2008 NHL Free Agent List

Below is a complete list of players, who, effective July 1, became free agents. 

Names will be removed from this list as the players sign with their respective Clubs. OFFICIAL FREE AGENT SIGNINGS

Some players whose names appear on this list may recently have signed with their respective Clubs; however, their contracts had not yet been filed with the League prior to publishing.


FREE AGENT CLASSIFICATIONS

GROUP 2 - SUBJECT TO COMPENSATION AND RIGHT TO MATCH

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

$863,156 or below                        None
Over $863,156 to $1,307,812       Third-round choice
Over $1,307,812 to $2,615,625    Second-round choice
Over $2,615,625 to $3,923,437    First-round and third-round choice
Over $3,923,437 to $5,231,249    First-round, second-round and third-round choice
Over $5,231,249 to $6,539,062    Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice
Over $6,539,062                           Four first-round choices

GROUP 3 - UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

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.

GROUP 6 - UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

These players, whose contracts have expired, are age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and (i) in the case of a player other than a goaltender, have played less than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, have played less than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff).

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

These were not tendered a qualifying offer and are therefore Unrestricted Free Agents not subject to a right to match or draft choice compensation.


ANAHEIM DUCKS

Group 2 FAs: Stephen Dixon, Jason King, Joakim Lindstrom, Drew Miller, Geoff Platt.
Group 3 UFAs: Jean-Sebastien Aubin, Joe DiPenta, Tony Martensson, Mark Mowers, Geoff Peters, Teemu Selanne, Bruno St. Jacques.
Group 6 UFAs: Darryl Bootland.
UFAs: Gerald Coleman, Shane Hynes.

ATLANTA THRASHERS

Group 2 FAs: None.
Group 3 UFAs: Milan Bartovic, Kevin Doell, Joel Kwiatkowski, Steve McCarthy, Karel Pilar, Steve Rucchin.
Group 6 UFAs: Mark Popovic, Jesse Schultz.
UFAs: Guillaume Desbiens.

BOSTON BRUINS

Group 2 FAs: Johnny Boychuk.
Group 3 UFAs: Bobby Allen, Zdenek Kutlak, Jordan Sigalet, Alex Zhamnov, Sergei Zinovjev.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Mike Brown, Stanislav Chistov, Chris Collins, Glen Murray, Nathan Saunders, T.J. Trevelyan.

BUFFALO SABRES

Group 2 FAs: None.
Group 3 UFAs: Nolan Pratt, Michael Ryan, Jocelyn Thibault.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: None.

CALGARY FLAMES

Group 2 FAs: Tomi Maki, Brandon Prust, David Van Der Gulik.
Group 3 UFAs: Mark Smith, Stephane Yelle.
Group 6 UFAs: Brent Krahn.
UFAs: Derek Couture.

CAROLINA HURRICANES

Group 2 FAs: Brandon Nolan
Group 3 UFAs: John Grahame, Bret Hedican, Trevor Letowski, Glen Wesley.
Group 6 UFAs: Joey Mormina.
UFAs: Kevin Nastiuk.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS

Group 2 FAs: Danny Richmond.
Group 3 UFAs: Kevyn Adams, Wade Flaherty, Yanic Perreault, Prestin Ryan, Andrei Zyuzin.
Group 6 UFAs: Mike Brodeur.
UFAs: Steve Marr.

COLORADO AVALANCHE

Group 2 FAs: Michael Wall.
Group 3 UFAs: Peter Forsberg, Riku Hahl, Eric Healey, Jaroslav Hlinka, Jeff Jillson, Vitaliy Kolesnik, Sanny Lindstrom, Dale Purinton, Joe Sakic.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Dan DaSilva, Mitch Love.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS

Group 2 FAs: None.
Group 3 UFAs: Nate DiCasmirro, Andrej Nedorost, Martin Paroulek, Mark Rycroft, Dan Smith, Dick Tarnstrom, David Vyborny.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Mikko Maenpaa, Tomas Popperle.

DALLAS STARS

Group 2 FAs: Vojtech Polak, Konstantin Pushkarev, Francis Wathier.
Group 3 UFAs: Stu Barnes, Trevor Byrne, Johan Holmqvist, Mattias Norstrom.
Group 6 UFAs: Bryce Lampman.
UFAs: Marius Holtet, Jussi Timonen, Janos Vas.

DETROIT RED WINGS

Group 2 FAs: Kyle Quincey.
Group 3 UFAs: Adam Berkhoel, Chris Chelios, Dallas Drake, Brad Ference, Mark Hartigan, Dominik Hasek, Stefan Liv, Darren McCarty, Garrett Stafford.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Igor Grigorenko, Logan Koopmans, Francis Lemieux.

EDMONTON OILERS

Group 2 FAs: Jean-Francois Jacques, Marc-Antoine Pouliot.
Group 3 UFAs: Kristian Antila, Allan Rourke, Geoff Sanderson.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Jonas Almtorp, Glenn Fisher, Fredrik Johansson.

FLORIDA PANTHERS

Group 2 FAs: Martin Lojek, Stefan Meyer, Anthony Stewart.
Group 3 UFAs: Christian Berglund, Jassen Cullimore, Magnus Johansson, Branislav Mezei, Denis Shvidki.
Group 6 UFAs: Rob Globke.
UFAs: Adam Taylor, Martin Tuma.

LOS ANGELES KINGS

Group 2 FAs: Patrick O'Sullivan, Brad Richardson, Jarret Stoll.
Group 3 UFAs: Kevin Dallman, Jeff Giuliano, Jon Klemm, Ladislav Nagy, Scott Thornton, Tomas Zizka.
Group 6 UFAs: None
UFAs: Petr Kanko, Dany Roussin.

MINNESOTA WILD

Group 2 FAs: None
Group 3 UFAs: Keith Carney, Sean Hill, Andre Lakos, Petteri Nummelin, Serge Payer, Branko Radivojevic, Chris Simon, Wes Walz.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Miroslav Kopriva.

MONTREAL CANADIENS

Group 2 FAs: Marvin Degon, Janne Lahti.
Group 3 UFAs: Mathieu Biron, Patrice Brisebois, Brett Engelhardt, Bryan Smolinski, Marc-Andre Thinel, Rene Vydareny.
Group 6 UFAs: Andrew Archer, Jean-Philippe Cote, Jonathan Ferland, Duncan Milroy.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS

Group 2 FAs: Matt Ellison
Group 3 UFAs: Martin Gelinas, Jan Hlavac, Petr Hubacek, Josh Langfeld, Andrei Mukhachev, Konstantin Panov, Kirill Safronov, Shane Willis, Nolan Yonkman.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Dov Grumet-Morris, Oliver Setzinger.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS

Group 2 FAs: Olli Malmivaara, Rod Pelley.
Group 3 UFAs: Sergei Brylin, Noah Clarke, Frank Doyle, Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, Grant Marshall, Richard Matvichuk, Ian Moran, Justin Papineau, Ilkka Pikkarainen, Karel Rachunek, Erik Rasmussen, Jari Viuhkola.
Group 6 UFAs: Jason Ryznar.
UFAs: Jordan Parise.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

Group 3 UFAs: Bryan Berard, Kip Brennan, Wade Dubielewicz, Mike Morrison, Josef Vasicek.
Group 6 UFAs: Matt Keith.
UFAs: Luciano Aquino, Aaron Johnson, Masi Marjamaki, Michael Mole, Matthew Spiller.

NEW YORK RANGERS

Group 2 FAs: Ivan Baranka, Matt Zaba.
Group 3 UFAs: Andrew Hutchinson, Darius Kasparaitis, Marek Malik, Brendan Shanahan, Martin Straka.
Group 6 UFAs: Pierre Parenteau.
UFAs: Bruce Graham, Chris Holt, Rick Kozak, David Liffiton.

OTTAWA SENATORS

Group 2 FAs: Josh Hennessy, Andrej Meszaros.
Group 3 UFAs: Niko Dimitrakos, Martin Lapointe, Justin Mapletoft, Luke Richardson, Randy Robitaille, Oleg Saprykin, Julien Vauclair.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Arttu Luttinen.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

Group 2 FAs: Nathan Guenin, Stefan Ruzicka.
Group 3 UFAs: Jesse Boulerice, Tomas Divisek, Jim Dowd, Martin Grenier, Jaroslav Modry, Keith Primeau, Tony Voce.
Group 6 UFAs: Darren Reid.
UFAs: Rejean Beauchemin, Martin Houle, Lars Jonsson, Scott Munroe.

PHOENIX COYOTES

Group 2 FAs: None.
Group 3 UFAs: David Aebischer, Pavel Brendl, Ryan Caldwell, Bryan Helmer, Niko Kapanen, Sheldon Keefe, Matt Murley, Travis Roche, Mathias Tjarnqvist.
Group 6 UFAs: Joey Tenute.
UFAs: Marcel Hossa, Tyler Redenbach, Cory Urquhart.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Group 2 FAs: Mark Ardelan, Tim Brent, Daniel Fernholm.
Group 3 UFAs: David Gove, Milan Kraft, Ross Lupaschuk, Alain Nasreddine, Michal Sivek.
Group 6 UFAs: Connor James.
UFAs: None.

ST. LOUIS BLUES

Group 2 FAs: Hannu Toivonen.
Group 3 UFAs: Alex Brooks, Petr Cajanek, Micki Dupont, Mike Johnson, Juuso Riksman, Martin Rucinsky, Jean-Guy Trudel, Igor Valeev.
UFAs:  Francois-Pierre Guenette, Martin Kariya.

SAN JOSE SHARKS

Group 2 FAs: None.
Group 3 UFAs: Curtis Brown, Justin Forrest, Graham Mink, Brad Norton, Sandis Ozolinsh, Alexei Semenov.
Group 6 UFAs: Dimitri Patzold, Tomas Plihal, Craig Valette.
UFAs: Dan Spang, Jonathan Tremblay.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

Group 2 FAs: Justin Fletcher, Jay Rosehill.
Group 3 UFAs: Doug Janik, Andreas Karlsson, Norman Milley, Jimmie Olvestad, David Schneider, Tim Taylor, Kyle Wanvig.
Group 6 UFAs: Karl Stewart.
UFAs: Jonathan Boutin, Mike Egener, Zbynek Hrdel, Marek Kvapil, Ryan Munce, Mario Scalzo Jr.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

Group 2 FAs: Chris Harrington.
Group 3 UFAs: Scott Clemmensen, Roman Kukumberg, David Ling, John Pohl, Mats Sundin.
Group 6 UFAs: Jay Harrison.
UFAs: Reid Cashman.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS

Group 2 FAs: Colby Genoway.
Group 3 UFAs: Artem Chubarov, Greg Classen, Brad Isbister, Mikko Jokela, Trevor Linden, Aaron Miller, Brad Moran, Byron Ritchie.
Group 6 UFAs: Jozef Balej.
UFAs: Marc-Andre Bernier.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS

Group 2 FAs: None.
Group 3 UFAs: Dean Arsene, Josef Boumedienne, Frederic Cassivi, Jason Morgan, Alexander Riazantsev, Rastislav Stana.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Jameson Hunt, Stephen Werner.