2012 NHL Arbitration

The following NHL players have elected to file for salary arbitration this summer. The hearings will be held from July 20 to August 4. Arbitrators are only allowed to hand out one to two year deals and their decisions must be made within 48 hours of the hearing. Teams then have 48 hours to accept or decline the arbitrator's decision. If a team has more than one player filing for arbitration, that team has 48 hours from their last player's hearing to decide if they want to accept or decline the arbitrator's decision. If a team declines an arbitrator's decision, the player becomes an unrestricted free agent. If an arbitrator's award is for more than $1,633,131 on a one-year contract, the team has the right to walk away from the decision and let the player become an unrestricted free agent. Anything under that amount, the team must accept the award. Players who have filed for arbitration cannot be given an offer sheet. The following players are still scheduled for arbitration:


All players re-signed with their teams before their arbitration dates.


The following players have re-signed with their teams prior to their arbitration hearings:

Anaheim Ducks
Nick Bonino, C - 2 years, $1.4 million (7/12/12)

Colorado Avalanche
Jamie McGinn, RW - 2 years, $3.5 million (7/13/12)

Dallas Stars
Richard Bachman, G - 1 year, $625,000 (7/12/12)
Mark Fistric, D - 1 year, $1.475 million (7/21/12)

Detroit Red Wings
Kyle Quincey, D - 2 years, $7.55 million (7/18/12)

Edmonton Oilers
Sam Gagner, C - 1 year, $3.2 million (7/20/12)

Florida Panthers
Kris Versteeg, RW - 4 years, $17.6 million (7/23/12)

Montreal Canadiens
Raphael Diaz, D - 2 years, $2.45 million (7/13/12)

Nashville Predators
Sergei Kostitsyn, LW - 2 years, $6 million (7/23/12)

New Jersey Devils
Mark Fayne, D - 2 years, $2.6 million (7/21/12)

New York Rangers
Anton Stralman, D - 2 years, $3.4 million (7/26/12)

Ottawa Senators
Kaspars Daugavins, LW - 1 year, $635,000 (7/23/12)

St. Louis Blues
T.J. Oshie, RW - 5 years, $20.875 million (7/19/12)
David Perron, LW - 4 years, $15.25 million (7/5/12)

San Jose Sharks
T.J. Galiardi, C - 1 year, $950,000 (7/9/12)

Toronto Maple Leafs
Nikolai Kulemin, RW - 2 years, $5.6 million (7/20/12)

Vancouver Canucks
Mason Raymond, RW - 1 year, $2.275 million (7/9/12)
Dale Weise, RW - 1 year, undisclosed (7/25/12)

2012 NHL Free Agents

Here is the official list of the NHL players who became free agents on July 1, 2012. 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 2012 Free Agent Signings List for an alphabetical listing of player signings here: http://hockeyblog-kev.blogspot.com/2011/10/2012-nhl-free-agent-signings.html


***NOTE***
The salary cap for the 2012-13 season will be $70.2 million, a $5.9 million increase from the 2011-12 season, which had a salary cap of $64.3 million.  The salary floor (lower limit on what teams must spend) for the 2012-13 season will be $54.2 million.


***UPDATES***


- Moved Nick Foligno to Columbus from Ottawa (Acquired by the Blue Jackets on 7/1/12)
- Moved Casey Wellman to Florida from NY Rangers (Acquired by the Rangers on 7/20/12)
- Added Bobby Butler to Ottawa (Unrestricted Free Agent)
- Added Nick Petersen to Pittsburgh (Unrestricted Free Agent)


PLAYERS SIGNING WITH NEW TEAMS
David Moss - Phoenix from Calgary (7/1/12) - 2 years, $4.2 million
Jonas Gustavsson - Detroit from Winnipeg (7/1/12) - 2 years, $3 million
John Mitchell - Colorado from NY Rangers (7/1/12) - 2 years, $2.2 million
Joe Corvo - Carolina from Boston (7/1/12) - 1 year, $2 million
Mike Lundin - Ottawa from Minnesota (7/1/12) - 1 year, $1.15 million
Jeff Zatkoff - Pittsburgh from Los Angeles (7/1/12) - 2 years, $1.05 million
Zenon Konopka - Minnesota from Ottawa (7/1/12) - 2 years,$1.85 million
Torrey Mitchell - Minnesota from San Jose (7/1/12) - 3 years, $5.7 million
Colby Armstrong - Montreal from Toronto (7/1/12) - 1 year, $1 million
Guillaume Latendresse - Ottawa from Minnesota (7/1/12) - 1 year, $1.25 million
Ray Whitney - Dallas from Phoenix (7/1/12) - 2 years, $9 million
Brad Staubitz - Anaheim from Montreal (7/1/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Adam Burish - San Jose from Dallas (7/1/12) - 4 years, $7.2 million
Brad Boyes - NY Islanders from Buffalo (7/1/12) - 1 year, $1 million
Matt Carkner - NY Islanders from Ottawa (7/1/12) - 3 years, $4.5 million
Tanner Glass - Pittsburgh from Winnipeg (7/1/12) - 2 years, $2.2 million
Arron Asham - NY Rangers from Pittsburgh (/1/12) - 2 years, $2 million
Filip Kuba - Florida from Ottawa (7/1/12) - 2 years, $8 million
Riley Holzapfel - Pittsburgh from Anaheim (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Chad Johnson - Phoenix from NY Rangers (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Francis Bouillon - Montreal from Nashville (7/1/12) - 1 year, $1.5 million
Micheal Haley - NY Rangers from NY Islanders (7/1/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Brandon Prust - Montreal from NY Rangers (7/1/12) - 4 years, $10 million
Sheldon Brookbank - Chicago from Anaheim (7/1/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Greg Zanon - Colorado from Boston (7/1/12) - 2 years, $4.5 million
George Parros - Florida from Anaheim (7/1/12) - 2 years, $1.85 million
Eric Boulton - NY Islanders from New Jersey (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Pierre Parenteau - Colorado from NY Islanders (7/1/12) - 4 years, $16 million
Chris Mason - Nashville from Winnipeg (7/1/12) - 1 year, $1.25 million
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Winnipeg from New Jersey (7/1/12) - 1 year, $1.8 million
Adrian Aucoin - Columbus from Phoenix (7/1/12) - 1 year, $2 million
Jay McClement - Toronto from Colorado (7/1/12) - 2 years, $3 million
Sami Salo - Tampa Bay from Vancouver (7/1/12) - 2 years, $7.5 million
Bryan Allen - Anaheim from Carolina (7/1/12) - 3 years, $10.5 million
Mikael Samuelsson - Detroit from Florida (7/1/12) - 2 years, $6 million
Jordin Tootoo - Detroit from Nashville (7/1/12) - 3 years, $5.7 million
Aaron Rome - Dallas from Vancouver (7/1/12) - 3 years, $4.5 million
Sheldon Souray - Anaheim from Dallas (7/1/12) - 3 years, $11 million
Cedrick Desjardins - Montreal from Colorado (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jason Garrison - Vancouver from Florida (7/1/12) - 6 years, $27.6 million
John Scott - Buffalo from NY Rangers (7/1/12) - 1 year, $600,000
Joey Crabb - Washington from Toronto (7/1/12) - 1 year, $950,000
Matt Watkins - NY Islanders from Phoenix (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Dylan Reese - Pittsburgh from NY Islanders (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Trevor Smith - Pittsburgh from Tampa Bay (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Warren Peters - Pittsburgh from Minnesota (7/1/12) - 1 year, $600,000
Bracken Kearns - San Jose from Florida (7/1/12) - 1 year, $550,000
Taylor Chorney - St. Louis from Edmonton (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Mike McKenna - St. Louis from Ottawa (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Mike Kostka - Toronto from Tampa Bay (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Garrett Stafford - Washington from Montreal (7/2/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Colin McDonald - NY Islanders from Pittsburgh (7/2/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jeff Woywitka - St. Louis from NY Rangers (7/2/12) - 1 year, $700,000
Jiri Hudler - Calgary from Detroit (7/2/12) - 4 years, $16 million
Chris Conner - Phoenix from Detroit (7/2/12) - 1 year, $650,000
Olli Jokinen - Winnipeg from Calgary (7/2/12) - 2 years, $9 million
Jack Hillen - Washington from Nashville (7/3/12) - 1 year, $650,000
Taylor Pyatt - NY Rangers from Phoenix (7/3/12) - 2 years, $3.1 million
Jaromir Jagr - Dallas from Philadelphia (7/3/12) - 1 year, $4.55 million
Mike Moore - Nashville from San Jose (7/3/12) - 1 year, $550,000
Rob Klinkhammer - Phoenix from Ottawa (7/3/12) - 1 year, $650,000
Danny Syvret - Philadelphia from St. Louis (7/3/12) - 2 years, $1.175 million
Bill Thomas - Colorado from Florida (7/3/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Tyler Sloan - Dallas from Nashville (7/3/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jean-Francois Jacques - Florida from Anaheim (7/3/12) -1 year, undisclosed
Steve Sullivan - Phoenix from Pittsburgh (7/4/12) - 1 year, $1.85 million
Ryan Suter - Minnesota from Nashville (7/4/12) - 13 years, $98 million
Zach Parise - Minnesota from New Jersey (7/4/12) - 13 years, $98 million
Jake Dowell - Minnesota from Dallas (7/4/12) - 2 years, $1.4 million
Philippe Dupuis - Pittsburgh from Toronto (7/4/12) - 1 year, $600,000
Matt Carle - Tampa Bay from Philadelphia (7/4/12) - 6 years, $33 million
Al Montoya - Winnipeg from NY Islanders (7/4/12) - 1 year, $601,000
Dane Byers - Edmonton from Columbus (7/5/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ruslan Fedotenko - Philadelphia from NY Rangers (7/5/12) - 1 year, $1.75 million
Bruno Gervais - Philadelphia from Tampa Bay (7/5/12) - 2 years, $1.65 million
Derek Joslin - Vancouver from Carolina (7/5/12) - 1 year, $700,000
Patrick Mullen - Vancouver from Los Angeles (7/5/12) - 1 year, $600,000
Krys Barch - New Jersey from Florida (7/5/12) - 2 years, $1.5 million
Andrew Murray - St. Louis from Detroit (7/5/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Matt Taormina - Tampa Bay from New Jersey (7/6/12) - 1 year, $700,000
Mark Dekanich - Winnipeg from Columbus (7/6/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Kevin Porter - Buffalo from Colorado (7/6/12) - 2 years, $1.075 million
Mark Mancari - Buffalo from Vancouver (7/6/12) - 1 year, $550,000
Brian Connelly - Minnesota from Calgary (7/6/12) - 2 years, $1.225 million
Andrew Bodnarchuk - Los Angeles from Boston (7/6/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ryan Stoa - Washington from Colorado (7/6/12) - 1 year, $700,000
Andre Deveaux - Florida from NY Rangers (7/7/12) - 1 year, $700,000
Christian Hanson - Boston from Washington (7/9/12) - 1 year, $600,000
Jonathan Matsumoto - San Jose from Florida (7/9/12) - 1 year, $600,000
Jeff Halpern - NY Rangers from Washington (7/10/12) - 1 year, $700,000
Logan Pyett - NY Rangers from Detroit (7/10/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Tyler Eckford - Ottawa from Phoenix (7/10/12) - 2 years, $1.2 million
Sean Sullivan - Colorado from Florida (7/10/12) - 1 year, $575,000
Garnet Exelby - Boston from Detroit (7/11/12) - 1 year, $600,000
Peter Mueller - Florida from Colorado (7/11/12) - 1 year, $1.725 million
Brandon Segal - NY Rangers from Tampa Bay (7/11/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Marc-Andre Gragnani - Carolina from Vancouver (7/11/12) - 1 year, $800,000
Joel Rechlicz - Phoenix from Washington (7/11/12) - 1 year, $550,000
Wojtek Wolski - Washington from Florida (7/11/12) - 1 year, $600,000
Nick Johnson - Phoenix from Minnesota (7/12/12) - 1 year, $725,000
Sean Collins - NY Rangers from Washington (7/12/12) - 1 year, $600,000
Benn Ferriero - Pittsburgh from San Jose (7/13/12) - 1 year, $700,000
Nathan Lawson - Ottawa from Montreal (7/16/12) - 1 year, $600,000
Aaron Johnson - Boston from Columbus (7/18/12) - 1 year, $650,000
Tim Wallace - Carolina from Tampa Bay (7/19/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Daniel Winnik - Anaheim from San Jose (7/20/12) - 2 years, $3.6 million
Keith Aucoin - Toronto from Washington (7/21/12) - 1 year, $650,000
Nathan McIver - NY Islanders from Boston (7/25/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Alexander Semin - Carolina from Washington (7/26/12) - 1 year, $7 million
Guillaume Desbiens - Vancouver from Calgary (7/30/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Bobby Butler - New Jersey from Ottawa (8/9/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Scott Hannan - Nashville from Calgary (8/17/12) - 1 year, $1 million
Michal Rozsival - Chicago from Phoenix (9/11/12) - 1 year, $2 million
Carlo Colaiacovo - Detroit from St. Louis (9/13/12) - 2 years, $5 million
Stefan Chaput - Montreal from Boston (9/18/12) - 1 year, undisclosed

RE-SIGNINGS
Adam McQuaid - re-signed by Boston (7/14/11) - 3 years, undisclosed
Brent Burns - re-signed by San Jose (8/1/11) - 5 years, $28.8 million
Patrick Sharp - re-signed by Chicago (8/3/11) - 5 years, $29.5 million
Logan Couture - re-signed by San Jose (8/26/11) - 2 years, $5.75 million
James van Riemsdyk - re-signed by Philadelphia (8/30/11) - 6 years, $25.5 million
Fedor Tyutin - re-signed by Columbus (8/31/11) - 6 years, $27 million
John Tavares - re-signed by NY Islanders (9/14/11) - 6 years, $33 million
Tyler Myers - re-signed by Buffalo (9/15/11) - 7 years, $38.5 million
Kevin Westgarth - re-signed by Los Angeles (9/19/11) - 2 years, $1.45 million
R.J. Umberger - re-signed by Columbus (9/21/11) - 5 years, $23 million
Jason Chimera - re-signed by Washington (9/29/11) - 2 years, $3.5 million
Paul Bissonnette - re-signed by Phoenix (10/5/11) - 2 years, $1.475 million
Martin Hanzal - re-signed by Phoenix (10/6/11) - 5 years, $15.5 million
Rich Peverley - re-signed by Boston (10/11/11) - 3 years, $9.75 million
Chris Kunitz - re-signed by Pittsburgh (10/13/11) - 2 years, $7.45 million
Niklas Kronwall - re-signed by Detroit (10/31/11) - 7 years, $33.25 million
Pekka Rinne - re-signed by Nashville (11/3/11) - 7 years, $49 million
Braydon Coburn - re-signed by Philadelphia (11/9/11) - 4 years, $18 million
Dana Tyrell - re-signed by Tampa Bay (11/28/11) - 2 years, undisclosed
Victor Hedman - re-signed by Tampa Bay (11/30/11) - 5 years, $20 million
David Krejci - re-signed by Boston (12/1/11) - 3 years, $15.75 million
Josh Gorges - re-signed by Montreal (1/1/12) - 6 years, $23.4 million
Ryan Reaves - re-signed by St. Louis (1/9/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Tom Pyatt - re-signed by Tampa Bay (1/9/12) - 2 years, $1.6 million
Corey Potter - re-signed by Edmonton (1/10/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Brian Elliott - re-signed by St. Louis (1/18/12) - 2 years, $3.6 million
Francois Beauchemin - re-signed by Anaheim (1/20/12) - 3 years, $10.5 million
Alex Goligoski - re-signed by Dallas (1/23/12) - 4 years, $18.4 million
John-Michael Liles - re-signed by Toronto (1/25/12) - 4 years, $15.5 million
Tim Gleason - re-signed by Carolina (1/30/12) - 4 years, $16 million
Joe Vitale - re-signed by Pittsburgh (2/3/12) - 2 years, $1.1 million
Nate Prosser - re-signed by Minnesota (2/3/12) - 2 years, $1.65 million
Frans Nielsen - re-signed by NY Islanders (2/8/12) - 4 years, $11 million
Derek Smith - re-signed by Calgary (2/8/12) - 2 years, $1.55 million
Vaclav Prospal - re-signed by Columbus (2/8/12) - 1 year, $2.5 million
Andy Sutton - re-signed by Edmonton (2/13/12) - 1 year, $1.5 million
Johnny Boychuk - re-signed by Boston (2/14/12) - 3 years, $10.08 million
Tyson Strachan - re-signed by Florida (2/15/12) - 1 year, $600,000
James Neal - re-signed by Pittsburgh (2/19/12) - 6 years, $30 million
Kyle Brodziak - re-signed by Minnesota (2/19/12) - 3 years, $8.5 million
Tuomo Ruutu - re-signed by Carolina (2/22/12 - 4 years, $19 million
Todd Bertuzzi - re-signed by Detroit (2/23/12) - 2 years, $4.15 million
Willie Mitchell - re-signed by Los Angeles (2/24/12) - 2 years, $7 million
Ales Hemsky - re-signed by Edmonton (2/24/12) - 2 years, $10 million
Ben Bishop - re-signed by Ottawa (2/27/12) - 1 year, $650,000
Tim Jackman - re-signed by Calgary (2/27/12) - 2 years, $1.225 million
Mikhail Grabovski - re-signed by Toronto (3/6/12) - 5 years, $27.5 million
Daniel Carcillo - re-signed by Chicago (3/12/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Shawn Thornton - re-signed by Boston (3/17/12) - 2 years, $2.2 million
Evgeni Nabokov - re-signed by NY Islanders (3/21/12) - 1 year, $2.75 million
Adam Cracknell - re-signed by St. Louis (3/28/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Nicklas Grossman - re-signed by Philadelphia (4/6/12) - 4 years, $14 million
Ray Emery - re-signed by Chicago (4/7/12) - 1 year, $1.15 million
Cody Bass - re-signed by Columbus (4/9/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jiri Tlusty - re-signed by Carolina (4/23/12) - 2 years, $3.2 million
Nicholas Drazenovic - re-signed by Columbus (4/25/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Peter Regin - re-signed by Ottawa (5/4/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Saku Koivu - re-signed by Anaheim (5/9/12) - 1 year, $3 million
Clayton Stoner - re-signed by Minnesota (5/10/12) - 2 years, $2.1 million
Pat Cannone - re-signed by Ottawa (5/11/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Milan Hejduk - re-signed by Colorado (5/18/12) - 1 year, $2 million
Jamie McBain - re-signed by Carolina (5/21/12) - 2 years, $3.6 million
Bobby Sanguinetti - re-signed by Carolina (5/21/12) - 1 year, $700,000
Nicolas Blanchard - re-signed by Carolina (5/21/12) - 2 years, $1.05 million
Alexander Sulzer - re-signed by Buffalo (5/21/12) - 1 year, $725,000
Derek Dorsett - re-signed by Columbus (5/23/12) - 3 years, $4.9 million
Ryan Russell - re-signed by Columbus (5/24/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jamal Mayers - re-signed by Chicago (5/26/12) - 1 year, $650,000
Johnny Oduya - re-signed by Chicago (5/29/12) - 3 years, $10.125 million
Dany Sabourin - re-signed by Washington (5/30/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Derek MacKenzie - re-signed by Columbus (5/31/12) - 2 years, $2 million
Justin Krueger - re-signed by Carolina (6/1/12) - 1 year, $600,000
Daniel Paille - re-signed by Boston (6/1/12) - 3 years, $3.9 million
Chris Bourque - re-signed by Boston (6/1/12) - 2 years, $1.1 million (Acquired by Boston on 6/1/12)
Tomas Vokoun - re-signed by Pittsburgh (6/4/12) - 2 years, $4 million (Acquired by Pittsburgh on 6/1/12)
Cody McLeod - re-signed by Colorado (6/4/12) - 3 years, $3.5 million
David Jones - re-signed by Colorado (6/7/12) - 4 years, $16 million
Matt Hunwick - re-signed by Colorado (6/7/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Patrick Maroon - re-signed by Anaheim (6/7/12) - 1 year, $550,000
Chris Kelly - re-signed by Boston (6/11/12) - 4 years, $12 million
Greg Campbell - re-signed by Boston (6/11/12) - 3 years, $4.8 million
Francis Wathier - re-signed by Dallas (6/13/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Michael Vernace - re-signed by NY Rangers (6/13/12) - 1 year, $525,000
Jim Slater - re-signed by Winnipeg (6/14/12) - 3 years, $4.8 million
Chris Stewart - re-signed by St. Louis (6/14/12) - 1 year, $3 million
Adam Hall - re-signed by Tampa Bay (6/15/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
J.T. Wyman - re-signed by Tampa Bay (6/15/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Aaron Volpatti - re-signed by Vancouver (6/15/12) - 1 year, $600,000
Marc-Andre Cliche - re-signed by Los Angeles (6/15/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Richard Clune - re-signed by Los Angeles (6/15/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Ben Smith - re-signed by Chicago (6/18/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Brandon Bollig - re-signed by Chicago (6/18/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Carter Hutton - re-signed by Chicago (6/18/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Barret Jackman - re-signed by St. Louis (6/18/12) - 3 years, $9.5 million
Brad Stuart - re-signed by San Jose (6/18/12) - 3 years, $10.8 million (Acquired by San Jose on 6/10/12)
Mike Angelidis - re-signed by Tampa Bay (6/18/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Lennart Petrell - re-signed by Edmonton (6/19/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Darren Helm - re-signed by Detroit (6/19/12) - 4 years, $8.5 million
Josh Harding - re-signed by Minnesota (6/19/12) - 3 years, $5.7 million
Erik Karlsson - re-signed by Ottawa (6/19/12) - 7 years, $45.5 million
Brandon Yip - re-signed by Nashville (6/20/12) - 1 year, $750,000
Chris Mueller - re-signed by Nashville (6/20/12) - 1 year, $550,000
Jarret Stoll - re-signed by Los Angeles (6/22/12) - 3 years, $9.75 million
Colin Fraser - re-signed by Los Angeles (6/22/12) - 2 years, $1.65 million
Matt Duchene - re-signed by Colorado (6/23/12) - 2 years, $7 million
Ondrej Pavelec - re-signed by Winnipeg (6/25/12) - 5 years, $19.5 million
Ryan Wilson - re-signed by Colorado (6/25/12) - 3 years, $6.75 million
Patrick Bordeleau - re-signed by Colorado (6/25/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
David Van Der Gulik - re-signed by Colorado (6/25/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Stephane Veilleux - re-signed by Minnesota (6/25/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Chad Rau - re-signed by Minnesota (6/25/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Ryan White - re-signed by Montreal (6/26/12) - 1 year, $687,500
Shane O'Brien - re-signed by Colorado (6/26/12) - 3 years, $6 million
Justin Braun - re-signed by San Jose (6/26/12) - 3 years, undisclosed
Tommy Wingels - re-signed by San Jose (6/26/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Andrew Desjardins - re-signed by San Jose (6/26/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Dennis Wideman - re-signed by Calgary (6/27/12) - 5 years, $26.25 million (Acquired by Calgary on 6/27/12)
Blake Comeau - re-signed by Calgary (6/27/12) - 1 year, $1.25 million
Brendan Mikkelson - re-signed by Tampa Bay (6/27/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Scott Nichol - re-signed by St. Louis (6/28/12) - 1 year, $650,000
Nikita Nikitin - re-signed by Columbus (6/28/12) - 2 years, $4.3 million
Brian Lee - re-signed by Tampa Bay (6/28/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Hal Gill - re-signed by Nashville (6/28/12) - 2 years, $4 million
Tuukka Rask - re-signed by Boston (6/28/12) - 1 year, $3.5 million
Petteri Nokelainen - re-signed by Montreal (6/28/12) - 1 year, $575,000
Brendon Nash - re-signed by Montreal (6/28/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Matt Kassian - re-signed by Minnesota (6/28/12) - 2 years, $1.15 million
Matt Irwin - re-signed by San Jose (6/28/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Mike Carman - re-signed by Washington (6/28/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Cam Janssen - re-signed by New Jersey (6/29/12) - 1 year, $575,000
Steve Bernier - re-signed by New Jersey (6/29/12) - 2 years, $1.5 million
Stephen Gionta - re-signed by New Jersey (6/29/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Ryan Carter - re-signed by New Jersey (6/29/12) - 2 years, $1.55 million
Peter Harrold - re-signed by New Jersey (6/29/12) -1 year, $525,000
Steve Downie - re-signed by Colorado (6/29/12) - 2 years, $5.3 million
Blair Jones - re-signed by Calgary (6/29/12) - 2 years, $1.3 million
Cory Sarich - re-signed by Calgary (6/29/12) - 2 years, $4 million
Lee Stempniak - re-signed by Calgary (6/29/12) - 2 years, $5 million
Martin Biron - re-signed by NY Rangers (6/29/12) - 2 years, $2.6 million
Travis Moen - re-signed by Montreal (6/29/12) - 4 years, $7.4 million
Andy Miele - re-signed by Phoenix (6/29/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Keith Aulie - re-signed by Tampa Bay (6/30/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Matt Niskanen - re-signed by Pittsburgh (6/30/12) - 2 years, $4.6 million
Alexei Emelin - re-signed by Montreal (6/30/12) - 2 years, $4 million
Paul Gaustad - re-signed by Nashville (6/30/12) - 4 years, $13 million
Jared Boll - re-signed by Columbus (6/30/12) - 2 years, $2.1 million
Nick Holden - re-signed by Columbus (6/30/12) - 1 year, $550,000
Brad Thiessen - re-signed by Pittsburgh (6/30/12) - 1 year, $525,000
Cory Schneider - re-signed by Vancouver (7/1/12) - 3 years, $12 million
Ryan Smyth - re-signed by Edmonton (7/1/12) - 2 years, $4.5 million
Yann Danis - re-signed by Edmonton (7/1/12) - 1 year, $775,000
Scott Clemmensen - re-signed by Florida (7/1/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Benoit Pouliot - re-signed by Tampa Bay (7/1/12) - 1 year, $1.8 million (Acquired by Tampa Bay on 6/23/12)
Michael Leighton - re-signed by Philadelphia (7/1/12) - 1 year, $900,000
Brett Sutter - re-signed by Carolina (7/1/12) - 1 year, $550,000
Derek Meech - re-signed by Winnipeg (7/1/12) - 1 year, $700,000
Greg Rallo - re-signed by Florida (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Justin Peters - re-signed by Carolina (7/1/12) - 2 years, $1.075 million
Stu Bickel - re-signed by NY Rangers (7/1/12) - 2 years, $1.5 million
Steve MacIntyre - re-signed by Pittsburgh (7/1/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Curtis McElhinney - re-signed by Columbus (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Mark Olver - re-signed by Colorado (7/1/12) - 2 years, $1.2 million
Evan Oberg - re-signed by Tampa Bay (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Dustin Penner - re-signed by Los Angeles (7/1/12) - 1 year, $3.25 million
Kris Newbury - re-signed by NY Rangers (7/1/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Darcy Hordichuk - re-signed by Edmonton (7/1/12) - 1 year, $850,000
Matt Frattin - re-signed by Toronto (7/1/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Ryan Hamilton - re-signed by Toronto (7/1/12) - 1 year, $600,000
Jussi Rynnas - re-signed by Toronto (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Michael Blunden - re-signed by Montreal (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Brian McGrattan - re-signed by Nashville (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jay Leach - re-signed by New Jersey (7/1/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Andrew Ebbett - re-signed by Vancouver (7/2/12) - 1 year, $600,000
Martin Brodeur - re-signed by New Jersey (7/2/12) - 2 years, $9 million
Johan Hedberg - re-signed by New Jersey (7/2/12) - 2 years, $2.8 million
Kevin Marhsall - re-signed by Washington (7/2/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Toby Petersen - re-signed by Dallas (7/2/12) - 2 years, $1.35 million
Carey Price - re-signed by Montreal (7/2/12) - 6 years, $39 million
Alex Stalock - re-signed by San Jose (7/2/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
John McCarthy - re-signed by San Jose (7/2/12) - 2 years, $1.225 million
Alexandre Bolduc - re-signed by Phoenix (7/2/12) - 1 year, $650,000
Matt Smaby - re-signed by Anaheim (7/2/12) - 1 year, $650,000
Steve Pinizzotto - re-signed by Vancouver (7/2/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Bryce Salvador - re-signed by New Jersey (7/3/12) - 3 years, $9.5 million
Erik Johnson - re-signed by Colorado (7/3/12) - 4 years, $15 million
Andrew Campbell - re-signed by Los Angeles (7/3/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Mike Testwuide - re-signed by Philadelphia (7/3/12) -1 year, $525,000
Akim Aliu - re-signed by Calgary (7/4/12) - 1 year, $695,000
Paul Byron - re-signed by Calgary (7/4/12) - 1 year, $585,000
Mathieu Perreault - re-signed by Washington (7/5/12) - 2 years, $2.1 million
Jay Beagle - re-signed by Washington (7/5/12) - 3 years, $2.7 million
Tim Sestito - re-signed by New Jersey (7/5/12) - 1 year, $525,000
Mikael Backlund - re-signed by Calgary (7/5/12) - 1 year, $725,000
Devan Dubnyk - re-signed by Edmonton (7/5/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Jeff Petry - re-signed by Edmonton (7/5/12) - 2 years, $3.5 million
Justin Falk - re-signed by Minnesota (7/5/12) - 1 year, $825,000
Frederic St. Denis - re-signed by Montreal (7/5/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
David Perron - re-signed by St. Louis (7/5/12) - 4 years, $15.25 million
Nick Foligno - re-signed by Columbus (7/6/12) - 3 years, $9.15 million (Acquired by Columbus on 7/1/12)
Kyle Chipchura - re-signed by Phoenix (/6/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ben Maxwell - re-signed by Winnipeg (7/6/12) -1 year, $650,000
David Leggio - re-signed by Buffalo (7/6/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Anders Lindback - re-signed by Tampa Bay (7/6/12) - 2 years, $3.9 million (Acquired by Tampa Bay on 6/15/12)
Keaton Ellerby - re-signed by Florida (7/6/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Tom Wandell - re-signed by Dallas (7/6/12) - 1 year, $892,500
Lars Eller - re-signed by Montreal (7/6/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Frazer McLaren - re-signed by San Jose (7/6/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Mason Raymond - re-signed by Vancouver (7/9/12) - 1 year, $2.275 million
Korbinian Holzer - re-signed by Toronto (7/9/12) - 1 year, $575,000
T.J. Galiardi - re-signed by San Jose (7/9/12) - 1 year, $950,000
Jamie Langenbrunner - re-signed by St. Louis (7/10/12) - 1 year, $1.25 million
Lane MacDermid - re-signed by Boston (7/11/12) - 1 year, $600,000
Zach Hamill - re-signed by Washington (7/11/12) - 1 year, undisclosed (Acquired by Washington on 5/26/12)
Carl Sneep - re-signed by Pittsburgh (7/11/12) - 1 year, $525,000
Keven Veilleux - re-signed by Pittsburgh (7/11/12) - 1 year, $525,000
Jay Barriball - re-signed by St. Louis (7/11/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Aaron Palushaj - re-signed by Montreal (7/12/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Teemu Selanne - re-signed by Anaheim (7/12/12) - 1 year, $4.5 million
Matt Bartkowski - re-signed by Boston (7/12/12) - 1 year, $660,000
Richard Bachman - re-signed by Dallas (7/12/12) - 1 year, $625,000
Colton Sceviour - re-signed by Dallas (7/12/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Nick Bonino - re-signed by Anaheim (7/12/12) - 2 years, $1.4 million
Ben Holmstrom - re-signed by Philadelphia (7/12/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Raphael Diaz - re-signed by Montreal (7/13/12) - 2 years, $2.45 million
Maxime Fortunus - re-signed by Dallas (7/13/12) - 1 year, $650,000
Philip Larsen - re-signed by Dallas (7/13/12) - 2 years, $2.05 million
Kyle Wellwood - re-signed by Winnipeg (7/13/12) - 1 year, $1.6 million
Paul Postma - re-signed by Winnipeg (7/13/12) -1 year, $550,000
Chris Terry - re-signed by Carolina (7/13/12) - 2 years, $1.05 million
Jamie McGinn - re-signed by Colorado (7/13/12) - 2 years, $3.5 million
Chay Genoway - re-signed by Minnesota (7/13/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Sean Backman - re-signed by NY Islanders (7/16/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Matt Pelech - re-signed by San Jose (7/16/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ryan Garbutt - re-signed by Dallas (7/16/12) - 2 years, $1.15 million
Luke Gazdic - re-signed by Dallas (7/16/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Brett Sonne - re-signed by St. Louis (7/16/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Anthony Peluso - re-signed by St. Louis (7/16/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Chris Porter - re-signed by St. Louis (7/16/12) - 1 year, $650,000
Blake Geoffrion - re-signed by Montreal (7/16/12) - 1 year, $803,250
Brian Strait - re-signed by Pittsburgh (7/16/12) - 1 year, $605,000
Theo Peckham - re-signed by Edmonton (7/16/12) - 1 year, $1.075 million
Mike Green - re-signed by Washington (7/16/12) - 3 years, $18.25 million
Dwight King - re-signed by Los Angeles (7/16/12) - 2 years, $1.5 million
Jaord Palmer - re-signed by Minnesota (7/16/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Simon Gysbers - re-signed by Toronto (7/16/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Marco Cousineau - re-signed by Anaheim (7/17/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
T.J. Brennan - re-signed by Buffalo (7/17/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Stefan Legein - re-signed by Los Angeles (7/17/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Thomas Hickey - re-signed by Los Angeles (7/17/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
David Meckler - re-signed by Los Angeles (7/17/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jake Muzzin - re-signed by Los Angeles (7/17/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
James Wright - re-signed by Florida (7/17/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Michael Caruso - re-signed by Florida (7/17/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Brian Foster - re-signed by Florida (7/17/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jeremy Smith - re-signed by Nashville (7/17/12) - 1 year, $660,000
Jim O'Brien - re-signed by Ottawa (7/18/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Eric Gryba - re-signed by Ottawa (7/18/12) - 2 years, undisclosed
Kyle Quincey - re-signed by Detroit (7/18/12) - 2 years, $7.55 million
Chris Summers - re-signed by Phoenix (7/18/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Ty Wishart - re-signed by NY Islanders (7/18/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jack Maclellan - re-signed by Nashville (7/18/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
T.J. Oshie - re-signed by St. Louis (7/19/12) - 5 years, $20.875 million
David McIntyre - re-signed by Minnesota (7/19/12) - 1 year, $577,500
Nikolai Kulemin - re-signed by Toronto (7/20/12) - 2 years, $5.6 million
Sam Gagner - re-signed by Edmonton (7/20/12) - 1 year, $3.2 million
Jerome Samson - re-signed by Carolina (7/20/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Mark Fayne - re-signed by New Jersey (7/21/12) - 2 years, $2.6 million
Mark Fistric - re-signed by Dallas (7/21/12) - 1 year, $1.475 million
Maxime Macenauer - re-signed by Winnipeg (7/21/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Casey Wellman - re-signed by Florida (7/22/12) - 1 year, undisclosed (Acquired by Florida on 7/20/12)
Drayson Bowman - re-signed by Carolina (7/23/12) - 2 years, $1.2 million
Sergei Kostitsyn - re-signed by Nashville (7/23/12) - 2 years, $6 million
Kaspars Daugavins - re-signed by Ottawa (7/23/12) - 1 year, $635,000
Kris Versteeg - re-signed by Florida (7/23/12) - 4 years, $17.6 million
Zach Boychuk - re-signed by Carolina (7/24/12) - 1 year, $625,000
Colin Wilson - re-signed by Nashville (7/24/12) - 3 years, $6 million
Shea Weber - re-signed by Nashville (7/24/12) - 14 years, $110 million (matched offer sheet from Philadelphia)
Harry Zolnierczyk - re-signed by Philadelphia (7/24/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Stephane Da Costa - re-signed by Ottawa (7/25/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Dale Weise - re-signed by Vancouver (7/25/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jordie Benn - re-signed by Dallas (7/25/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Drew Schiestel - re-signed by Buffalo (7/25/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jakub Voracek - re-signed by Philadelphia (7/26/12) - 4 years, $17 million
Alex Plante - re-signed by Edmonton (7/26/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Chris VandeVelde - re-signed by Edmonton (7/26/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Anton Stralman - re-signed by NY Rangers (7/26/12) - 2 years, $3.4 million
Eric Selleck - re-signed by Florida (7/26/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Matt Corrente - re-signed by New Jersey (7/26/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Cam Talbot - re-signed by NY Rangers (7/26/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Leland Irving - re-signed by Calgary (7/27/12) - 1 year, $687,500
Mark Fraser - re-signed by Toronto (7/30/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Patrick Kaleta - re-signed by Buffalo (7/31/12) - 3 years, $3.825 million
Tom Sestito - re-signed by Philadelphia (7/31/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Alex Biega - re-signed by Buffalo (8/2/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Carson McMillan - re-signed by Minnesota (8/6/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Marc-Andre Bourdon - re-signed by Philadelphia (8/8/12) - 2 years, $1.225 million
Brandon Mashinter - re-signed by San Jose (8/15/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Eddie Lack - re-signed by Vancouver (8/27/12) - 2 years, $1.5 million
Eric Tangradi - re-signed by Pittsburgh (8/30/12) - 1 year, $726,000
Robert Bortuzzo - re-signed by Pittsburgh (8/30/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Alex Grant - re-signed by Pittsburgh (8/30/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Steve Eminger - re-signed by NY Rangers (9/10/12) - 1 year, $750,000
Spencer Machacek - re-signed by Winnipeg (9/11/12) - 1 year, undisclosed
Jeremy Welsh - re-signed by Carolina (9/11/12) - 2 years, $1.7 million
Ben Scrivens - re-signed by Toronto (9/12/12) - 2 years, $1.225 million
Jonathon Blum - re-signed by Nashville (9/13/12) - 1 year, $650,000
Justin Abdelkader - re-signed by Detroit (9/14/12) - 4 years, undisclosed
John Carlson - re-signed by Washington (9/14/12) - 6 years, $23.8 million
Shane Doan - re-signed by Phoenix (9/14/12) - 4 years, $21.2 million
Tyler Ennis - re-signed by Buffalo (9/15/12) - 2 years, $5.625 million
Matt Martin - re-signed by NY Islanders (9/15/12) - 4 years, undisclosed
Evander Kane - re-signed by Winnipeg (9/15/12) - 6 years, $31.5 million

RETIREMENTS
Brian Rafalski - retired from Detroit (5/25/11)
Nicklas Lidstrom - retired from Detroit (5/31/12)
Ian Laperriere - retired from Philadelphia (6/12/12)
Ethan Moreau - retired from Los Angeles (6/20/12)
Nolan Baumgartner - retired from Vancouver (7/3/12)
Steve Staios - retired from NY Islanders (7/25/12)
John Madden - retired from Florida (9/4/12)
Jaroslav Spacek - retired from Carolina (11/20/12)
Mark Parrish - retired from Ottawa (11/24/12)


ANAHEIM DUCKS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Luca Caputi, Mathieu Carle, Kyle Cumiskey

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Mark Bell, Jason Blake, Troy Bodie, Dan Ellis, Niklas Hagman, Rod Pelley

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Ryan O'Marra, Sean Zimmerman

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Sebastian Erixon (Contract bought out by the team), Dale Mitchell, Rick Schofield, Iiro Tarkki


BOSTON BRUINS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Josh Hennessy, Zach McKelvie, Mike Mottau, Michel Ouellet, Brian Rolston, Marty Turco

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Jamie Arniel, Adam Courchaine


BUFFALO SABRES

Group 2 (Restricted)
Dennis Persson, Paul Szczechchura

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Jochen Hecht, Ales Kotalik, Drew MacIntyre, Shaone Morrisonn, Michael Ryan, Colin Stuart, Derek Whitmore

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Travis Turnbull

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
None


CALGARY FLAMES

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Raitis Ivanans, Tom Kostopolous, Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Stefan Meyer

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Ryley Grantham, Logan MacMillan


CAROLINA HURRICANES

Group 2 (Restricted)
Evgeni Dadonov, Mike Murphy

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Chris Durno, Mathieu Roy

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Justin Soryal

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll, Kyle Lawson, Matthew Pistilli


CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Andrew Brunette, Cristobal Huet, Sami Lepisto, Brett McLean, Brendan Morrison, Sean O'Donnell

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Jonathan Carlsson, Simon Danis-Pepin, Chris DiDomenico, Igor Makarov, Alexander Salak (Released)


COLORADO AVALANCHE

Group 2 (Restricted)
Jonas Holos, Ryan O'Reilly

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
David Liffiton, Joakim Lindstrom, Greg Mauldin, Danny Richmond, Patrick Rissmiller

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Evan Brophey, Justin Mercier

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Trevor Cann, Zach Cohen, Jake Newton


COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Maksim Mayorov

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Darryl Boyce, Alexandre Giroux, Kristian Huselius, Brett Lebda, Radek Martinek, Curtis Sanford, Martin St. Pierre

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Taylor Ellington, Shawn Hunwick, Brent Regner


DALLAS STARS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Jamie Benn

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Radek Dvorak, Brad Lukowich, Andrew Raycroft, Raymond Sawada, Dan Spang

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Angelo Esposito, Eric Godard (contract bought out by the team), Jake Hauswirth, Michael Neal, Mikhail Stefanovich


DETROIT RED WINGS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Fabian Brunnstrom, Ty Conklin, Tomas Holmstrom, Doug Janik, Jamie Johnson, Chris Minard

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Travis Ehrhardt


EDMONTON OILERS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Linus Omark

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Josh Green, Ryan Keller, Bryan Rodney

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Cam Barker, Milan Kytnar, Johan Motin, Hunter Tremblay


FLORIDA PANTHERS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Roman Derlyuk, Dmitry Kulikov, Michal Repik

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Mark Cullen, Marco Sturm, Mike Weaver

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Justin Bernhardt, Matt Bradley (contract bought out by the team), Tyler Plante (Contract terminated by the team), Ondrej Roman, Keith Seabrook


LOS ANGELES KINGS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Justin Azevedo

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Trent Hunter, Cam Paddock, Scott Parse

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Ray Kaunisto


MINNESOTA WILD

Group 2 (Restricted)
Cody Almond, Dennis Endras, Nick Palmieri

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Erik Christensen, Jon DiSalvatore, Kurtis Foster, Jed Ortmeyer, Jeff Taffe

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Jeff Penner

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Kris Fredheim


MONTREAL CANADIENS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Andreas Engqvist, P.K. Subban

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Joe Callahan, Chris Campoli, Mathieu Darche, Alex Henry, Brian Willsie

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Hunter Bishop, Andrew Conboy, Olivier Fortier, Dany Masse, Mark Mitera, Robert Slaney


NASHVILLE PREDATORS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Atte Engren, Teemu Laakso, Alexander Radulov, Ryan Thang

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Sebastien Caron, Andrei Kostitsyn

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Brodie Dupont

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Niclas Bergfors (contract terminated by the team), Ryan Flynn, Zack Stortini


NEW JERSEY DEVILS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Vladimir Zharkov

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Brad Mills, Petr Sykora

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Kory Nagy, Timo Pielmeier


NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Justin DiBenedetto, Mark Katic, Mikko Koskinen, Tomas Marcinko, Rhett Rakhshani

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Jeremy Colliton, Mark Eaton, Trevor Frischmon, Trevor Gillies, John Grahame, Milan Jurcina, Jay Pandolfo

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Yury Alexandrov, Anton Klementyev (contract terminated by the team), Tyler McNeely, Yannick Riendeau, Tony Romano


NEW YORK RANGERS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Michael Del Zotto, Pavel Valentenko, Mats Zuccarello

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Brendan Bell

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Sean Avery (contract terminated by the team), Lee Baldwin, Francois Bouchard, Chris Chappell, Sam Klassen, Andreas Thuresson


OTTAWA SENATORS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Nikita Filatov

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Alex Auld, Tim Conboy, Matt Gilroy, Francis Lessard, Corey Locke, Jesse Winchester

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Craig Schira


PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Jason Bacashihua, Johan Backlund, Blair Betts, Matt Ford, Dan Jancevski, Pavel Kubina

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Oskars Bartulis (contract bought out by the team), Joonas Lehtivuori, Andrew Rowe


PHOENIX COYOTES

Group 2 (Restricted)
Brett MacLean, Viktor Tikhonov

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Dean Arsene, Mathieu Beaudoin, Daymond Langkow, Patrick O'Sullivan, Nathan Oystrick, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Kurt Sauer

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Justin Pogge, Brock Trotter

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Gilbert Brule, Colin Long, Nick Ross


PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Ryan Craig, Brent Johnson, Scott Munroe, Richard Park, Jason Williams

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Marc Cheverie, Mattias Modig, Cal O'Reilly, Nick Petersen (contract terminated by the team), Alexandre Picard, Casey Pierro-Zabotel, Boris Valabik


ST. LOUIS BLUES

Group 2 (Restricted)
Jori Lehtera

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Jason Arnott, Jonathan Cheechoo, Brennan Evans, Kyle Hagel, Kent Huskins, Brett Sterling

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
None


SAN JOSE SHARKS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Tim Kennedy, Nick Petrecki, James Sheppard

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Ben Guite, Dominic Moore, Antero Niittymaki, Jim Vandermeer, Colin White, Brad Winchester

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Tony Lucia, Cam MacIntyre, James Marcou, Tyson Sexsmith


TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

Group 2 (Restricted)
Jaroslav Janus

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Brett Clark, Mike Commodore, Richard Petiot, Dwayne Roloson, Ryan Shannon

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Scott Jackson, Jonathon Kalinski, Alexandre Picard

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Sebastien Piche


TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Cody Franson, Juraj Mikus, Marcel Mueller

Group 3 (Unrestritced)
Jeff Finger, Mike Zigomanis

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Matt Lashoff, Jay Rosehill

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Richard Greenop


VANCOUVER CANUCKS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Byron Bitz, Matt Climie, Sami Pahlsson, Steven Reinprecht

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
None

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Mike Duco, Victor Oreskovich, Ryan Parent


WASHINGTON CAPITALS

Group 2 (Restricted)
None

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Kyle Greentree, D.J. King, Mike Knuble, Jacob Micflikier, Zach Miskovic

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Jordan Henry

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
None


WINNIPEG JETS

Group 2 (Restricted)
Brett Festerling, Arturs Kulda

Group 3 (Unrestricted)
Mark Flood, Jason Jaffray, Randy Jones, Peter Mannino, Tim Stapleton

Group 6 (Unrestricted)
Kenndal McArdle

Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
Eric Fehr, Michael Forney, John Negrin, Frederik Pettersson, Andrei Zubarev


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:

$1,110,249 or below - No compensation
Over $1,110,249 to $1,682,194 - Third-round choice
Over $1,682,194 to $3,364,391 - Second-round choice
Over $3,364,391 to $5,046,585 - First-round and Third-round choice
Over $5,046,585 to $6,728,781 - First-Round, Second-round, and Third-round choice
Over $6,728,781 to $8,410,976 - two First-round choices, one second-round choice, and one Third-round choice
Over $8,410,976 - 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.

2012 NHL Free Agent Signings

The following is a list of the players who were scheduled to become free agents on July 1, 2012 and have signed new contracts for the 2012-13 NHL season. Listings are in alphabetical order. To see which free agents are still available, check out my 2012 Free Agents list here: http://hockeyblog-kev.blogspot.com/2011/09/2012-nhl-free-agents.html


PLAYERS SIGNING WITH A NEW TEAM
Bryan Allen, D - Anaheim from Carolina (7/1/12), 3 years, $10.5 million
Colby Armstrong, RW - Montreal from Toronto (7/1/12), 1 year, $1 million
Arron Asham, RW - NY Rangers from Pittsburgh (7/1/12), 2 years, $2 million
Adrian Aucoin, D - Columbus from Phoenix (7/1/12), 1 year, $2 million
Keith Aucoin, C - Toronto from Washington (7/21/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $650,000
Krys Barch, RW - New Jersey from Florida (7/5/12), 2 years, $1.5 million
Andrew Bodnarchuk, D - Los Angeles from Boston (7/6/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Francis Bouillon, D - Montreal from Nashville (7/1/12), 1 year, $1.5 million
Eric Boulton, LW - NY Islanders from New Jersey (7/1/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Brad Boyes, RW - NY Islanders from Buffalo (7/1/12), 1 year, $1 million
Sheldon Brookbank, D - Chicago from Anaheim (7/1/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Adam Burish, C - San Jose from Dallas (7/1/12), 4 years, $7.2 million
Bobby Butler, RW - New Jersey from Ottawa (8/9/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Dane Byers, LW - Edmonton from Columbus (7/5/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Matt Carkner, D - NY Islanders from Ottawa (7/1/12), 3 years, $4.5 million
Matt Carle, D - Tampa Bay from Philadelphia (7/4/12), 6 years, $33 million
Stefan Chaput, C - Montreal from Boston (9/18/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Taylor Chorney, D - St. Louis from Edmonton (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Carlo Colaiacovo, D - Detroit from St. Louis (9/13/12), 2 years, $5 million
Sean Collins, D - NY Rangers from Washington (7/12/12), 1 year, $600,000
Brian Connelly, D - Minnesota from Calgary (7/6/12), 2 years, $1.225 million
Chris Conner, RW - Phoenix from Detroit (7/2/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $650,000
Joe Corvo, D - Carolina from Boston (7/1/12), 1 year, $2 million
Joey Crabb, RW - Washington from Toronto (7/1/12), 1 year, $950,000
Mark Dekanich, G - Winnipeg from Columbus (7/6/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Guillaume Desbiens, RW - Vancouver from Calgary (7/30/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Cedrick Desjardins, G - Montreal from Colorado (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Andre Deveaux, C - Florida from NY Rangers (7/7/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $700,000
Jake Dowell, LW - Minnesota from Dallas (7/4/12), 2 years, $1.4 million
Philippe Dupuis, C - Pittsburgh from Toronto (7/4/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $600,000
Tyler Eckford, D - Ottawa from Phoenix (7/10/12), 2 years, two-way contract, $1.2 million
Garnet Exelby, D - Boston from Detroit (7/11/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $600,000
Ruslan Fedotenko, LW - Philadelphia from NY Rangers (7/5/12), 1 year, $1.75 million
Benn Ferriero, RW - Pittsburgh from San Jose (/13/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $700,000
Jason Garrison, D - Vancouver from Florida (7/1/12), 6 years, $27.6 million
Bruno Gervais, D - Philadelphia from Tampa Bay (7/5/12), 2 years, $1.65 million
Tanner Glass, LW - Pittsburgh from Winnipeg (7/1/12), 2 years, $2.2 million
Marc-Andre Gragnani, D - Carolina from Vancouver (7/11/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $800,000
Jonas Gustavsson, G - Detroit from Winnipeg (7/1/12), 2 years, $3 million
Micheal Haley, C - NY Rangers from NY Islanders (7/1/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Jeff Halpern, C - NY Rangers from Washington (7/10/12), 1 year, $700,000
Scott Hannan, D - Nashville from Calgary (8/17/12), 1 year, $1 million
Christian Hanson, C - Boston from Washington (7/9/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $600,000
Jack Hillen, D - Washington from Nashville (7/3/12), 1 year, $650,000
Riley Holzapfel, C - Pittsburgh from Anaheim (7/1/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Jiri Hudler, LW - Calgary from Detroit (7/2/12), 4 years, $16 million
Jean-Francois Jacques, LW - Florida from Anaheim (7/3/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Jaromir Jagr, RW - Dallas from Philadelphia (7/3/12), 1 year, $4.55 million
Aaron Johnson, D - Boston from Columbus (7/18/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $650,000
Chad Johnson, G - Phoenix from NY Rangers (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Nick Johnson, RW - Phoenix from Minnesota (7/12/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $725,000
Olli Jokinen, C - Winnipeg from Calgary (7/2/12), 2 years, $9 million
Derek Joslin, D - Vancouver from Carolina (7/5/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $700,000
Bracken Kearns, LW - San Jose from Florida (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $550,000
Rob Klinkhammer, C - Phoanix from Ottawa (7/3/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $650,000
Zenon Konopka, C - Minnesota from Ottawa (7/1/12), 2 years, $1.85 million
Mike Kostka, D - Toronto from Tampa Bay (7/1/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Filip Kuba, D - Florida from Ottawa (7/1/12), 2 years, $8 million
Guillaume Latendresse, LW - Ottawa from Minnesota (7/1/12), 1 year, $1.25 million
Nathan Lawson, G - Ottawa from Montreal (7/16/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $600,000
Mike Lundin, D - Ottawa from Minnesota (7/1/12), 1 year, $1.15 million
Mark Mancari, RW - Buffalo from Vancouver (7/6/12), 1 year, $550,000
Chris Mason, G - Nashville from Winnipeg (7/1/12), 1 year, $1.25 million
Jonathan Matsumoto, C - San Jose from Florida (7/9/12), 1 year, $600,000
Jay McClement, C - Toronto from Colorado (7/1/12), 2 years, $3 million
Colin McDonald, RW - NY Islanders from Pittsburgh (7/2/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Nathan McIver, D - NY Islanders from Boston (7/25/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Mike McKenna, G - St. Louis from Ottawa (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
John Mitchell, C - Colorado from NY Rangers (7/1/12), 2 years, $2.2 million
Torrey Mitchell, C - Minnesota from San Jose (7/1/12), 3 years, $5.7 million
Al Montoya, G - Winnipeg from NY Islanders (7/4/12), 1 year, $601,000
Mike Moore, D - Nashville from San Jose (7/3/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $550,000
David Moss, RW - Phoenix from Calgary (7/1/12), 2 years, $4.2 million
Peter Mueller, RW - Florida from Colorado (7/11/12), 1 year, $1.725 million
Patrick Mullen, D - Vancouver from Los Angeles (7/5/12), 1 year, $600,000
Andrew Murray, C - St. Louis from Detroit (7/5/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Pierre Parenteau, RW - Colorado from NY Islanders (7/1/12), 4 years, $16 million
Zach Parise, LW - Minnesota from New Jersey (7/4/12), 13 years, $98 million
George Parros, RW - Florida from Anaheim (7/1/12), 2 years, $1.85 million
Warren Peters, C - Pittsburgh from Minnesota (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $600,000
Alexei Ponikarovsky, LW - Winnipeg from New Jersey (7/1/12), 1 year, $1.8 million
Kevin Porter, C - Buffalo from Colorado (7/6/12), 2 years, $1.075 million
Brandon Prust, RW - Montreal from NY Rangers (7/1/12), 4 years, $10 million
Taylor Pyatt, LW - NY Rangers from Phoenix (7/3/12), 2 years, $3.1 million
Logan Pyett, D - NY Rangers from Detroit (7/10/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Joel Rechlicz, RW - Phoenix from Washington (7/11/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $550,000
Dylan Reese, D - Pittsburgh from NY Islanders (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Aaron Rome, D - Dallas from Vancouver (7/1/12), 3 years, $4.5 million
Michal Rozsival, D - Chicago from Phoenix (9/11/12), 1 year, $2 million
Sami Salo, D - Tampa Bay from Vancouver (7/1/12), 2 years, $7.5 million
Mikael Samuelsson, RW - Detroit from Florida (7/1/12), 2 years, $6 million
John Scott, D - Buffalo from NY Rangers (7/1/12), 1 year, $600,000
Brandon Segal, RW - NY Rangers from Tampa Bay (7/11/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Alexander Semin, RW - Carolina from Washington (7/26/12), 1 year, $7 million
Tyler Sloan, D - Dallas from Nashville (7/3/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Trevor Smith, C - Pittsburgh from Tampa Bay (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Sheldon Souray, D - Anaheim from Dallas (7/1/12), 3 years, $11 million
Garrett Stafford, D - Washington from Montreal (7/2/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Brad Staubitz, RW - Anaheim from Montreal (7/1/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Ryan Stoa, LW - Washington from Colorado (7/6/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $700,000
Sean Sullivan, D - Colorado from Florida (7/10/12), 1 year, $575,000
Steve Sullivan, C - Phoenix from Pittsburgh (7/4/12), 1 year, $1.85 million
Ryan Suter, D - Minnesota from Nashville (7/4/12), 13 years, $98 million
Danny Syvret, D - Philadelphia from St. Louis (7/3/12), 2 years, $1.175 million
Matt Taormina, D - Tampa Bay from New Jersey (7/6/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $700,000
Bill Thomas, RW - Colorado from Florida (7/3/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Jordin Tootoo, RW - Detroit from Nashville (7/1/12), 3 years, $5.7 million
Tim Wallace, RW - Carolina from Tampa Bay (7/19/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Matt Watkins, LW - NY Islanders from Phoenix (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Ray Whitney, LW - Dallas from Phoenix (7/1/12), 2 years, $9 million
Daniel Winnik, LW - Anaheim from San Jose (7/20/12), 2 years, $3.6 million
Wojtek Wolski, RW - Washington from Florida (7/11/12), 1 year, $600,000
Jeff Woywitka, D - St. Louis from NY Rangers (7/2/12), 1 year, $700,000
Greg Zanon, D - Colorado from Boston (7/1/12), 2 years, $4.5 million
Jeff Zatkoff, G - Pittsburgh from Los Angeles (7/1/12), 2 years, $1.05 million


PLAYERS RE-SIGNING WITH THEIR PREVIOUS TEAM
Justin Abdelkader, LW - Detroit (9/14/12), 4 years, undisclosed
Akim Aliu, RW - Calgary (7/4/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $695,000
Mike Angelidis, LW - Tampa Bay (6/18/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Keith Aulie, D - Tampa Bay (6/30/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Richard Bachman, G - Dallas (7/12/12), 1 year, $625,000
Sean Backman, C - NY Islanders (7/16/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Mikael Backlund, C - Calgary (7/5/12), 1 year, $725,000
Jay Barriball, C - St. Louis (7/11/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Matt Bartkowski, D - Boston (7/12/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $660,000
Cody Bass, C - Columbus (4/9/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Jay Beagle, C - Washington (7/5/12), 3 years, $2.7 million
Francois Beauchemin, D - Anaheim (1/20/12), 3 years, $10.5 million
Jordie Benn, D - Dallas (7/25/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Steve Bernier, RW - New Jersey (6/29/12), 2 years, $1.5 million
Todd Bertuzzi, RW - Detroit (2/23/12), 2 years, $4.15 million
Stu Bickel, D - NY Rangers (7/1/12), 2 years, $1.5 million
Alex Biega, D - Buffalo (8/2/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Martin Biron, G - NY Rangers (6/29/12), 2 years, $2.6 million
Ben Bishop, G - Ottawa (2/27/12), 1 year, $650,000
Paul Bissonnette, LW - Phoenix (10/5/11), 2 years, $1.475 million
Nicolas Blanchard, LW - Carolina (5/21/12), 2 years, two-way contract, $1.05 million
Jonathon Blum, D - Nashville (9/13/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $650,000
Michael Blunden, RW - Montreal (7/1/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Alexandre Bolduc, LW - Phoenix (7/2/12), 1 year, $650,000
Jared Boll, RW - Columbus (6/30/12), 2 years, $2.1 million
Brandon Bollig, LW - Chicago (6/18/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Nick Bonino, C - Anaheim (7/12/12), 2 years, $1.4 million
Patrick Bordeleau, LW - Colorado (6/25/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Robert Bortuzzo, D - Pittsburgh (8/30/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Marc-Andre Bourdon, D - Philadelphia (8/8/12), 2 years, $1.225 million
Chris Bourque, LW - Boston (6/1/12), 2 years, $1.1 million (Acquired from Washington on 5/26/12)
Drayson Bowman, LW - Carolina (7/23/12), 2 years, $1.2 million
Johnny Boychuk, D - Boston (2/14/12), 3 years, $10.08 million
Zach Boychuk, C - Carolina (7/24/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $625,000
Justin Braun, D - San Jose (6/26/12), 3 years, undisclosed
T.J. Brennan, D - Buffalo (7/17/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Martin Brodeur, G - New Jersey (7/2/12), 2 years, $9 million
Kyle Brodziak, C - Minnesota (2/19/12), 3 years, $8.5 million
Brent Burns, D - San Jose (8/1/11), 5 years, $28.8 million
Paul Byron, LW - Calgary (7/4/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $585,000
Andrew Campbell, D - Los Angeles (7/3/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Greg Campbell, C - Boston (6/11/12), 3 years, $4.8 million
Pat Cannone, C - Ottawa (5/11/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Daniel Carcillo, LW - Chicago (3/12/12), 2 years, undisclosed
John Carlson, D - Washington (9/14/12), 6 years, $23.8 million
Mike Carman, C - Washington (6/28/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Ryan Carter, LW - New Jersey (6/29/12), 2 years, $1.55 million
Michael Caruso, D - Florida (7/17/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Jason Chimera, LW - Washington (9/29/11), 2 years, $3.5 million
Kyle Chipchura, C - Phoenix (7/6/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Scott Clemmensen, G - Florida (7/1/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Marc-Andre Cliche, C - Los Angeles (6/15/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Richard Clune, LW - Los Angeles (6/15/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Braydon Coburn, D - Philadelphia (11/9/11), 4 years, $18 million
Blake Comeau, LW - Calgary (6/27/12), 1 year, $1.25 million
Matt Corrente, D - New Jersey (7/26/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Marco Cousineau, G - Anaheim (7/17/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Logan Couture, C - San Jose (8/26/11), 2 years, $5.75 million
Adam Cracknell, C - St. Louis (3/28/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Stephane Da Costa, C - Ottawa (7/25/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Yann Danis, G - Edmonton (7/1/12), 1 year, $775,000
Kaspars Daugavins, LW - Ottawa (7/23/12), 1 year, $635,000
Andrew Desjardins, C - San Jose (6/26/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Raphael Diaz, D - Montreal (7/13/12), 2 years, $2.45 million
Shane Doan, RW - Phoenix (9/14/12), 4 years, $21.2 million
Derek Dorsett, RW - Columbus (5/23/12), 3 years,$4.9 million
Steve Downie, RW - Colorado (6/29/12), 2 years, $5.3 million
Nicholas Drazenovic, C - Columbus (4/25/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Devan Dubnyk, G - Edmonton (7/5/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Matt Duchene, C - Colorado (6/23/12), 2 years, $7 million
Andrew Ebbett, C - Vancouver (7/2/12), 1 year, $600,000
Lars Eller, C - Montreal (7/6/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Keaton Ellerby, D - Florida (7/6/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Brian Elliott, G - St. Louis (1/18/12), 2 years, $3.6 million
Alexei Emelin, D - Montreal (6/30/12), 2 years, $4 million
Ray Emery, G - Chicago (4/7/12), 1 year, $1.15 million
Steve Eminger, D - NY Rangers (9/10/12), 1 year, $750,000
Tyler Ennis, C - Buffalo (9/15/12), 2 years, $5.625 million
Justin Falk, D - Minnesota (7/5/12), 1 year, $825,000
Mark Fayne, D - New Jersey (7/21/12), 2 years, $2.6 million
Mark Fistric, D - Dallas (7/21/12), 1 year, $1.475 million
Nick Foligno, C - Columbus (7/6/12), 3 years, $9.15 million (Acquired from Ottawa on 7/1/12)
Olivier Fortier, C - Montreal (9/18/12, 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Maxime Fortunus, D - Dallas (7/13/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $650,000
Brian Foster, G - Florida (7/17/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Colin Fraser, C - Los Angeles (6/22/12), 2 years, $1.65 million
Mark Fraser, D - Toronto (7/30/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Matt Frattin, RW - Toronto (7/1/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Sam Gagner, C - Edmonton (7/20/12), 1 year, $3.2 million
T.J. Galiardi, C - San Jose (7/9/12), 1 year, $950,000
Ryan Garbutt, LW - Dallas (7/16/12), 2 years, $1.15 million
Paul Gaustad, C - Nashville (6/30/12), 4 years, $13 million
Luke Gazdic, LW - Dallas (7/16/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Chay Genoway, D - Minnesota (7/13/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Blake Geoffrion, LW - Montreal (7/16/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $803,250
Hal Gill, D - Nashville (6/28/12), 2 years, $4 million
Stephen Gionta, C - New Jersey (6/29/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Tim Gleason, D - Carolina (1/30/12), 4 years, $16 million
Alex Goligoski, D - Dallas (1/23/12), 4 years, $18.4 million
Josh Gorges, D - Montreal (1/1/12), 6 years, $23.4 million
Mikhail Grabovski, C - Toronto (3/6/12), 5 years, $27.5 million
Alex Grant, D - Pittsburgh (8/30/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Mike Green, D - Washington (7/16/12), 3 years, $18.25 million
Nicklas Grossman, D - Philadelphia (4/6/12), 4 years, $14 million
Eric Gryba, D - Ottawa (7/18/12), 2 years, two-way contract, undisclosed
Simon Gysbers, D - Toronto (7/16/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Adam Hall, RW - Tampa Bay (6/15/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Zach Hamill, C - Washington (7/11/12, 1 year, undisclosed (Acquired from Boston on 5/26/12)
Ryan Hamilton, LW - Toronto (7/1/12), 1 year, $600,000
Martin Hanzal, C - Phoenix (10/6/11), 5 years, $15.5 million
Josh Harding, G - Minnesota (6/19/12), 3 years, $5.7 million
Peter Harrold, D - New Jersey (6/29/12), 1 year, $525,000
Johan Hedberg, G - New Jersey (7/2/12), 2 years, $2.8 million
Victor Hedman, D - Tampa Bay (11/30/11), 5 years, $20 million
Milan Hejduk, RW - Colorado (5/18/12), 1 year, $2 million
Darren Helm, C - Detroit (6/19/12), 4 years, $8.5 million
Ales Hemsky, RW - Edmonton (2/24/12), 2 years, $10 million
Thomas Hickey, D - Los Angeles (7/17/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Nick Holden, D - Columbus (6/30/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $550,000
Ben Holmstrom, C - Philadelphia (7/12/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Korbinian Holzer, D - Toronto (7/9/12), 1 year, $575,000
Darcy Hordichuk, LW - Edmonton (7/1/12), 1 year, $850,000
Matt Hunwick, D - Colorado (6/7/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Carter Hutton, G - Chicago (6/18/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Leland Irving, G - Calgary (7/27/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $687,500
Matt Irwin, D - San Jose (6/28/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Barret Jackman, D - St. Louis (6/18/12), 3 years, $9.5 million
Tim Jackman, RW - Calgary (2/27/12), 2 years, $1.225 million
Cam Janssen, RW - New Jersey (6/29/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $575,000
Erik Johnson, D - Colorado (7/3/12), 4 years, $15 million
Blair Jones, C - Calgary (6/29/12), 2 years, $1.3 million
David Jones, RW - Colorado (6/7/12), 4 years, $16 million
Patrick Kaleta, RW - Buffalo (7/31/12), 3 years, $3.825 million
Evander Kane, LW - Winnipeg (9/15/12), 6 years, $31.5 million
Erik Karlsson, D - Ottawa (6/19/12), 7 years, $45.5 million
Matt Kassian, LW - Minnesota (6/28/12), 2 years, $1.15 million
Chris Kelly, C - Boston (6/11/12), 4 years, $12 million
Dwight King, LW - Los Angeles (7/16/12), 2 years, $1.5 million
Saku Koivu, C - Anaheim (5/9/12), 1 year, $3 million
Sergei Kostitsyn, LW - Nashville (7/23/12), 2 years, $6 million
David Krejci, C - Boston (12/1/11), 3 years, $15.5 million
Niklas Kronwall, D - Detroit (10/31/11), 7 years, $33.25 million
Justin Krueger, D - Carolina (6/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $600,000
Nikolai Kulemin, RW - Toronto (7/20/12), 2 years, $5.6 million
Chris Kunitz, LW - Pittsburgh (10/13/11), 2 years, $7.45 million
Eddie Lack, G - Vancouver (8/27/12), 2 years, $1.5 million
Jamie Langenbrunner, RW - St. Louis (7/10/12), 1 year, $1.25 million
Philip Larsen, D - Dallas (7/13/12), 2 years, $2.05 million
Jay Leach, D - New Jersey (7/1/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Brian Lee, D - Tampa Bay (6/28/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Stefan Legein, RW - Los Angeles (7/17/12), 1 year, undisclosed
David Leggio, G - Buffalo (7/6/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Michael Leighton, G - Philadelphia (7/1/12), 1 year, $900,000
Anders Lindback, G - Tampa Bay (7/6/12), 2 years, $3.9 million (Acquired from Nashville on 6/15/12)
John-Michael Liles, D - Toronto (1/25/12), 4 years, $15.5 million
Lane MacDermid, LW - Boston (7/11/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $600,000
Maxime Macenauer, C - Winnipeg (7/21/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Spencer Machacek, RW - Winnipeg (9/11/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Steve MacIntyre, LW - Pittsburgh (7/1/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Derek MacKenzie, C - Columbus (5/31/12), 2 years, $2 million
Jack Maclellan, LW - Nashville (7/18/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Patrick Maroon, LW - Anaheim (6/7/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $550,000
Kevin Marshall, D - Washington (7/2/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Matt Martin, LW - NY Islanders (9/15/12), 4 years, undisclosed
Brandon Mashinter, LW - San Jose (8/15/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Ben Maxwell, C - Winnipeg (7/6/12), 1 year, $650,000
Jamal Mayers, C - Chicago (5/26/12), 1 year, $650,000
Jamie McBain, D - Carolina (5/21/12), 2 years, $3.6 million
John McCarthy, LW - San Jose (7/2/12), $1.225 million
Curtis McElhinney, G - Columbus (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Jamie McGinn, LW - Colorado (7/13/12), 2 years, $3.5 million
Brian McGrattan, RW - Nashville (7/1/12), 1 year, undisclosed
David McIntyre, LW - Minnesota (7/19/12), 1 year, $577,500
Frazer McLaren, LW - San Jose (7/6/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Cody McLeod, LW - Colorado (6/4/12), 3 years, $3.5 million
Carson McMillan, RW - Minnesota (8/6/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Adam McQuaid, D - Boston (7/14/11), 3 years, undisclosed
David Meckler, LW - Los Angeles (7/17/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Derek Meech, D - Winnipeg (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $700,000
Andy Miele, C - Phoenix (6/29/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Brendan Mikkelson, D - Tampa Bay (6/27/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Willie Mitchell, D - Los Angeles (2/24/12), 2 years, $7 million
Travis Moen, LW - Montreal (6/29/12), 4 years, $7.4 million
Chris Mueller, C - Nashville (6/20/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $550,000
Jake Muzzin, D - Los Angeles (7/17/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Tyler Myers, D - Buffalo (9/15/11), 7 years, $38.5 million
Evgeni Nabokov, G - NY Islanders (3/21/12), 1 year, $2.75 million
Brendon Nash, D - Montreal (6/28/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
James Neal, RW - Pittsburgh (2/19/12), 6 years, $30 million
Kris Newbury, C - NY Rangers (7/1/12), 2 years, two-way contract, undisclosed
Scott Nichol, C - St. Louis (6/28/12), 1 year, $650,000
Frans Nielsen, C - NY Islanders (2/8/12), 4 years, $11 million
Nikita Nikitin, D - Columbus (6/28/12), 2 years, $4.3 million
Matt Niskanen, D - Pittsburgh (6/30/12), 2 years, $4.6 million
Petteri Nokelainen, C - Montreal (6/28/12), 1 year, $575,000
Evan Oberg, D - Tampa Bay (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Jim O'Brien, C - Ottawa (7/18/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Shane O'Brien, D - Colorado (6/26/12), 3 years, $6 million
Johnny Oduya, D - Chicago (5/29/12), 3 years, $10.125 million
Mark Olver, LW - Colorado (7/1/12), 2 years, $1.2 million
T.J. Oshie, RW - St. Louis (7/19/12), 5 years, $20.875 million
Daniel Paille, LW - Boston (6/1/12), 3 years, $3.9 million
Jarod Palmer, RW - Minnesota (7/16/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Aaron Palushaj, RW - Montreal (7/12/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Ondrej Pavelec, G - Winnipeg (6/25/12), 5 years, $19.5 million
Theo Peckham, D - Edmonton (7/16/12), 1 year, $1.075 million
Matt Pelech, D - San Jose (7/16/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Anthony Peluso, RW - St. Louis (7/16/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Dustin Penner, LW - Los Angeles (7/1/12), 1 year, $3.25 million
Mathieu Perreault, C - Washington (7/5/12), 2 years, $2.1 million
David Perron, LW - St. Louis (7/5/12), 4 years, $15.25 million
Justin Peters, G - Carolina (7/1/12), 2 years, $1.075 million
Toby Petersen, C - Dallas (7/2/12), 2 years, $1.35 million
Lennart Petrell, RW - Edmonton (6/19/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Jeff Petry, D - Edmonton (7/5/12), 2 years, $3.5 million
Rich Peverley, C - Boston (10/11/11), 3 years, $9.75 million
Steve Pinizzotto, RW - Vancouver (7/2/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Alex Plante, D - Edmonton (7/26/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Chris Porter, LW - St. Louis (7/16/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $650,000
Paul Postma, D - Winnipeg (7/13/12), 1 year, $550,000
Corey Potter, D - Edmonton (1/10/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Benoit Pouliot, LW - Tampa Bay (7/1/12), 1 year, $1.8 million (Acquired from Boston on 6/23/12)
Carey Price, G - Montreal (7/2/12), 6 years, $39 million
Vaclav Prospal, LW - Columbus (2/8/12), 1 year, $2.5 million
Nate Prosser, D - Minnesota (2/6/12), 2 years, $1.65 million
Tom Pyatt, C - Tampa Bay (1/9/12), 2 years, $1.6 million
Kyle Quincey, D - Detroit (7/18/12), 2 years, $7.55 million
Greg Rallo, C - Florida (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Tuukka Rask, G - Boston (6/28/12), 1 year, $3.5 million
Chad Rau, C - Minnesota (6/25/12), 2 years, two-way contract, undisclosed
Mason Raymond, RW - Vancouver (7/9/12), 1 year, $2.275 million
Ryan Reaves, RW - St. Louis (1/9/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Peter Regin, C - Ottawa (5/4/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Pekka Rinne, G - Nashville (11/3/11), 7 years, $49 million
Ryan Russell, LW - Columbus (5/24/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Tuomo Ruutu, C - Carolina (2/22/12), 4 years, $19 million
Jussi Rynnas, G - Toronto (7/1/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Dany Sabourin, G - Washington (5/30/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Frederic St. Denis, D - Montreal (7/5/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Bryce Salvador, D - New Jersey (7/3/12), 3 years, $9.5 million
Jerome Samson, RW - Carolina (7/20/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Bobby Sanguinetti, D - Carolina (5/21/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $700,000
Cory Sarich, D - Calgary (6/29/12), 2 years, $4 million
Colton Sceviour, RW - Dallas (7/12/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Drew Schiestel, D - Buffalo (7/25/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Cory Schneider, G - Vancouver (7/1/12), 3 years, $12 million
Ben Scrivens, G - Toronto (9/12/12), 2 years, $1.225 million
Teemu Selanne, RW - Anaheim (7/12/12), 1 year, $4.5 million
Eric Selleck, LW - Florida (7/26/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Tim Sestito, C - New Jersey (7/5/12), 1 year, $525,000
Tom Sestito, LW - Philadelphia (7/31/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Patrick Sharp, C - Chicago (8/3/11), 5 years, $29.5 million
Jim Slater, C - Winnipeg (6/14/12), 3 years, $4.8 million
Matt Smaby, D - Anaheim (7/2/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $650,000
Ben Smith, C - Chicago (6/18/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Derek Smith, D - Calgary (2/8/12), 2 years, $1.55 million
Jeremy Smith, G - Nashville (7/17/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $660,000
Ryan Smyth, RW - Edmonton (7/1/12), 2 years, $4.5 million
Carl Sneep, D - Pittsburgh (7/11/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $525,000
Brett Sonne, C - St. Louis (7/16/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Alex Stalock, G - San Jose (7/2/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Lee Stempniak, RW - Calgary (6/29/12), 2 years, $5 million
Chris Stewart, RW - St. Louis (6/14/12), 1 year, $3 million
Jarret Stoll, C - Los Angeles (6/22/12), 3 years, $9.75 million
Clayton Stoner, D - Minnesota (5/10/12), 2 years, $2.1 million
Tyson Strachan, D - Florida (2/15/12), 1 year, $600,000
Brian Strait, D - Pittsburgh (7/16/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $605,000
Anton Stralman, D - NY Rangers (7/26/12), 2 years, $3.4 million
Brad Stuart, D - San Jose (6/18/12), 3 years, $10.8 million (Acquired from Detroit on 6/10/12)
Alexander Sulzer, D - Buffalo (5/21/12), 1 year, $725,000
Chris Summers, D - Phoenix (7/18/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Brett Sutter, LW - Carolina (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $550,000
Andy Sutton, D - Edmonton (2/13/12), 1 year, $1.5 million
Cam Talbot, G - NY Rangers (7/26/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Eric Tangradi, LW - Pittsburgh (8/30/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $726,000
John Tavares, C - NY Islanders (9/14/11), 6 years, $33 million
Chris Terry, LW - Carolina (7/13/12), 2 years, two-way contract, $1.05 million
Mike Testwuide, RW - Philadelphia (7/3/12), 1 year, $525,000
Brad Thiessen, G - Pittsburgh (6/30/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $525,000
Shawn Thornton, RW - Boston (3/17/12), 2 years, $2.2 million
Jiri Tlusty, LW - Carolina (4/23/12), 2 years, $3.2 million
Dana Tyrell, C - Tampa Bay (11/28/11), 2 years, undisclosed
Fedor Tyutin, D - Columbus (8/31/11), 6 years, $27 million
R.J. Umberger, C - Columbus (9/21/11), 5 years, $23 million
David Van Der Gulik, C - Colorado (6/25/12), 1 year, undisclosed
James van Riemsdyk, LW - Philadelphia (8/30/11), 6 years, $25.5 million
Chris VandeVelde, C - Edmonton (/26/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Keven Veilleux, RW - Pittsburgh (7/11/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $525,000
Stephane Veilleux, LW - Minnesota (6/25/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Michael Vernace, D - NY Rangers (6/13/12), 1 year, $525,000
Kris Versteeg, RW - Florida (7/23/12), 4 years, $17.6 million
Joe Vitale, C - Pittsburgh (2/3/12), 2 years, $1.1 million
Tomas Vokoun, G - Pittsburgh (6/4/12), 2 years, $4 million (Acquired from Washington on 6/4/12)
Aaron Volpatti, LW - Vancouver (6/15/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $600,000
Jakub Voracek, RW - Philadelphia (7/26/12), 4 years, $17 million
Tom Wandell, C - Dallas (7/6/12), 1 year, $892,500
Francis Wathier, LW - Dallas (6/13/12), 2 years, two-way contract, undisclosed
Shea Weber, D - Nashville (7/24/12), 14 years, $110 million (Matched offer sheet from Philadelphia)
Dale Weise, RW - Vancouver (7/25/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Casey Wellman, RW - Florida (/22/12), 1 year, undisclosed (Acquired from NY Rangers on 7/20/12)
Kyle Wellwood, RW - Winnipeg (7/13/12), 1 year, $1.6 million
Jeremy Welsh, C - Carolina (9/11/12), 2 years, $1.7 million
Kevin Westgarth, RW - Los Angeles (9/19/11), 2 years, $1.45 million
Ryan White, RW - Montreal (6/26/12), 1 year, $687,500
Dennis Wideman, D - Calgary (6/27/12), 5 years, $26.25 million (Acquired from Washington on 6/27/12)
Colin Wilson, LW - Nashville (7/24/12), 3 years, $6 million
Ryan Wilson, D - Colorado (6/25/12), 3 years, $6.75 million
Tommy Wingels, RW - San Jose (6/26/12), 2 years, undisclosed
Ty Wishart, D - NY Islanders (7/18/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
James Wright, C - Florida (7/17/12), 2 years, undisclosed
J.T. Wyman, RW - Tampa Bay (6/15/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Brandon Yip, RW - Nashville (6/20/12), 1 year, $750,000
Harry Zolnierczyk, C - Philadelphia (7/24/12), 1 year, undisclosed


FORMER NHL FREE AGENTS RETURNING TO THE NHL
Andre Benoit, D - Ottawa (7/1/12), 1 year, $650,000
Matt Clackson, RW - Washington (7/13/12), 1 year, two-way contract, $525,000
Corey Elkins, C - Anaheim (7/9/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Scott Ford, D - St. Louis (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Danny Groulx, D - San Jose (7/2/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Dov Grumet-Morris, G - Florida (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Kevin Henderson, LW - Nashville (6/8/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Jordan Hendry, D - Anaheim (7/1/12), 1 year, $600,000
Hugh Jessiman, RW - Ottawa (7/3/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Jon Landry, D - NY Islanders (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Bryan Lerg, LW - Colorado (7/1/12), 1 year, two-way contract, undisclosed
Thomas Pock, D - Colorado (7/2/12), 1 year, undisclosed
Nick Tarnasky, LW - Buffalo (7/1/12), 1 year, undisclosed


The following is a list of players who were scheduled to become free agents on July 1, 2012, but have signed contracts to play in Europe for the 2012-13 season.

Yury Alexandrov, D - SKA St. Petersburg (KHL), Russia from NY Islanders, 6/6/12
Cody Almond, C -  Geneve-Servette HC, Switzerland from Minnesota, 6/20/12
Jamie Arniel, C - Eisbaren Berlin, Germany from Boston, 8/20/12
Alex Auld, G - EC Red Bull Salzburg, Austria from Ottawa, 7/23/12
Justin Azevedo, C - Lukko Rauma, Finland from Los Angeles, 6/7/12
Jason Bacashihua, G - Straubing, Germany from Philadelphia, 7/22/12
Oskars Bartulis, D - Donbass Donetsk (KHL), Ukraine from Philadelphia, 8/29/12
Mark Bell, C - Iserlohn Roosters, Germany from Anaheim, 9/19/12
Matt Bradley, RW - TuTo, Finland from Florida, 10/29/12
Gilbert Brule, RW - ZSC Lions, Switzerland from Phoenix, 8/13/12
Fabian Brunnstrom, LW - Frolunda, Sweden from Detroit, 7/26/12
Mathieu Carle, D - Dinamo Riga (KHL), Latvia from Anaheim, 5/3/12
Erik Christensen, C - Lev Praha (KHL), Czech Republic from Minnesota, 6/5/12
Tim Conboy, D - ERC Ingolstadt, Germany from Ottawa, 7/28/12
Mark Cullen, C - Vityaz Chekhov (KHL), Russia from Florida, 8/9/12 (later signed with EC Salzburg, Austria, 12/16/12)
Kyle Cumiskey, D - Modo, Sweden from Anaheim, 7/9/12
Evgeni Dadonov, RW - Donbass Dontesk (KHL), Ukraine from Carolina, 7/4/12
Roman Derlyuk, D - Dynamo Moscow (KHL), Russia from Florida, 6/18/12
Justin DiBenedetto, LW - EC Red Bull Salzburg, Austria from NY Islanders, 6/20/12
Chris DiDomenico, C - Asiago, Italy from Chicago, 8/27/12
Mike Duco, LW - HC Ambri-Piotta, Switzerland from Vancouver, 12/9/12
Brodie Dupont, LW - HC Valpellice, Italy from Nashville, 8/23/12
Travis Ehrhardt, D - Turun Palloseura, Finland from Detroit, 8/1/12
Dennis Endras, G - Adler Mannheim, Germany from Minnesota, 5/25/12
Andreas Engqvist, C - Atlant Mytischi (KHL), Russia from Montreal, 6/27/12
Atte Engren, G - Turku, Finland from Nashville, 5/2/12
Sebastien Erixon, D - Timra, Sweden from Anaheim, 6/21/12
Angelo Esposito, C - Lahti, Finland from Dallas, 7/26/12
Eric Fehr, RW - Hameenlinna, Finland from Winnipeg, 10/23/12
Brett Festerling, D - Nurnberg, Germany from Winnipeg, 7/24/12
Nikita Filatov, LW - Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL), Russia from Ottawa, 5/14/12
Mark Flood, D - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL), Russia from Winnipeg, 7/22/12
Ryan Flynn, RW - HC Bolzano, Italy from Nashville, 9/7/12
Kurtis Foster, D - Tappara, Finland from Minnesota, 10/23/12
Trevor Frischmon, C - Graz 99ers, Austria from NY Islanders, 10/13/12
Trevor Gillies, LW - Vityaz Chekhov (KHL), Russia from NY Islanders, 6/19/12
Alexandre Giroux, LW - Dinamo Riga (KHL), Latvia from Columbus, 5/24/12
Kyle Greentree, LW - Medvescak Zagreb (KHL), Croatia from Washington, 9/3/12
Ben Guite, C - Val Pusteria, Italy from San Jose, 10/11/12
Niklas Hagman, LW - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL), Russia from Anaheim, 7/12/12
Josh Hennessy, C - Vityaz Chekhov (KHL), Russia from Boston, 8/2/12
Alex Henry, D - Dusseldorf, Germany from Montreal, 5/9/12
Jordan Henry, D - Sodertalje, Sweden from Washington, 9/11/12
Cristobal Huet, G - Lausanne, Switzerland from Chicago, 8/11/12
Shawn Hunwick, G - EC Red Bull Salzburg, Austria from Columbus, 7/10/12 (later signed with HC Bolzano, Italy, 9/7/12)
Kristian Huselius, LW - AIK, Sweden from Columbus, 12/17/12
Raitis Ivanans, LW - Dinamo Riga (KHL), Latvia from Calgary, 5/22/12
Doug Janik, D - Adler Mannheim, Germany from Detroit, 7/12/12
Jaroslav Janus, G - Slovan Bratislava (KHL), Slovakia from Tampa Bay, 8/23/12
Jamie Johnson, C - Dinamo Riga (KHL), Latvia from Detroit, 7/18/12
Milan Jurcina, D - HC Chomutov, Czech Republic from NY Islanders, 10/4/12
Mark Katic, D - Eisbaren Berlin, Germany from NY Islanders, 7/4/12
Ryan Keller, RW - HC Geneve-Servette, Switzerland from Edmonton, 7/12/12
Andrei Kostitsyn, LW - Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL), Russia from Nashville, 9/14/12
Ales Kotalik, RW - HC Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic from Buffalo, 6/19/12
Pavel Kubina, D - HC Vitkovice, Czech Republic from Philadelphia, 9/16/12
Arturs Kulda, D - Sibir Novosibirsk (KHL), Russia from Winnipeg, 7/15/12
Milan Kytnar, C - Slovan Bratislava (KHL), Slovakia from Edmonton, 5/24/12
Teemu Laakso, D - Severstal Cherepovets (KHL), Russia from Nashville, 6/3/12
Matt Lashoff, D - ZSC Lions, Switzerland from Toronto, 8/18/12
Sami Lepisto, D - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL), Russia from Chicago, 6/4/12 (released by the team on 12/27/12)
David Liffiton, D - Milan, Italy from Colorado, 9/11/12
Corey Locke, C - Turku, Finland from Ottawa, 6/26/12
Colin Long, C - Dusseldorf, Germany from Phoenix, 6/20/12
Drew MacIntyre, G - Lev Praha (KHL), Czech Republic from Buffalo, 6/3/12
Logan MacMillan, LW - Dornbirner EC, Austria from Calgary, 8/18/12
Tomas Marcinko, C - Modo, Sweden from NY Islanders, 8/31/12
Radek Martinek, D - HC Ceske Budojevice, Czech Republic from Columbus, 9/19/12
Greg Mauldin, C - HC Fribourg-Gotteron, Switzerland from Colorado, 7/28/12
Maksim Mayorov, LW - Ak Bars Kazan (KHL), Russia from Columbus, 5/3/12
Stefan Meyer, LW - Schwenninger, Germany from Calgary, 8/10/12
Jacob Micflikier, LW - EHC Biel, Switzerland from Washington, 6/20/12
Juraj Mikus, D - Lev Praha (KHL), Czech Republic from Toronto, 6/20/12
Chris Minard, LW - Kolner Haie, Germany from Detroit, 7/18/12
Dale Mitchell, RW - Dornbirner EC, Austria from Anaheim, 8/5/12
Mattias Modig, G - Vaxjo Lakers, Sweden from Pittsburgh, 6/14/12
Shaone Morrisonn, D - Spartak Moscow (KHL), Russia from Buffalo, 6/13/12
Marcel Mueller, LW - Modo, Sweden from Toronto, 7/20/12
Mike Murphy, G - Spartak Moscow (KHL), Russia from Carolina, 6/6/12
Jake Newton, D - HC Appiano/Eppan, Italy from Colorado, 8/29/12
Antero Niittymaki, G - Turku, Finland from San Jose, 8/21/12
Linus Omark, RW - EV Zug, Switzerland from Edmonton, 8/29/12
Ryan O'Marra, C - Lahti, Finland from Anaheim, 7/27/12
Cal O'Reilly, C - Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL), Russia from Pittsburgh, 7/18/12
Patrick O'Sullivan, RW - Helsinki, Finland from Phoenix, 9/26/12
Nathan Oystrick, D - Lev Praha (KHL), Czech Republic from Phoenix, 6/3/12
Cam Paddock, C - Frederikshavn IK, Denmark from Los Angeles, 8/23/12
Sami Pahlsson, C - Modo, Sweden from Vancouver, 6/18/12
Richard Park, C - HC Ambri-Piotta, Switzerland from Pittsburgh, 8/7/12
Dennis Persson, D - Brynas, Sweden from Buffalo, 6/13/12
Alexandre Picard, D - Lev Praha (KHL), Czech Republic from Pittsburgh, 7/25/12
Alexandre Picard, LW - HC Geneve-Servette, Switzerland from Tampa Bay, 7/17/12
Timo Pielmeier, G - EL Lanshut, Germany from New Jersey, 6/2/12
Justin Pogge, G - Ritten, Italy from Phoenix, 7/18/12
Marc-Antoine Pouliot, RW - EHC Biel, Switzerland from Phoenix, 6/2/12
Alexander Radulov, RW - CSKA Moscow (KHL), Russia from Nashville, 7/2/12
Rhett Rahkshani, RW - HV-71, Sweden from NY Islanders, 6/20/12
Andrew Raycroft, G - Milano Rossoblu, Italy from Dallas, 7/3/12
Steven Reinprecht, C - Nurnberg Ice Tigers, Germany from Vancouver, 9/26/12
Michal Repik, RW - Lev Praha (KHL), Czech Republic from Florida, 6/20/12
Danny Richmond, D - Lahti, Finland from Colorado, 5/23/12
Ondrej Roman, C - Vitkovice, Czech Republic from Florida, 5/9/12
Tony Romano, C - Vienna Capitals, Austria from NY Islanders, 9/3/12
Nick Ross, D - EC Red Bull Salzburg, Austria from Phoenix, 7/12/12
Mathieu Roy, D - Hamburg Freezers, Germany from Carolina, 7/12/12
Michael Ryan, C - Assat, Finland from Buffalo, 5/9/12
Alexander Salak, G - Farjestads, Sweden from Chicago, 6/19/12
Curtis Sanford, G - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL), Russia from Columbus, 6/4/12
Craig Schira, D - IF Frisk Asker Tigers, Norway from Ottawa, 6/25/12
Keith Seabrook, D - Val Pusteria Wolves, Italy from Florida, 8/27/12
Tyson Sexsmith, G - Metallurg Novokuznetsk (KHL), Russia from San Jose, 10/11/12
Ryan Shannon, C - ZSC Lions, Switzerland from Tampa Bay, 5/22/12
Dan Spang, D - HPK Hameenlinna, Finland from Dallas, 8/24/12
Tim Stapleton, C - Dinamo Minsk (KHL), Belarus from Winnipeg, 7/10/12
Colin Stuart, LW - Iserlohn Roosters, Germany from Buffalo, 9/18/12
Paul Szczechura, C - Lev Praha (KHL), Czech Republic from Buffalo, 5/24/12
Iiro Tarkki, G - Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL), Russia from Anaheim, 5/14/12
Ryan Thang, RW - Augsburger Panther, Germany from Nashville, 6/15/12
Andreas Thuresson, RW - Brynas, Sweden from NY Rangers, 5/18/12
Brock Trotter, C - Dinamo Riga (KHL), Latvia from Phoenix, 5/28/12
Travis Turnbull, RW - Dusseldorf, Germany from Buffalo, 8/1/12
Boris Valabik, D - HC Kometa Brno, Czech Republic from Pittsburgh, 8/14/12
Pavel Valentenko, D - Avangard Omsk (KHL), from NY Rangers, 5/17/12
Derek Whitmore, LW - Augsberger Panther, Germany from Buffalo, 11/28/12
Jason Williams, C - Ambri Piotta, Switzerland from Pittsburgh, 5/29/12
Brian Willsie, RW - Turku, Finland from Montreal, 8/21/12
Jesse Winchester, C - TuTo, Finland from Ottawa, 11/13/12
Vladimir Zharkov, RW - CSKA Moscow (KHL), Russia from New Jersey, 7/3/12
Andrei Zubarev, D - Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL), Russia from Winnipeg, 5/14/12
Mats Zuccarello, RW - Metallurg Magnitorgorsk (KHL), Russia from NY Rangers, 5/26/12

Oilers Sign Ryan Smyth to Two-Year Contract

The Edmonton Oilers announced today that they have re-signed right wing Ryan Smyth to a two-year contract worth $4.5 million.  The deal will average out to $2.25 million per season.  In all 82 games last season, he had 19 goals and 27 assistd for 46 points and 82 penalty minutes.  This is a solid move for the Oilers, as Smyth has always been an excellent player on the team.  He's a great playmaker, has good offensive skills, is an excellent leader on and off the ice, and plays with some grit.  He will continue to be an excellent forward for the Oilers over the next two years.

Penguins Sign Brad Thiessen to One-Year Deal

The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced that they have re-signed goaltender Brad Thiessen to a one-year, two-way contract worth $525,000 at the NHL level.  In five games last season with the Penguins, he posted a 3-1-0 record, with a 3.72 GAA and a .858 save percentage.  He also appeared in 41 games with Wilkes/Barre-Scranton of the AHL, posting a 23-15-2 record, two shutouts, a 2.82 GAA, and a .887 save percentage.  Not a bad depth signing for the Penguins, as Thiessen will be a good option as a third goaltender if Marc-Andre Fluery or Tomas Vokoun should miss time due to injury.  Otherwise, look for Thiessen to play primarily in the minors next season.

Blue Jackets Re-Sign Jared Boll and Nick Holden

The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced that they have re-signed right wing Jared Boll to a two-year contract worth $2.1 million and defenseman Nick Holden to a one-year, two-way contract.  Boll's deal will pay him $950,000 in 2012-13 and $1.15 million in 2013-14, while Holden's contract will pay him $550,000 at the NHL level and $105,000 in the minors.  In 54 games last season, Boll had two goals and one assist for three points and 126 penalty minutes.  In 25 games last season with Springfield of the AHL, Holden had three goals and six assists for nine points.  He last appeared in the NHL with Columbus during the 2010-11 season.  Boll isn't a bad depth signing for the Blue Jackets, as he plays with loads of grit and toughness.  He has good size, loves to be an agitator on the ice, and will drop the gloves to defend his teammates.  Look for him to be the team's primary enforcer over the next two years.  Holden has good size and some offensive ability, but will likely spend a good chunk of next season in the minors.  If he sees any time with the Blue Jackets, it will likely be as an injruy replacement.

Predators Sign Paul Gaustad to Four-Year Deal

The Nashville Predators announced on Saturday that they have re-signed center Paul Gaustad to a four-year contract worth $13 million.  The deal will average out to $3.25 million per season.  Nashville acquired the 30-year-old center and a fourth round pick in the 2013 Entry Draft on February 27 from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Nashville's first round pick in the 2012 Entry Draft.  In 70 games last season with Buffalo and Nashville, he had seven goals and 14 assists for 21 points and 76 penalty minutes.  He added one goal and one assist in 10 playoff games.  Not a bad move for the Predators, as Gaustad brings plenty of skill to the forward lines.  He brings lots of grit, toughness, size, defensive skill, and versatility to the checking lines and should help the Predators continue to be a competitive team in the Western Conference.

Hurricanes Sign Jordan Staal to 10-Year Extension

The Carolina Hurricanes announced today that they have signed newly acquired center Jordan Staal to a 10-year contract extension worth $60 million.  The deal will average out to $6 million per season.  He would have been eligible for unrestricted free agency next summer.  Staal was acquired by the Hurricanes on June 22 from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for forward Brandon Sutter, defenseman Brian Dumoulin, and Carolina's first round pick in the 2012 Entry Draft.  The Penguins used the pick to draft defenseman Derrick Pouliot.  In 62 games last season with the Penguins, Staal had 25 goals and 25 assists for 50 points.  He added six goals and three assists for nine points in six playoff games.  The Hurricanes had been seeking a number one center and they got that in Jordan Staal.  He has plenty of offensive talent and two-way skill, skates well, and is excellent on the power play and penalty kill.  Now that he will be the number one center in Carolina, as well as playing alongside brother Eric, look for Staal to increase his offensive numbers in the coming years and help the Hurricanes become more competitive offensively.