NHL RELEASES FREE AGENT LIST
The National Hockey League today released a list of players who are restricted free agents under Group 2, unrestricted free agents under Group 3 and Group 6 and unrestricted free agents by virtue of not receiving a qualifying offer.
Some of these players may recently have signed with their respective Clubs; however, their contracts had not yet been filed with the League.
FREE AGENTS SUBJECT TO COMPENSATION AND RIGHT TO MATCH – GROUP 2
The players listed below have been tendered a qualifying offer by their respective Clubs and are subject to draft-choice compensation and right to match. The draft choice compensation scale is based on compensation offered by the new Club:
OFFER COMPENSATION
$1,239,226 or below None
Over $1,239,226 to $1,877,615 Third-round choice
Over $1,877,615 to $3,755,233 Second-round choice
Over $3,755,233 to $5,632,847 First-round and third-round choice
Over $5,632,847 to $7,510,464 First-round, second-round and third-round choice
Over $7,510,464 to $9,388,080 Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice
Over $9,388,080 Four first-round choices
ANAHEIM
Hampus Lindholm, Rickard Rakell.
ARIZONA
Stefan Fournier, Connor Murphy, Tobias Rieder, Michael Stone.
BOSTON
Chris Casto, Brian Ferlin, Alexander Khokhlachev, Colin Miller, Joe Morrow.
BUFFALO
Daniel Catenacci, Marcus Foligno, Zemgus Girgensons, Rasmus Ristolainen.
CALGARY
Freddie Hamilton, Sean Monahan, Tyler Wotherspoon.
CAROLINA
Keegan Lowe, Ryan Murphy, Victor Rask, Dennis Robertson, Brody Sutter, Brendan Woods.
CHICAGO
Mark McNeill.
COLORADO
Tyson Barrie, Mikhail Grigorenko, Nathan MacKinnon, Calvin Pickard, Duncan Siemens.
COLUMBUS
Alex Broadhurst, Scott Harrington, T.J. Tynan.
DALLAS
Jamie Oleksiak, Matej Stransky.
DETROIT
Louis-Marc Aubry, Mitch Callahan, Colin Campbell, Jared Coreau, Danny DeKeyser, Alexei Marchenko, Petr Mrazek, Teemu Pulkkinen, Ryan Sproul.
EDMONTON
David Musil.
FLORIDA
Jonathan Racine, Logan Shaw,
LOS ANGELES
Jack Campbell, Andrew Crescenzi, Nic Dowd, Derek Forbort.
MINNESOTA
Matt Dumba, Darcy Kuemper, Zach Palmquist, Jordan Schroeder.
MONTREAL
Daniel Carr, Phillip Danault.
NASHVILLE
Taylor Aronson, Stefan Elliott, Petter Granberg, Calle Jarnkrok.
NEW JERSEY
Reid Boucher, Jacob Josefson, Sergey Kalinin, Kyle Palmieri, Reece Scarlett.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Jean-Francois Berube, Christopher Gibson, Scott Mayfield, Kirill Petrov, Shane Prince, Alan Quine, Ryan Strome.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Mat Bodie, Kevin Hayes, Marek Hrivik, Tommy Hughes, Nicklas Jensen, Chris Kreider, Dylan McIlrath, J.T. Miller.
OTTAWA
Cody Ceci, Fredrik Claesson, Ryan Dzingel, Mike Hoffman, Max McCormick, Matt Puempel.
PHILADELPHIA
Nick Cousins, Brandon Manning, Brayden Schenn, Petr Straka, Jordan Weal.
PITTSBURGH
Dominik Uher.
SAN JOSE
Ryan Carpenter, Dylan DeMelo, Matt Nieto.
ST. LOUIS
Jordan Binnington, Pheonix Copley, Anders Nilsson, Magnus Paajarvi, Ty Rattie, Jaden Schwartz.
TAMPA BAY
Yanni Gourde, Kristers Gudlevskis, Alex Killorn, Nikita Kucherov, Vladislav Namestnikov, Nikita Nesterov.
TORONTO
Connor Carrick, Frank Corrado, Peter Holland, Josh Leivo, Martin Marincin, Garret Sparks.
VANCOUVER
Alexandre Grenier, Andrey Pedan, Michael Zalewski.
WASHINGTON
Marcus Johansson, Dmitry Orlov.
WINNIPEG
Joel Armia, Brenden Kichton, J.C. Lipon, Adam Lowry, Julian Melchiori, Mark Scheifele, Jacob Trouba.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS – GROUP 3
The following players have qualified for Group 3 Free Agency (age 27 or older or with at least seven Accrued Seasons) and are Unrestricted Free Agents.
ANAHEIM
Korbinian Holzer, Shawn Horcoff, Anton Khudobin, Jamie McGinn, Brian McGrattan, Chris Mueller, Shane O’Brien, David Perron, Joe Piskula, Mike Santorelli, Chris Stewart, Harry Zolnierczyk.
ARIZONA
Kyle Chipchura, Shane Doan, Steve Downie, Maxim Goncharov, Boyd Gordon, Alex Grant, Nicklas Grossmann, Anders Lindback, Brett MacLean, Dylan Reese, Eric Selleck, Derek Smith, Alex Tanguay, Viktor Tikhonov.
BOSTON
Chris Breen, Brandon DeFazio, Loui Eriksson, Jonas Gustafsson, Matt Irwin, Chris Kelly, Joonas Kemppainen, John-Michael Liles, Jeremy Smith, Lee Stempniak, Max Talbot.
BUFFALO
Carlo Colaiacovo, David Legwand, Bobby Sanguinetti.
CALGARY
Niklas Backstrom, Chad Billins, Jonas Hiller, Jakub Nakladal, Karri Ramo.
CAROLINA
Evgeni Dadonov, Nathan Gerbe, T.J. Hensick, Brad Malone, Riley Nash, Chris Terry.
CHICAGO
Kyle Cumiskey, Christian Ehrhoff, Tomas Fleischmann, Jay Harrison, Tim Jackman, Michael Leighton, Mike Liambas, Drew MacIntyre, Brandon Mashinter, Michal Rozsival,
COLORADO
Andrew Bodnarchuk, , Patrick Bordeleau, Nate Guenin, Shawn Matthias, Maxim Noreau, Zach Redmond, Jack Skille, Ben Street, Jesse Winchester.
COLUMBUS
Rene Bourque, Justin Falk, Maksim Mayorov, Ilari Melart.
DALLAS
Patrick Eaves, Vernon Fiddler, Travis Moen, Kris Russell, Colton Sceviour.
DETROIT
Joakim Andersson, Daniel Cleary, Darren Helm, Andy Miele, Kyle Quincey, Brad Richards.
EDMONTON
Adam Cracknell, Eric Gryba, Ryan Hamilton, Brad Hunt, Rob Klinkhammer, Andrew Miller, Nikita Nikitin, Adam Pardy, Antti Tyrvainen.
FLORIDA
Brian Campbell, Jiri Hudler, Willie Mitchell, Al Montoya, Brett Olson, Teddy Purcell, Michal Repik.
LOS ANGELES
Jhonas Enroth, Jamie McBain, Oscar Moller, Luke Schenn, Jeff Schultz, Brett Sutter, Kris Versteeg.
MINNESOTA
Jonathon Blum, Ryan Carter, Ruslan Fedotenko, Justin Fontaine, David Jones, Chris Porter, Jarret Stoll, Tyson Strachan.
MONTREAL
Victor Bartley, Mike Brown, Tom Gilbert, Bud Holloway, John Scott, Ben Scrivens.
NASHVILLE
Paul Gaustad, Carter Hutton, Joonas Jarvinen, Simon Moser, Patrick Mullen, Corey Potter.
NEW JERSEY
Yann Danis, Patrik Elias, Bobby Farnham, Stephen Gionta, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Dan Kelly, Tyler Kennedy, Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond, Jim O’Brien, Brian O’Neill, Harri Pesonen, Tuomo Ruutu, David Schlemko, Mike Sislo, Jiri Tlusty, Jordin Tootoo.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Steve Bernier, Eric Boulton, Marc-Andre Cliche, Justin DiBenedetto, Mark Katic, Mikko Koskinen, Matt Martin, Brian Strait, David Ullstrom, Joe Whitney, Marek Zidlicky.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Dan Boyle, Cedric Desjardins, Raphael Diaz, Brian Gibbons, Dominic Moore, Daniel Paille, Viktor Stalberg, Nick Tarnasky.
OTTAWA
Mark Fraser, Matt Frattin, Scott Gomez, Michael Kostka, Chris Phillips.
PHILADELPHIA
Tim Brent, Davis Drewiske, Ray Emery, Sam Gagner, Erik Gustafsson, Jason LaBarbera, Evgeny Medvedev, Ryan White.
PITTSBURGH
Niclas Andersen, Matt Cullen, Riley Holzapfel, Dustin Jeffrey, Ben Lovejoy, Kael Mouillierat, Will O’Neill, Steve Oleksy, Tom Sestito,
SAN JOSE
Aaron Dell, Micheal Haley, Bryan Lerg, John McCarthy, Frazer McLaren, Roman Polak, Nick Spaling, Karl Stollery, Dainius Zubrus.
ST. LOUIS
Andre Benoit, Troy Brouwer, Chris Butler, Patrick Cannone, Peter Harrold, Steve Ott, Jeremy Welsh.
TAMPA BAY
Mike Angelidis, Mike Blunden, Dmitry Korobov, Mattias Ohlund, Jeff Tambellini.
TORONTO
Mark Arcobello, Brad Boyes, T.J Brennan, Rich Clune, Michael Grabner, Juraj Mikus, Marcel Mueller, Ben Smith, Raffi Torres.
VANCOUVER
Matt Bartkowski, Taylor Fedun, Dan Hamhuis, Blair Jones, Brandon Prust, Radim Vrbata, Yannick Weber.
WASHINGTON
Carter Camper, Jason Chimera, Sean Collins, Dan Ellis, Mike Moore, Justin Peters, Mike Richards, Mike Weber.
WINNIPEG
Grant Clitsome, Matt Halischuk, Arturs Kulda, Thomas Raffl.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS – GROUP 6
The following players qualify for unrestricted free agency, having met the requirements for Group 6 free agency. This group is defined as players whose contracts have expired, are age 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). Please note that these amounts are subject to pro-rating due to the 48-game season in 2012-13.
ANAHEIM
None.
ARIZONA
Brendan Shinnimin, Jordan Szwarz.
BOSTON
Tommy Cross, Tyler Randell, Zach Trotman.
BUFFALO
Jerry D’Amigo, Matt Donovan, Eric O’Dell, Chad Ruhwedel, Tim Schaller, Michael Sdao.
CALGARY
None
CAROLINA
None.
CHICAGO
None.
COLORADO
Andrew Agozzino.
COLUMBUS
None.
DALLAS
None.
DETROIT
Tom McCollum.
EDMONTON
None.
FLORIDA
Sena Acolatse, Rob Flick, Cameron Gaunce, Corban Knight, Garrett Wilson.
LOS ANGELES
None.
MINNESOTA
Conor Allen.
MONTREAL
Gabriel Dumont.
NASHVILLE
Jamie Devane.
NEW JERSEY
Brandon Burlon, David Warsofsky.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Kevin Czuczman, Justin Florek, Mike Halmo.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Matt Lindblad, Jayson Megna.
OTTAWA
Jason Akeson, Dave Dziurzynski, Phil Varone.
PHILADELPHIA
Aaron Palushaj.
PITTSBURGH
None.
SAN JOSE
Mark Cundari, Matt Tennyson.
ST. LOUIS
Danny Kristo.
TAMPA BAY
Jonathan Marchessault, Philippe Paradis.
TORONTO
None.
VANCOUVER
Joe Cannata, Alex Friesen, Ronalds Kenins.
WASHINGTON
Ryan Bourque.
WINNIPEG
Patrice Cormier, Andrew MacWilliam.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
The following players were not tendered a qualifying offer and are therefore Unrestricted Free Agents not subject to a right to match or draft choice compensation.
ANAHEIM
Matt Bailey, Kevin Gagne, Martin Gernat, Brandon Pirri, Charlie Sarault.
ARIZONA
Kevin Connauton, Klas Dahlbeck, Sergei Plotnikov, Philip Samuelsson, Jiri Sekac, Christian Thomas, Jarred Tinordi, Niklas Treutle.
BOSTON
Brett Connolly, Landon Ferraro, Ben Sexton.
BUFFALO
Alexander Guptill, Colin Jacobs, Nathan Lieuwen, Andrey Makarov, Jack Nevins.
CALGARY
Kenny Agostino, Bill Arnold Turner Elson, Josh Jooris, Joni Ortio, Kevin Poulin, Drew Shore, Bryce Van Brabant.
CAROLINA
Danny Biega, Zach Boychuk, Anthony Camara, Dane Fox, Michal Jordan, Rasmus Rissanen, Carter Sandlak, Justin Shugg, Rasmus Tirronen.
CHICAGO
Mathieu Brisebois, Matt Fraser, Ryan Haggerty, Garret Ross.
COLORADO
Sami Aittokallio, Gabriel Beaupre, Taylor Beck, Trevor Cheek, Dennis Everberg, Brandon Gormley, Joey Hishon, Garrett Meurs, Borna Rendulic, Roman Will.
COLUMBUS
Michael Chaput, Michael Paliotta.
DALLAS
Emil Molin, Taylor Peters, Troy Vance.
DETROIT
None.
EDMONTON
Adam Clendening, Luke Gazdic, Kale Kessy, Niklas Lundstrom.
FLORIDA
Quinton Howden, John McFarland, Dylan Olsen.
LOS ANGELES
Patrik Bartosak, Maxim Kitsyn, Alex Roach.
MINNESOTA
Brett Bulmer, Raphael Bussieres, Brody Hoffman, Jared Knight, Scott Sabourin.
MONTREAL
Mac Bennett, Michael Bournival, Darren Dietz, Morgan Ellis, Lucas Lessio.
NASHVILLE
Johan Alm, Gabriel Bourque, Cody Hodgson, Kristian Nakyva, Garrett Noonan, Max Reinhart.
NEW JERSEY
Beau Bennett, Raman Hrabarenka, Jon Merrill
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Justin Vaive, James Wright.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Luke Adam, Michael Kantor, Chris McCarthy, Josh Nicholls, Samuel Noreau, Michael St. Croix.
OTTAWA
Travis Ewanyk, Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, Michael Keranen, Troy Rutkowski, Patrick Wiercioch.
PHILADELPHIA
Brandon Alderson, Maxim Lamarche, Derek Mathers.
PITTSBURGH
Tyler Biggs, James Melindy, Daniel O’Donoghue, Matthias Plachta, Harrison Ruopp, Justin Schultz, Anton Zlobin.
SAN JOSE
Chris Crane, Petter Emanuelsson, Jeremy Langlois, Jeremy Morin, Joel Rumpel.
ST. LOUIS
Cody Beach, Richard Nedomlel, Zack Phillips, Ryan Tesink, Yannick Veilleux.
TAMPA BAY
David Broll.
TORONTO
Sam Carrick, Stuart Percy, Colin Smith.
VANCOUVER
Ludwig Blomstrand, Linden Vey.
WASHINGTON
Caleb Herbert, Michael Latta, Ryan Stanton.
WINNIPEG
Austen Brassard.
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