Official 2012 available free agents list

Some players whose names appear on this list may recently have signed with their respective Clubs; however, their contracts had not yet been filed with the League.

For complete explanation of Free Agents (by category), see legend at bottom of this page.

Anaheim Ducks

Group 2 FAs: Nick Bonino, Luca Caputi, Mathieu Carle, Kyle Cumiskey.
Group 3 UFAs: Mark Bell, Jason Blake, Troy Bodie, Dan Ellis, Niklas Hagman, Petri Kontiola, Rod Pelley, Teemu Selanne.
Group 6 UFAs: Ryan O'Marra, Sean Zimmerman.
UFAs: Dale Mitchell, Richard Schofield, Iiro Tarkki.


Boston Bruins

Group 2 FAs: Matt Bartkowski.
Group 3 UFAs: Josh Hennessy, Nathan McIver, Zach McKelvie, Mike Mottau, Michel Ouellet, Brian Rolston, Marty Turco.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Jamie Arniel, Andrew Bodnarchuk, Stefan Chaput, Adam Courchaine.


Buffalo Sabres

Group 2 FAs: Alex Biega, T.J. Brennan, Tyler Ennis, Patrick Kaleta, Dennis Persson, Drew Schiestel, Paul Szczechura.
Group 3 UFAs: Jochen Hecht, Ales Kotalik, Drew MacIntyre, Shaone Morrisonn, Michael Ryan, Colin Stuart, Derek Whitmore.
Group 6 UFAs: Travis Turnbull.
UFAs: None.


Calgary Flames

Group 2 FAs: Leland Irving.
Group 3 UFAs: Guillaume Desbiens, Scott Hannan, Raitis Ivanans, Tom Kostopoulos, Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond.
Group 6 UFAs: Stefan Meyer.
UFAs: Ryley Grantham, Logan MacMillan.


Carolina Hurricanes

Group 2 FAs: Drayson Bowman, Zach Boychuk, Evgeni Dadonov, Mike Murphy, Jerome Samson, Chris Terry.
Group 3 UFAs: Chris Durno, Mathieu Roy, Jaroslav Spacek.
Group 6 UFAs: Justin Soryal.
UFAs: Cedric Lalonde-McNicoll, Kyle Lawson, Matthew Pistilli.


Chicago Blackhawks

Group 2 FAs: None.
Group 3 UFAs: Andrew Brunette, Cristobal Huet, Sami Lepisto, Brendan Morrison, Sean O'Donnell.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Simon Danis-Pepin, Christopher DiDomenico.


Colorado Avalanche

Group 2 FAs: Jonas Holos, Jamie McGinn, Mark Olver, Ryan O'Reilly.
Group 3 UFAs: David Liffiton, Joakim Lindstrom, Greg Mauldin, Danny Richmond, Patrick Rissmiller.
Group 6 UFAs: Evan Brophey, Justin Mercier.
UFAs: Trevor Cann, Zach Cohen, Peter Mueller, Jake Newton.


Columbus Blue Jackets

Group 2 FAs: Jared Boll, Maksim Mayorov.
Group 3 UFAs: Darryl Boyce, Alexandre Giroux, Kristian Huselius, Aaron Johnson, Brett Lebda, Radek Martinek, Curtis Sanford.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Taylor Ellington, Shawn Hunwick, Brent Regner.


Dallas Stars

Group 2 FAs: Richard Bachman, Jamie Benn, Jordie Benn, Mark Fistric, Ryan Garbutt, Luke Gazdic, Philip Larsen, Colton Sceviour.
Group 3 UFAs: Radek Dvorak, Maxime Fortunus, Brad Lukowich, Vojtech Polak, Andrew Raycroft, Raymond Sawada, Dan Spang.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Angelo Esposito, Jake Hauswirth, Michael Neal, Mikhail Stefanovich.


Detroit Red Wings

Group 2 FAs: Justin Abdelkader, Kyle Quincey.
Group 3 UFAs: Fabian Brunnstrom, Ty Conklin, Tomas Holmstrom, Doug Janik, Jamie Johnson, Nicklas Lidstrom, Chris Minard.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Travis Ehrhardt, Logan Pyett.


Edmonton Oilers

Group 2 FAs: Sam Gagner, Linus Omark, Theo Peckham, Alex Plante, Chris VandeVelde.
Group 3 UFAs: Josh Green, Ryan Keller, Bryan Rodney.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Cam Barker, Milan Kytnar, Johan Motin, Hunter Tremblay.


Florida Panthers

Group 2 FAs: Michael Caruso, Roman Derlyuk, Brian Foster, Dmitry Kulikov, Michal Repik, Eric Selleck, Kris Versteeg, James Wright.
Group 3 UFAs: Mark Cullen, John Madden, Greg Rallo, Marco Sturm, Sean Sullivan, Bill Thomas.
Group 6 UFAs: Jon Matsumoto.
UFAs: Justin Bernhardt, Ondrej Roman, Keith Seabrook.


Los Angeles Kings

Group 2 FAs: Justin Azevedo, Thomas Hickey, Dwight King, Stefan Legein, David Meckler, Jake Muzzin.
Group 3 UFAs: Corey Elkins, Johan Fransson, Trent Hunter, Ethan Moreau, Brady Murray, Scott Parse.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Ray Kaunisto.


Minnesota Wild

Group 2 FAs: Cody Almond, Dennis Endras, Justin Falk, David McIntyre, Carson McMillan, Jarod Palmer, Nick Palmieri.
Group 3 UFAs: Erik Christensen, Jon DiSalvatore, Kurtis Foster, Mike Lundin, Jed Ortmeyer, Jeff Taffe.
Group 6 UFAs: Jeff Penner.
UFAs: Kris Fredheim, Nick Johnson.


Montreal Canadiens

Group 2 FAs: Raphael Diaz, Andreas Engqvist, Blake Geoffrion, Aaron Palushaj, P.K. Subban.
Group 3 UFAs: Joe Callahan, Chris Campoli, Mathieu Darche, Alex Henry, Nathan Lawson, Brad Staubitz, Brian Willsie.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Hunter Bishop, Andrew Conboy, Olivier Fortier, Dany Masse, Mark Mitera, Robert Slaney.


Nashville Predators

Group 2 FAs: Jonathon Blum, Atte Engren, Sergei Kostitsyn, Teemu Laakso, Alexander Radulov, Jeremy Smith, Ryan Thang, Shea Weber, Colin Wilson.
Group 3 UFAs: Sebastien Caron, Andrei Kostitsyn, Antti Pihlstrom.
Group 6 UFAs: Ryan Flynn, Zack Stortini.
UFAs: Brodie Dupont.


New Jersey Devils

Group 2 FAs: Matthew Corrente, Mark Fayne, Vladimir Zharkov.
Group 3 UFAs: Jay Leach, Brad Mills, Tim Sestito, Petr Sykora, Petr Vrana.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Kory Nagy, Timo Pielmeier.


New York Islanders

Group 2 FAs: Sean Backman, Justin DiBenedetto, Mark Katic, Mikko Koskinen, Tomas Marcinko, Matt Martin, Rhett Rakhshani, Ty Wishart.
Group 3 UFAs: Jeremy Colliton, Mark Eaton, Trevor Frischmon, Trevor Gillies, John Grahame, Milan Jurcina, Jay Pandolfo, Steve Staios.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Yuri Alexandrov, Tyler McNeely, Yannick Riendeau, Tony Romano.


New York Rangers

Group 2 FAs: Michael Del Zotto, Anton Stralman, Cameron Talbot, Pavel Valentenko, Casey Wellman, Mats Zuccarello.
Group 3 UFAs: Sean Avery, Ivan Baranka, Brendan Bell, Martin Biron, Andre Deveaux, Steve Eminger, Ruslan Fedotenko, Ilkka Heikkinen.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Lee Baldwin, Francois Bouchard, Chris Chappell, Sam Klassen, Andreas Thuresson.


Ottawa Senators

Group 2 FAs: Kaspars Daugavins, Nikita Filatov, Eric Gryba, Erik Karlsson, Jim O'Brien.
Group 3 UFAs: Alex Auld, Tim Conboy, Matt Gilroy, Mattias Karlsson, Francis Lessard, Corey Locke, Mark Parrish, Jesse Winchester.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Craig Schira.


Philadelphia Flyers

Group 2 FAs: Marc-Andre Bourdon, Ben Holmstrom, Tom Sestito, Jakub Voracek, Harry Zolnierczyk.
Group 3 UFAs: Jason Bacashihua, Johan Backlund, Blair Betts, Dan Jancevski, Pavel Kubina, Ian Laperriere, Stefan Ruzicka.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Andrew Rowe.


Phoenix Coyotes

Group 2 FAs: Brett MacLean, Chris Summers, Viktor Tikhonov.
Group 3 UFAs: Dean Arsene, Matt Beaudoin, Shane Doan, Daymond Langkow, Patrick O'Sullivan, Nathan Oystrick, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Michal Rozsival, Kurt Sauer.
Group 6 UFAs: Justin Pogge, Brock Trotter, Matt Watkins.
UFAs: Gilbert Brule, Colin Long, Nick Ross.


Pittsburgh Penguins

Group 2 FAs: Robert Bortuzzo, Alex Grant, Carl Sneep, Brian Strait, Eric Tangradi.
Group 3 UFAs: Ryan Craig, Brent Johnson, Colin McDonald, Scott Munroe, Richard Park, Jason Williams.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Marc Cheverie, Mattias Modig, Cal O'Reilly, Alexandre Picard, Casey Pierro-Zabotel, Boris Valabik.


St. Louis Blues

Group 2 FAs: Jay Barriball, Jori Lehtera, T.J. Oshie, Anthony Peluso, Brett Sonne.
Group 3 UFAs: Jason Arnott, Jonathan Cheechoo, Carlo Colaiacovo, Brennan Evans, Jonathan Filewich, Kyle Hagel, Kent Huskins, Chris Porter, Brett Sterling.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: None.


San Jose Sharks

Group 2 FAs: T.J. Galiardi, Tim Kennedy, Brandon Mashinter, Frazer McLaren, Matt Pelech, Nick Petrecki, James Sheppard.
Group 3 UFAs: Ben Guite, Dominic Moore, Antero Niittymaki, Jim Vandermeer, Colin White, Brad Winchester, Daniel Winnik.
Group 6 UFAs: John McCarthy.
UFAs: Benn Ferriero, Tony Lucia, Cameron MacIntyre, James Marcou, Tyson Sexsmith.


Tampa Bay Lightning

Group 2 FAs: Jaroslav Janus, Evan Oberg.
Group 3 UFAs: Brett Clark, Mike Commodore, Richard Petiot, Paul Ranger, Dwayne Roloson, Ryan Shannon, Tim Wallace.
Group 6 UFAs: Scott Jackson, Jon Kalinski, Alexandre Picard.
UFAs: Sebastien Piche.


Toronto Maple Leafs

Group 2 FAs: Cody Franson, Mark Fraser, Simon Gysbers, Korbinian Holzer, Juraj Mikus, Marcel Mueller, Ben Scrivens.
Group 3 UFAs: Jeff Finger, Mike Zigomanis.
Group 6 UFAs: Matt Lashoff, Jay Rosehill.
UFAs: Richard Greenop.


Vancouver Canucks

Group 2 FAs: Eddie Lack, Dale Weise.
Group 3 UFAs: Nolan Baumgartner, Byron Bitz, Matt Climie, Samuel Pahlsson, Steven Reinprecht, Eric Walsky.
Group 6 UFAs: None.
UFAs: Mike Duco, Victor Oreskovich, Ryan Parent.


Washington Capitals

Group 2 FAs: John Carlson, Mike Green.
Group 3 UFAs: Keith Aucoin, Sean Collins, Kyle Greentree, D.J. King, Mike Knuble, Jacob Micflikier, Zach Miskovic, Alexander Semin.
Group 6 UFAs: Christian Hanson, Jordan Henry.
UFAs: None.


Winnipeg Jets

Group 2 FAs: Brett Festerling, Evander Kane, Arturs Kulda, Maxime Macenauer, Spencer Machacek, Paul Postma.
Group 3 UFAs: Mark Flood, Jason Jaffray, Randy Jones, Peter Mannino, Tim Stapleton, Kyle Wellwood.
Group 6 UFAs: Kenndal McArdle.
UFAs: Eric Fehr, Michael Forney, John Negrin, Fredrik Pettersson.


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FREE AGENTS SUBJECT TO COMPENSATION AND RIGHT TO MATCH - GROUP 2

Players 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
$1,110,249 or below None
Over $1,110,249 to $1,682,194 Third-round choice
Over $1,682,194 to $3,364,391 Second-round choice
Over $3,364,391 to $5,046,585 First-round and third-round choice
Over $5,046,585 to $6,728,781 First-round, second-round and third-round choice
Over $6,728,781 to $8,410,976 Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice
Over $8,410,976 Four first-round choices

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS - GROUP 3

Players have qualified for Group 3 Free Agency (age 27 or older or with at least seven Accrued Seasons) and are Unrestricted Free Agents.

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS - GROUP 6

Players qualify for unrestricted free agency, having met the requirements for Group 6 free agency. These 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 less than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, have played less than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff).

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

Players were not tendered a qualifying offer and are therefore Unrestricted Free Agents not subject to a right to match or draft choice compensation.

Source: www.nhl.com