- Moved Petr Kalus to Columbus from Minnesota (Acquired by the Blue Jackets on 3/1/11)
- Added Todd Ford to Washington (Group 3 free agent)
- Added Kirk MacDonald to Boston (Group 3 free agent)
- Removed Akim Aliu from Atlanta/Winnipeg (will be a Group 2 free agent in 2012 instead of 2011)
- All Group 6 free agents now added
- Moved Ilya Bryzgalov to Philadelphia from Phoenix (Negotiating rights acquired by the Flyers on 6/7/11)
- Moved Matt Clackson to Phoenix from Philadelphia (Negotiating rights acquired by the Coyotes on 6/7/11)
- Moved Maxim Noreau to New Jersey from Minnesota (Acquired by the Devils on 6/16/11)
- Moved Jakub Voracek to Philadelphia from Columbus (Acquired by the Flyers on 6/23/11)
- Moved Wayne Simmonds to Philadelphia from Los Angeles (Acquired by the Flyers on 6/23/11)
- Moved Rob Bordson to Los Angeles from Philadelphia (Acquired by the Kings on 6/23/11)
- Moved Troy Brouwer to Washington from Chicago (Acquired by the Capitals on 6/24/11)
- Moved Chris Butler to Calgary from Buffalo (Acquired by the Flames on 6/25/11)
- Moved Bruno Gervais to Tampa Bay from NY Islanders (Acquired by the Lightning on 6/25/11)
- Moved Marc-Antoine Pouliot to Phoenix from Tampa Bay (Acquired by the Coyotes on 6/25/11)
- Moved Darroll Powe to Minnesota from Philadelphia (Acquired by the Wild on 6/27/11)
- Moved Tomas Kopecky to Florida from Chicago (Acquired by the Panthers on 6/27/11)
- Moved Christian Ehrhoff to NY Islanders from Vancouver (Acquired by the Islanders on 6/28/11)
- Removed Evgeni Nabokov from NY Islanders (Team decided to toll his contract and retain his rights for the 2011-12 season on 4/22/11)
- Moved James Wisniewski to Columbus from Montreal (Acquired by the Blue Jackets on 6/29/11)
- Added Chris Drury to NY Rangers (Contract bought out by the team on 6/29/11)
- Moved Maxime Talbot to Toronto from Pittsburgh (Acquired by the Maple Leafs on 6/29/11) NOTE: Talbot has been moved back to the Penguins, as the trade apparently did not go through
- Moved Christian Ehrhoff to Buffalo from NY Islanders (Acquired by the Sabres on 6/29/11)
- Moved Steve Montador to Chicago from Buffalo (Acquired by the Blackhawks on 6/29/11)
- Added J.P. Dumont to Nashville (Contract bought out by the team on 6/30/11)
- Added Tyler Sloan to Washington (Contract bought out by the team on 6/30/11)
- Added Mike Commodore to Columbus (Contract bought out by the team on 6/30/11)
- Added Cam Barker to Minnesota (Contract bought out by the team on 6/30/11)
- Added Sheldon Souray to Edmonton (Contract bought out by the team on 6/30/11)
- Moved Semyon Varlamov to Colorado from Washington (Acquired by the Avalanche on 7/1/11)
- Moved Andreas Thuresson to NY Rangers from Nashville (Acquired by the Rangers on 7/2/11)
- Moved Brodie Dupont to Nashville from NY Rangers (Acquired by the Predators on 7/2/11)
- Moved Ryan Russell to Columbus from Montreal (Acquired by the Blue Jackets on 7/7/11)
- Moved Sergei Shirokov to Florida from Vancouver (Acquired by the Panthers on 7/9/11)
- Moved Mike Duco to Vancouver from Florida (Acquired by the Canucks on 7/9/11)
- Moved Kenndal McArdle to Winnipeg from Florida (Acquired by the Jets on 7/9/11)
- Moved Andrew Cogliano to Anaheim from Edmonton (Acquired by the Ducks on 7/12/11)
- Moved Mathieu Carle to Anaheim from Montreal (Acquired by the Ducks on 7/15/11)
- Chris Campoli re-designated UFA from Group 2 (Blackhawks declined arbitrator-awarded contract on 7/20/11)
- Added Anton Gustafsson to Washington (Contract terminated by the team on 7/21/11)
- Added Trent Hunter to New Jersey (Contract bought out by the team on 8/2/11)
- Added Colin White to New Jersey (Contract bought out by the team on 8/2/11)
- Moved James Sheppard to San Jose from Minnesota (Acquired by the Sharks on 8/7/11)
- Added Brett Lebda to Nashville (Contract bought out by the team on 8/10/11)
- Removed Zach Hamill from Boston (will be a Group 2 free agent in 2012 instead of 2011)
- Removed Maxime Fortunus from Dallas (will be a Group 3 free agent in 2012 instead of 2011)

PLAYERS SIGNING WITH NEW TEAMS
Jamal Mayers - Chicago from San Jose (7/1/11) - 1 year, $550,000
Ben Eager - Edmonton from San Jose (7/1/11) - 3 years, $3.3 million
Mathieu Garon - Tampa Bay from Columbus (7/1/11) - 2 years, $2.6 million
Adam Pardy - Dallas from Calgary (7/1/11) - 2 years, $4 million
Jeff Halpern - Washington from Montreal (7/1/11) - 1 year, $875,000
Raffi Torres - Phoenix from Vancouver (7/1/11) - 2 years, $3.5 million
Boyd Gordon - Phoenix from Washington (7/1/11) - 2 years, $2.65 million
Mike Smith - Phoenix from Tampa Bay (7/1/11) - 2 years, $4 million
Tim Brent - Carolina from Toronto (7/1/11) - 2 years, $1.5 million
Jose Theodore - Florida from Minnesota (7/1/11) - 2 years, $3 million
Scottie Upshall - Florida from Columbus (7/1/11) - 4 years, $14 million
Ed Jovanovski - Florida from Phoenix (7/1/11) - 4 years, $16.5 million
Sean O'Donnell - Chicago from Philadelphia (7/1/11) - 1 year, $850,000
Radek Dvorak - Dallas from Winnipeg (7/1/11) - 1 year, $1.5 million
Mark Mancari - Vancouver from Buffalo (7/1/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Vernon Fiddler - Dallas from Phoenix (7/1/11) - 3 years, $5.4 million
Andreas Lilja - Philadelphia from Anaheim (7/1/11) - 2 years, $1.475 million
Andrew Brunette - Chicago from Minnesota (7/1/11) - 1 year, $2 million
Jan Hejda - Colorado from Columbus (7/1/11) - 4 years, $13 million
Marcel Goc - Florida from Nashville (7/1/11) - 3 years, $5.1 million
Maxime Talbot - Philadelphia from Pittsburgh (7/1/11) - 5 years, $9 million
Derek Meech - Winnipeg from Detroit (7/1/11) - 1 year, $700,000
Brian Boucher - Carolina from Philadelphia (7/1/11) - 2 years, $1.9 million
Peter Budaj - Montreal from Colorado (7/1/11) - 2 years, $2.3 million
Mike Rupp - NY Rangers from Pittsburgh (7/1/11) - 3 years, $4.5 million
Mike Commodore - Detroit from Columbus (7/1/11) - 1 year, $1 million
Steve Sullivan - Pittsburgh from Nashville (7/1/11) - 1 year, $1.5 million
Marty Reasoner - NY Islanders from Florida (7/1/11) - 2 years, $2.7 million
Joel Ward - Washington from Nashville (7/1/11) - 4 years, $12 million
Roman Hamrlik - Washington from Montreal (7/1/11) - 2 years, $7 million
Erik Cole - Montreal from Carolina (7/1/11) - 4 years, $18 million
Darcy Hordichuk - Edmonton from Florida (7/1/11) - 1 year, $800,000
Cam Barker - Edmonton from Minnesota (7/1/11) - 1 year, $2.25 million
Alex Auld - Ottawa from Montreal (7/1/11) - 1 year, $1 million
Michael Ryder - Dallas from Boston (7/1/11) - 2 years, $7 million
Benoit Pouliot - Boston from Montreal (7/1/11) - 1 year, $1.1 million
Ville Leino - Buffalo from Philadelphia (7/1/11) - 6 years, $27 million
Marco Sturm - Vancouver from Washington (7/1/11) - 1 year, $2.25 million
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Carolina from Los Angeles (7/1/11) - 1 year, $1.5 million
Sheldon Souray - Dallas from Edmonton (7/1/11) - 1 year, $1.65 million
Jim Vandermeer - San Jose from Edmonton (7/1/11) - 1 year, $1 million
Tomas Fleischmann - Florida from Colorado (7/1/11) - 4 years, $18 million
Curtis Sanford - Columbus from Montreal (7/1/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Eric Belanger - Edmonton from Phoenix (7/1/11) - 3 years, $5.25 million
Chuck Kobasew - Colorado from Minnesota (7/1/11) - 2 years, $2.5 million
Jean-Sebastien Giguere - Colorado from Toronto (7/1/11) - 2 years, $2.5 million
Brian Elliott - St. Louis from Colorado (7/1/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ryan Potulny - Washington from Ottawa (7/1/11) - 2 years, $1.05 million
Corey Potter - Edmonton from Pittsburgh (7/1/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Daniel Carcillo - Chicago from Philadelphia (7/1/11) - 1 year, $775,000
Tanner Glass - Winnipeg from Vancouver (7/1/11) - 1 year, $750,000
Andrew Ebbett - Vancouver from Phoenix (7/1/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Michal Handzus - San Jose from Los Angeles (7/1/11) - 2 years, $5 million
Sean Bergenheim - Florida from Tampa Bay (7/1/11) - 4 years, $11 million
Nicholas Drazenovic - Columbus from St. Louis (7/1/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Andrew Joudrey - Columbus from Washington (7/1/11) - 2 years, $1.175 million
Mark Dekanich - Columbus from Nashville (7/1/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jake Dowell - Dallas from Chicago (7/1/11) - 1 year, $800,000
Nolan Yonkman - Florida from Phoenix (7/1/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
J.T. Wyman - Tampa Bay from Montreal (7/1/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Brad Richards - NY Rangers from Dallas (7/2/11) - 9 years, $60 million
Matt Gilroy - Tampa Bay from NY Rangers (7/2/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Tim Connolly - Toronto from Buffalo (7/2/11) - 2 years, $9.5 million
Anthony Stewart - Carolina from Winnipeg (7/2/11) - 2 years, $1.8 million
Simon Gagne - Los Angeles from Tampa Bay (7/2/11) - 2 years, $7 million
Alexandre Bolduc - Phoenix from Vancouver (7/2/11) - 1 year, $575,000
Ian White - Detroit from San Jose (7/2/11) - 2 years, $5.75 million
Randy Jones - Winnipeg from Tampa Bay (7/2/11) - 1 year, $1.15 million
Tomas Vokoun - Washington from Florida (7/2/11) - 1 year, $1.5 million
Ben Walter - Calgary from Colorado (7/2/11) - 2 years, $1.075 million
Clay Wilson - Calgary from Columbus (7/2/11) - 2 years, $1.05 million
Justin Soryal - Carolina from NY Rangers (7/2/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Kent Huskins - St. Louis from San Jose (7/2/11) - 1 year, $1 million
Richard Petiot - Tampa Bay from Edmonton (7/2/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Matt Bradley - Florida from Washington (7/2/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Andrew Gordon - Anaheim from Washington (7/2/11) - 2 years, $1.075 million
Rick Rypien - Winnipeg from Vancouver (7/2/11) - 1 year, $700,000 (deceased 8-15-2011)
Josh Green - Edmonton from Anaheim (7/3/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Niclas Bergfors - Nashville from Florida (7/3/11) - 1 year, $575,000
Boris Valabik - Pittsburgh from Boston (7/3/11) - 1 year, $550,000
Steve Pinizzotto - Vancouver from Washington (7/3/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Aaron Gagnon - Winnipeg from Dallas (7/4/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Danny Richmond - Washington from Toronto (7/4/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Brett Sterling - St. Louis from Pittsburgh (7/4/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Curtis McElhinney - Phoenix from Ottawa (7/4/11) - 1 year, $625,000
Tyler Eckford - Phoenix from New Jersey (7/4/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Guillaume Desbiens - Calgary from Vancouver (7/4/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Alexandre Giroux - Columbus from Edmonton (7/4/11) - 1 year, $825,000
Trevor Smith - Tampa Bay from Columbus (7/4/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ryan Keller - Edmonton from Ottawa (7/4/11) - 1 year, $625,000
Scott Nichol - St. Louis from San Jose (7/5/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Zenon Konopka - Ottawa from NY Islanders (7/5/11) - 1 year, $700,000
Aaron Johnson - Columbus from Nashville (7/5/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Alexandre Picard - Pittsburgh from Montreal (7/5/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Trevor Frischmon - NY Islanders from Columbus (7/5/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Garnet Exelby - Detroit from Chicago (7/5/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Tomas Kaberle - Carolina from Boston (7/5/11) - 3 years, $12.75 million
Zack Stortini - Nashivlle from Edmonton (7/5/11) - 1 year, $550,000
Nathan Lawson - Montreal from NY Islanders (7/5/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Kyle Wilson - Nashville from Columbus (7/5/11) - 2 years, $1.1 million
Bryan Rodney - Anaheim from Carolina (7/5/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Jeff Taffe - Minnesota from Chicago (7/5/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jamie Tardif - Boston from Detroit (7/5/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Tom Pyatt - Tampa Bay from Montreal (7/6/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Jason Arnott - St. Louis from Washington (7/6/11) - 1 year, $2.8 million
Jamie Langenbrunner - St. Louis from Dallas (7/6/11) - 1 year, $2.8 million
Radek Martinek - Columbus from NY Islanders (7/6/11) - 1 year, $2.2 million
Jean-Francois Jacques - Anaheim from Columbus (7/6/11) - 1 year, $650,000
Matt Pelech - San Jose from Calgary (7/6/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Philippe Dupuis - Toronto from Colorado (7/6/11) - 1 year, $650,000
Nathan Oystrick - Phoenix from St. Louis (7/6/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Dean Arsene - Phoenix from St. Louis (7/6/11) - 1 year, $725,000
Jason Bacashihua - Philadelphia from Colorado (7/6/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Matt Climie - Vancouver from Phoenix (7/7/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Alexander Sulzer - Vancouver from Florida (7/7/11) - 1 year, $700,000
Drew MacIntyre - Buffalo from Montreal (7/7/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Brian Willsie - Montreal from Washington (7/7/11) - 1 year, $700,000
Chris Conner - Detroit from Pittsburgh (7/7/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ryan Shannon - Tampa Bay from Ottawa (7/7/11) - 1 year, $625,000
Alexandre Picard - Tampa Bay from Phoenix (7/7/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Mark Parrish - Ottawa from Buffalo (7/8/11) - 1 year, $650,000
Mike McKenna - Ottawa from New Jersey (7/8/11) - 1 year, $550,000
Evan Brophey - Colorado from Chicago (7/8/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Cedrick Desjardins - Colorado from Tampa Bay (7/8/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ben Guite - San Jose from Columbus (7/8/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Mike Lundin - Minnesota from Tampa Bay (7/9/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jeff Deslauriers - Anaheim from Edmonton (7/10/11) - 2 years, $1.225 million
Patrick Rissmiller - Colorado from Florida (7/10/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Christian Hanson - Washington from Toronto (7/11/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Lee Sweatt - Ottawa from Vancouver (7/11/11) - 2 years, $1.3 million (later retired)
Tim Conboy - Ottawa from Buffalo (7/11/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Dane Byers - Columbus from Phoenix (7/11/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Tyson Strachan - Florida from St. Louis (7/12/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Eric Godard - Dallas from Pittsburgh (7/12/11) - 2 years, $1.45 million
Steve MacIntyre - Pittsburgh from Edmonton (7/12/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Cody Bass - Columbus from Ottawa (7/13/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Derek Smith - Calgary from Ottawa (7/13/11) - 1 year, $700,000
Shane O'Brien - Colorado from Nashville (7/13/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Matt Smaby - Anaheim from Tampa Bay (7/14/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Bracken Kearns - Florida from Phoenix (7/14/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Cam Janssen - New Jersey from St. Louis (7/14/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Chris Durno - Carolina from Tampa Bay (7/15/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Sami Lepisto - Chicago from Columbus (7/15/11) - 1 year, $750,000
Eric Boulton - New Jersey from Winnipeg (7/15/11) - 2 years, $1.325 million
Jason Jaffray - Winnipeg from Anaheim (7/19/11) - 1 year, $675,000
Kyle Chipchura - Phoenix from Anaheim (7/19/11) - 1 year, $550,000
Andrew Murray - San Jose from Columbus (7/19/11) - 1 year, $575,000
Ty Conklin - Detroit from St. Louis (7/20/11) - 1 year, $750,000
Tim Wallace - NY Islanders from Pittsburgh (7/21/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Vaclav Prospal - Columbus from NY Rangers (7/23/11) - 1 year, $1.75 million
Byron Bitz - Vancouver from Florida (7/25/11) - 1 year, $700,000
Jason Williams - Pittsburgh from Dallas (7/26/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Justin Pogge - Phoenix from Carolina (7/27/11) - 1 year, $575,000
Tyler Sloan - Nashville from Washington (7/28/11) - 1 year, $650,000
Colin White - San Jose from New Jersey (8/3/11) - 1 year, $1 million
Patrick O'Sullivan - Phoenix from Minnesota (8/5/11) - 1 year, $625,000
Sean Backman - NY Islanders from Dallas (8/8/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Danny Syvret - St. Louis from Philadelphia (8/8/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Jack Hillen - Nashville from NY Islanders (8/8/11) - 1 year, $650,000
Michael Ryan - Buffalo from Philadelphia (8/9/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Paul Szczechura - Buffalo from Tampa Bay (8/9/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Scott Hannan - Calgary from Washington (8/13/11) - 1 year, $1 million
Jeff Woywitka - Montreal from Dallas (8/15/11) - 1 year, $650,000
Ethan Moreau - Los Angeles from Columbus (8/20/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Peter Harrold - New Jersey from Los Angeles (8/22/11) - 1 year, $550,000
Brandon Segal - Chicago from Dallas (9/1/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Kyle Wellwood - Winnipeg from San Jose (9/9/11) - 1 year, $700,000
Mathieu Roy - Carolina from Tampa Bay (9/14/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Mike Modano - Dallas from Detroit (9/22/11) - 1 day, $999,999 (later retired)
Chris Campoli - Montreal from Chicago (9/26/11) - 1 year, $1.75 million
Steve Staios - NY Islanders from Calgary (9/30/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Trent Hunter - Los Angeles from New Jersey (9/30/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Fabian Brunnstrom - Detroit from Toronto (10/3/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Ray Emery - Chicago from Anaheim (10/3/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Brad Winchester - San Jose from Anaheim (10/3/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Joe Callahan - Montreal from Florida (10/7/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Troy Bodie - Anaheim from Carolina (10/12/11) - 1 year, $550,000
Anton Stralman - NY Rangers from Columbus (11/4/11) - 1 year, $900,000
Joe Finley - Buffalo from Washington (11/28/11) - 3 years, undisclosed
Antti Miettinen - Tampa Bay from Minnesota (12/12/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
John Madden - Florida from Minnesota (1/4/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Brett Lebda - Columbus from Nashville (1/19/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Steve Bernier - New Jersey from Florida (1/30/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Carter Hutton - Chicago from San Jose (2/24/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Marty Turco - Boston from Chicago (3/5/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
John Grahame - NY Islanders from Colorado (3/29/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Kevin Henderson - Nashville from San Jose (6/8/12) - 1 year, undisclosed

RE-SIGNINGS
Martin St. Louis - re-signed by Tampa Bay (7/1/10) - 4 years, $22.5 million
Mikko Koivu - re-signed by Minnesota (7/15/10) - 7 years, $47.25 million
Jason Demers - re-signed by San Jose (7/29/10) - 2 years, $2.5 million
Matt Beleskey - re-signed by Anaheim (9/17/10) - 2 years, $1.475 million
Steve Mason - re-signed by Columbus (9/20/10) - 2 years, $5.8 million
Tom Poti - re-signed by Washington (9/21/10) - 2 years, $5.75 million
Michal Neuvirth - re-signed by Washington (9/22/10) - 2 years, undisclosed
Jonathan Bernier - re-signed by Los Angeles (10/4/10) - 2 years, $2.5 million
Patrice Bergeron - re-signed by Boston (10/8/10) - 3 years, $15 million
Zdeno Chara - re-signed by Boston (10/9/10) - 7 years, $45.5 million
Joe Thornton - re-signed by San Jose (10/16/10) - 3 years, $21 million
Mark Giordano - re-signed by Calgary (10/29/10) - 5 years, $20 million
Claude Giroux - re-signed by Philadelphia (11/8/10) - 3 years, $11.25 million
David Backes - re-signed by St. Louis (11/12/10) - 5 years, $22.5 million
Jeff Carter - re-signed by Philadelphia (11/13/10) - 11 years, $58 million
John Erskine - re-signed by Washington (12/17/10) - 2 years, $3 million
Trevor Daley - re-signed by Dallas (12/29/10) - 6 years, $19.8 million
Deryk Engelland - re-signed by Pittsburgh (1/3/11) - 3 years, $1.7 million
Milan Jurcina - re-signed by NY Islanders (1/5/11) - 1 year, $1.6 million
Jack Johnson - re-signed by Los Angeles (1/9/11) - 7 years, $30.5 million
Jerred Smithson - re-signed by Nashville (1/12/11) - 2 years, $1.6 million
Mark Letestu - re-signed by Pittsburgh (1/18/11) - 2 years, $1.25 million
Alexander Semin - re-signed by Washington (1/27/11) - 1 year, $6.7 million
Matt Moulson - re-signed by NY Islanders (1/27/11) - 3 years, $9.4 million
Nate Thompson - re-signed by Tampa Bay (2/1/11) - 2 years, $1.8 million
Mike Brown - re-signed by Toronto (2/2/11) - 3 years, $2.215 million
Dustin Byfuglien - re-signed by Atlanta/Winnipeg (2/15/11) - 5 years, $26 million
Pierre (PA) Parenteau - re-signed by NY Islanders (2/17/11) - 1 year, $1.25 million
Jan Mursak - re-signed by Detroit (2/18/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Matt Hendricks - re-signed by Washington (2/23/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Chris Thorburn - re-signed by Atlanta/Winnipeg (2/26/11) - 3 years, $2.601 million
Brent Seabrook - re-signed by Chicago (2/27/11) - 5 years, $29 million
Chris Phillips - re-signed by Ottawa (2/27/11) - 3 years, $9.25 million
Justin Williams - re-signed by Los Angeles (2/28/11) - 4 years, $14.6 million
Mark Stuart - re-signed by Atlanta/Winnipeg (2/28/11) - 3 years, $5.1 million
Jimmy Howard - re-signed by Detroit (2/28/11) - 2 years, $4.5 million
Antti Niemi - re-signed by San Jose (3/1/11) - 4 years, $15.2 million
Luca Sbisa - re-signed by Anaheim (3/8/11) - 4 years, $8.7 million
Dennis Endras - re-signed by Minnesota (3/11/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Craig Anderson - re-signed by Ottawa (3/21/11) - 4 years, $12.75 million
Al Montoya - re-signed by NY Islanders (3/29/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Mike Knuble - re-signed by Washington (4/11/11) - 1 year, $2 million
Keaton Ellerby - re-signed by Florida (4/27/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Milan Hejduk - re-signed by Colorado (5/11/11) - 1 year, $2.6 million
Michael Grabner - re-signed by NY Islanders (5/13/11) - 5 years, $15 million
Curtis Glencross - re-signed by Calgary (5/16/11) - 4 years, $410.2 million
Zach Miskovic - re-signed by Washington (5/18/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Corey Crawford - re-signed by Chicago (5/19/11) - 3 years, $8 million
Zack Smith - re-signed by Ottawa (5/19/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Colin Greening - re-signed by Ottawa (5/19/11) - 3 years, undisclosed
Alexander Salak - re-signed by Chicago (5/20/11) - 2 years, $1.2 million
Kyle Okposo - re-signed by NY Islanders (5/25/11) - 5 years, $14 million
Ryan Jones - re-signed by Edmonton (5/29/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Jack Skille - re-signed by Florida (5/31/11) - 2 years, $1.65 million
Patrik Berglund - re-signed by St. Louis (5/31/11) - 2 years, $4.5 million
Hal Gill - re-signed by Montreal (5/31/11) - 1 year, $2.25 million
Roman Polak - re-signed by St. Louis (6/2/11) - 5 years, $13.75 million
Drew Stafford - re-signed by Buffalo (6/3/11) - 4 years, $16 million
Nick Johnson - re-signed by Pittsburgh (6/4/11) - 1 year, $550,000
T.J. Hensick - re-signed by St. Louis (6/6/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Jason Labarbera - re-signed by Phoenix (6/6/11) - 2 years, $2.5 million
Mark Cullen - re-signed by Florida (6/6/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Brett Carson - re-signed by Calgary (6/9/11) - 2 years, $1.15 million
James Reimer - re-signed by Toronto (6/9/11) - 3 years, $5.4 million
Nikita Nikitin - re-signed by St. Louis (6/9/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Andrei Kostitsyn - re-signed by Montreal (6/9/11) - 1 year, $3.25 million
Craig Adams - re-signed by Pittsburgh (6/9/11) - 2 years, $1.35 million
Travis Morin - re-signed by Dallas (6/9/11) - 2 years, $1.05 million
Colton Sceviour - re-signed by Dallas (6/9/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Mathieu Darche - re-signed by Montreal (6/10/11) - 1 year, $700,000
Grant Clitsome - re-signed by Columbus (6/10/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Chris Porter - re-signed by St. Louis (6/13/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ryan Craig - re-signed by Pittsburgh (6/13/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Michael Vernace - re-signed by Tampa Bay (6/13/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Carl Gunnarsson - re-signed by Toronto (6/14/11) - 2 years, $2.65 million
Vladimir Sobotka - re-signed by St. Louis (6/15/11) - 3 years, $3.9 million
Patrick McNeill - re-signed by Washington (6/15/11) - 2 years, $1.05 million
Mike Angelidis - re-signed by Tampa bay (6/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Teemu Laakso - re-signed by Nashville (6/15/11) - 1 year, $675,000
Jay Harrison - re-signed by Carolina (6/16/11) - 2 years, $1.4 million
Richard Bachman - re-signed by Dallas (6/16/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Sean Zimmerman - re-signed by Anaheim (6/16/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Nate Guenin - re-signed by Anaheim (6/16/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Ryan Stoa - re-signed by Colorado (6/16/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
David Liffiton - re-signed by Colorado (6/16/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Nate Prosser - re-signed by Minnesota (6/16/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Sean Sullivan - re-signed by San Jose (6/16/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Dany Sabourin - re-signed by Washington (6/16/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Chad Kolarik - re-signed by NY Rangers (6/17/11) - 2 years, $1.05 million
Trevor Gillies - re-signed by NY Islanders (6/17/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Max Pacioretty - re-signed by Montreal (6/20/11) - 2 years, $3.25 million
Nicklas Lidstrom - re-signed by Detroit (6/20/11) - 1 year, $6.2 million
Nick Holden - re-signed by Columbus (6/20/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Tim Kennedy - re-signed by Florida (6/20/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Henrik Karlsson - re-signed by Calgary (6/20/11) - 2 years, $1.75 million
David Desharnais - re-signed by Montreal (6/20/11) - 2 years, $1.7 million
B.J. Crombeen - re-signed by St. Louis (6/22/11) - 2 years, $2 million
Jay Leach - re-signed by New Jersey (6/22/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Ilya Bryzgalov - re-signed by Philadelphia (6/23/11) - 9 years, $51 million
Devin Setoguchi - re-signed by San Jose (6/23/11) - 3 years, $9 million
Andrei Markov - re-signed by Montreal (6/23/11) - 3 years, $17.25 million
Eric Brewer - re-signed by Tampa Bay (6/24/11) - 4 years, $16 million
Blair Jones - re-signed by Tampa Bay (6/24/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
David Van Der Gulik - re-signed by Colorado (6/24/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Justin Mercier - re-signed by Colorado (6/24/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Alex Tanguay - re-signed by Calgary (6/25/11) - 5 years, $17.5 million
David Leggio - re-signed by Buffalo (6/25/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Matt Hunwick - re-signed by Colorado (6/25/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Andreas Nodl - re-signed by Philadelphia (6/27/11) - 2 years, $1.69 million
Tom Sestito - re-signed by Philadelphia (6/27/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Kevin Bieksa - re-signed by Vancouver (6/27/11) - 5 years, $23 million
Bruno Gervais - re-signed by Tampa Bay (6/27/11) - 1 year, $550,000
Tomas Marcinko - re-signed by NY Islanders (6/27/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Dale Weise - re-signed by NY Rangers (6/27/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Andrew Desjardins - re-signed by San Jose (6/27/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Alex Stalock - re-signed by San Jose (6/27/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Maxim Lapierre - re-signed by Vancouver (6/27/11) - 2 years, $2 million
Brooks Laich - re-signed by Washington (6/28/11) - 6 years, $27 million
Marc-Andre Bergeron - re-signed by Tampa Bay (6/28/11) - 2 years, $2 million
Pascal Dupuis - re-signed by Pittsburgh (6/28/11) - 2 years, $3 million
Patrick Dwyer - re-signed by Carolina (6/28/11) - 2 years, $1.25 million
Joni Pitkanen - re-signed by Carolina (6/28/11) - 3 years, $13.5 million
Brad Lukowich - re-signed by Dallas (6/28/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Chad Larose - re-signed by Carolina (6/29/11) - 2 years, $3.4 million
Adam Hall - re-signed by Tampa Bay (6/29/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Nathan Gerbe - re-signed by Buffalo (6/29/11) - 3 years, $4.3 million
Tomas Kopecky - re-signed by Florida (6/29/11) - 4 years, $12 million
Michael Blunden - re-signed by Columbus (6/29/11) - 1 year, undisclosed (later traded to Montreal)
David Jones - re-signed by Colorado (6/29/11) - 1 year, $2.5 million
Dwayne Roloson - re-signed by Tampa Bay (6/29/11) - 1 year, $3 million
Yannick Weber - re-signed by Montreal (6/29/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Greg Mauldin - re-signed by Colorado (6/29/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
John Mitchell - re-signed by NY Rangers (6/29/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Mathieu Beaudoin - re-signed by Phoenix (6/29/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Luca Caputi - re-signed by Toronto (6/29/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Andrew Alberts - re-signed by Vancouver (6/29/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Arron Asham - re-signed by Pittsburgh (6/29/11) - 1 year, $775,000
Ladislav Smid - re-signed by Edmonton (6/30/11) - 2 years, $4.5 million
T.J. Oshie - re-signed by St. Louis (6/30/11) - 1 year, $2.35 million
Jay Rosehill - re-signed by Toronto (6/30/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Jussi Jokinen - re-signed by Carolina (6/30/11) - 3 years, $9 million
Jamie McGinn - re-signed by San Jose (6/30/11) - 1 year, $680,000
Frazer McLaren - re-signed by San Jose (6/30/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ben Scrivens - re-signed by Toronto (6/30/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Steve Montador - re-signed by Chicago (6/30/11) - 4 years, $11 million
Christian Ehrhoff - re-signed by Buffalo (6/30/11) - 10 years, $40 million
Jonathan Ericsson - re-signed by Detroit (6/30/11) - 3 years, $9.75 million
Ryan O'Byrne - re-signed by Colorado (6/30/11) - 2 years, $3.6 million
Adam Cracknell - re-signed by St. Louis (6/30/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
James Wisniewski - re-signed by Columbus (7/1/11) - 6 years, $33 million
Tyler Kennedy - re-signed by Pittsburgh (7/1/11) - 2 years, $4 million
Sami Salo - re-signed by Vancouver (7/1/11) - 1 year, $2 million
Chris Higgins - re-signed by Vancouver (7/1/11) - 2 years, $3.8 million
Patrick Eaves - re-signed by Detroit (7/1/11) - 3 years, $3.6 million
Drew Miller - re-signed by Detroit (7/1/11) - 2 years, $1.65 million
Josh Harding - re-signed by Minnesota (7/1/11) - 1 year, $750,000
Andy Greene - re-signed by New Jersey (7/1/11) - 4 years, $12 million
Chris Butler - re-signed by Calgary (7/1/11) - 2 years, $2.5 million
Cody McCormick - re-signed by Buffalo (7/1/11) - 3 years, $3.6 million
Matt D'Agostini - re-signed by St. Louis (7/1/11) - 2 years, $2.3 million
Radim Vrbata - re-signed by Phoenix (7/1/11) - 3 years, $9 million
Jiri Tlusty - re-signed by Carolina (7/1/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Johan Hedberg - re-signed by New Jersey (7/1/11) - 1 year, $1.25 million
Francis Lessard - re-signed by Ottawa (7/1/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ruslan Fedotenko - re-signed by NY Rangers (7/1/11) - 1 year, $1.4 million
Anton Khudobin - re-signed by Boston (7/1/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Trent Whitfield - re-signed by Boston (7/1/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Drew Bagnall - re-signed by Minnesota (7/1/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Jakub Voracek - re-signed by Philadelphia (7/1/11) - 1 year, $2.25 million
Sean Collins - re-signed by Washington (7/1/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jed Ortmeyer - re-signed by Minnesota (7/1/11) - 1 year, $585,000
Nolan Baumgartner - re-signed by Vancouver (7/2/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Semyon Varlamov - re-signed by Colorado (7/2/11) - 3 years, $8.5 million
Logan Pyett - re-signed by Detroit (7/2/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Theo Peckham - re-signed by Edmonton (7/4/11) - 1 year, $1.075 million
Mike Weber - re-signed by Buffalo (7/4/11) - 2 years, $1.9 million
Anton Babchuk - re-signed by Calgary (7/4/11) - 2 years, $5 million
Ryan Hamilton - re-signed by Toronto (7/4/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Greg Scott - re-signed by Toronto (7/4/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Darroll Powe - re-signed by Minnesota (7/5/11) - 3 years, $3.2 million
Andrew Ladd - re-signed by Winnipeg (7/5/11) - 5 years, $22 million
Ben Bishop - re-signed by St. Louis (7/5/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Keith Yandle - re-signed by Phoenix (7/5/11) - 5 years, $26.25 million
Marc Methot - re-signed by Columbus (7/5/11) - 4 years, undisclosed
Brad Thiessen - re-signed by Pittsburgh (7/5/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Clarke MacArthur - re-signed by Toronto (7/5/11) - 2 years, $6.5 million
Tyler Bozak - re-signed by Toronto (7/5/11) - 2 years, $3 million
Troy Brouwer - re-signed by Washington (7/6/11) - 2 years, $4.7 million
Colton Gillies - re-signed by Minnesota (7/6/11) - 2 years, $1.25 million
Erik Condra - re-signed by Ottawa (7/6/11) - 2 years, $1.25 million
Thomas Greiss - re-signed by San Jose (7/6/11) - 2 years, $1.175 million
Matt Watkins - re-signed by Phoenix (7/6/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Leland Irving - re-signed by Calgary (7/6/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Mike Santorelli - re-signed by Florida (7/6/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Colin Stuart - re-signed by Buffalo (7/7/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Derek Whitmore - re-signed by Buffalo (7/7/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Matt Lashoff - re-signed by Toronto (7/7/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Brian McGrattan - re-signed by Anaheim (7/7/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Wayne Simmonds - re-signed by Philadelphia (7/7/11) - 2 years, $3.5 million
Matt Halischuk - re-signed by Nashville (7/7/11) - 2 years, $1.425 million
Nick Spaling - re-signed by Nashville (7/7/11) - 2 years, $2.1 million
Cal O'Reilly - re-signed by Nashville (7/7/11) - 1 year, $1.05 million
Chris Mueller - re-signed by Nashville (7/7/11) - 1 year, $550,000
Artem Anisimov - re-signed by NY Rangers (7/8/11) - 2 years, $3.75 million
Michael Sauer - re-signed by NY Rangers (7/8/11) - 2 years, $2.5 million
Sergei Kostitsyn - re-signed by Nashville (7/8/11) - 1 year, $2.5 million
Alec Martinez - re-signed by Los Angeles (7/8/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Derek Joslin - re-signed by Carolina (7/8/11) - 2 years, $1.4 million
Brett Bellemore - re-signed by Carolina (7/8/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Brodie Dupont - re-signed by Nashville (7/8/11) - 1 year, $550,000
Benn Ferriero - re-signed by San Jose (7/8/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ryan Carter - re-signed by Florida (7/9/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Kevin Porter - re-signed by Colorado (7/9/11) - 1 year, $850,000
Ryan Wilson - re-signed by Colorado (7/9/11) - 1 year, $1.275 million
Mike Zigomanis - re-signed by Toronto (7/9/11) - 1 year, $650,000
Viktor Stalberg - re-signed by Chicago (7/10/11) - 2 years, $1.75 million
Alec Richards - re-signed by Chicago (7/10/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Tim Sestito - re-signed by New Jersey (7/10/11) - 1 year, $525,000
John McCarthy - re-signed by San Jose (7/10/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Joey MacDonald - re-signed by Detroit (7/11/11) - 2 years, $1.1 million
Dan Sexton - re-signed by Anaheim (7/11/11) - 2 years, $1.1 million
Rob Klinkhammer - re-signed by Chicago (7/11/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Dustin Jeffrey - re-signed by Pittsburgh (7/12/11) - 2 years, $1.15 million
T.J. Galiardi - re-signed by Colorado (7/12/11) - 1 year, $700,000
Brad Richardson - re-signed by Los Angeles (7/12/11) - 2 years, $2.35 million
Ryan White - re-signed by Montreal (7/13/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Mathieu Perreault - re-signed by Washington (7/13/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Brandon Sutter - re-signed by Carolina (7/13/11) - 3 years, $6.2 million
Brian Connelly - re-signed by Chicago (7/13/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Bobby Butler - re-signed by Ottawa (7/14/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Jeremy Colliton - re-signed by NY Islanders (7/14/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Darryl Boyce - re-signed by Toronto (7/14/11) - 1 year, $700,000
Mike Duco - re-signed by Vancouver (7/14/11) - 1 year, $550,000
Brendan Mikkelson - re-signed by Calgary (7/14/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Zach McKelvie - re-signed by Boston (7/14/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Stefan Chaput - re-signed by Boston (7/14/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Nick Bonino - re-signed by Anaheim (7/14/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Marc Cheverie - re-signed by Florida (7/14/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jarod Palmer - re-signed by Minnesota (7/14/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Casey Wellman - re-signed by Minnesota (7/14/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Brian Boyle - re-signed by NY Rangers (7/14/11) - 3 years, $5.1 million
Brett Festerling - re-signed by Winnipeg (7/14/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Andreas Thuresson - re-signed by NY Rangers (7/14/11) - 1 year, $632,500
Vladimir Zharkov - re-signed by New Jersey (7/14/11) - 1 year, $577,500
Karl Alzner - re-signed by Washington (7/15/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Francois Bouchard - re-signed by Washington (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Bobby Sanguinetti - re-signed by Carolina (7/15/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Brett Sutter - re-signed by Carolina (7/15/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Michael Frolik - re-signed by Florida (7/15/11) - 3 years, undisclosed
Frederic St. Denis - re-signed by Montreal (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Scott Jackson - re-signed by Tampa Bay (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Taylor Chorney - re-signed by Edmonton (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ryan O'Marra - re-signed by Edmonton (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Brendan Morrison - re-signed by Calgary (7/15/11) - 1 year, $1.25 million
Dennis Persson - re-signed by Buffalo (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Travis Turnbull - re-signed by Buffalo (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Trevor Lewis - re-signed by Los Angeles (7/15/11) - 2 years, $1.45 million
Jeff Zatkoff - re-signed by Los Angeles (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Patrick Mullen - re-signed by Los Angeles (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Andrew Campbell - re-signed by Los Angeles (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
David Meckler - re-signed by Los Angeles (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Richard Clune - re-signed by Los Angeles (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Marc-Andre Cliche - re-signed by Los Angeles (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Dylan Reese - re-signed by NY Islanders (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ty Wishart - re-signed by NY Islanders (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Micheal Haley - re-signed by NY Islanders (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jeff Penner - re-signed by Minnesota (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Justin Falk - re-signed by Minnesota (7/15/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Patrick Maroon - re-signed by Anaheim (7/16/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Tyler Plante - re-signed by Florida (7/17/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Matt Corrente - re-signed by New Jersey (7/17/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jeff Frazee - re-signed by New Jersey (7/17/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Marc-Antoine Pouliot - re-signed by Phoenix (7/17/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ben Maxwell - re-signed by Winnipeg (7/17/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Kenndal McArdle - re-signed by Winnipeg (7/17/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ryan Reaves - re-signed by St. Louis (7/18/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Mathieu Carle - re-signed by Anaheim (7/18/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Blake Wheeler - re-signed by Winnipeg (7/18/11) - 2 years, $5.1 million
Riley Holzapfel - re-signed by Winnipeg (7/18/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Arturs Kulda - re-signed by Winnipeg (7/18/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Spencer Machacek - re-signed by Winnipeg (7/18/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Joey Crabb - re-signed by Toronto (7/19/11) - 1 year, $750,000
Brett MacLean - re-signed by Phoenix (7/19/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Andrew Cogliano - re-signed by Anaheim (7/19/11) - 3 years, $7.17 million
Andrej Sekera - re-signed by Buffalo (7/19/11) - 4 years, $11 million
Matt Ellis - re-signed by Buffalo (7/19/11) - 2 years, $1.05 million
Raymond Sawada - re-signed by Dallas (7/19/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jonathon Kalinski - re-signed by Philadelphia (7/19/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Steven Stamkos - re-signed by Tampa Bay (7/19/11) - 5 years, $37.5 million
Lauri Korpikoski - re-signed by Phoenix (7/20/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Teddy Purcell - re-signed by Tampa Bay (7/20/11) - 2 years, $4.725 million
Brandon Dubinsky - re-signed by NY Rangers (7/21/11) - 4 years, $16.8 million
Jhonas Enroth - re-signed by Buffalo (7/21/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Jordan Pearce - re-signed by Detroit (7/21/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Josh Gorges - re-signed by Montreal (7/23/11) - 1 year, $2.5 million
Steve Eminger - re-signed by NY Rangers (7/25/11) - 1 year, $800,000
Michael Caruso - re-signed by Florida (7/25/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Steven Zalewski - re-signed by New Jersey (7/25/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Mark Fraser - re-signed by New Jersey (7/26/11) - 1 year, $550,000
Stu Bickel - re-signed by NY Rangers (7/26/11) - 1 year, $600,000
Matt Taormina - re-signed by New Jersey (7/27/11) - 1 year, $561,000
Francis Pare - re-signed by Detroit (7/27/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Ryan Callahan - re-signed by NY Rangers (7/27/11) - 3 years, $12.875 million
Jannik Hansen - re-signed by Vancouver (7/27/11) - 3 years, $4.05 million
Zach Parise - re-signed by New Jersey (7/29/11) - 1 year, $6 million
Blake Comeau - re-signed by NY Islanders (8/2/11) - 1 year, $2.5 million
Chad Johnson - re-signed by NY Rangers (8/2/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Shea Weber - re-signed by Nashville (8/3/11) - 1 year, $7.5 million
Jon Sim - re-signed by NY Islanders (8/3/11) - 1 year, undisclosed (later signed with HC Pardubice, Czech Republic, 8/12/11)
Kaspars Daugavins - re-signed by Ottawa (8/3/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
James Sheppard - re-signed by San Jose (8/7/11) - 1 year, $725,000 (acquired from Minnesota Wild on 8/7/11)
Ryan Russell - re-signed by Columbus (8/8/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Viktor Tikhonov - re-signed by Phoenix (8/10/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Marc-Andre Gragnani - re-signed by Buffalo (8/11/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Mikkel Boedker - re-signed by Phoenix (8/18/11) - 2 years, $2.2 million
Brad Mills - re-signed by New Jersey (8/22/11) - 1 year, $525,000
Chad Wiseman - re-signed by New Jersey (8/22/11) - 2 years, $1.05 million
Victor Oreskovich - re-signed by Vancouver (9/8/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Andrew Bodnarchuk - re-signed by Boston (9/8/11) - 1 year, $635,250
Kyle Cumisky - re-signed by Colorado (9/9/11) - 1 year, $708,000
Shawn Matthias - re-signed by Florida (9/9/11) - 2 years, $1.703 million
Brad Marchand - re-signed by Boston (9/14/11) - 2 years, $5 million
Zach Bogosian - re-signed by Winnipeg (9/14/11) - 2 years, $5 million
Teemu Selanne - re-signed by Anaheim (9/15/11) - 1 year, $4 million
Luke Schenn - re-signed by Toronto (9/16/11) - 5 years, $18 million
Josh Bailey - re-signed by NY Islanders (9/16/11) - 2 years, $2.1 million
Drew Doughty - re-signed by Los Angeles (9/30/11) - 8 years, $56 million
Kyle Turris - re-signed by Phoenix (11/22/11) - 2 years, $2.8 million
Bill Thomas - re-signed by Florida (12/20/11) - 1 year, undisclosed
Cory Emmerton - re-signed by Detroit (??/??/11) - 3 years, $1.6 million
Pavel Valentenko - re-signed by NY Rangers (??/??/11) - 1 year, $850,000
Riku Helenius - re-signed by Tampa Bay (6/14/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Jesse Joensuu - re-signed by NY Islanders (6/15/12) - 1 year, undisclosed

RETIREMENTS
Rod Brind'Amour - retired from Carolina (6/30/10)
Riley Cote - retired from Philadelphia (8/9/10)
Kevin Cormier - retired from New Jersey (9/15/10)
Kirk Maltby - retired from Detroit (10/12/10)
Peter Schaefer - retired from Vancouver (11/29/10)
Craig Conroy - retired from Calgary (2/4/11)
Andrew Peters - retired from Vancouver (2/11/11)
Peter Forsberg - retired from Colorado (2/14/11)
Adam Foote - retired from Colorado (4/10/11)
Fredrik Modin - retired from Calgary (5/19/11)
Doug Weight - retired from NY Islanders (5/26/11)
Mark Recchi - retired from Boston (6/15/11)
Wade Belak - retired from Nashville (6/21/11) (deceased 8/31/11)
Todd Marchant - retired from Anaheim (6/29/11)
Chris Osgood - retired from Detroit (7/19/11)
Patrick Lalime - retired from Buffalo (7/20/11)
Kris Draper - retired from Detroit (7/26/11)
Chris Drury - retired from NY Rangers (8/19/11)
Dave Scatchard - retired from St. Louis (8/22/11)
Shane Hnidy - retired from Boston (9/1/11)
Cory Stillman - retired from Carolina (9/10/11)
Jason Bailey - retired from Ottawa (9/12/11)
Mike Modano - retired from Detroit (9/21/11)
Mike Grier - retired from Buffalo (12/1/11)
Mike Comrie - retired from Pittsburgh (2/13/12)


ANAHEIM DUCKS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Joel Perrault, Jarkko Ruutu

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
John de Gray, Ryan Hillier, Jean-Philippe Levasseur, Eric Regan, Nigel Williams, Tomas Zaborsky


BOSTON BRUINS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Kirk MacDonald, Jeremy Reich, Nolan Schaefer, Wyatt Smith

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
David Laliberte

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Matt Dalton, Juraj Simek (Contract terminated by the team), Cody Wild


BUFFALO SABRES

Group 2 (Restricted)
Dennis McCauley

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Rob Niedermayer

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Felix Schutz


CALGARY FLAMES

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Steve Staios

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Kris Chucko, Cam Cunning, Matt Keetley, Ryan Stone

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
John Armstrong, Gord Baldwin, Hugo Carpentier, Josh Meyers, J.D. Watt (Contract terminated by the team)


CAROLINA HURRICANES

Group 2 (Restricted)
Oskar Osala

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
None

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Casey Borer, Nick Dodge, Zack Fitzgerald

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
None


CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Ivan Vishnevskiy

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Jassen Cullimore, Ryan Johnson, Fernando Pisani, Hannu Toivonen

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Nathan Davis

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Mathis Olimb


COLORADO AVALANCHE

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
David Koci

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Shawn Belle, Julian Talbot

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Tom Fritsche, Ray Macias, Harrison Reed


COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Chris Clark, David LeNeveu, Greg Moore, Craig Rivet

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Jonathan Sigalet

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Petr Kalus, Tomas Kana, Michael Ratchuk, Gustaf Wesslau


DALLAS STARS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Severin Blindenbacher, Brent Krahn, Brian Sutherby

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Trevor Ludwig

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Guillaume Monast


DETROIT RED WINGS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Dick Axelsson

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Ilari Filppula

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Sergei Kolosov

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Jordan Owens


EDMONTON OILERS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Liam Reddox

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Martin Gerber, Brad Moran, Ben Ondrus, Jason Strudwick

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Greg Stewart

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Jordan Bendfeld, Matt Marquardt, Kevin Montgomery, Bryan Pitton


FLORIDA PANTHERS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Sergei Shirokov

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Triston Grant, Sergei Samsonov

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Brady Calla, James Delory, T.J. Fast, Carl Hudson, Jordan Knackstedt, Jeff Lovecchio


LOS ANGELES KINGS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Johan Fransson, Bud Holloway, Juraj Mikus, Oscar Moller

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
John Zeiler

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Rob Bordson, Erik Ersberg (contract terminated by the team)


MINNESOTA WILD

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Jean-Michel Daoust

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Robbie Earl, Jamie Fraser

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
None


MONTREAL CANADIENS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Kyle Klubertanz

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Paul Mara, Brent Sopel

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Dustin Boyd, Nigel Dawes


NASHVILLE PREDATORS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Linus Klasen

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Steve Begin, Jamie Lundmark, Brett Palin

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Grant Lewis, Kelsey Wilson

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
J.P. Dumont (Contract bought out by the team), Dan Gendur, Mark Santorelli


NEW JERSEY DEVILS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Maxim Noreau, Nathan Perkovich

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Rob Davison, Adam Mair

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Olivier Magnan-Grenier

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Anssi Salmela


NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Andy Hilbert, Joel Martin, Jeremy Yablonski

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Robin Figren, Rob Hisey, Dustin Kohn


NEW YORK RANGERS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Alexander Frolov, Bryan McCabe, Todd White, Jeremy Williams

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Devin Didiomete, Tysen Dowzak, Matt McCue


OTTAWA SENATORS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Geoff Kinrade, Roman Wick

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Mike Brodeur, David Hale, Pascal Leclaire, Marek Svatos

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
None


PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Nick Boynton, Nikolai Zherdev

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Garrett Klotz, Brian Stewart


PHOENIX COYOTES

Group 2 (Restricted)
Jonas Ahnelov

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Ryan Hollweg, Petr Prucha

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Joel Gistedt, Josh Lunden, Jeff May


PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
John Curry, Andrew Hutchinson, Alexei Kovalev, Steve Wagner

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Joey Haddad


ST. LOUIS BLUES

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Graham Mink, David Spina

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
None


SAN JOSE SHARKS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
T.J. Trevelyan, Niclas Wallin

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Patrick Davis, Joe Loprieno, Nick Schaus, Michael Swift


TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

Group 2 (Restricted)
Johan Harju

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Mitch Fritz, Niklas Persson

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Alex Berry, Stefano Giliati, Vladimir Mihalik, Levi Nelson, Kevin Quick


TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Fredrik Sjostrom, Aaron Voros

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Alex Foster

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Brayden Irwin


VANCOUVER CANUCKS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Jonas Andersson, Nathan Paetsch, Jeff Tambellini, Tyler Weiman

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Mario Bliznak, MacGregor Sharp


WASHINGTON CAPITALS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Brian Fahey, Todd Ford, Michael Nylander

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Trevor Bruess, Josh Godfrey, Anton Gustafsson (Contract terminated by the team)


WINNIPEG JETS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Jason Krog, Freddy Meyer, Jared Ross, Jaime Sifers, Noah Welch

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Andrew Kozek, Ian McKenzie, Rob Schremp, Mike Siklenka (Contract terminated by the team)


FREE AGENT CLASSIFICATIONS (Courtesy of nhl.com)

Group 2 (Restricted Free Agents) - Subject to compensation and right to match. The following players 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 (These are last summer's figures and are meant as a general guideline for compensation. If new figures are released, they will likely be released on July 1, 2011):

$1,034,249 or below - No compensation
Over $1,034,249 to $1,567,043 - Third-round choice
Over $1,567,043 to $3,134,088 - Second-round choice
Over $3,134,088 to $4,701,131 - First-round and Third-round choice
Over $4,701,131 to $6,268,175 - First-Round, Second-round, and Third-round choice
Over $6,268,175 to $7,835,219 - two First-round choices, one second-round choice, and one Third-round choice
Over $7,835,219 - four First-round choices

Group 3 (Unrestricted Free Agents) - 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.

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 playoffs), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, have played less than 28 NHL games (regular season and playoffs).

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA) - 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.