NOTE: Below is a list of players, who, effective July 5, became free agents.
SIGNINGS TRACKER
The National Hockey League has released a list of players who are restricted free agents under Group 2, unrestricted free agents under Group 3 and Group 6 and unrestricted free agents by virtue of not receiving a qualifying offer.
Some of these players may recently have signed with their respective Clubs; however, their contracts had not yet been filed with the League.
ANAHEIM DUCKS
Group 2 FAs: None.
Group 3 UFAs: Stephen Dixon, Jordan Hendry, Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond, Matthew Lombardi, Toni Lydman, Geoff Platt, Matt Smaby, David Steckel, Kyle Wilson, Petteri Wirtanen.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Josh Brittain, Marco Cousineau, Matt Kennedy, Ryan Parent.
BOSTON BRUINSGroup 2 FAs: Jordan Caron, Kevan Miller.
Group 3 UFAs: Garnet Exelby, Christian Hanson, Jay Pandolfo, Wade Redden, Jamie Tardif, Trent Whitfield.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Colby Cohen, Kaspars Daugavins.
BUFFALO SABRES
Group 2 FAs:
Group 3 UFAs: Jochen Hecht, Paul Szczechura.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Jacob Lagace, Drew Schiestel.
CALGARY FLAMESGroup 2 FAs: Carter Bancks.
Group 3 UFAs: Anton Babchuk, Brett Carson, Roman Cervenka, Krys Kolanos, Daniel Taylor, Ben Walter.
Group 6 UFAs: Leland Irving, Mike Testwuide.
UFAs: Akim Aliu, Bryan Cameron, Brady Lamb, Gaelan Patterson.
CAROLINA HURRICANES
Group 2 FAs: None.
Group 3 UFAs: Marc-Andre Bergeron, Tim Brent, Chad LaRose, Tim Wallace.
Group 6 UFAs: Bobby Sanguinetti.
UFAs: Marc-Andre Gragnani, A.J. Jenks, Justin Krueger, John Muse, Andreas Nodl, Lukas Pither, Joseph Sova.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
Group 2 FAs: Shawn Lalonde.
Group 3 UFAs: Henrik Karlsson, Jamal Mayers.
Group 6 UFAs: Alec Richards.
UFAs: Joe Lavin, Maxime Sauve.
COLORADO AVALANCHE
Group 2 FAs: Brad Malone, Tomas Vincour, Luke Walker.
Group 3 UFAs: Milan Hejduk, Chuck Kobasew, Thomas Pock, Sean Sullivan, Bill Thomas.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Joel Chouinard, Mike Connolly.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
Group 2 FAs: None.
Group 3 UFAs: Adrian Aucoin, Matthew Ford, Andrew Joudrey, Michael Leighton, Vaclav Prospal.
Group 6 UFAs: Ryan Russell.
UFAs: Steven Delisle, Colton Gillies, Patrick Killeen, Theo Ruth, Allen York.
DALLAS STARS
Group 2 FAs: None.
Group 3 UFAs: Maxime Fortunus, Tyler Sloan.
Group 6 UFAs: Carl Sneep.
UFAs: Tyler Beskorowany, Jace Coyle, Mathieu Tousignant, Tom Wandell.
DETROIT RED WINGS
Group 2 FAs: Tom McCollum.
Group 3 UFAs: Daniel Larsson, Ian White.
Group 6 UFAs: Jan Mursak, Francis Pare, Jordan Pearce.
UFAs: Brent Raedeke.
EDMONTON OILERS
Group 2 FAs: Teemu Hartikainen, Niko Hovinen, Antti Tyrvainen.
Group 3 UFAs: Darcy Hordichuk, Tanner House, Lennart Petrell, Liam Reddox, Jerred Smithson, Garrett Stafford, Andy Sutton.
Group 6 UFAs: Chris VandeVelde.
UFAs: Philippe Cornet, Alex Plante, Colten Teubert.
FLORIDA PANTHERS
Group 2 FAs: Michael Caruso, Jonathan Rheault.
Group 3 UFAs: Andre Deveaux, Dov Grumet-Morris, Martin Lojek, Sergei Shirokov, Jose Theodore.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Brian Foster, Peter Mueller, Brendon Nash.
LOS ANGELES KINGS
Group 2 FAs: None.
Group 3 UFAs: Anthony Stewart.
Group 6 UFAs: David Meckler.
UFAs: Stefan Legein.
MINNESOTA WILD
Group 2 FAs: Justin Fontaine, Carson McMillan, Kyle Medvec.
Group 3 UFAs: Brett Clark, Jeff Deslauriers, Dennis Endras, Jarod Palmer.
Group 6 UFAs: David McIntyre.
UFAs: Joel Broda.
MONTREAL CANADIENS
Group 2 FAs: None.
Group 3 UFAs: Colby Armstrong, Jason Desantis, Kyle Klubertanz, Petteri Nokelainen.
Group 6 UFAs: Blake Geoffrion.
UFAs: Ian Schultz, Joe Stejskal.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Group 2 FAs: Daniel Bang, Juuso Puustinen.
Group 3 UFAs: Scott Ford, Linus Klasen, Chris Mason.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Jack Maclellan, Chet Pickard, Ben Ryan.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Group 2 FAs: Mike Hoeffel, Dan Kelly, Keith Kinkaid, Harri Pesonen, Mike Sislo.
Group 3 UFAs: Matt Anderson, Jay Leach, Nathan Perkovich, Alexei Ponikarovsky, Steve Sullivan, Chad Wiseman.
Group 6 UFAs: Jeff Frazee, Steven Zalewski.
UFAs: Jean-Sebastien Berube.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Group 2 FAs: David Ullstrom.
Group 3 UFAs: Sean Backman, Brad Boyes, Radek Martinek, Nathan McIver, Marty Reasoner, Blair Riley.
Group 6 UFAs: Ty Wishart.
UFAs: Shane Harper.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Group 2 FAs: Brandon Mashinter.
Group 3 UFAs: Steve Eminger, Roman Hamrlik, Mike Vernace.
Group 6 UFAs: Logan Pyett.
UFAs: Jyri Niemi, Nick Palmieri, Michael Sauer.
OTTAWA SENATORS
Group 2 FAs: None.
Group 3 UFAs: Hugh Jessiman, Geoff Kinrade, Guillaume Latendresse, Mike Lundin, Roman Wick.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Louie Caporusso.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Group 2 FAs: Eric Wellwood.
Group 3 UFAs: Brian Boucher, Ruslan Fedotenko, Kurtis Foster, Simon Gagne, Kent Huskins, Mike Knuble, Andreas Lilja, Jody Shelley, Matt Walker.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Blake Kessel, Mitch Wahl.
PHOENIX COYOTES
Group 2 FAs: Mathieu Brodeur, Maxim Goncharov, Brett Hextall, Mark Louis, Brandon McMillan, Andy Miele.
Group 3 UFAs: Matt Clackson, Alexander Nikulin.
UFAs: Scott Arnold.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Group 2 FAs: Brian Gibbons, Riley Holzapfel, Zach Sill.
Group 3 UFAs: Philippe Dupuis, Mark Eaton, Chad Kolarik, Warren Peters, Dylan Reese, Brad Thiessen.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Keven Veilleux.
ST. LOUIS BLUES
Group 2 FAs: Cade Fairchild, Evgeny Grachev, Philip McRae, Tyler Shattock.
Group 3 UFAs: T.J. Hensick, Jamie Langenbrunner, Andy McDonald, Andrew Murray, Scott Nichol, Jeff Woywitka.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Jay Barriball, Stefan Della Rovere, Paul Karpowich, Jani Lajunen, Anthony Nigro, Brett Sonne.
SAN JOSE SHARKS
Group 2 FAs: Nick Petrecki.
Group 3 UFAs: Danny Groulx.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Tommy Grant, Thomas Heemskerk.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Group 2 FAs: Dan Sexton.
Group 3 UFAs: Mathieu Garon, Johan Harju, Jean-Francois Jacques, Martins Karsums, Mathieu Roy.
Group 6 UFAs: Evan Oberg.
UFAs: Alex Hutchings, Brendan Mikkelson, Pat Nagle.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Group 2 FAs: Spencer Abbott, Leo Komarov.
Group 3 UFAs: Tim Connolly, Ryan O'Byrne.
Group 6 UFAs: Simon Gysbers, Jussi Rynnas, Greg Scott.
UFAs: Tyler Brenner, Mark Owuya.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS
Group 2 FAs: Kellan Lain, Anton Rodin, Bill Sweatt.
Group 3 UFAs: Andrew Alberts, Cam Barker, Manny Malhotra, Jim Vandermeer.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Derek Joslin, Prab Rai, Stefan Schneider.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Group 2 FAs: None.
Group 3 UFAs: Dane Byers, Tom Poti, Ryan Potulny, Dany Sabourin, Wojtek Wolski.
Group 6 UFAs: Mike Carman.
UFAs: Danick Paquette, Mattias Sjogren, Dustin Stevenson.
WINNIPEG JETS
Group 2 FAs: Alexander Burmistrov, Tomas Kubalik, Arturs Kulda.
Group 3 UFAs: Mark Dekanich, Brett Festerling, Aaron Gagnon, Jason Jaffray, Derek Meech, Antti Miettinen, Kyle Wellwood.
Group 6 UFAs: Ben Maxwell.
UFAs: Christopher Carrozzi, Jason Gregoire, Maxime Macenauer, Will O'Neill.
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FREE AGENTS SUBJECT TO COMPENSATION AND RIGHT TO MATCH - GROUP 2
These 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:
OFFER COMPENSATION
$1,110,249 or below None
Over $1,110,249 to $1,682,194 3rd-round choice
Over $1,682,194 to $3,364,391 2nd-round choice
Over $3,364,391 to $5,046,585 1st-round and 3rd-round choice
Over $5,046,585 to $6,728,781 1st-round, 2nd-round and 3rd-round choice
Over $6,728,781 to $8,410,976 Two 1st-round choices, one 2nd- and one 3rd-round choice
Over $8,410,976 Four first-round choices
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS - GROUP 3
These players have qualified for Group 3 Free Agency (age 27 or older or with at least seven Accrued Seasons) and are Unrestricted Free Agents.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS - GROUP 6
These players qualify for unrestricted free agency, having met the requirements for Group 6 free agency. This group is defined as players whose contracts have expired, are age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and (i) in the case of a player other than a goaltender, have played less than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, have played less than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff). Please note that these amounts are subject to pro-rating due to the 48-game season in 2012-13.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
These players were not tendered a qualifying offer and are therefore Unrestricted Free Agents not subject to a right to match or draft choice compensation.
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