Compiled and updated by Cory Brolund
Last Update: February 13, 2005 12:04 pm
Have placed a copy of my idea of a framework that I feel the sides could use to come up with a very good proposal at this link: NHL Proposal
This Update: Craig MacDonald, Calgary from Boston* - Filed for Arbitration
Player 04-05 Team Date ANAHEIM Keith Aucoin, (UFA) Brian Gornick, (UFA) Jason Krog, (UFA) Villach, AUS August 26, 04 Petr Schastlivy, (UFA) Cam Severson, (UFA) Nashville July 22, 04 Dan Bylsma, (III) Retired July 5, 04 Keith Carney, (III) Anaheim May 12, 04 Chris Armstrong, (VI) Ingolstadt, GER April 2, 04 Garrett Burnett, (VI) Anaheim July 9, 04 Casey Hankinson, (VI) Mike Mottau, (VI) St. Louis October 7, 04 Nick Smith, (VI) Ilya Bryzgalov, (II) Anaheim July 8, 04 Kurtis Foster, (II) Anaheim August 4, 04 Mikael Holmqvist, (II) Anaheim July 16, 04 Tony Martensson, (II) Linkoping, SWE May 17, 04 Andy McDonald, (II) Anaheim June 28, 04 Rob Niedermayer, (II) Anaheim July 31, 04 Ruslan Salei, (II) Anaheim August 9, 04 Vitali Vishnevski, (II) Anaheim July 12, 04 ATLANTA Zdenek Blatny, (UFA) Jim Campbell, (UFA) NY Islanders August 11, 04 Dan Corso, (UFA) Kassel, GER August 8, 04 Shawn Heins, (UFA) Berlin, GER July 16, 04 Frantisek Kaberle, (UFA) Carolina July 15, 04 David Kaczowka, (UFA) Randy Robitaille, (UFA) ZSC, SWI April 27, 04 Yannick Tremblay, (UFA) Byron Dafoe, (III) Bill Lindsay, (III) Chris Tamer, (III) Frederic Cassivi, (VI) Joe DiPenta, (VI) Vancouver August 19, 04 Eric Healey, (VI) Mannheim, GER July 10, 04 Brian Swanson, (VI) Kassel, GER April 20, 04 Mike Weaver, (VI) Los Angeles July 16, 04 Serge Aubin, (II) Atlanta June 30, 04 Kip Brennan, (II) Atlanta September 1 Garnett Exelby, (II) Atlanta August 5, 04 Dany Heatley, (II) Tomas Kloucek, (II) Atlanta August 2, 04 Ilya Kovalchuk, (II) Brad Larsen, (II) Atlanta June 30, 04 Francis Lessard, (II) Atlanta July 15, 04 Derek MacKenzie, (II) Atlanta August 2, 04 Brian Maloney, (II) Atlanta August 2, 04 Ronald Petrovicky, (II) Atlanta August 4, 04 Kyle Rossiter, (II) Atlanta August 2, 04 Tommi Santala, (II) Atlanta July 15, 04 Marc Savard, (II) Atlanta August 2, 04 Ben Simon, (II) Atlanta June 30, 04 Luke Sellars, (II) Atlanta August 2, 04 Patrik Stefan, (II) Atlanta July 28, 04 BOSTON Andy Delmore, (UFA) Mannheim, GER July 21, 04 Mike Gellard, (UFA) Michal Grosek, (UFA) Patrick Leahy, (UFA) Providence/Boston October 7, 04 Craig MacDonald, (UFA) Calgary October 8, 04 Peter Metcalf, (UFA) Chris Paradise, (UFA) Rich Brennan, (III) Bern, SWI June 30, 04 Ted Donato, (III) Retired July 1, 04 Travis Green, (III) Mike Knuble, (III) Philadelphia July 3, 04 Dan McGillis, (III) Ian Moran, (III) Boston July 7, 04 Glen Murray, (III) Micheal Nylander, (III) NY Rangers August 10, 04 Sean O'Donnell, (III) Phoenix July 6, 04 Felix Potvin, (III) Brian Rolston, (III) Minnesota July 8, 04 Jiri Slegr, (III) Litvinov, CZE** August 19, 04 Rob Zamuner, (III) Basel, SWI August 23, 04 Eddy Campbell, (VI) Carl Corrazini, (VI) Providence/Boston October 7, 04 Doug Doull, (VI) Phoenix September 3 Matt Herr, (VI) Dusseldorf, GER July 22, 04 Tim Thomas, (VI) Jokerit, FIN May 17, 04 Darren Van Oene, (VI) Hal Gill, (II) Boston July 21, 04 Jonathan Girard, (II) Boston June 30, 04 Sergei Gonchar, (II) Boston August 3, 04 Andy Hilbert, (II) Boston July 29, 04 Ivan Huml, (II) Zdenek Kutlak, (II) Karlovy Vary, CZE May 17, 04 Andrew Raycroft, (II) Sergei Samsonov, (II) Boston July 20, 04 Joe Thornton, (II) Boston August 17, 04 BUFFALO Jason Botterill, (UFA) Karel Mosovsky, (UFA) Dominic Pittis, (UFA) Kloten, SWI April 4, 04 Scott Ricci, (UFA) James Patrick, (III) Alexei Zhitnik, (III) Brian Chapman, (VI) David Cullen, (VI) Rick Mrozik, (VI) Edmonton August 24, 04 Maxim Afinogenov, (II) Buffalo July 30, 04 Milan Bartovic, (II) Buffalo October 7, 04 Martin Biron, (II) Buffalo August 9, 04 Daniel Briere, (II) Buffalo August 13, 04 Brad Brown, (II) Buffalo August 9, 04 Brian Campbell, (II) Buffalo July 27, 04 Tim Connolly, (II) Buffalo July 29, 04 Jean-Pierre Dumont, (II) Buffalo August 9, 04 Rory Fitzpatrick, (II) Buffalo July 31, 04 Mike Grier, (II) Buffalo July 23, 04 Jochen Hecht, (II) Buffalo August 6, 04 Doug Janik, (II) Buffalo October 7, 04 Jeff Jillson, (II) Buffalo July 28, 04 Dmitri Kalinin, (II) Buffalo September 1 Ales Kotalik, (II) Buffalo June 30, 04 Ryan Miller, (II) Buffalo October 7, 04 Norm Milley, (II) Buffalo October 7, 04 Mika Noronen, (II) Buffalo July 31, 04 Andrew Peters, (II) Bodens, SWE August 19, 04 Taylor Pyatt, (II) Buffalo July 28, 04 Henrik Tallinder, (II) Buffalo July 28, 04 CALGARY Garett Bembridge, (UFA) Crimmitschau, GER July 8, 04 Petr Buzek, (UFA) Salzburg, AUS May 9, 04 Dany Sabourin, (UFA) Craig Conroy, (III) Los Angeles July 6, 04 Dave Lowry, (III) Dean McAmmond, (III) New Jersey October 7, 04 Krzysztof Oliwa, (III) New Jersey July 15, 04 Chris Simon, (III) Calgary July 2, 04 Brad Werenka, (III) Retired December 5, 03 Matt Davidson, (VI) Dusseldorf, GER March 28, 04 Robert Dome, (VI) Sodertalje, SWE May 5, 04 Martin Sonnenberg, (VI) Phoenix September 3 Jesse Wallin, (VI) Mike Commodore, (II) Calgary July 25, 04 Denis Gauthier, (II) Calgary* August 3, 04 Jarome Iginla, (II) Miikka Kiprusoff, (II) Calgary August 23, 04 Jordan Leopold, (II) Calgary August 19, 04 Lynn Loyns, (II) Calgary October 7, 04 Marcus Nilson, (II) Calgary July 20, 04 *-Traded to Phoenix, August 26th. CAROLINA Craig Adams, (UFA) Milano, ITA** July 28, 04 Patrick DesRochers, (UFA) Florida August 25, 04 Brett Lysak, (UFA) Iserlohn, GER August 14, 04 Peter Reynolds, (UFA) Jamie Storr, (UFA) Mannheim, GER May 11, 04 Damian Surma, (UFA) Kevin Weekes, (UFA) NY Rangers August 26, 04 Jeff Daniels, (III) Retired December 5, 03 Sean Hill, (III) Florida July 15, 04 Glen Wesley, (III) Carolina July 1, 04 Brad Defauw, (VI) Vaxjo, SWE August 2, 04 Randy Petruk, (VI) Joey Tetarenko, (VI) Kevyn Adams, (II) Carolina July 28, 04 Jesse Boulerice, (II) Carolina July 22, 04 Pavel Brendl, (II) Carolina July 30, 04 Erik Cole, (II) Carolina July 26, 04 Martin Gerber, (II) Carolina July 15, 04 Jeff O'Neill, (II) Carolina June 29, 04 Allan Rourke, (II) Carolina July 30, 04 Bruno St. Jacques, (II) Carolina August 2, 04 Josef Vasicek, (II) Radim Vrbata, (II) Carolina July 30, 04 Niclas Wallin, (II) Carolina July 15, 04 Justin Williams, (II) Carolina July 29, 04 Rob Zepp, (II) Carolina August 6, 04 Mike Zigomanis, (II) Carolina August 19, 04 CHICAGO Deron Quint, (UFA) Jason Strudwick, (UFA) NY Rangers July 20, 04 Yorick Treille, (UFA) Matt Underhill, (UFA) Theo Fleury, (III) Igor Korolev, (III) Yaroslavl, RUS July 13, 04 Steve Passmore, (III) Steve Poapst, (III) Chicago July 29, 04 Ryan Vandenbussche, (III) Pittsburgh July 9, 04 Jonathan Aitken, (VI) Vancouver July 7, 04 Ajay Baines, (VI) Chicago June 30, 04 Burke Henry, (VI) Florida July 23, 04 Brett McLean, (VI) Colorado July 11, 04 Jason Morgan, (VI) Chicago July 29, 04 Craig Anderson, (II) Chicago August 2, 04 Mark Bell, (II) Chicago July 31, 04 Bryan Berard, (II) Chicago August 16, 04 Kyle Calder, (II) Chicago July 15, 04 Eric Daze, (II) Chicago July 15, 04 Quintin Laing, (II) Chicago June 30, 04 Michael Leighton, (II) Chicago October 7, 04 Steve McCarthy, (II) Chicago July 31, 04 Scott Nichol, (II) Chicago June 30, 04 Stephane Robidas, (II) Chicago July 29, 04 Jocelyn Thibault, (II) Chicago July 16, 04 Jim Vandermeer, (II) Chicago July 25, 04 COLORADO Chris Gratton, (UFA) Colorado July 1, 04 Mikhail Kuleshov, (UFA) Matthew Barnaby, (III) Chicago July 2, 04 Bob Boughner, (III) Colorado July 1, 04 Jim Cummins, (III) Darby Hendrickson, (III) Colorado June 11, 04 Steve Konowalchuk, (III) Colorado June 17, 04 Andrei Nikolishin, (III) CSKA Moscow, RUS June 4, 04 Tommy Salo, (III) Modo, SWE June 3, 04 Teemu Selanne, (III) Paul Kariya, (V) Chris Bala, (VI) Colorado June 11, 04 Travis Brigley, (VI) Steve Moore, (VI) D.J. Smith, (VI) Colorado July 26, 04 David Aebischer, (II) Colorado July 16, 04 Brett Clarke, (II) Colorado June 11, 04 Peter Forsberg, (II) Modo, Sweden October 7, 04 Riku Hahl, (II) Milan Hejduk, (II) Colorado August 5, 04 Dan Hinote, (II) Colorado July 22, 04 Tom Lawson, (II) Karlis Skrastins, (II) Colorado July 1, 04 Alex Tanguay, (II) Colorado July 23, 04 Peter Worrell, (II) Colorado July 1, 04 COLUMBUS Brandan Buckley, (UFA) Anders Eriksson, (UFA) Calgary October 7, 04 Espen Knutsen, (UFA) Djurgarden, SWE May 9, 04 David Ling, (UFA) Toronto July 31, 04 Tyler Sloan, (UFA) Fred Brathwaite, (III) Kazan, RUS June 19, 04 Brian Holzinger, (III) Karl Goehring, (VI) Columbus June 28, 04 Mark Hartigan, (VI) Columbus July 7, 04 Donald MacLean, (VI) Espoo, FIN July 2, 04 Kent McDonell, (VI) Columbus June 30, 04 Marc Denis, (II) Columbus October 7, 04 Alexander Guskov, (II) Rostislav Klesla, (II) Columbus June 11, 04 Paul Manning, (II) Hamburg, GER July 10, 04 Andrej Nedorost, (II) Jody Shelley, (II) Columbus May 27, 04 Mike Pandolfo, (II) Columbus August 27, 04 Martin Paroulek, (II) Jaroslav Spacek, (II) David Vyborny, (II) Columbus October 7, 04 Derrick Walser, (II) Berlin, GER May 13, 04 DALLAS Jeff Bateman, (UFA) Atlantic City, ECHL August 8, 04 Valeri Bure, (UFA) Justin Cox, (UFA) Aaron Downey, (UFA) Dallas July 1, 04 Brett Draney, (UFA) Idaho, ECHL September 3 Barrett Heisten, (UFA) NY Islanders August 25, 04 Lubomir Sekeras, (UFA) Nuremberg, GER July 8, 04 Michael Sgroi, (UFA) Jarrod Skalde, (UFA) Tampa Bay July 28, 04 Blake Sloan, (UFA) Shayne Corson, (III) Rob DiMaio, (III) Dallas June 14, 04 Jon Klemm, (III) Dallas June 24, 04 Richard Matvichuk, (III) New Jersey July 12, 04 Teppo Numminen, (III) David Oliver, (III) Don Sweeney, (III) Dallas June 14, 04 Chris Therien, (III) Ron Tugnutt, (III) Scott Young, (III) Andy Berenzweig, (VI) Marc Kristoffersson, (VI) Djurgarden, SWE July 28, 04 Jeff MacMillan, (VI) NY Rangers July 22, 04 Gavin Morgan, (VI) Montreal July 23, 04 Mark Wotton, (VI) St. Petersburg, RUS July 9, 04 Jason Arnott, (II) Dallas June 24, 04 John Erskine, (II) Dallas July 30, 04 Dan Jancevski, (II) Niko Kapanen, (II) Dallas June 28, 04 Mike Siklenka, (II) Jaroslav Svoboda, (II) Dallas August 10, 04 Mattias Tjarnqvist, (II) HV 71, SWE September 1 DETROIT Ryan Barnes, (UFA) Boyd Devereaux, (UFA) Phoenix July 5, 04 Jamie Rivers, (UFA) Detroit June 28, 04 Chris Chelios, (III) Detroit July 7, 04 Kris Draper, (III) Detroit June 29, 04 Dominik Hasek, (III) Ottawa July 5, 04 Tomas Holmstrom, (III) Detroit April 2, 04 Brett Hull, (III) Phoenix August 6, 04 Derek King, (III) Niklas Lidstrom, (III) Detroit April 7, 04 Kevin Miller, (III) Michal Picard, (III) Mathieu Schneider, (III) Brendan Shanahan, (III) Detroit July 20, 04 Steve Thomas, (III) Steve Yzerman, (III) Detroit October 7, 04 Marc Lamothe, (VI) Yaroslavl, RUS June 15, 04 Anders Myrvold, (VI) Mathieu Dandenault, (II) Detroit July 27, 04 Pavel Datsyuk, (II) Moscow Dynamo, RUS** June 19, 04 Jiri Fischer, (II) Detroit August 2, 04 Mark Mowers, (II) Detroit June 28, 04 Jason Williams, (II) Detroit July 29, 04 EDMONTON Scott Ferguson, (UFA) Michael Henrich, (UFA) Petr Nedved, (III) Phoenix August 26, 04 Adam Oates, (III) Retired April 4, 04 Igor Ulanov, (III) Edmonton April 24, 04 Bobby Allen, (VI) New Jersey August 13, 04 Chad Hinz, (VI) Jan Horacek, (VI) Dan Smith, (VI) Edmonton June 12, 04 Kristian Antila, (II) Marc-Andre Bergeron, (II) Edmonton September 4 Mike Bishai, (II) Edmonton August 16, 04 Eric Brewer, (II) Edmonton August 4, 04 Ty Conklin, (II) Edmonton July 7, 04 Nate DiCasmirro, (II) Edmonton August 16, 04 Radek Dvorak, (II) Edmonton October 7, 04 J.J. Hunter, (II) Edmonton October 7, 04 Brad Isbister, (II) Edmonton July 15, 04 Mikko Luoma, (II) MIF Redhawks, SWE June 9, 04 Sean McAslan, (II) Edmonton August 24, 04 Mike Morrison, (II) Edmonton August 24, 04 Tyler Moss, (II) Edmonton September 3 Jani Rita, (II) Edmonton July 15, 04 Alexei Semenov, (II) Edmonton August 4, 04 Jason Smith, (II) Edmonton October 7, 04 FLORIDA Jaroslav Bednar, (UFA) Avangard, RUS May 9, 04 Max Birbraer, (UFA) Anaheim Tryout October 7, 04 Matt Cullen, (UFA) Carolina August 5, 04 Paul Elliot, (UFA) Laredo, ECHL August 12, 04 Paul Healey, (UFA) Florida October 7, 04 Kristian Kudroc, (UFA) Simon Lejeunesse, (UFA) Andreas Lilja, (UFA) Nashville July 24, 04 Eric Messier, (UFA) Dave Morriset, (UFA) Sean O'Connor, (UFA) Byron Ritchie, (UFA) Calgary July 2, 04 Mikael Samuelsson, (UFA) Pavel Trnka, (UFA) Plzen, CZE August 2, 04 Donald Audette, (III) Paul Laus, (III) Retired October 5, 03 Lyle Odelein, (III) Steve Shields, (III) Daryl Andrews, (VI) Sheffield, ENG August 24, 04 Lee Goren, (VI) Vancouver July 7, 04 Kent Huskins, (VI) Manitoba, AHL August 21, 04 Eric Beaudoin, (II) Florida August 2, 04 Christian Berglund, (II) Florida October 7, 04 Niklas Hagman, (II) Florida July 25, 04 Darcy Hordichuk, (II) Florida August 2, 04 Ryan Jardine, (II) Florida August 6, 04 Olli Jokinen, (II) Juraj Kolnik, (II) Florida October 7, 04 Vaclav Nedorost, (II) Florida August 25, 04 Josh Olson, (II) Florida July 26, 04 Denis Shvidki, (II) Yaroslavl, RUS July 7, 04 Mike Van Ryn, (II) Florida August 11, 04 LOS ANGELES Jason Allison, (UFA) Anson Carter, (UFA) Brad Chartrand, (UFA) Mathieu Chouinard, (UFA) Anaheim Tryout October 7, 04 Adam Deadmarsh, (UFA) Maxim Kuznetsov, (UFA) Moscow Dynamo, RUS June 8, 04 Derek Armstrong, (III) Los Angeles April 2, 04 Milan Hnlicka, (III) Liberec, CZE May 18, 04 Jaroslav Modry, (III) Atlanta July 1, 04 Bryan Muir, (III) Modo, SWE July 26, 04 Zigmund Palffy, (III) Stephane Quintal, (III) Los Angeles June 30, 04 Luc Robitaille, (III) Los Angeles June 29, 04 Jozef Stumpel, (III) Ian Laperriere, (V) Colorado July 2, 04 Scott Barney, (VI) Los Angeles August 5, 04 Pavel Rosa, (VI) Moscow Dynamo, RUS April 22, 04 Richard Seeley, (VI) NY Islanders August 13, 04 Jerred Smithson, (VI) Nashville July 22, 04 John Tripp, (VI) Mannheim, GER April 20, 04 Sean Avery, (II) Los Angeles July 31, 04 Eric Belanger, (II) Los Angeles August 9, 04 Noah Clarke, (II) Los Angeles August 2, 04 Joe Corvo, (II) Los Angeles July 13, 04 Jeff Cowan, (II) Los Angeles July 15, 04 Nathan Dempsey, (II) Los Angeles May 6, 04 Ryan Flinn, (II) Los Angeles August 9, 04 Jason Holland, (II) Los Angeles June 11, 04 Steve Kelly, (II) Mannheim, GER March 28, 04 Esa Pirnes, (II) Los Angeles April 27, 04 Joe Rullier, (II) Los Angeles August 5, 04 Lubomir Visnovsky, (II) Los Angeles July 9, 04 Thomas Zizka, (II) MINNESOTA Jason Beckett, (UFA) Eric Chouinard, (UFA) Frederic Cloutier, (UFA) Johan Holmqvist, (UFA) Brynas, SWE** July 29, 04 Antti Laaksonen, (UFA) Colorado July 2, 04 Bill Muckalt, (UFA) Michael Schutte, (UFA) William Tibbets, (UFA) Jason Wiemer, (UFA) Calgary August 5, 04 Wes Walz, (III) Minnesota February 27, 04 Matt Johnson, (V) Minnesota April 27, 04 Travis Roche, (VI) Atlanta July 14, 04 Christoph Brandner, (II) Andrew Brunette, (II) Minnesota August 12, 04 Dan Cavanaugh, (II) Marc Chouinard, (II) Minnesota June 30, 04 Mark Cullen, (II) Alexander Daigle, (II) Minnesota June 30, 04 Manny Fernandez, (II) Minnesota July 19, 04 Mika Hannula, (II) MIF Redhawks, SWE May 11, 04 Alex Henry, (II) Minnesota July 20, 04 Jeff Hoggan, (II) St. Louis October 7, 04 Willie Mitchell, (II) Minnesota August 12, 04 Richard Park, (II) Minnesota August 6, 04 Nick Schultz, (II) Minnesota October 7, 04 Stephen Veilleux, (II) Rickard Wallin, (II) Kyle Wanvig, (II) MONTREAL Jean-Francois Damphousse, (UFA) Gordie Dwyer, (UFA) Carolina August 11, 04 Eric Fichaud, (UFA) Martti Jarventie, (UFA) Jerome Marois, (UFA) Niklas Sundstrom, (UFA) Montreal July 13, 04 Patrick Traverse, (UFA) Dallas October 7, 04 Andreas Dackell, (III) Brynas, SWE May 15, 04 Jim Dowd, (III) Joe Juneau, (III) Retired May 1, 04 Alexei Kovalev, (III) Darren Langdon, (III) New Jersey July 3, 04 Yanic Perreault, (III) Benoit Gratton, (VI) Lugano, SWI June 10, 04 Steve Begin, (II) Montreal July 14, 04 Radek Bonk, (II) Montreal July 30, 04 Ron Hainsey, (II) Montreal July 23, 04 Marcel Hossa, (II) Montreal July 14, 04 Christobal Huet, (II) Montreal August 3, 04 Andrei Markov, (II) Montreal July 25, 04 Olivier Michaud, (II) Mike Ribeiro, (II) Montreal July 14, 04 Michael Ryder, (II) Sheldon Souray, (II) Montreal October 7, 04 Marc-Andre Thinel, (II) Montreal July 19, 04 Rene Vydareny, (II) Richard Zednik, (II) Montreal August 4, 04 NASHVILLE Jamie Allison, (UFA) Nashville July 22, 04 Greg Classen, (UFA) Pori, FIN July 24, 04 Jeremy Stevenson, (UFA) Nashville July 22, 04 Brad Bombardir, (III) Wade Flaherty, (III) Vancouver July 7, 04 Tony Hrkac, (III) Nashville July 9, 04 Andreas Johansson, (III) Geneve Servette, SWI August 19, 04 Rem Murray, (III) Jason York, (III) Sergei Zholtok, (III) Mathieu Darche, (VI) Colorado July 26, 04 Mike Farrell, (VI) Jan Lasak, (VI) Curtis Murphy, (VI) Yaroslavl, RUS May 29, 04 Robert Schnabel, (VI) Sparta Praha, CZE May 19, 04 Ray Schultz, (VI) New Jersey July 22, 04 Jonas Andersson, (II) Sodertalje, SWE April 27, 04 Mark Eaton, (II) Nashville July 15, 04 Martin Erat, (II) Vernon Fiddler, (II) Brian Finley, (II) Nashville July 26, 04 Simon Gamache, (II) Adam Hall, (II) Scott Hartnell, (II) Nashville July 25, 04 Darren Haydar, (II) Nashville July 9, 04 Shane Hnidy, (II) Nashville July 15, 04 Andrew Hutchinson, (II) Nashville July 26, 04 David Legwand, (II) Nashville June 29, 04 Chris Mason, (II) Nashville June 3, 04 Vladimir Orszagh, (II) Nashville August 9, 04 Konstantin Panov, (II) Kiril Safranov, (II) Kazan, RUS June 14, 04 Wyatt Smith, (II) Nashville July 22, 04 Steve Sullivan, (II) Nashville August 3, 04 Tomas Vokoun, (II) Nashville August 4, 04 Scott Walker, (II) Nashville February 17, 04 Marek Zidlicky, (II) Nashville October 7, 04 NEW JERSEY Craig Darby, (UFA) Tampa Bay July 19, 04 Chris Hartsburg, (UFA) Tommy Albelein, (III) Retired July 28, 04 Stephen Guolla, (III) Kloten, SWI April 23, 04 Igor Larionov, (III) Retired April 20, 04 John Madden, (III) New Jersey June 30, 04 Grant Marshall, (III) New Jersey July 7, 04 Corey Schwab, (III) Turner Stevenson, (III) Philadelphia July 3, 04 Sergei Brylin, (V) New Jersey August 19, 04 Maxim Balmochnykh, (VI) Scott Clemmenson, (VI) New Jersey August 13, 04 Greg Crozier, (VI) Ray Giroux, (VI) Minnesota July 7, 04 Joe Hulbig, (VI) Steve Kariya, (VI) Tampere, FIN August 9, 04 Mike Matteucci, (VI) Ryan Murphy, (VI) New Jersey August 13, 04 Ari Ahonen, (II) New Jersey August 13, 04 Brett Clouthier, (II) New Jersey August 13, 04 Jeff Friesen, (II) New Jersey July 8, 04 Scott Gomez, (II) New Jersey August 11, 04 Viktor Kozlov, (II) New Jersey July 16, 04 Scott Niedermayer, (II) New Jersey August 13, 04 Jay Pandolfo, (II) New Jersey July 1, 04 Brian Rafalski, (II) New Jersey August 12, 04 NY ISLANDERS Eric Cairns, (UFA) Florida July 5, 04 Cail MacLean, (UFA) Steve Webb, (UFA) Mariusz Czerkawski, (III) Alexander Karpovtsev, (III) Florida July 14, 04 Cliff Ronning, (III) Brandon Smith, (III) Garth Snow, (III) St. Petersburg, RUS August 17, 04 Derek Bekar, (VI) Providence/Boston October 7, 04 Jeff Hamilton, (VI) Alan Letang, (VI) Hamburg, GER May 27, 04 Eric Manlow, (VI) Detroit July 21, 04 Adrian Aucoin, (II) NY Islanders August 7, 04 Jason Blake, (II) NY Islanders August 4, 04 Martin Chabada, (II) Rick DiPietro, (II) Roman Hamrlik, (II) Zlin, CZE** August 4, 04 Trent Hunter, (II) NY Islanders August 3, 04 Oleg Kvasha, (II) NY Islanders August 17, 04 Justin Mapletoft, (II) Janne Niinimaa, (II) NY Islanders August 12, 04 Justin Papineau, (II) NY Islanders July 19, 04 Mark Parrish, (II) NY Islanders August 2, 04 Tomi Pettinen, (II) NY Islanders July 27, 04 Dave Scatchard, (II) NY Islanders July 29, 04 Mattias Weinhandl, (II) NY Islanders August 4, 04 NY RANGERS Joel Bouchard, (UFA) Benoit Dusablon, (UFA) Montreal August 24, 04 Josh Green, (UFA) Jeff Heerema, (UFA) Vancouver August 19, 04 Jan Hlavac, (UFA) Sprata Praha, CZE** August 9, 04 John Jakopin, (UFA) Ausberger, GER August 16, 04 Dan Lacouture, (UFA) Chris McAllister, (UFA) Pavel Bure, (III) Eric Lindros, (III) Sandy McCarthy, (III) Jamie McLennan, (III) Florida July 2, 04 Mark Messier, (III) Boris Mironov, (III) Jamie Pushor, (III) Syracuse, AHL (CBJ) August 12, 04 Bobby Andrews, (VI) Cory Larose, (VI) Atlanta July 14, 04 Jason MacDonald, (VI) Toronto August 4, 04 Jeff Paul, (VI) Washington August 4, 04 Richard Scott, (VI) NY Rangers July 25, 04 Dan Blackburn, (II) NY Rangers July 29, 04 Mike Green, (II) Nuremberg, GER** August 2, 04 Martin Grenier, (II) NY Rangers August 11, 04 Matt Kinch, (II) Lucas Lawson, (II) NY Rangers July 22, 04 Jamie Lundmark, (II) NY Rangers July 31, 04 Dale Purinton, (II) NY Rangers July 27, 04 Karel Rachunek, (II) NY Rangers July 22, 04 Layne Ulmer, (II) NY Rangers August 11, 04 Chad Wiseman, (II) NY Rangers August 19, 04 OTTAWA Andrew Allen, (UFA) Trenton, ECHL July 31, 04 Brian McGrattan, (UFA) Daniel Alfredsson, (III) Ottawa March 29, 04 Peter Bondra, (III) Jody Hull, (III) Curtis Leschyshin, (III) Rob Ray, (III) Todd Simpson, (III) Shaun Van Allen, (III) Serge Payer, (VI) Florida July 23, 04 Petr Smrek, (VI) Wolfsburg, GER May 7, 04 Brad Tapper, (VI) Nuremberg, GER July 22, 04 Zdeno Chara, (II) Ottawa August 10, 04 Martin Havlat, (II) Ottawa October 7, 04 Chris Kelly, (II) Chris Phillips, (II) Ottawa August 6, 04 Brian Pothier, (II) Ottawa July 15, 04 Martin Prusek, (II) Ottawa July 15, 04 Peter Schaefer, (II) Ottawa August 6, 04 Vaclav Varada, (II) Ottawa October 7, 04 Julien Vauclair, (II) Lugano, SWI** May 7, 04 PHILADELPHIA Sean Burke, (III) Philadelphia June 17, 04 Vladimir Malakhov, (III) Keith Primeau, (III) Philadelphia June 14, 04 Mark Recchi, (III) Pittsburgh July 9, 04 Alexei Zhamnov, (III) Steve Gainey, (VI) Kirby Law, (VI) Minnesota July 6, 04 Ian MacNeil, (VI) Mark Murphy, (VI) Philadelphia October 7, 04 Mike Peluso, (VI) Andre Savage, (VI) Colorado July 22, 04 Peter Vandermeer, (VI) Detroit August 16, 04 Nick Deschenes, (II) Philadelphia October 7, 04 Simon Gagne, (II) Philadelphia July 29, 04 Michal Handzus, (II) Philadelphia August 6, 04 Kim Johnsson, (II) Philadelphia August 8, 04 Antero Niittymaki, (II) Philadelphia July 31, 04 Branko Radivojevic, (II) Philadelphia July 30, 04 Mattias Timander, (II) Philadelphia August 12, 04 PHOENIX Frank Banham, (UFA) Lappeenranta, FIN July 12, 04 Goran Bezina, (UFA) Geneve Servette, SWI May 18, 04 Zac Bierk, (UFA) Phoenix September 3 Chris Dyment, (UFA) Peter Ferarro, (UFA) Bryan Helmer, (UFA) Detroit July 21, 04 Tom Koivisto, (UFA) Frolunda, SWE April 16, 04 Ivan Novoseltsev, (UFA) Togliatti, RUS** July 28, 04 Todd Reirden, (UFA) Gary Shuchuk, (UFA) Mike Wilson, (UFA) Chris Ferarro, (VI) Jean-Marc Pelletier, (VI) Brian Boucher, (II) Phoenix July 21, 04 Jason Chimera, (II) Phoenix September 1 Mike Comrie, (II) Phoenix August 12, 04 Shane Doan, (II) Phoenix Feb. 21, 04 Jason Jaspers, (II) Mike Johnson, (II) Phoenix August 17, 04 Krystoffer Kolanos, (II) Phoenix August 2, 04 Daymond Langkow, (II) Phoenix* August 14, 04 Derek Morris, (II) Phoenix July 27, 04 Ladislav Nagy, (II) Phoenix August 2, 04 Tyson Nash, (II) Phoenix June 30, 04 Mike Stutzel, (II) Eric Westrum, (II) Phoenix September 3 *-Traded to Calgary, August 26th. PITTSBURGH Jean-Sebastien Aubin, (UFA) Dan Focht, (UFA) Pauli Levokari, (UFA) Pori, FIN August 19, 04 Steve McKenna, (UFA) Toby Peterson, (UFA) Edmonton July 30, 04 Jon Sim, (UFA) Phoenix September 3 Landon Wilson, (UFA) Espoo, FIN June 23, 04 Kelly Buchberger, (III) Edmonton October 7, 04 Mario Lemieux, (III) Reid Simpson, (III) Patrick Boileau, (VI) Lausanne, SWI May 13, 04 Martin Brochu, (VI) Tom Kostopoulos, (VI) Los Angeles July 10, 04 Eric Meloche, (VI) Philadelphia July 14, 04 Alain Nasreddine, (VI) Pittsburgh August 24, 04 Robert Scuderi, (VI) Ramzi Abid, (II) Pittsburgh July 31, 04 Kris Beech, (II) Pittsburgh August 3, 04 Matt Bradley, (II) Pittsburgh July 14, 04 Shane Endicott, (II) Pittsburgh August 3, 04 Rico Fata, (II) Pittsburgh July 15, 04 Matt Hussey, (II) Pittsburgh August 26, 04 Ric Jackman, (II) Pittsburgh July 13, 04 David Koci, (II) Pittsburgh October 7, 04 Milan Kraft, (II) Guillume Lefebvre, (II) Pittsburgh October 7, 04 Ross Lupaschuk, (II) Pittsburgh August 3, 04 Alexei Morozov, (II) Kazan, RUS July 30, 04 Matt Murley, (II) Brooks Orpik, (II) Lasse Pirjeta, (II) Pittsburgh July 15, 04 Darcy Robinson, (II) Pittsburgh October 7, 04 Michal Sivek, (II) Sparta Praha, CZE May 19, 04 Tomas Surovy, (II) Pittsburgh September 3 ST LOUIS Mike Danton, (UFA) Pavol Demitra, (UFA) Christian Laflamme, (UFA) Kassel, GER May 17, 04 Jame Pollock, (UFA) St. Louis July 29, 04 Levente Szuper, (UFA) Murray Baron, (III) Dallas Drake, (III) St. Louis June 30, 04 Jeff Finley, (III) Alexander Khavanov, (III) St. Louis June 30, 04 Al MacInnis, (III) Steve Martins, (III) Scott Mellanby, (III) Atlanta July 24, 04 Chris Osgood, (III) Scott Pellerin, (III) Pascal Rheaume, (III) New Jersey August 13, 04 Mike Sillinger, (III) St. Louis July 11, 04 Terry Virtue, (III) Tampa Bay August 8, 04 Eric Weinrich, (III) St. Louis July 6, 04 Marc Brown, (VI) Ausberger, GER August 16, 04 Reinhard Divis, (VI) St. Louis June 29, 04 Steve McLaren, (VI) Tampa Bay July 28, 04 Ryan Ready, (VI) Philadelphia August 23, 04 Cody Rudkowsky, (VI) Christian Backman, (II) St. Louis October 7, 04 Eric Boguniecki, (II) St. Louis June 29, 04 Petr Cajanek, (II) St. Louis August 5, 04 Barrett Jackman, (II) St. Louis October 7, 04 Ryan Johnson, (II) St. Louis June 30, 04 Patrick Lalime, (II) St. Louis July 15, 04 Jamal Mayers, (II) St. Louis July 15, 04 John Pohl, (II) St. Louis June 29, 04 Chris Pronger, (II) St. Louis July 29, 04 Mark Rycroft, (II) St. Louis June 29, 04 Curtis Sanford, (II) St. Louis October 7, 04 Igor Valeev, (II) SAN JOSE Curtis Brown, (UFA) Chicago July 2, 04 Todd Harvey, (UFA) Edmonton October 7, 04 Seamus Kotyk, (UFA) Willie Levesque, (UFA) Yuri Moscevsky, (UFA) Robert Mulick, (UFA) Bolzano, ITA July 20, 04 Vincent Damphousse, (III) Colorado August 19, 04 Jason Marshall, (III) NY Rangers August 25, 04 Mike Ricci, (III) Phoenix July 9, 04 Jesse Fibiger, (VI) Ottawa August 11, 04 Tavis Hansen, (VI) Matt Carkner, (II) San Jose August 3, 04 Rob Davison, (II) San Jose July 29, 04 Nicholas Dimitrakos, (II) San Jose August 3, 04 Nils Ekman, (II) San Jose August 5, 04 Jim Fahey, (II) San Jose July 29, 04 Scott Hannan, (II) San Jose August 8, 04 Evgeny Nabokov, (II) San Jose August 13, 04 Scott Parker, (II) San Jose July 25, 04 Wayne Primeau, (II) San Jose October 7, 04 Tom Preissing, (II) San Jose June 30, 04 Pat Rissmiller, (II) Mark Smith, (II) San Jose June 30, 04 Vesa Toskala, (II) San Jose July 29, 04 Miroslav Zalesak, (II) San Jose October 7, 04 TAMPA BAY Janne Laukkanen, (UFA) Ben Clymer, (UFA) Sheldon Keefe, (UFA) Phoenix July 12, 04 Evgeny Konstantinov, (UFA) Moscow Dynamo, RUS July 20, 04 Stan Neckar, (UFA) Cory Stillman, (UFA)* Pascal Trepanier, (UFA) Nuremberg, GER June 8, 04 *- Any offer of 3.12 million or under can be matched by Tampa Bay Dave Andreychuk, (III) Jassen Cullimore, (III) Chicago July 22, 04 Nikolai Khabibulin, (III) Tampa Bay June 17, 04 Darren Rumble, (III) Tampa Bay August 16, 04 Dwayne Hay, (VI) Pensacola, ECHL July 31, 04 Dmitry Afanasenkov, (II) Tampa Bay July 31, 04 Nikita Alexeev, (II) Tampa Bay August 3, 04 Martin Cibak, (II) Tampa Bay September 1 Chris Dingman, (II) Tampa Bay July 23, 04 Brian Eklund, (II) Tampa Bay July 23, 04 Ruslan Fedotenko, (II) Tampa Bay August 4, 04 Timo Helbling, (II) Kloten, SWI July 2, 04 Pavel Kubina, (II) Tampa Bay August 4, 04 Fredrik Modin, (II) Tampa Bay August 9, 04 Jimmie Olvestad, (II) Djurgarden, SWE April 16, 04 Nolan Pratt, (II) Tampa Bay July 23, 04 Cory Sarich, (II) Tampa Bay August 8, 04 Eero Somervuori, (II) Karpat, FIN August 3, 04 Martin St. Louis, (II) Shane Willis, (II) Tampa Bay August 20, 04 TORONTO Sebastian Centomo, (UFA) Calgary October 7, 04 Christian Chartier, (UFA) Aaron Gavey, (UFA) Jamie Hodson, (UFA) Ed Belfour, (III) Toronto June 30, 04 Drake Berehowsky, (III) Tom Fitzgerald, (III) Boston July 27, 04 Ron Francis, (III) Calle Johansson, (III) Trevor Kidd, (III) Ken Klee, (III) Toronto June 17, 04 Bryan Marchment, (III) Joe Nieuwendyk, (III) Toronto June 30, 04 Robert Reichel, (III) Litvinov, CZE August 19, 04 Mikael Renberg, (III) Lulea, SWE May 26, 04 Gary Roberts, (III) Toronto June 30, 04 Jeff Daw, (VI) Josh Holden, (VI) Forward Morges, SWI July 23, 04 Mike Minard, (VI) Manitoba, AHL July 12, 04 Nik Antropov, (II) Toronto August 5, 04 Aki Berg, (II) Toronto June 30, 04 Luca Cereda, (II) Harold Druken, (II) Toronto July 31, 04 Tomas Kaberle, (II) Toronto August 10, 04 Brad Leeb, (II) Bryan McCabe, (II) Toronto August 5, 04 Alexei Ponikarovsky, (II) Mikael Tellqvist, (II) Toronto August 6, 04 Darcy Tucker, (II) Toronto June 18, 04 Clarke Wilm, (II) Toronto August 6, 04 VANCOUVER Sylvain Blouin, (UFA) Dallas Eakins, (UFA) Retired May 27, 04 Johan Hedberg, (UFA) Leksands, SWE August 2, 04 Chris Levesque, (UFA) Mats Lindgren, (UFA) Chris Nielsen, (UFA) Magnus Arvedsson, (III) Farjestad, SWE August 6, 04 Marc Bergevin, (III) Mike Keane, (III) Sean Pronger, (III) Frankfurt, GER June 2, 04 Martin Rucinsky, (III) Litvinov, CZE** August 19, 04 Nolan Baumgartner, (VI) Vancouver August 19, 04 Pat Kavanaugh, (VI) Ottawa July 28, 04 Jaroslav Obsut, (VI) Lulea, SWE April 28, 04 Sergei Varlamov, (VI) Kazan, RUS June 14, 04 Bryan Allen, (II) Vancouver August 1, 04 Alex Auld, (II) Vancouver October 7, 04 Artem Chubarov, (II) Vancouver July 31, 04 Dan Cloutier, (II) Vancouver July 26, 04 Matt Cooke, (II) Vancouver June 30, 04 Fedor Fedorov, (II) Mikko Jokela, (II) Hameenlinna, FIN April 17, 04 Brendan Morrison, (II) Vancouver July 27, 04 Justin Morrison, (II) Brandon Reid, (II) Hamburg, GER July 7, 04 Daniel Sedin, (II) Henrik Sedin, (II) Brent Sopel, (II) Vancouver June 30, 04 WASHINGTON Bates Battaglia, (UFA) Rick Berry, (UFA) Phoenix September 3 Ivan Ciernik, (UFA) Wolfsburg, GER May 4, 04 Colin Forbes, (UFA) Carolina August 11, 04 Jean-Luc Grande-Pierre, (UFA) John Gruden, (UFA) Joel Kwiatkowski, (UFA) Florida July 16, 04 Brad Norton, (UFA) Roman Tvrdon, (UFA) Nottingham, ENG July 12, 04 Petr Sykora, (UFA) Trent Whitfield, (UFA) Washington July 7, 04 Matt Yeats, (UFA) Craig Johnson, (III) Hamburg, GER August 5, 04 Kip Miller, (III) Mel Angelstad, (VI) Belfast, ENG August 12, 04 Josef Boumedienne, (VI) Washington July 7, 04 Sebastien Charpentier, (VI) Jean-Francois Fortin, (VI) Chris Hajt, (VI) Francois Methot, (VI) Ausberger, GER August 10, 04 Andrej Podjkonicky, (VI) Liberec, CZE May 2, 04 Todd Rohloff, (VI) Darcy Verot, (VI) Washington July 2, 04 Jeff Halpern, (II) Washington July 20, 04 Graham Mink, (II) Washington July 28, 04 Maxime Ouellet, (II) Washington August 1, 04 Stephen Peat, (II) Washington July 31, 04 Matt Pettinger, (II) Washington July 28, 04 Rastislav Stana, (II) Sodertalje, SWE May 27, 04 Brian Willsie, (II) Washington June 30, 04 Brendan Witt, (II) Washington August 17, 04 Nolan Yonkman, (II) Washington July 28, 04 Dwayne Zinger, (II) Washington August 1, 04 Danius Zubrus, (II) Togliatti, RUS** July 1, 04Compiled and updated by Cory Brolund
EX NHLers Returning from Europe Player New Team Prior NHL Teams European Team Date Jeff Ulmer Colorado NYR,OTT Cardiff, ENG June 4, 04 Andre Lakos Columbus AHL for DAL and NJ Vienna, AUS July 5, 04 Brad Smyth Los Angeles FLA,LA,NYR,OTT Karpat, FIN July 14, 04 Keith Aldridge NY Islanders DAL Berlin, GER August 12, 04 Chris Kelleher Pittsburgh PIT, BOS Berlin, GER September 3, 04Compiled and updated by Cory Brolund
RETIRED Player Reason NHL Experience Date Paul Laus, (III) Injury Pit, Fla October 5, 03 Brad Werenka, (III) Injury Edm,Que,Chi,Pit,Cgy December 5, 03 Jeff Daniels, (III) Age Pit,Fla,Car December 5, 03 Adam Oates, (III) Age Det,Stl,Bos,Was,Phi,Ana,Edm April 4, 04 Igor Larionov, (III) Age Van,Sj,Det,Fla,Nj April 20, 04 Joe Juneau, (III) Age Bos,Was,Buf,Ott,Phx,Mtl May 1, 04 Dallas Eakins, (III) Age Wpg,Fla,Stl,Phx,Nyr,Tor,Nyi,Cgy May 27, 04 Ted Donato, (III) Age Bos,Nyi,Ott,Ana,La,Stl,Dal,NyrJuly 1, 04 Dan Bylsma, (III) Age La, Ana July 5, 04 Tommy Albelin, (III) Age Que, Nj, Cgy July 28, 04
Compiled and updated by Cory Brolund
Signing in Europe For Duration of Potential Lockout Julien Vauclair, OTT (Unsigned II) Lugano, SWI May 7, 04 Andrei Markov, MTL Moscow Dynamo, RUS June 19, 04 Alexander Khavanov, STL Moscow Dynamo, RUS June 19, 04 Artem Chubarov, VAN Moscow Dynamo, RUS June 19, 04 Maxim Afinogenov, BUF Moscow Dynamo, RUS June 19, 04 Pavel Datsyuk, DET (Unsigned II) Moscow Dynamo, RUS June 19, 04 Mike York, EDM Iserlohn, GER June 25, 04 Danius Zubrus, WAS (Unsigned II) Togliatti, RUS July 1, 04 Marian Gaborik, MIN Trencin, CZE July 5, 04 Joe Thornton, BOS Davos, SWI July 8, 04 Alexander Frolov, LA CSKA Moscow, RUS July 14, 04 Ville Nieminen, CGY Tampere, FIN July 22, 04 Niklas Hagman, FLA Davos, SWI July 23, 04 Denis Arkhipov, NSH Kazan, RUS July 27, 04 Nikolai Zherdev, CBJ CSKA Moscow, RUS July 27, 04 Kristian Huselius, FLA Linkoping, SWE July 28, 04 Craig Adams, CAR (Unsigned UFA) Milano, ITA July 28, 04 Ivan Novoseltsev, PHX(Unsigned UFA)Togliatti, RUS July 28, 04 Alexei Semenov, EDM St. Petersburg, RUS July 28, 04 Johan Holmqvist, MIN (Released) Brynas, SWE July 29, 04 Esa Pirnes, LA Lukko, FIN July 30, 04 Brendan Morrisson, VAN Linkoping, SWE August 2, 04 Mike Knuble, PHI Linkoping, SWE August 2, 04 David Aebischer, COL Fribourg, SWI August 2, 04 Mike Green, NYR (Unsigned II) Nuremberg, GER August 2, 04 Jochen Hecht, BUF Mannheim, GER August 2, 04 Sven Butenschon, NYI Mannheim, GER August 2, 04 Rick Nash, CBJ Davos, SWI August 3, 04 Roman Hamrlik, NYI Zlin, CZE August 4, 04 Anton Volchenkov, OTT CSKA Moscow, RUS August 5, 04 Marco Sturm, SJ Ingolstadt, GER August 8, 04 David Vyborny, CBJ Sparta Praha, CZE August 9, 04 Jan Hlavac, NYR (Unsigned UFA) Sparta Praha, CZE August 9, 04 Karel Pilar, TOR (Unsigned II) Sparta Praha, CZE August 9, 04 Dick Tarnstrom, PIT (Rumored) Sodertalje, SWE August 9, 04 Niclas Havelid, ATL (Rumored) Sodertalje, SWE August 9, 04 Michal Grosek, BOS (Rumored) Genevive, SWI August 9, 04 Jaromir Jagr, NYR CSKA Moscow, RUS August 10, 04 Petr Sykora, ANA Metallurg, RUS August 12, 04 Dan Fritsche, CBJ Ambri-Piotta, SWI August 12, 04 Mike Cammalleri, LA Heraklith VSV, AUS August 14, 04 Rico Fata, PIT Asiago, ITA August 15, 04 Jani Rita, EDM Hameenlinna, FIN August 16, 04 Andrew Peters, BUF (Unsigned II) Bodens, SWE August 19, 04 Martin Rucinsky, VAN (Unsigned UFA)Litvinov, CZE August 19, 04 Jiri Slegr, BOS (Unsigned UFA) Litvinov, CZE August 19, 04 Alexander Karpotsev, FLA Novosibirsk, RUS August 21, 04 John-Michael Liles, COL Kassel, GER August 22, 04 Ilya Kovalchuk, ATL Kazan, RUS August 23, 04 Slava Kozlov, ATL Voskresensk, RUS August 25, 04 Vitaly Vishnevski, ATL Voskresensk, RUS August 25, 04 Sergei Gonchar, BOS Metallurg, RUS September 1, 04 Jiri Fischer, DET Liberec, CZE September 4, 04
This list falls into the following categories:
- Group II (restricted; original team has right to match or accept draft-pick compensation);
- Group III (unrestricted; original team has no right to match)
- Group IV (restricted; players who have never signed a contract and are considered defected players)
- Group V (unrestricted; a player who has played in 11 professional games in each of the last 10 years, and makes less than the average salary of $1.726 million can declare for unrestricted free agency once in his career)
- Group VI (unrestricted; a player who is 25 years or older, has completed three or more professional seasons and in the case of a player other than a goaltender has played fewer than 80 NHL games, or in the case of a goaltender has played fewer than 28 NHL games).
- UFA (Unrestricted; a player who has been released from their current contract by a buyout, a 2/3 of remaining salary option all teams carry with all contracts, or Group II restricted free agents not offered a contract by their teams become Group III unrestricted free agents.)
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