| 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. |
| Buyout: The players marked (BO) have been bought out during the compliance buy-out period. |
| Player has re-signed with his old team. |
| Player has signed with a different team. |
| Player has retired. |
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Anaheim Mighty Ducks |
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Ilya Bryzgalov (VI) |
Team option exercised, 1 year
Dallas Stars, 2 years Re-signed, 2 years Dalls Stars, 2 years Ottawa Senators, 1 year |
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Atlanta Thrashers |
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| top | Zdenek Blatny (UFA) Byron Dafoe (III) Paul Flache (UFA) Corey Larose (VI) Bill Lindsay (III) Ivan Majesky (UFA) Shawn McEachern (BO) Kyle Rossiter (VI) Ben Simon (UFA) Chris Tamer (III) Daniel Tjärnqvist (UFA) Yannick Tremblay (UFA) Libor Ustrnul (UFA) |
Washington Capitals Minnesota Wild, 1 year |
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Boston Bruins |
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| top | Carl Corrazini (VI) Sergei Gonchar (III) Travis Green (III) Michal Grosek (UFA) Peter Hamerlik (UFA) Martin Lapointe (III) Patrick Leahy (VI) Robert Liscak (UFA) Dan McGillis (III) Glen Murray (III) Felix Potvin (III) Jiri Slegr (III) P.J. Stock (UFA) Kris Vernarsky (UFA) Rob Zamuner (III) Sergei Zinovjev (VI) |
Pittsburgh Penguins, 5 years Re-signed, 2 years
Chicago Blackhawks, 3 years New Jersey Devils, 2 years Re-signed, 1 year |
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Buffalo Sabres |
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| top | Tom Askey (VI) Jason Botterill (UFA) Eric Boulton (UFA) Brad Brown (UFA) Ryan Jorde (UFA) Norm Milley (VI) James Patrick (III) Todd Rohloff (UFA) Michael Ryan (VI) Miroslav Satan (UFA) Brandon Smith (VI) Alexei Zhitnik (III) |
Atlanta Thrashers, 1 year New York Islanders, 3 years New York Islanders, 4 years |
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Calgary Flames |
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Sebastien Centomo (UFA) |
Florida Panthers, 2 years St. Louis Blues |
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Carolina Hurricanes |
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| top | Craig Adams (UFA) Ryan Bayda (UFA) Daniel Boisclair (UFA) Sean Curry (UFA) Brad DeFauw (VI) Gordie Dwyer (VI) Brad Fast (UFA) Colin Forbes (VI) Jim Henkel (UFA) Ed Hill (UFA) Brett Lysak (UFA) Marty Murray (UFA) Jared Newman (UFA) Allan Rourke (VI) Damian Surma (UFA) Joey Tetarenko (VI) Glen Wesley (III) Rob Zepp (UFA) |
Anaheim Mighty Ducks, 1 year
Re-signed, 1 year New York Islanders Minnesota Wild, 1 year |
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Chicago Blackhawks |
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Ajay Baines (VI) |
Columbus Blue Jackets, 2 years Nashville Predators Phoenix Coyotes, 1 year Dallas Stars, 2 years |
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Colorado Avalanche |
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| top | Chris Bala (VI) Dennis Bonvie (UFA) Travis Brigley (VI) Brett Clark (VI) Jim Cummins (III) Vincent Damphousse (III) Mathieu Darche (VI) Jeff Finger (VI) Adam Foote (III) Peter Forsberg (III) Chris Gratton (BO) Darby Hendrickson (III) Paul Kariya (VI) Sergei Klyazamin (UFA) Steve Moore (VI) Agris Saviels (UFA) Teemu Selänne (III) Phil Sauve (VI) Andre Savage (VI) D.J. Smith (VI) Jeff Ulmer (VI) Peter Worrell (UFA) |
Re-signed Re-signed, 1 year Nashville Predators, 2 years |
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Columbus Blue Jackets |
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| top | Francois Beauchemin (VI) Andrew Cassels (BO) Karl Goehring (VI) Mark Hartigan (VI) Scott Heffernan (UFA) Brian Holzinger (III) Arturs Irbe (III) Ben Knopp (UFA) Zenith Komarniski (VI) Andre Lakos (VI) Scott Lachance (BO) Donald MacLean (VI) Kent McDonnell (VI) Brad Moran (VI) Joe Motzko (UFA) Mike Pandolfo (UFA) Jeff Panzer (VI) Jeremy Reich (VI) Prestin Ryan (UFA) Darrell Scoville (VI) Jaroslav Spacek (III) Brandon Sugdon (VI) Mattias Trattnig (UFA) |
Re-signed Washington Capitals, 1 year EC The Red Bulls Salzburg Detroit Red Wings
Chicago Blackhawks, 1 year |
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Dallas Stars |
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| top | Andy Berenzweig (VI) Valeri Bure (UFA) Rob DiMaio (III) Aaron Downey (UFA) John Erskine (VI) Mike Modano (III) Teppo Numminen (III) David Oliver (III) Mike Sgrori (VI) Blake Sloan (UFA) Don Sweeney (III) Chris Therien (III) Patrick Traverse (III) Ron Tugnutt (III) Pierre Turgeon (BO) Scott Young (III) Sergei Zubov (III) |
Los Angeles Kings, 1 year Tampa Bay Lightning, 2 years St. Louis Blues Re-signed, 1 year Re-signed, 5 years Buffalo Sabres, 1 year Re-signed, 1 year Philadelphia Flyers, 1 year Colorado Avalanche, 2 years |
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Detroit Red Wings |
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Paul Ballantyne (UFA) |
Re-signed, 1 year Montréal Canadiens, 4 years Philadelphia Flyers, 4 years
Calgary Flames, 2 years Re-signed, 2 years Montréal Canadiens Re-signed, 1 year |
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Edmonton Oilers |
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| top | Mike Bishai (UFA) Joe Cullen (UFA) Scott Ferguson (UFA) Sean McAslan (VI) Mike Morrison (VI) Tyler Moss (VI) Rick Mrozik (VI) Dan Smith (VI) Igor Ulanov (III) Jamie Wright (UFA) |
Ottawa Senators, 1 year Minnesota Wild Re-signed, 1 year Re-signed, 1 year |
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Florida Panthers |
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| top | Donald Audette (III) Eric Beaudoin (UFA) Mathieu Biron (BO) Paul Healey (UFA) Burke Henry (VI) Ryan Jardine (VI) Ty Jones (VI) Scott Kelman (UFA) Eric Messier (UFA) Lyle Odelein (III) Josh Olson (UFA) Serge Payer (VI) Mikael Samuelsson (UFA) Travis Scott (VI) Steve Shields (III) Pavel Trnka (UFA) |
Washington Capitals Pittsburgh Penguins, 1 year Re-signed, 1 year |
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Los Angeles Kings |
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| top | Jason Allison (UFA) Scott Barney (UFA) Anson Carter (UFA) Roman Cechmanek (III) Brad Chartrand (UFA) Noah Clarke (VI) Adam Deadmarsh (UFA) Ryan Flinn (VI) Adam Hauser (VI) Jason Holland (UFA) Trent Klatt (III) Tom Kostopoulos (VI) Zigmund Palffy (III) George Parros (VI) Esa Pirnes (UFA) Stephane Quintal (III) Luc Robitaille (III) Joe Rullier (VI) Chris Schmidt (VI) Martin Straka (III) Jozef Stumpel (III) Mike Weaver (VI) |
Toronto Maple Leafs, 1 year Atlanta Thrashers Vancouver Canucks, 1 year Re-signed, 2 years Re-signed, 2 years Re-signed, 1 year
New York Rangers, 1 year |
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Minnesota Wild |
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| top | Jason Beckett (UFA) Christoph Brandner (UFA) Andrew Brunette (III) Marc Cavosie (UFA) Eric Chouinard (UFA) Mark Cullen (UFA) Matt Johnson (BO) Kyle Kettles (UFA) Jordan Krestanovich (UFA) Kirby Law (VI) Bill Muckalt (UFA) Richard Park (UFA) |
Colorado Avalanche, 2 years Philadelphia Flyers Vancouver Canucks, 1 year |
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Montréal Canadiens |
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| top | Patrice Brisbois (III) Benjamin Carpenter (VI) Jim Dowd (III) Benoit Dusablon (UFA) Karl Dykhuis (III) Christian Larrivee (UFA) Alexei Kovalev (III) Gavin Morgan (VI) Yannic Perreault (III) Matt Shasby (UFA) Jason Ward (UFA) |
Colorado Avalanche, 2 years
Chicago Blackhawks, 1 year Re-signed, 4 years New York Rangers |
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Nashville Predators |
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| top | Jamie Allison (UFA) Brad Bombardir (III) Miloslav Durek (VI) Mark Eaton (UFA) Darren Haydar (VI) Tony Hrkac (III) Andrew Hutchinson (VI) Andreas Johansson (III) Greg Johnson (III) Jan Lasak (VI) Andreas Lilja (UFA) Jim McKenzie (III) Rem Murray (III) Vladimir Orszagh (UFA) Wyatt Smith (UFA) Jerred Smithson (VI) Jeremy Yablonski (VI) Jason York (III) Greg Zanon (VI) |
Re-signed
Re-signed Re-signed, 1 year New York Islanders Re-signed |
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New Jersey Devils |
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| top | Bobby Allen (VI) Jiri Bicek (UFA) Alex Brooks (VI) Scott Clemmenson (VI) Brett Clouthier (UFA) Phil Cole (UFA) Jan Hrdina (UFA) Eric Johansson (UFA) Matus Kostur (UFA) Ryan Murphy (VI) Scott Niedermayer (III) Brian Rafalski (III) Pascal Rheaume (III) Ray Schultz (VI) Corey Schwab (III) Rob Skrlac (VI) Scott Stevens (III) |
Columbus Blue Jackets, 1 year Anaheim Mighty Ducks, 4 years |
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New York Islanders |
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| top | Keith Aldridge (III) Adrian Aucoin (III) Derek Bekar (VI) Graham Belak (UFA) Sven Butenschön (UFA) Jim Campbell (III) Kevin Colley (VI) Mariusz Czerkawski (III) Blaine Down (UFA) Roman Hamrlik (III) Barrett Heisten (VI) Dieter Kochan (III) Ryan Kraft (VI) Tommi Pettinen (VI) Jody Robinson (VI) Cliff Ronning (III) Dave Scatchard (V) Richard Seeley (VI) Garth Snow (III) Steve Webb (UFA) |
Chicago Blackhawks, 4 years
Vancouver Canucks Toronto Maple Leafs, 1 year Calgary Flames, 2 years Boston Bruins, 4 years Re-signed, 3 years |
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New York Rangers |
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| top | Dan Blackburn (UFA) Joel Bouchard (UFA) Pavel Bure (III) Mike Dunham (III) Ken Gernander (III) Trevor Gillies (VI) Bobby Holik (BO) Jason Labarbera (VI) Dan Lacouture (UFA) Lucas Lawson (UFA) Eric Lindros (III) Jeff MacMillan (VI) Jason Marshall (III) Chris McAllister (UFA) Sandy McCarthy (III) Mark Messier (III) Boris Mironov (III) Lawrence Nycholat (VI) Richard Scott (VI) Jeff State (VI) Layne Ulmer (UFA) Stephen Valiquette (VI) Kevin Weekes (V) |
Atlanta Thrashers, 1 year
Atlanta Thrashers, 3 years Toronto Maple Leafs, 1 year Anaheim Mighty Ducks Washington Capitals Re-signed, 2 years |
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Ottawa Senators |
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| top | Peter Bondra (III) Jesse Fibger (VI) Denis Hamel (UFA) Dominik Hasek (III) Andy Hedlund (VI) Pat Kavanaugh (VI) Josh Langfeld (UFA) Curtis Leschyshin (III) Brian McGrattan (VI) Grant Potulny (VI) Martin Prusek (UFA) Rob Ray (III) Todd Simpson (III) Charlie Stephens (UFA) Shaun Van Allen (III) |
Atlanta Thrashers, 1 year
Re-signed, 2 years Colorado Avalanche Columbus Blue Jackets Chicago Blackhawks, 1 year |
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Philadelphia Flyers |
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| top | Tony Amonte (BO) Sean Burke (III) Nick Deschenes (UFA) Eric Desjardins (III) Boyd Kane (VI) Claude Lapointe (III) John LeClair (BO) Neil Little (III) Vladimir Malakhov (III) Marcus Ragnarsson (III) Ryan Ready (VI) John Slaney (III) Jeff Smith (UFA) Radovan Somik (UFA) Peter White (UFA) Alexei Zhamnov (III) |
Calgary Flames, 2 years Tampa Bay Lightning, 2 years Pittsburgh Penguins, 2 years New Jersey Devils, 2 years Re-signed Boston Bruins, 3 years |
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Phoenix Coyotes |
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| top | Zac Bierk (VI) Brian Boucher (UFA) Daniel Cleary (UFA) Brad Ference (UFA) Brent Johnson (UFA) Jean-Marc Pellietier (VI) Andrei Nazarov (III) Ivan Novoseltsev (UFA) Brian Savage (BO) Mike Stutzel (UFA) Nikos Tselios (VI) Eric Westrum (VI) |
Re-signed, 1 year
Re-signed, 1 year Philadelphia Flyers, 1 year |
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Pittsburgh Penguins |
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| top | Matt Bradley (UFA) Steven Crampton (UFA) Mike Eastwood (III) Dan Focht (UFA) Chris Kelleher (VI) Mario Lemieux (III) Steve McKenna (UFA) Alain Nasreddine (VI) Darcy Robinson (UFA) Michal Rozsival (UFA) Robert Scuderi (VI) Reid Simpson (III) Landon Wilson (UFA) |
Florida Panthers Re-signed, 1 year New York Rangers |
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St. Louis Blues |
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| top | Murray Baron (III) Aris Brimanis (III) Jon Coleman (VI) Mike Danton (UFA) Pavol Demitra (UFA) Dallas Drake (III) Jeff Finley (III) Alexander Khavanov (III) Christian Laflamme (UFA) Al MacInnis (III) Mike Mottau (VI) Chris Osgood (III) Scott Pellerin (III) Jame Pollock (VI) Andy Roach (III) |
Retired – Alcatraz Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Red Wings, 1 year |
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San Jose Sharks |
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| top | David Cloutier (UFA) Scott Ford (UFA) Aaron Gill (UFA) Doug Murray (VI) Wayne Primeau (V) Mike Rathje (III) Garrett Stafford (VI) |
Re-signed |
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Tampa Bay Lightning |
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| top | Dave Andreychuk (III) Ben Clymer (UFA) Craig Darby (III) Brian Eklund (VI) Nikolai Khabibulin (III) Brad Lukovich (UFA) Stanislav Neckar (UFA) Eric Perrin (VI) Nolan Pratt (V) Andre Roy (V) Darren Rumble (III) Cory Stillman (UFA) Jamie Storr (UFA) Tim Taylor (III) Terry Virtue (III) |
Re-signed, 2 years Washington Capitals
Chicago Blackhawks, 4 years
Re-signed, 2 years Carolina Hurricanes, 3 years Re-signed, 3 years |
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Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Nathan Barrett (UFA) |
Re-signed, 2 years Boston Bruins, 1 year New Jersey Devils, 2 years Florida Panthers, 2 years Florida Panthers, 2 years |
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Vancouver Canucks |
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| top | Jonathan Aitken (UFA) Nolan Baumgartner (VI) Marc Bergevin (III) Tyler Bouck (VI) Wade Brookbank (VI) Joe DiPenta (VI) Wade Flaherty (III) Lee Goren (VI) Kent Huskins (VI) Mike Keane (III) Marek Malik (V) Brad May (III) Markus Näslund (III) Martin Rucinsky (III) Peter Sarno (VI) Tim Smith (UFA) |
Montréal Canadiens, 1 year
Re-signed, 1 year Re-signed New York Rangers, 3 years |
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Washington Capitals |
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| top | Bates Battaglia (UFA) Stephane Beauregard (III) Sebastien Charpentier (VI) Jason Doig (UFA) Justin Eddy (UFA) Jean-Francois Fortin (VI) Jean-Luc Grande-Pierre (UFA) John Gruden (UFA) Chris Hajt (VI) Craig Johnson (III) Matt Libby (VI) Kip Miller (III) Graham Mink (VI) Brad Norton (UFA) Brad Parsons (VI) Jeff Paul (VI) Mike Pudlick (VI) Garrett Stroshein (UFA) Jason Ulmer (VI) Trent Whitfield (UFA) Matt Yeats (UFA) |
Re-signed St. Louis Blues |