DISCUSSION: NHL Draft and Free Agents....

[nuttyskadork]

Well, I know during the Trade Deadline me and Matt Ackerman had a decent conversation going on over on IW.com so I figured we'll just carry it over here and anyone who wants to discuss itcan do so here.

The latest is Pronger allegedly Wants out of Edmonton.

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The following is a list of NHL players eligible to become restricted and unrestricted free agents on July 1. Unrestricted free agents are free to speak with other clubs beginning Saturday at Noon et/9am pt.



ANAHEIM
Restricted: Ilya Bryzgalov, G, 26; Chris Kunitz, LW, 26; Joffrey Lupul, RW, 22; Andy McDonald, C, 28; Vitaly Vishnevski, D, 26.

Unrestricted: Jeff Friesen, LW, 29; Ruslan Salei, D, 31.





ATLANTA
Restricted: Niko Kapanen, C, 28; Kari Lehtonen, G, 22.

Unrestricted: Serge Aubin, C, 31; Peter Bondra, RW, 38; Mike Dunham, G, 34; Derek MacKenzie, C, 25; Scott Mellanby, RW, 40, Ronald Petrovicky, RW, 29, Marc Savard, C, 28.





BOSTON
Restricted: Andrew Alberts, D, 25; Patrice Bergeron, C, 20; Brad Boyes, RW, 24; Milan Jurcina, D, 23; Josh Langfeld, RW, 28; Pat Leahy, RW, 26; Nathan Robinson, LW, 24; David Tanabe, D, 25.

Unrestricted: Tom Fitzgerald, RW, 37; Hal Gill, D, 31; Travis Green, C, 35; Eric Healey, LW, 31; Brad Isbister, LW, 29; Dan LaCouture, LW, 29; Brian Leetch, D, 38; Ian Moran, D, 33; Shawn McEachern, LW, 37; Eric Nickulas, RW, 31; Marty Reasoner, C, 29; Jiri Slegr, D, 35.





BUFFALO
Restricted: Maxim Afinogenov, RW, 26; Martin Biron, G, 28; Daniel Briere, C, 28; Brian Campbell, D, 27; Tim Connolly, C, 25; J-P Dumont, RW, 28; Paul Gaustad, C, 24; Dmitri Kalinin, D, 25; Ales Kotalik, LW, 27; Toni Lydman, D, 28; Adam Mair, RW, 27; Ryan Miller, G, 25; Jason Pominville, RW, 23; Andrew Peters, LW, 26; Taylor Pyatt, LW, 24; Derek Roy, C, 23; Henrik Tallinder, D, 27.

Unrestricted: Rory Fitzpatrick, D, 31; Mike Grier, RW, 31; Jay McKee, D, 28; Teppo Numminen, D, 37.





CAROLINA
Restricted: Erik Cole, RW, 27; Mike Commodore, D, 26; Chad LaRose, RW, 24; Eric Staal, C, 21.

Unrestricted: Matt Cullen, C, 29; Martin Gerber, G, 31; Mark Recchi, RW, 38; Aaron Ward, D, 33; Doug Weight, C, 35; Glen Wesley, D, 37.





CALGARY

Restricted: Matthew Lombardi, C, 24; Jamie Lundmark, C, 25; Alex Tanguay, LW, 26.

Unrestricted: Bryan Marchment, D, 37; Shean Donovan, RW, 31; Chris Simon, LW, 34; Cale Hulse, D, 32; Brian Boucher, G, 29; Mike Leclerc, LW, 29.





CHICAGO
Restricted: Milan Bartovic, RW, 24; Mark Bell, C, 25; Brandon Bochenski, RW, 24; Rene Bourque, LW, 24; Kyle Calder, LW, 27; Mark Cullen, LW, 27; Michael Holmqvist, LW, 27; Duncan Keith, D, 22; Tuomo Ruutu, C, 23; Patrick Sharp, C, 24; Jim Vandermeer, D, 26; Radim Vrbata, RW, 25.

Unrestricted: Matthew Barnaby, RW, 33; Curtis Brown, C, 30; Eric Daze, LW, 30.





COLUMBUS
Restricted: Jaroslav Balastik, LW, 26; Jason Chimera, LW, 26; Dan Fritsche, C, 20; Ron Hainsey, D, 25; Rostislav Klesla, D, 24; Pascal Leclaire, G, 23; Mike Rupp, C, 26; Jody Shelley, LW, 30; Nikolai Zherdev, RW, 21.

Unrestricted: Jan Hrdina, C, 30; Trevor Letowski, RW, 29; Martin Prusek, G, 30; Radoslav Suchy, D, 29.





COLORADO
Restricted: Dan Hinote, RW, 29; Brett McLean, 27; Kurt Sauer, D, 25.

Unrestricted: Rob Blake, D, 36; Jim Dowd, C, 37.





DALLAS
Restricted: Trevor Daley, D, 23; Niklas Hagman, LW, 27; Steve Ott, C, 25; Jaroslav Svoboda, LW, 25.

Unrestricted: Jason Arnott, C, 31; Bill Guerin, RW, 35; Johan Hedberg, G, 33; Willie Mitchell, D, 29; Nathan Perrott, LW, 32; Jeremy Stevenson, RW, 31; Patrick Traverse, D, 32.





DETROIT
Restricted: Dan Cleary, C, 27; Johan Franzen, RW, 26; Brett Lebda, D, 24; Jason Williams, RW, 25.

Unrestricted: Cory Cross, D, 35; Manny Legace, G, 33; Mark Mowers, C, 32; Chris Osgood, G, 33; Brendan Shanahan, RW, 37; Jason Woolley, D, 36; Steve Yzerman, LW, 41.





EDMONTON
Restricted: Ales Hemsky, RW, 22, Shawn Horcoff, C, 27, Jarret Stoll, C, 23.

Unrestricted: Radek Dvorak, RW, 29; Georges Laraque, RW, 29; Michael Peca, C, 32; Dwayne Roloson, G, 36; Sergei Samsonov, LW, 27; Jaroslav Spacek, D, 32; Dick Tarnstrom, D, 31; Igor Ulanov, D, 36.





FLORIDA
Restricted: Craig Anderson, G, 25; Alex Auld, G, 25; Bryan Allen, 25; Jay Bouwmeester, D, 22; Gregory Campbell, LW, 22; Nathan Horton, RW, 20; Ric Jackman, D, 27; Juraj Kolnik, RW, 25; Branislav Mezei, D, 25; Steve Montador, D, 26; Serge Payer, C, 25; Jon Sim, RW, 28; Mike Van Ryn, D, 26; Stephen Weiss, C, 23.

Unrestricted: Jamie Allison, D, 30; Alexander Karpovtsev, D, 36.





LOS ANGELES
Restricted: Sean Avery, C, 26; Eric Belanger, C, 28; Dustin Brown, RW, 21; Michael Cammalleri, C, 24; Tim Gleason, D, 23; Mathieu Garon, G, 28; Mike Weaver, D, 28.

Unrestricted: Derek Armstrong, C, 33; Valeri Bure, RW, 32; Joe Corvo, D, 29; Nathan Dempsey, D, 32; Mark Parrish, RW, 29; Jeremy Roenick, C, 36.





MINNESOTA
Restricted: Derek Boogaard, LW, 24; Brent Burns, D, 21; Pascal Dupuis, LW, 27; Marian Gaborik, RW, 24; Josh Harding, G, 22; Alex Henry, LW, 26; Mikko Koivu, C, 23.

Unrestricted: Marc Chouinard, C, 29; Filip Kuba, D, 29; Randy Robitaille, C, 30; Daniel Tjarnqvist, D, 29; Kyle Wanvig, RW, 25; Andrei Zyuzin, D, 28.





MONTREAL
Restricted: David Aebischer, G, 28; Chris Higgins, LW, 22; Mike Komisarek, D; 24; Alexander Perezhogin, RW, 22; Mike Ribeiro, C, 26; Michael Ryder, RW, 26.

Unrestricted: Francis Bouillon, D, 30; Jan Bulis, LW, 28; Todd Simpson, D, 33.





NEW JERSEY
Restricted: Brian Gionta, RW, 27; Scott Gomez, C, 26; David Hale, D, 25; Paul Martin, D, 25; Colin White, D, 28.

Unrestricted: Tommy Albelin, D, 42; Patrik Elias, LW, 30; Ken Klee, D, 35; Viktor Kozlov, LW, 31; Jamie Langenbrunner, RW, 30; Erik Rasmussen, C, 29.





NASHVILLE
Restricted: Martin Erat, LW, 24; Adam Hall, RW, 25; Dan Hamhuis, D, 23; Scott Hartnell, LW, 23; David Legwand, C, 25; Jordin Tootoo, RW, 23.

Unrestricted: Mark Eaton, D, 28; Greg Johnson, C, 35; Danny Markov, D, 29; Chris Mason, G, 29; Yanic Perreault, C, 35; Mike Sillinger, C, 34; Brendan Witt, D, 31.





NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Restricted: Arron Asham, RW, 28; Sean Bergenheim, LW, 22; Chris Campoli, D, 21; Rick DiPietro, G, 24; John Erskine, D, 26; Eric Godard, RW, 26; Denis Grebeshkov, D, 22; Trent Hunter, RW, 25; Justin Papineau, C, 26; Steve Regier, LW, 21; Mike York, C, 28.

Unrestricted: Joel Bouchard, D, 32; Travis Brigley, LW, 28; Wade Dubielewicz, G, 27; Jeff Hamilton, C, 28; Tomi Pettinen, D, 29; Wyatt Smith, C, 29.





NEW YORK RANGERS
Restricted: Marcel Hossa, LW, 24; Dominic Moore, C, 25; Jed Ortmeyer, RW, 27; Michal Rozsival, D, 27; Fedor Tyutin, D, 22.

Unrestricted: Tom Poti, D, 29; Steve Rucchin, C, 34; Martin Rucinsky, LW, 35; Martin Straka, LW, 33; Jason Strudwick, D, 30; Petr Sykora, RW, 29.





OTTAWA
Restricted: Ray Emery, G, 23; Martin Havlat, RW, 24; Chris Kelly, C, 25; Peter Schaefer, LW, 28; Christoph Schubert, D, 24; Jason Spezza, C, 22; Antoine Vermette, LW, 23.

Unrestricted: Tyler Arnason, C, 27; Zdeno Chara, D, 29; Dominik Hasek, G, 41; Mike Morrison, G, 26; Brad Norton, G, 31; Brian Pothier, D, 28; Vaclav Varada, LW, 29.





PHILADELPHIA
Restricted: Simon Gagne, LW, 26; Antero Niittymaki, G, 25; Joni Pitkanen, D, 22; Branko Radivojevic, RW, 25; R.J. Umberger, LW, 24.

Unrestricted: Donald Brashear, LW, 34; Eric Desjardins, D, 37; Kim Johnsson, D, 30; Brian Savage, RW, 35; Chris Therien, D, 34.





PHOENIX
Restricted: Mike Comrie, C, 25; Josh Gratton, LW, 23; Ladislav Nagy, LW, 26; Oleg Saprykin, LW, 25; Phil Sauve, G, 26; Dennis Seidenberg, D, 24; Fredrik Sjostrom, LW, 22.

Unrestricted: Boyd Devereaux, C, 27; Eric Chouinard, C, 25; Oleg Kvasha, LW, 27; Jamie Rivers, D, 31; Geoff Sanderson, C, 34.





PITTSBURGH
Restricted: Colby Armstrong, RW, 22; Marc-Andre Fleury, G, 21; Andy Hilbert, LW, 25; Konstantin Koltsov, RW, 25; Ryan Malone, RW, 25; Niklas Nordgren, LW, 27; Brooks Orpik, D, 24; Tomas Surovy, LW, 23.

Unrestricted: Eric Boguniecki, RW, 31; Sebastien Caron, G, 26; Shane Endicott, C, 24; Lyle Odelein, D, 38; Ryan VandenBussche, LW, 33.





SAN JOSE
Restricted: Matt Carkner, D, 25; Rob Davison, D, 26; Christian Ehrhoff, D, 23; Jim Fahey, D, 27; Marcel Goc, C, 22; Doug Murray, D, 26; Scott Parker, RW, 28; Patrick Rissmiller, RW, 27; Mark Smith, C, 28; Grant Stevenson, RW, 24; Nolan Schaefer, G, 26.

Unrestricted: Alyn McCauley, C, 29; Scott Thornton, C, 35.





ST. LOUIS
Restricted: Christian Backman, D, 25; Jason Bacashihua, G, 23; Eric Brewer, D, 26; Jay McClement, C, 23; Timofei Shishkanov, RW, 22; Jeff Woywitka, D, 22.

Unrestricted: Petr Cajanek, C, 30; Kevin Dallman, D, 25; Reinhard Divis, G, 30; Dallas Drake, RW, 37; Jeff Hoggan, RW, 28; Patrick Lalime, G, 31; Dean McAmmond, LW, 32; Steve Poapst, D, 37; Scott Young, 38, RW.





TAMPA BAY
Restricted: Dmitry Afanasenkov, LW, 26; Evgeni Artyukhin, RW, 23; Ryan Craig, LW, 24; Marc Denis, G, 28; Chris Dingman, Ruslan Fedotenko, LW, 27; Cory Sarich, D, 27.

Unrestricted: Chris Dingman, RW, 29; John Grahame, 30; Pavel Kubina, D, 29.





TORONTO
Restricted: Nik Antropov, RW, 26; Andrew Raycroft, G, 26; Matt Stajan, C, 22; Kyle Wellwood, C, 23.

Unrestricted: Jason Allison, C, 31; Ed Belfour, G, 41; Aki Berg, D, 28; Tie Domi, RW, 36; Alexander Khavanov, D, 34; Eric Lindros, C, 33; Luke Richardson, D, 37; Clarke Wilm, C, 29.





VANCOUVER
Restricted: Tyler Bouck, LW, 26; Wade Brookbank, D, 28; Ryan Kesler, C, 21; Lukas Krajicek, D, 23; Mika Noronen, G, 27.

Unrestricted: Nolan Baumgartner, D, 30; Sean Brown, D, 29; Keith Carney, D, 36; Anson Carter, RW, 32; Ed Jovanovski, D, 30; Trevor Linden, C, 36; Richard Park, RW, 30; Jarkko Ruutu, LW, 30; Eric Weinrich, D, 39.





WASHINGTON
Restricted: Mathieu Biron, D, 25; Matt Bradley, RW, 27; Ben Clymer, LW, 27; Steve Eminger, D, 22; Rico Fata, LW, 26; Brooks Laich, C, 22; Shaone Morrisonn, D, 23; Matt Pettinger, LW, 25; Brian Sutherby, C, 24; Brian Willsie, RW, 28.

Unrestricted: Jeff Halpern, C, 29; Ivan Majesky, D, 29.

[nuttyskadork]

Toronto bought out Domi's contract and didn't excercise the option on Belfours. Both will be free agents.

Dallas bought out Billy Guerin's contract.

Edmonton declined to excercise option on Todd Harvey's contract.
Edmonton signed Fernando Pisani to a four year deal reportedly worth 8 Million.

The Canucks have resigned both Henrik and Daniel Sedin to three year deals.

Boston has cut Travis Green and Shawn McAcheran

Wade Redden re-signs with Ottawa for 2 years.

Niklas Lidstrom re-signs with Detroit for 2 years.

Carolina re-signs Justin Williams, Craig Adams and Andrew Hutchinson.

Roberto Luongo has signed a four year deal with the Canucks.

Columbus trades goaltender Marc Denis to Tampa Bay.

Bryan MccAbe signed a five year deal with Toronto.

Reports say Gary Roberts wants to be traded backto Toronto from Florida.

Ottawa Defenseman Zdeno Chara and Oilers forwards Radek Dvorak and Sergei Samsonov will test free agent market.

The Oilers have also yet to sign Georges Laraque, Todd Harvey, Dwayne Roloson, Jaroslav Spacek, Michael Peca, Igor Ulanov, Dick Tarnstrom and Head Coach Craig Mactavish. Witht he expeption of Mactavish (being a non-player) all players will become Unrestricted Free Agents Saturday morning. Ales Hemsky, Jarett Stoll and Shawn Horcoff are all Restricted Free Agents.

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TORONTO
Restricted: Nik Antropov, RW, 26; Andrew Raycroft, G, 26; Matt Stajan, C, 22; Kyle Wellwood, C, 23.

Unrestricted: Jason Allison, C, 31; Ed Belfour, G, 41; Aki Berg, D, 28; Tie Domi, RW, 36; Alexander Khavanov, D, 34; Eric Lindros, C, 33; Luke Richardson, D, 37; Clarke Wilm, C, 29.

Domi and Belfour are out. This is the end of both of their careers.

If Toronto knows what's good for them, they'll keep ALL of their restricted free agents. (Raycroft, I'm not sure on, though.)

Speaking of Raycroft, trading him for TUUKKA RASK?!? We're screwed. No matter how good Pogge is, Rask is fucking brilliant!!!

Allison and Lindros are on the fence, but will probably stay.

Khavanov's a reliable third-line defenceman most of the time. I'd say keep him, but don't sign him for too much.

Richardson said he wants another year or two to show he can do something here.

Clarke Wilm ain't bad on the penalty kill. Keep him.

Goodbye, Aki. Don't let the door whack your ass on the way out. (Don't expect anyone in the NHL to take him either. He'll spend a year in Finland first)

In case you're wondering, the reason Gary Roberts wants to come back to Toronto is because his teenage daughter goes to school there.

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OFF THE MARKET:

EDM G Dwayne Roloson (Re-Signed)

CAR C Eric Staal (Re-Signed)

CAR D Mike Commodore (Re-Signed)

MTL D Francis Bouillon (Re-Signed)

NJD RW Jamie Langenbrunner (Re-Signed)

NSH G Chris Mason (Re-Signed)

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BREAKING:

BOS signs Zdeno Chara to a 5 yr/$37.5M contract

PHX signs Ed Jovanovski to a 5 yr deal

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BREAKING:

TOR reportedly signs Pavel Kubina to a 4 yr/$20M contract

[The Canadian Killer]

Roberto Luongo has signed a four year deal with the Canucks.

I hope this puts an end to our goalie graveyard Im glad we actually have a goalie who can stop a puck (Yea, fuck Cloutier )

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nonicknameneeded said:

BREAKING:

BOS signs Zdeno Chara to a 5 yr/$37.5M contract

Gee, I wonder if that has anything to do with the fact that Boston's GM was Assistant GM for Ottawa last year. Hmmmm.