On July 1st, many NHL contracts expired. The following players are unrestricted free agents:
Note: Throughout the duration of the NHL Lockout, only overseas, minor league, and prospect deals can be signed. Expect very few signings from players on this list over the coming weeks and months.
Notable minor league signings:
Former Habs goalie Mathieu Garon (LA), signs a minor league deal with the Kings (doesn’t appear on list).
Chris Dyment (PHX), signs a minor league deal with Boston.
Todd Reirden (PHX), signs a minor league deal with Minnesota.
Dany Sabourin (CGY), signs a minor league deal with Pittsburgh.
Mathieu Chouinard (LA), signs a minor league deal with Anaheim.
Seamus Kotyk (SJ), signs a minor league deal with Nashville.
Ryan Barnes (DET), signs a minor league deal with the Wings.
Blake Sloan (DAL), signs a minor league deal with Detroit.
Josh Green (NYR), signs a minor league deal with Vancouver.
Jamie Storr (CAR), signs a minor league deal with Tampa Bay, nullifying a contract previously signed in Russia.
Dean McAmmond (CGY), signs a minor league deal with New Jersey.
Damian Surma (CAR), signs a minor league deal with the Hurricanes.
Dan Focht (PIT), signs a minor league deal with Montreal.
Jamie Rivers (DET), signs a minor league deal with Colorado.
Dan Lacouture (NYR), signs a minor league deal with Boston.
Jean-Sebastian Aubin (PIT), signs a minor league deal with Toronto.
Report: Chris Chelios (DET), to sign a minor league deal with Atlanta if the season is cancelled.
For the complete list of UFA signings, visit the UFA Transaction Archive
Legend:
(blue) Player has re-signed with their old team.
(red) Player has signed elsewhere-new team indicated
(green) Player has signed overseas-country indicated where applicable
(grey) Player has retired
(purple) Player has signed an AHL-only contract.
Chris Armstrong (VI-GER), Keith Aucoin (UFA), Garrett Burnett (VI), Dan Bylsma (III), Brian Gornick (UFA), Casey Hankinson (VI), Jason Krog (UFA-AUS), Mike Mottau (VI-STL), Petr Schastlivy (UFA), Cam Severson (UFA-NSH), Nick Smith (VI)
Zdenek Blatny (UFA), Jim Campbell (UFA-NYI), Frederic Cassivi (VI), Daniel Corso (UFA-GER), Byron Dafoe (III), Joe DiPenta (VI-VAN), Eric Healey (VI-GER), Shawn Heins (UFA-GER), Frantisek Kaberle (UFA-CAR), David Kaczowka (UFA), Bill Lindsay (III), Randy Robitaille (UFA-SUI), Brian Swanson (VI-GER), Chris Tamer (III), Yannick Tremblay (UFA), Mike Weaver (VI-LA)
Rich Brennan (VI-SUI), Eddy Campbell (VI), Carl Corazzini (VI), Andy Delmore (UFA-GER), Ted Donato (III), Doug Doull (VI-PHX), Mike Gellard (UFA), Travis Green (III), Michal Grosek (UFA), Matt Herr (VI-GER), Mike Knuble (III-PHI), Patrick Leahy (UFA), Craig MacDonald (UFA), Dan McGillis (III), Peter Metcalf (UFA), Ian Moran (III), Glen Murray (III), Michael Nylander (III-NYR), Sean O’Donnell (III-PHX), Chris Paradise (UFA), Felix Potvin (III), Brian Rolston (III-MIN), Jiri Slegr (III), Tim Thomas (VI-FIN), Darren Van Oene (VI), Rob Zamuner (III-SUI)
Jason Botterill (UFA), Brian Chapman (VI), David Cullen (VI), Karel Mosovsky (UFA), Rick Mrozik (VI-EDM), James Patrick (III), Domenic Pittis (UFA-SUI), Scott Ricci (UFA), Alexei Zhitnik (III)
Garrett Bembridge (UFA-GER), Petr Buzek (UFA-CZE), Craig Conroy (III-LA), Matt Davidson (VI-GER), Robert Dome (VI-SWE), Dave Lowry (III), Dean McAmmond (III-NJ), Krzysztof Oliwa (III-NJ), Dany Sabourin (UFA-PIT), Chris Simon (III), Martin Sonnenberg (VI-PHX), Jesse Wallin (VI), Brad Werenka (III)
Craig Adams (UFA-ITA), Brad Defauw (VI-SWE), Patrick Desrochers (UFA-FLA), Sean Hill (III-FLA), Tomas Kurka (UFA), Brett Lysak (UFA-GER), Randy Petruk (VI), Peter Reynolds (UFA), Jamie Storr (UFA-TB), Damian Surma (UFA), Joey Tetarenko (VI), Kevin Weekes (UFA-NYR), Glen Wesley (III)
Johnathan Aitken (VI-VAN), Theoren Fleury (III), Burke Henry (VI-FLA), Igor Korolev (III-RUS), Brett McLean (VI-COL), Jason Morgan (VI), Steve Passmore (III), Steve Poapst (III), Deron Quint (UFA), Jason Strudwick (UFA-NYR), Yorick Treille (UFA-GER), Matt Underhill (UFA), Ryan Vandenbussche (III-PIT)
Chris Bala (VI), Matthew Barnaby (III-CHI), Chris Gratton (UFA), Travis Brigley (VI), Bob Boughner (III), Jim Cummins (III), Paul Kariya (V), Mikhail Kuleshov (UFA), Steve Moore (VI), Andrei Nikolishin (III-RUS), Tommy Salo (III-SWE), Teemu Selanne (III), D.J. Smith (VI)
Fred Brathwaite (III-RUS), Brendan Buckley (UFA), Anders Eriksson (UFA-CGY), Mark Hartigan (VI), Brian Holzinger (III), Espen Knutsen (UFA-SWE), David Ling (UFA-TOR), Don MacLean (VI-FIN), Tyler Sloan (UFA)
Keith Aldridge (UFA-NYI), Jeff Bateman (UFA), Andy Berenzweig (VI), Valeri Bure (UFA), Shayne Corson (III), Justin Cox (UFA), Aaron Downey (UFA), Brett Draney (UFA), Barrett Heisten (UFA-NYI), Marcus Kristoffersson (VI-SWE), Jeff MacMillan (VI-NYR), Richard Matvichuk (III-NJ), Gavin Morgan (VI-MON), Teppo Numminen (III), David Oliver (III), Lubomir Sekeras (UFA-GER), Michael Sgroi (UFA), Jarrod Skalde (UFA-TB), Blake Sloan (UFA-DET), Chris Therien (III), Ron Tugnutt (III), Rob Valicevic (UFA), Mark Wotton (VI-RUS), Scott Young (III)
Ryan Barnes (UFA), Chris Chelios (III-ATL), Boyd Devereaux (UFA-PHX), Kris Draper (III), Dominik Hasek (III-OTT), Brett Hull (III-PHX), Derek King (III), Marc Lamothe (VI-RUS), Kevin Miller (III), Anders Myrvold (VI), Michel Picard (III), Jamie Rivers (UFA-COL), Mathieu Schneider (III), Brendan Shanahan (III), Steve Thomas (III), Steve Yzerman (III)
Bobby Allen (VI-NJ), Scott Ferguson (UFA), Michael Henrich (UFA), Chad Hinz (VI), Jan Horacek (VI), Petr Nedved (III-PHX), Adam Oates (III)
Daryl Andrews (VI-ENG), Donald Audette (III), Matt Cullen (UFA-CAR), Paul Elliott (UFA), Lee Goren (VI-VAN), Paul Healey (UFA), Kent Huskins (VI-VAN), Kristian Kudroc (UFA), Simon Lajeunesse (UFA), Paul Laus (III), Andreas Lilja (UFA-NSH), Eric Messier (UFA), David Morisset (UFA), Sean O’Connor (UFA), Lyle Odelein (III), Byron Ritchie (UFA-CGY), Mikael Samuelsson (UFA), Steve Shields (III), Pavel Trnka (UFA-CZE)
Jason Allison (UFA), Anson Carter (UFA), Brad Chartrand (UFA), Mathieu Chouinard (UFA-ANA), Adam Deadmarsh (UFA), Milan Hnilicka (III-RUS), Maxim Kuznetsov (UFA-RUS), Ian Laperriere (V-COL), Jaroslav Modry (III-ATL), Zigmund Palffy (III), Stephane Quintal (III), Luc Robitaille (III), Pavel Rosa (VI-RUS), Richard Seeley (VI-NYI), Jerred Smithson (VI-NSH), Jozef Stumpel (III), John Tripp (VI-GER)
Eric Chouinard (UFA), Frederic Cloutier (UFA), Johan Holmqvist (UFA-SWE), Antti Laaksonen (UFA-COL), Kevin Mitchell (UFA), Bill Muckalt (UFA), Travis Roche (VI-ATL), Michael Schutte (UFA), Jason Wiemer (UFA-CGY)
Unrestricted: Andreas Dackell (III-SWE), Jean-Francois Damphousse (UFA), Jim Dowd (III), Gordie Dwyer (UFA-CAR), Eric Fichaud (UFA), Benoit Gratton (VI-SWE), Martti Jarventie (UFA), Joe Juneau (III), Alexei Kovalev (III), Darren Langdon (III-NJ), Jerome Marois (UFA), Yanic Perreault (III), Niklas Sundstrom (UFA), Patrick Traverse (UFA-DAL)
Restricted: Steve Begin, Radek Bonk, Ron Hainsey, Marcel Hossa, Cristobal Huet, Olivier Michaud, Mike Ribeiro, Michael Ryder, Sheldon Souray, Marc-Andre Thinel, Rene Vydareny-GER, Richard Zednik
Jamie Allison (UFA), Brad Bombardir (III), Greg Classen (UFA-FIN), Mathieu Darche (VI-COL), Mike Farrell (VI), Wade Flaherty (III-VAN), Tony Hrkac (III), Andreas Johansson (III), Matt Koalska (UFA-NYI), Jan Lasak (VI), Curtis Murphy (VI-RUS), Rem Murray (III), Robert Schnabel (VI-RUS), Ray Schultz (VI-NJ), Steven Spencer (UFA-NJ), Jeremy Stevenson (UFA), Jason York (III)
Tommy Albelin (III), Maxim Balmochnykh (VI), Sergei Brylin (V), Scott Clemmensen (VI), Greg Crozier (VI), Craig Darby (UFA-TB), Raymond Giroux (VI-MIN), Stephen Guolla (VI-SUI), Chris Hartsburg (UFA), Joe Hulbig (VI), Steve Kariya (VI-FIN), Igor Larionov (III), John Madden (III), Grant Marshall (III), Mike Matteucci (VI), Ryan Murphy (VI), Corey Schwab (III), Turner Stevenson (III-PHI)
Derek Bekar (VI), Eric Cairns (UFA-FLA), Mariusz Czerkawski (III-SWE), Alexander Karpovtsev (III-FLA), Alan Letang (VI-GER), Cail MacLean (UFA), Eric Manlow (VI-DET), Cliff Ronning (III), Brandon Smith (VI), Garth Snow (III-RUS), Steve Webb (UFA)
Bobby Andrews (VI), Joel Bouchard (UFA), Pavel Bure (III), Benoit Dusablon (UFA-MON), Josh Green (UFA-VAN), Jeff Heerema (UFA-VAN), Jan Hlavac (UFA), John Jakopin (UFA-GER), Dan Lacouture (UFA-BOS), Cory Larose (VI-ATL), Eric Lindros (III), Chris McAllister (UFA), Sandy McCarthy (III), Jamie McLennan (III-FLA), Mark Messier (III), Boris Mironov (III), Jeff Paul (VI-WAS), Jamie Pushor (III-CBJ), R.J. Umberger (UFA-PHI)
Andrew Allen (UFA), Peter Bondra (III), Jody Hull (III), Curtis Leschyshyn (III), Serge Payer (VI-FLA), Rob Ray (III), Todd Simpson (III), Petr Smrek (VI-GER), Brad Tapper (VI-GER), Shaun Van Allen (III), Greg Zanon (UFA-NAS)
Steve Gainey (VI), Kirby Law (VI-MIN), Ian MacNeil (VI), Vladimir Malakhov (III), Mark Murphy (VI), Mike Peluso (VI), Mark Recchi (III-PIT), Andre Savage (VI-COL), Peter Vandermeer (VI-DET), Alexei Zhamnov (III)
Frank Banham (UFA-FIN), Goran Bezina (UFA-SUI), Zac Bierk (UFA), Chris Dyment (UFA-BOS), Chris Ferraro (VI-SWE), Peter Ferraro (UFA-SWE), Bryan Helmer (UFA-DET), Tomas Koivisto (UFA-SWE), Ivan Novoseltsev (UFA), Todd Reirden (UFA-MIN), Gary Shuchuk (UFA), Mike Wilson (UFA)
Jean-Sebastien Aubin (UFA-TOR), Patrick Boileau (VI-SUI), Martin Brochu (VI), Kelly Buchberger (III), Dan Focht (UFA-MON), Tom Kostopoulos (VI-LA), Mario Lemieux (III), Pauli Levokari (UFA), Steve McKenna (UFA), Eric Meloche (VI-PHI), Alain Nasreddine (VI), Toby Petersen (UFA-EDM), Jon Sim (UFA-PHX), Reid Simpson (III), Landon Wilson (UFA-FIN)
Murray Baron (III), Marc Brown (VI-GER), Mike Danton (UFA) Pavol Demitra (UFA), Jeff Finley (III), Alexander Khavanov (III) Christian Laflamme (UFA), Al MacInnis (III), Steve Martins (III), Steve McLaren (VI-TB), Scott Mellanby (III-ATL), Jame Pollock (UFA-SUI), Chris Osgood (III), Scott Pellerin (III), Ryan Ready (VI-PHI), Pascal Rheaume (III-NJ), Cody Rudkowsky (VI), Mike Sillinger (III), Terry Virtue (III-TB), Eric Weinrich (III)
Curtis Brown (UFA-CHI), Vincent Damphousse (III-COL), Jon DiSalvitore (UFA-STL), Jesse Fibiger (VI-OTT), Tavis Hansen (VI), Todd Harvey (UFA-EDM), Seamus Kotyk (UFA-NAS), Willie Levesque (UFA), Jason Marshall (III-NYR), Yuri Moscevsky (UFA), Robert Mulick (UFA-ITA), Mike Ricci (III-PHX)
Dave Andreychuk (III), Ben Clymer (UFA), Jassen Cullimore (III-CHI), Dwayne Hay (VI), Sheldon Keefe (UFA-PHX), Evgeny Konstantinov (UFA-RUS), Janne Laukkanen (UFA), Stanislav Neckar (UFA), Darren Rumble (III), Cory Stillman (UFA), Pascal Trepanier (UFA-GER), Jeremy Van Hoof (UFA)
Drake Berehowsky (III), Sebastien Centomo (UFA-CGY), Christian Chartier (UFA), Tom Fitzgerald (III-BOS), Ron Francis (III), Aaron Gavey (UFA), Jamie Hodson (UFA), Josh Holden (VI), Calle Johansson (III), Trevor Kidd (III), Bryan Marchment (III), Mike Minard (VI-VAN), Robert Reichel (III-CZE), Mikael Renberg (III-SWE)
Magnus Arvedson (III), Nolan Baumgartner (VI), Marc Bergevin (III), Sylvain Blouin (UFA), Dallas Eakins (UFA), Johan Hedberg (UFA-SWE), Pat Kavanagh (VI-OTT), Mike Keane (III), Chris Levesque (UFA), Mats Lindgren (UFA), Chris Nielsen (UFA), Jaroslav Obsut (VI-SWE), Sean Pronger (III-GER), Martin Rucinsky (III), Sergei Varlamov (VI-RUS)
Mel Angelstad (VI-ENG), Bates Battaglia (UFA), Rick Berry (UFA-PHX), Josef Boumedienne (VI), Sebastien Charpentier (VI), Ivan Ciernik (UFA), Colin Forbes (UFA-CAR), Jean-Francois Fortin (VI), Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (UFA), John Gruden (UFA), Chris Hajt (VI), Craig Johnson (III-GER), Joel Kwiatkowski (UFA-FLA), Francois Methot (VI-GER), Kip Miller (III), Brad Norton (UFA), Andrei Podkonicky (VI-CZE), Todd Rohloff (VI), Roman Tvrdon (UFA-ENG), Darcy Verot (VI), Trent Whitfield (UFA), Matthew Yeats (UFA)
Definitions of free agency categories:
Group III: The players marked (III) have qualified for Group III Free Agency (age 31 or older with at least four years of NHL experience) and are unrestricted Free Agents.
Group V: The players marked (V) have completed 10 pro seasons or more, and in the 2003-2004 season earned less than the league average salary of $1,830,126. These players opted to elect unrestricted free agency prior to July 15th, negating their Group 2 status after they received a qualifying offer.
Group VI: The players marked (VI) qualify for unrestricted free agency, having met the following requirements for free agency. These players, whose contracts have expired, are 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and (i) in the case of a player other than a goaltender have played fewer than 80 NHL games (regular season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender have played fewer than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff).
Unrestricted Free Agents: The players marked (UFA) were not tendered a qualifying offer and are therefore unrestricted free agents not subject to compensation.