The following players were unrestricted free agents as of July 1, 2003. Those who have signed with a new team are indicated under their old team, as well as their new team. Those who were UFA’s that re-signed with their original team are not on this list.
ANAHEIM: Out Denny Lambert, (RET) Fredrik Olausson, (SWE), Steve Thomas, (DET), German Titov, (RUS), Adam Oates (EDM), Paul Kariya (COL) Francis Belanger (MNR), Josh Dewolf (MIN), Chris O’Sullivan (RET), Mike Brown (TOR-AHL), Marc Chouinard (MIN), Ben Guite (NYR), Peter Podhradsky (CZE), Kevin Sawyer (RET), Jarrett Smith (UFA), Rob Valicevic (DAL), Brendan Yarema (ATL-AHL) IN : Chris Armstrong (SUI) Vaclav Prospal (TB), Sergei Fedorov (DET), Mike Mottau (CAL), Casey Hankinson (CHI), Craig Johnson (LOS)
ATLANTA: Out Andreas Karlsson, (SUI), Dallas Eakins, (VAN), Tony Hrkac, (NAS), Jeff Odgers, (RET), Damian Rhodes, (III), Benjamin Simon, (NAS), Jean-Pierre Vigier, (VI), Lubos Bartecko (SLO), Mark Hartigan (CBJ) Jeff Farkas (RET) IN : Brian Swanson (EDM), Randy Robitaille (NYI), Eric Healey (LOS), Bill Lindsay (MON), Greg Hawgood (DAL-minor league deal), Shawn Heins (PIT), Jason Bonsignore* (PHO), Brendan Yarema (ANA-minor league deal)
BOSTON: Out Bryan Berard (CHI), Jeff Hackett, (PHI) Don Sweeney, (DAL) Lee Goren, (FLA) Chris Kelleher, (VI), Darren Van Oene (VI), Sean Brown (NJ), Brant Myhres (UFA), Mattias Karlin (UFA), Krzysztof Oliwa (CAL), Marty McInnis (UFA) IN : Ted Donato (NYR), Doug Doull (TOR), Eddy Campbell (DET), Sandy McCarthy (NYR), Felix Potvin (LOS), Jay Leach (PHO), Blake Bellefeuille (CBJ), Daniel Watson (CBJ)
BUFFALO: Out Denis Hamel (OTT), Doug Houda (RET), Francois Methot (WAS), Peter Ratchuk (GER) Radoslav Hecl (SLO) IN : Joel Bouchard (PIT), David Cullen (MIN), Domenic Pittis (NAS)
CALGARY: Out Craig Berube, (PHI-AHL) Darcy Verot (WAS), Scott Nichol (CHI), Blake Sloan (DET-AHL), Levente Szuper (STL) Mike Martin (RUS), Mike Mottau (ANA), Rick Mrozik (VI) Ryan Christie (UFA), Jean-François Damphousse (MON), Dave Huntzicker (UFA), Shaun Sutter (OTT), Jan Vodrazka (MIN), Dwayne Hay (MIN) IN : Matt Davidson (CBJ), Josh Green (WAS), Krzysztof Oliwa (BOS), Jesse Wallin (DET)
CAROLINA: Out Jan Hlavac (NYR), Kaspars Astashenko (LAT), Craig MacDonald (FLO), Shaun Fisher (UFA), Steven Halko (UFA), Brent McDonald (UFA), Ryan Murphy (NJ), Nikos Tselios (PHO), Tommy Westlund (UFA), Mike Watt (RUS), Greg Kuznik (ENG) IN : Joey Tetarenko (OTT), Glen Wesley (TOR), Ryan Vanbuskirk (WAS-minor league deal), Ian Forbes (PHI-minor league deal), Jamie Storr (LOS)
CHICAGO: Out Mike Eastwood, (PIT) Chris Simon (NYR) Louie Debrusk (UFA), Todd Gill (FLO), Bob Probert (RET), Casey Hankinson (ANA), Matt Henderson (GER), Mike Peluso (PHI), Mike Souza (VI), Sami Helenius (FIN), Kent Huskins (FLO) IN : Scott Nichol (CAL), Ville Nieminen (PIT), Deron Quint (PHO), Bryan Berard (BOS)
COLORADO: Out Bryan Marchment, (TOR), Brent Thompson, (CHL), Greg deVries, (V), Jeff Shantz, (SUI), Eric Bertrand, (GER), Jeff Paul, (FLO), Dale Clarke (FIN), Bryan Muir (LOS), Jeff Shantz (UFA), K.C. Timmons (UFA), Mike Keane (VAN) IN : Paul Kariya (ANA), Teemu Selanne (SJ), Jim Cummins* (NYI), Colin Forbes* (WAS), Gavin Morgan (DAL-minor league deal)
COLUMBUS: Out Ray Whitney (DET), Blake Bellefeuille (BOS), Mathieu Darche (NAS), Matt Davidson (CAL), Jean-François Labbe (RUS), Jamie Allison (NAS), Radim Bicanek (UFA), Jonathan Schill (UFA), Darren Van Impe (GER), Daniel Watson (BOS) IN : Todd Marchant (EDM), Trevor Letowski (VAN), Mark Hartigan (ATL), Todd Rohloff (WAS), Anders Eriksson (TOR), Jamie Pushor (PIT-Minor League Contract)
DALLAS: Out Ulf Dahlen, (III) Derian Hatcher, (DET) Kirk Muller (RET), Lyle Odelein (FLO), Greg Hawgood (ATL-AHL), David Gosselin (GER), Corey Hirsch (GER), Jim Montgomery (RUS), Gavin Morgan (COL-AHL), Claude Lemieux (UFA) IN : Don Sweeney (BOS), Jarrod Skalde (GER), Rob Valicevic (ANA), Regan Darby (VAN-minor league deal), Tim Verbeek (DET-minor league deal), Darrell Hay (VAN-minor league deal)
DETROIT: Out Luc Robitaille, (LOS) Sergei Fedorov, (ANA) Igor Larionov, (NJ), Bryan Adams, (GER) Patrick Boileau (PIT), Derek King (UFA) Eddy Campbell (BOS), Jesse Wallin (CAL), Tim Verbeek (DAL-AHL), Adam DeLeeuw (UFA) IN : Derian Hatcher (DAL), Jamie Rivers (FLO), Ray Whitney (CBJ), Kevin Miller (SUI), Anders Myrvold (GER), Steve Thomas (ANA), Blake Sloan (CAL-Minor League Contract)
EDMONTON: Out Jiri Dopita, (CZE) Daniel Cleary (PHO), Todd Marchant, (CBJ) Brian Leetch, (NYR), Brian Swanson (ATL) IN : Rocky Thompson (FLO), Steven Valiquette (NYI), Dan Smith (PHO), Jamie Wright (PHI), Kenton Smith* (TB), Dave Roche (NJ-Minor League Contract), Adam Oates (ANA)
FLORIDA: Out Jim Campbell, (RUS), Jamie Rivers, (DET) Igor Kravchuk, (III), Stephane Matteau, (RET), Pierre Dagenais (MON), Andy Lundbohm (VI), Rocky Thompson (EDM), Tyrone Garner (GER), Igor Ulanov (UFA), Pascal Trepanier (TB) IN : Kristian Kudroc (TB), Maxim Birbraer (NJ), Lee Goren (BOS), Travis Scott (LOS), Jeff Paul (COL), Craig MacDonald (CAR), Kent Huskins (CHI), Todd Gill (CHI), Lyle Odelein (DAL), Daryl Andrews* (NJ)
LOS ANGELES: Out Ken Belanger, (UFA), Mikko Eloranta, (FIN), Chris McAlpine, (RET), Craig Johnson, (ANA), Felix Potvin, (BOS), Erik Rasmussen (NJ), Derek Bekar (NYI), Greg Koehler (VI), Brad Norton (VI), Michael Pudlick (WAS), Travis Scott (FLO), Jamie Storr (CAR), Alexei Volkov (UFA), Steve Heinze (UFA), Eric Healey (ATL) IN : Mathieu Chouinard (OTT), Trent Klatt (VAN), Luc Robitaille (DET), Bryan Muir (COL), John Tripp (NYR)
MINNESOTA: Out Cliff Ronning (III), David Cullen (BUF), Dieter Kochan (NYI), Rastislav Pavlikovsky (SWE), Jean-Guy Trudel (SUI), Ladislav Benysek (FIN), Derek Gustafson (UFA), Jay Henderson (UFA), Lubomir Sekeras (RUS), Tony Virta (FIN) IN : Marc Chouinard (ANA), Jason Beckett (NAS), Josh Dewolf* (ANA), Alexandre Daigle (PIT), Matt Zultek* (PHI), Jan Vodrazka (CAL), Dwayne Hay (CAL)
MONTREAL: Out Gino Odjick, (RET) Bill Lindsay (ATL), Mariusz Czerkawski (NYI), Randy McKay (RET), Mathieu Descoteaux (FIN), Eric Landry (SUI), Matt O’Dette (UFA) IN : Jean-François Damphousse (CAL), Pierre Dagenais (FLO),
NASHVILLE: Out Brent Gilchrist, (III), Bill Houlder, (III) Bryan Lundbohm, (VI), Cale Hulse (PHO), Oleg Petrov (SUI), Reid Simpson (PIT), Erik Anderson (ENG), Jason Beckett (MIN), Jere Karalahti (FIN), Cameron Mann (GER), Denis Pederson (GER), Domenic Pittis (BUF), Todd Warriner (FIN), Clarke Wilm (TOR), Vitali Yachmenev (RUS) IN : Benjamin Simon (ATL), Ray Schultz (NYI), Jim McKenzie (NJ), Jamie Allison (CBJ), Mathieu Darche (CBJ), Tony Hrkac (ATL), Brad Tiley (PHI-Minor League Contract)
NEW JERSEY: Out Ken Daneyko, (RET) Jim McKenzie, (NAS) Joe Nieuwendyk, (TOR) Pascal Rheaume, (NYR) Richard Smehlik, (RET) Steve Kariya (VI), Oleg Tverdovsky (RUS), Ken Sutton (GER), Daryl Andrews (FLO), Rob Skrlac (MNR), Jason Lehoux (VAN), Dave Roche (EDM-AHL), Maxim Birbraer (FLA) IN : Eric Rasmussen (LOS), Sean Brown (BOS), Igor Larionov (DET), Ryan Murphy* (CAR)
NEW YORK ISLANDERS: Out Kevin Haller, (III) Steve Webb (PIT), Randy Robitaille (ATL), Konstantin Kalmikov (VI), Ray Schultz (NAS), Steven Valiquette (EDM), Marco Charpentier (UFA), David St. Germain (NYR), Jim Cummins (COL) IN : Ryan Kraft (SAN), Mariusz Czerkawski (MON), Dieter Kochan (MIN), Derek Bekar (LOS)
NEW YORK RANGERS: Out Billy Tibbetts, (ECHL) Ted Donato, (BOS) Dave Karpa, (PIT-AHL) Sandy McCarthy, (BOS) Dixon Ward (SUI) Sylvain Levebvre (III), Vladimir Chebaturkin (RUS), John Tripp (LOS), Mike Wilson (PHO) IN : Greg deVries (COL), Chris Simon (CHI), Paul Healey (TOR), Brian Leetch (EDM), John Jakopin (SJ), Jan Hlavac (CAR), Martin Rucinsky (STL), Mark Messier (SAN), David St. Germain* (NYI), Ben Guite* (ANA), Pascal Rheaume (NJ)
OTTAWA: Out Magnus Arvedson, (VAN) Rob Ray (III), Jeff Ulmer, (VI) Bob Wren (GER), Dean Melanson (VI), Joey Tetarenko (CAR), Mathieu Chouinard (LOS), Toni Dahlman (FIN) IN : Denis Hamel (BUF), Daniel Corso (STL), Shaun Sutter* (CAL)
PHILADELPHIA: Out Joe Sacco, (III), Ryan Bast (VI), Dan Peters (VI), Brad Tiley (EDM-AHL), Ian Forbes (CAR-AHL), Mark Greig (GER), David Harlock (UFA), Mike Lephart (UFA), Jamie Wright (EDM), Matt Zultek (MIN) IN : Jeff Hackett (BOS), Boyd Kane (TAM), Mike Peluso (CHI), Mike Murphy (WAS), Craig Berube (Minor League Contract)
PHOENIX: Out Drake Berehowsky (PIT), Scott Pellerin, (STL-AHL), Paul Ranheim (III), Kelly Buchberger (PIT), Jason Bonsignore (ATL), Peter Fabus (CZE), Brent Gauvreau (UFA), Sergei Kuznetsov (UFA), Ryan Lauzon (UFA), Jay Leach (BOS), Deron Quint (CHI), Brad Ralph (UFA), Colin Zulianello (UFA), Dan Smith (EDM) IN : Cale Hulse (NAS), Daniel Cleary (EDM), Chris Ferraro (WAS), Peter Ferraro (WAS), Nikos Tselios (CAR), Mike Wilson (NYR)
PITTSBURGH: Out Kent Manderville, (III) Jamie Pushor, (CBJ-AHL) Brendan Buckley, (VI) Jason MacDonald (VI), Ville Nieminen (CHI), Joel Bouchard (BUF), Mattias Johansson (SWE), Hans Jonsson (SWE), Alexandre Daigle (MIN), Robbie Tallas (FIN), Shawn Heins (ATL) IN : Mike Eastwood (CHI), Kelly Buchberger (PHO), Martin Brochu (VAN), Patrick Boileau (DET), Reid Simpson (NAS), Drake Berehowsky (PHO), Steve Webb (NYI), Dave Karpa (NYR-Minor League Contract)
ST.LOUIS: Out Rich Pilon, (III) Shjon Podein, (SWE) Martin Rucinsky (NYR), Steve Dubinsky (III), Daniel Corso (OTT), Robert Davis (UFA), Jason Dawe (FIN), Daniel Tkachuk (FIN) IN : Murray Baron (VAN), Levente Szuper (CAL), Scott Pellerin (PHO-Minor League Contract)
SAN JOSE: Out Adam Graves, (III) Teemu Selanne (COL), Mark Messier (NYR), Ryan Kraft (NYI), Jeff Nelson (UHL), Scott Thomas (VI), John Jakopin (NYR), Marc Kielkucki (UFA), Eric Laplante (UFA), Craig Mischler (UFA) IN :
TAMPA BAY: Out Vaclav Prospal (ANA), Stanislav Neckar (UFA), Kristian Kudroc (FLA), Matt Elich (UFA), Kenton Smith (EDM), Harlon Pratt (UFA) Corey Foster (MNR), Boyd Kane (PHI), Ryan Tobler (VI) IN : Pascal Trepanier (FLO)
TORONTO: Out Doug Doull, (BOS) Anders Eriksson, (CBJ) Jonas Hoglund, (SWE) Jyrki Lumme, (UFA) Morgan Warren, (UFA) Shayne Corson, (III) Doug Gilmour, (RET) Phil Housley, (III) Glen Wesley, (CAR) Craig Mills (RET), Ryan Bonni (UFA), Dmitri Yakushin (UFA), Paul Healey (NYR), Petr Svoboda (UFA) IN : Bryan Marchment (COL), Joe Nieuwendyk (NJ), Ken Klee (WAS), Mike Brown (ANA-Minor League Deal), Clarke Wilm (NAS)
VANCOUVER: Out Martin Brochu (PIT) Trevor Letowski (CBJ), Murray Baron, (STL) Trent Klatt, (LOS), Herbert Vasiljevs (RUS), John Craighead (ENG), Regan Darby (DAL-AHL), Darrell Hay (DAL-AHL), Chris Herperger (GER), Denis Martynyuk (RUS) IN : Dallas Eakins (ATL), Jiri Slegr (CZE), Magnus Arvedson (OTT), Mike Keane (COL), Jason Lehoux (NJ)
WASHINGTON: Out Sergei Berezin, (III) Calle Johansson, (RET) Ken Klee, (TOR) Chris Ferarro, (PHO) Peter Ferraro, (PHO) Dmitry Yushkevich (RUS), Colin Forbes (COL), Mark Murphy (PHI), Todd Rohloff (CBJ), Krystofer Barch (UFA), Nathan Forster (UFA), Josh Green (CAL), Ryan Vanbuskirk (CAR-AHL) IN : Andrej Podkonicky (RUS), John Gruden (GER), François Methot (BUF), Darcy Verot (CAL), Michael Pudlick* (LOS)
For unrestricted free agents signing overseas, their new country is indicated by a 3-letter initial. The following are country (and other) initials:
RUS-Russia, SWE-Sweden, FIN-Finland, SUI-Switzerland, GER-Germany, ENG-England, CZE-Czech Republic, SLO-Slovakia, LAT-Latvia, RET-retired, CHL-Central Hockey League, UHL-United Hockey League, AHL-American Hockey League (means minor league deal), MNR-minor league, *-Tryout contract, ECHL-East Coast Hockey League