Free Agent Signings
The following are free agent (or pending free agent) signings. I’ll update as free agents are signed. Newest free agent signings will be at the top.
| Player | Team | Yrs | Cap Hit | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexei Kovalev | Ottawa | 2 | 5.0M | Expensive for a streaky 36 year old who most years ends up with ~65 points. |
| Francois Beauchemin | Toronto | 3 | 3.8M | Decent price for a solid defenseman. Leafs likely to trade a defenseman now. | Shane O’Brien | Vancouver | 1 | 1.6M | Needed to keep O’Brien after Ohlund left for Tampa. |
| Andrew Raycroft | Vancouver | 1 | 500K | Dot he Canucks now have the best goalie and the worst goalie in NHL? |
| Christopher Higgins | NY Rangers | ? | ? | Had a break out season last year but can he repeat or improve? |
| Shane Hnidy | Minnesota | 1 | ? | Useful depth defenseman. |
| Ryan Clowe | San Jose | 4 | 3.5M | Had a break out season last year but can he repeat or improve? |
| Ruslan Fedotenko | Pittsburgh | 1 | 1.8M | Surprised he went with just a one year deal. |
| Mikael Samuelsson | Vancouver | 3 | 2.5M | Will provide the Canucks with some decent secondary offense and all-round play. |
| Chad LaRose | Carolina | 2 | 1.7M | Good solid 3rd line guy who may still improve some. |
| Jordan Leopold | Florida | 1 | 1.75M | He is no Bouwmeester but will fill the hole on defense at a relatively low cost. |
| Rob Scuderi | Los Angeles | 4 | 3.4M | The Kings are putting together a pretty solid defense, just need a good goalie. |
| Karlis Skrastins | Dallas | 2 | 1.375M | |
| Adrian Aucoin | Phoenix | 1 | 2.25M | Aucoin’s best days are behind him but still useful. |
| Nik Antropov | Atlanta | 4 | 4.0M | This and the Kubina trade are to show Kovalchuk they are committed to winning to get him to sign an extension. |
| Mark Recchi | Boston | 1 | 1.0M | Good veteren leadership and he’ll chip in a few goals too. |
| Chris Thorburn | Atlanta | ? | ? | |
| Martin Havlat | Minnesota | 6 | 5.0M | Havlat has the talent and if he stays healthy $5 million is a reasonable cap hit. |
| Jason LaBarbera | Phoenix | 2 | ? | An average at best backup goalie |
| Fredrik Sjostrom | Calgary | 2 | 750K | Flames need some cheap players to fill out their roster and Sjostrom achieves that. |
| John Madden | Chicago | 1 | 2.75M | Good defensive center that Blackhawks hope can help them go deep in the playoffs. |
| Marian Gaborik | NY Rangers | 5 | 7.5M | If he is healthy, might not be a bad deal but he has only once played more than 65 games since 2002-03. |
| Brian Gionta | Montreal | 5 | 5.0M | Gotta love how Montreal is adding size to their lineup. |
| Chris Neil | Ottawa | 4 | 2.0M | That’s a lot of money for a 3rd liner with 9g and 30 points over the past 2 seasons. |
| Mathieu Garon | Columbus | 2 | 1.2M | Nice experienced backup for Steve Mason. |
| Jason Strudwick | Edmonton | 1 | 700K | |
| Samuel Pahlsson | Columbus | 3 | 2.65M | Nice player, but way too much money. |
| Steve Sullivan | Boston | 2 | 3.75M | If he stays healthy he’ll put up 60+ points. |
| Steve Begin | Boston | 1 | 850K | Nice 3rd/4th line center |
| Greg Zanon | Minnesota | 3 | 1.66M | |
| Vernon Fiddler | Phoenix | 2 | 1.1M | |
| Mike Komisarek | Toronto | 5 | 4.5M | He and Schenn make for two solid physical defensive defensemen. |
| Byron Bitz | Boston | ? | ? | |
| Michael Cammalleri | Montreal | 5 | 6.0M | Pricey but he’ll add some needed scoring punch |
| Kent Huskins | San Jose | 2 | 1.7M | Nice 5/6 defenseman with Stanley Cup experience. |
| David Koci | Colorado | 1 | 575K | |
| Ian Laperierre | Philadelphia | 3 | 1.17M | Adds some toughness and grit. |
| Mike Rupp | Pittsburgh | 2 | 825K | Useful role player. |
| Hal Gill | Montreal | 2 | 2.25M | I like Hal Gill though many do not. Not a bad signing. |
| Scott Clemmensen | Florida | 3 | 1.2M | Good replacement for Craig Anderson at a decent price. |
| Adam Pardy | Calgary | ? | ? | |
| Nikolai Khabibulin | Edmonton | 4 | 3.75M | Oilers had to do something after being unable to re-sign Roloson. |
| Erik Cole | Carolina | 2 | 2.9M | Cole should be a Hurricane |
| Jaroslav Spacek | Montreal | 3 | 3.83M | I like Spacek as a #4 defenseman at this point in his career but not at that salary |
| Brian Boucher | Philadelphia | 2 | 925K | Boucher and Emery = NHL backup and KHL starter. Can Pronger play goal? |
| Joel Ward | Nashville | 2 | 1.5M | Seems like a lot but then I haven’t seen Ward play a whole lot. |
| Aaron Rome | Vancouver | 1 | $525K | Yawn… |
| Lukas Krajicek | Tampa | 1 | ? | |
| Scott Niedermayer | Anaheim | 1 | 6.0M | Plus bonuses. Good signing considering Pronger trade. |
| Mike Knuble | Washington | 2 | 2.8M | Nice addition of a more physical second line player. |
| Donald Brashear | NY Rangers | 2 | 1.4M | Colton Orr replacement. |
| Steve Montador | Buffalo | 2 | 1.5M | Solid all-round defenseman for 3rd pairing. |
| Tomas Kopecky | Chicago | 2 | 1.2M | |
| Dwayne Roloson | NY Islanders | 2 | 2.5M | What does this say about DiPietro’s health? |
| Ty Conklin | St. Louis | 2 | 1.3M | Good backup for Mason |
| Matt Walker | Tampa Bay | 4 | 1.7M | Is Tampa once again going by the lets sign a bunch of players and hope someone pans out theory? |
| Marian Hossa | Chicago | 12 | 5.2M | Two Stanley Cup appearances, 13 games and 3 goals (and maybe not coincidentally no ring). |
| Craig Anderson | Colorado | 2 | 1.8M | He is better than Raycroft but can he repeat last years good season. |
| David Booth | Florida | 6 | 4.25M | Good signing so long as he doesn’t pull a Nathan Horton and take a step back after signing long term. |
| Andy Greene | New Jersey | 2 | 737.5K | Useful depth defenseman |
| Colton Orr | Toronto | 4 | 1.0M | Some toughness that Burke desperately wanted. |
| Radek Dvorak | Florida | 2 | 1.7M | Re-signed at a reasonable price. |
| Mattias Ohlund | Tampa | 7 | 3.75M | A Swedish mentor for Hedman. |
| Daniel Sedin | Vancouver | 5 | 6.1M | Probably never seriously considered leaving Vancouver. |
| Henrik Sedin | Vancouver | 5 | 6.1M | |
| Erik Christensen | Anaheim | 1 | ? | |
| Jay Bouwmeester | Calgary | 5 | 6.68M | Better hope he learns how to win because he didn’t in Florida. |
| Jere Lehtinen | Dallas | 1 | 1.5M | If healthy, very good deal for Stars |
| Johnny Oduya | New Jersey | 3 | 3.5M | Good signing, reasonable price |
| Peter Budaj | Colorado | 1 | 1.25M | Still in market for goalie help |
| Rob Blake | San Jose | 1 | 3.5M | Affordable after good season |
| Bill Guerin | Pittsburgh | 1 | 2.0M | Quality veteren at very good price |
| Brad Winchester | St. Louis | 1 | 800K | |
| Mike Weaver | St. Louis | 1 | 800K | |
| Jussi Jokinen | Carolina | 2 | 1.7M | Rewarded for good playoff. |
| Craig Adams | Pittsburgh | 2 | 550K | |
| Dave Bolland | Chicago | 5 | 3.375M | Needs to continue improving to make contract worthwhile for Blackhawks |
| Cody McLeod | Colorado | 3 | 1.03M | |
| Keith Tkachuk | St. Louis | 1 | 2.15M | Will provide size and mentor kids again. |
| Petr Prucha | Phoenix | 2 | 1.1M | |
| Steve Reinprect | Florida | 3 | 2.05M | |
| Alex Goligoski | Pittsburgh | 3 | 1.83M | Important signing after Whitney traded |
| Ray Emery | Philadelphia | 1 | 1.5M | Taking a gamble but could work out |
| Marty Reasoner | Atlanta | 2 | 1.15M | |
| Curtis McElhinney | Calgary | 2 | 525K | |
| Anssi Samela | Atlanta | 2 | ? | |
| David Krejci | Boston | 3 | 3.75M | Good to get him locked up. |
| Rick Rypien | Vancouver | 2 | 550K | |
| Jay McLement | St. Louis | 3 | 1.45M | |
| Steve Bernier | Vancouver | 2 | 2.0M |
Comments are closed.
other
David Johnson