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- jbold

Unhook your left LNB. Use your right LNB(82 degrees west) to find your HD channels first. Lock on to that and the SD bird at 91 degrees west should come in too, when you hook it back up.

Here Jbold... I have 1 of 7 custom Mapex kits made.... $10,000 price tag... they sound awesome... not gonna lie... I have a Yamaha set and Premier set too... these are the beauties...

Just a thought, seeing how boston is in a tight spot next year with the resigning of seguin, lucic, ference, marchand, horton, and rask. You have to say at least one of them is going which is Horton. Even though Horton has it out with some of the leaf players...what do you guys think if we signed him next summer? yes im talking about next summer since this summer Burke is hibernating and there is no good UFAS to sign.

Just a thought, seeing how boston is in a tight spot next year with the resigning of seguin, lucic, ference, marchand, horton, and rask. You have to say at least one of them is going which is Horton. Even though Horton has it out with some of the leaf players... hed be one hell of a tough guy and centerman on the leafs... what do you guys think if we signed him next summer?
- Mapleleafs_91

I think you should post another Leafs line up...

I think you should post another Leafs line up...
- OBGYN Kenobi

lazy...

Pretty quite last night?

Pretty quite last night?
- burn

Everyone must have passed out

Everyone must have passed out
- MindFr3eak

Or banned. A few bs bans handed out by a mod with a god complex recently.

Or banned. A few bs bans handed out by a mod with a god complex recently.
- burn

prob better I went to bed then

We need something newer to talk about, this is the "supposed" TOP 30 list

2013 free agents as per sportsnet............ Discuss


Corey Perry

Age: 27

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $5.325 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 50 goals en route to winning the Hart Trophy in 2010-11

Career curve: Slight dip after a career campaign

Best guess: Ducks do everything in power to re-sign, but Perry can name his price on open market. Get those Parise pesos

Ryan Getzlaf

Age: 27

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $5.325 million

Bargaining chip: Had 91 points, good for sixth in NHL scoring in 2008-09

Career curve: Big dip. Despite playing all 82 games, had a career-low 11 goals and 57 points last season

Best guess: Dangled as trade bait. Regardless, gets a decent raise sometime between July 1 and 4

Jarome Iginla

Age: 35

Team: Calgary Flames

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $7 million

Bargaining chip: Two-time winner of the Maurice Richard Trophy with 52 goals in 2001-02 and 41 in 2003-04

Career curve: Steady as she goes. Eleven straight 30-goal seasons

Best guess: Frustrated by Flames' lack of improvement, starts exploring trade options to contender in December; draws Doan-like attention as UFA

Nathan Horton

Age: 27

Team: Boston Bruins

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (31) and points (62) in 2006-07

Career curve: Set back by injury, but will steadily deliver 20-plus goals and 30-plus assists if healthy

Best guess: Re-signed by Bruins during season, but only short-term

Scott Hartnell

Age: 30

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.2 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 37 goals in 2011-12 while making only career All-Star appearance

Career curve: On a significant upswing, despite being over a decade into his NHL journey

Best guess: Already indicated his wish to stay in Philly; should be re-signed with a raise because the Flyers don't want to face him

Stephen Weiss

Age: 29

Team: Florida Panthers

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $3.1 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 61 points in 2008-09

Career curve: Steadying after peak. Coming off third 20-goal year and first postseason action

Best guess: Re-signed with raise by Panthers during year, but not after other centre-needy teams ring the phone

Alex Edler

Age: 26

Team: Vancouver Canucks

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: 3.25 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 49 points in 2011-12 while making only career All-Star appearance

Career curve: Steady incline points-wise, but a top defender with an even plus/minus on a team as good as Vancouver's is tough to explain. Not quite elite yet

Best guess: Needing Edler for another playoff run, Canucks let him go to free agency, whereupon he will be overpaid

Kimmo Timonen

Age: 37

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $6.33 million

Bargaining chip: Four-time All-Star; most recently in 2011-12

Career curve: All-star aging gracefully; a plus who stays out of the box and will get you 40 points

Best guess: Re-signs a short-term deal with Flyers before end of season

Ryane Clowe

Age: 29

Team: San Jose Sharks

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $6.33 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 24 goals in 2010-11

Career curve: Dipped this season, along with most of Sharks, but should rebound in contract year

Best guess: Traded for defence before deadline; Sharks throw in yet another "e" in Ryane's first name to sweeten deal

Tobias Enstrom

Age: 27

Team: Winnipeg Jets

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: 3.75 million

Bargaining chip: Consecutive 50-plus-point seasons in 2009-10 and 2010-11

Career curve: Despite missing 20 games to injury, steadily on incline with maturity

Best guess: Re-signs with raise; Jets need all the defensive responsibility they can get

Patrik Elias

Age: 36

Team: New Jersey Devils

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $6 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 40 goals in 2000-01 while leading the NHL as a plus-45

Career curve: Thought to be on age-related decline, Elias is coming off his best season since 2008-09

Best guess: Little haggle; re-signs short-term with only team he's ever known

Mike Fisher

Age: 32

Team: Nashville Predators

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4.2 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 25 goals in 2009-10

Career curve: Bouncing back from a spotty trade year, the NHL Foundation Player Award winner is a valuable component of the Preds and the Nashville community

Best guess: Does Mrs. Fisher still sing country tunes? Re-ups in Music City, no worries

Niklas Backstrom

Age: 34

Team: Minnesota Wild

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $6 million

Bargaining chip: Won the William M. Jennings Trophy with a 1.97 GAA in 2006-07

Career curve: Despite his team's dismal finish, Backstrom's numbers actually spiked last season

Best guess: Win column benefits from injection of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter; re-signs for two or three years

Lubomir Visnovsky

Age: 35

Team: New York Islanders

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $5.6 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 68 points in 2010-11

Career curve: Languishing on an underachieving Ducks team, the journeyman's roller-coaster career dipped a bit

Best guess: The gamble either stays healthy and asserts himself as a top-two d-man on the Island or gets shipped to a contender

Sergei Gonchar

Age: 38

Team: Ottawa Senators

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $5.5 million

Bargaining chip: Four-time all-star, most recently in 2007-08

Career curve: Steady decline with age and loss of speed. Once a show-runner, is now a support player in Erik Karlsson Show

Best guess: Retires or signs for millions in KHL (or, encouraged by friend Evgeni Malkin, signs affordable one-year deal back in Pittsburgh for 2014 Cup shot)

Derek Roy

Age: 29

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 32 goals in 2007-08

Career curve: Bad news is he's coming off his worst full season; good news (sorta) is that it turns out he was hurt. Should respond well after surgery

Best guess: Gets another short-term shot in Dallas after playing only half a season

Mike Ribeiro

Age: 32

Team: Washington Capitals

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $5 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (27) and points (83) in 2007-08

Career curve: Responded to decline by having a decent 2011-12 contract year

Best guess: Revived to 20-goal, 70-point status under tutelage of Adam Oates and power-play time with the Caps' snipers, earns a three-year deal

Tim Thomas

Age: 38

Team: Boston Bruins

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $5 million

Bargaining chip: Two-time Vezina Trophy winner in 2008-09 and 2010-11

Career curve: Fell off a cliff, charts-wise, by taking a sabbatical from hockey

Best guess: Some U.S.-based team will take a chance on signing the Olympic hopeful to a one-year deal, possibly the Colorado Avalanche

Michael Ryder

Age: 32

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $3.5 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 35 goals in 2011-12

Career curve: Sharp peak since trade to Stars

Best guess: Stars and Ryder reach multi-year deal, as forward finds niche away from not-so-hockey-mad cities like Boston and Montreal

Daniel Alfredsson

Age: 39

Team: Ottawa Senators

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.875 million

Bargaining chip: Ranks fourth among active players with 1,082 points

Career curve: Loved his senior role in 2011-12, hosting All-Star Game and returning to playoffs

Best guess: One last kick at the Gatorade bottle in 2012-13, then calls it a career at 40

Andy McDonald

Age: 34

Team: St. Louis Blues

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4.7 million

Bargaining chip: Set career highs in goals (34) and points (85) during the 2005-06 season

Career curve: Injuries have limited him to one full season since 2006-07, but was back to better than a point-per-game pace in the 2012 playoffs

Best guess: Re-signs short-term deal to remain in St. Louis, a team that has been patient with its talent

Jaromir Jagr

Age: 40

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Right Wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.55 million

Bargaining chip: Four consecutive Art Ross trophies from 1998 to 2001

Career curve: Production and role declined in return to NHL after three KHL years

Best guess: Sees stats drop off even further without Claude Giroux on his line; struggles towards season's end and goes back to KHL for swan song

Joffrey Lupul

Age: 28

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.25 million

Bargaining chip: Set a career high with 67 points in 2011-12 while also making first All-Star Game appearance

Career curve: Dramatic upswing after playing only a fraction of three seasons

Best guess: Returns rested and ready, gets off to hot start and re-signs with significant raise

Ian White

Age: 28

Team: Detroit Red Wings

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $2.875 million

Bargaining chip: Career-best plus-23 in 2011-12

Career curve: Big upswing. Finally healthy again, White excelled in Detroit's system with support from now-retired Nicklas Lidstrom

Best guess: Forced to shoulder more responsibility on a Red Wings team blueline -- thin for the first time in years, White re-signs with raise because the D needs D

Mark Streit

Age: 34

Team: New York Islanders

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $4.1 million

Bargaining chip: Scored career-high 16 goals in 2008-09 while making his lone All-Star appearance

Career curve: Steady decline. Streit's points decreased for the third straight year and was a dismal minus-27 in 2011-12

Best guess: Bounce-back season playing alongside Visnovsky ups his value; used as trade-deadline bait with a contender in need of an experienced d-man

Ryan Whitney

Age: 29

Team: Edmonton Oilers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Set career highs in goals (14) and points (59) in 2006-07

Career curve: Injury-plagued decline; hasn't played more than 62 games since 2007-08

Best guess: The best playmaking defenceman the Oilers dress, will re-sign short-term

Ladislav Smid

Age: 26

Team: Edmonton Oilers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $2.25 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (5) and points (15) in 2011-12

Career curve: Steady incline. Despite playing on one of the league's worst teams, was a plus-4 and chopped his penalty minutes in half

Best guess: Re-sign long-term deal with significant raise; gets to develop alongside Oilers' ridiculous forwards crop

Clarke MacArthur

Age: 27

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $3.25 million

Bargaining chip: Consecutive 20-plus-goal seasons in 2010-11 and 2011-12

Career curve: Cruising nicely in his prime

Best guess: Re-signs three-year deal in $4 million range

Teemu Selanne

Age: 42

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.5 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 76 goals in 1992-1993 while taking home the Calder Memorial Trophy

Career curve: Ageless wonder continues to astound. Even in decline, he's good for another 25 goals

Best guess: Calls it a career for real this time; awaits phone call from Hockey Hall of Fame
Kari Lehtonen

Age: 28

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $3.55 million

Bargaining chip: Despite injury, his career-best .922 save percentage last season kept Dallas in the playoff hunt

Career curve: On the rise, improving his stats and Q-rating since leaving Atlanta

Best guess: Re-signs multi-year deal as Dallas's No. 1 goaltender

WAKE THE (frank) UP PEOPLE

Or banned. A few bs bans handed out by a mod with a god complex recently.
- burn

Thought I was gonna get one yesterday in Cloutier's blog, he was calling people tim thomas when he didn't agree with their views.

Complete child with no professionalism for a "SUPPOSED" professional blogger

WAKE THE (frank) UP PEOPLE
- MindFr3eak

Tostitos...

WAKE THE (frank) UP PEOPLE
- MindFr3eak

Wow...beautiful morning on the West Coast!!

So what you guys watching in the Olympics? I'm flipping between swimming and the cycling right now.

We need something newer to talk about, this is the "supposed" TOP 30 list

2013 free agents as per sportsnet............ Discuss


Corey Perry

Age: 27

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $5.325 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 50 goals en route to winning the Hart Trophy in 2010-11

Career curve: Slight dip after a career campaign

Best guess: Ducks do everything in power to re-sign, but Perry can name his price on open market. Get those Parise pesos

Ryan Getzlaf

Age: 27

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $5.325 million

Bargaining chip: Had 91 points, good for sixth in NHL scoring in 2008-09

Career curve: Big dip. Despite playing all 82 games, had a career-low 11 goals and 57 points last season

Best guess: Dangled as trade bait. Regardless, gets a decent raise sometime between July 1 and 4

Jarome Iginla

Age: 35

Team: Calgary Flames

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $7 million

Bargaining chip: Two-time winner of the Maurice Richard Trophy with 52 goals in 2001-02 and 41 in 2003-04

Career curve: Steady as she goes. Eleven straight 30-goal seasons

Best guess: Frustrated by Flames' lack of improvement, starts exploring trade options to contender in December; draws Doan-like attention as UFA

Nathan Horton

Age: 27

Team: Boston Bruins

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (31) and points (62) in 2006-07

Career curve: Set back by injury, but will steadily deliver 20-plus goals and 30-plus assists if healthy

Best guess: Re-signed by Bruins during season, but only short-term

Scott Hartnell

Age: 30

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.2 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 37 goals in 2011-12 while making only career All-Star appearance

Career curve: On a significant upswing, despite being over a decade into his NHL journey

Best guess: Already indicated his wish to stay in Philly; should be re-signed with a raise because the Flyers don't want to face him

Stephen Weiss

Age: 29

Team: Florida Panthers

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $3.1 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 61 points in 2008-09

Career curve: Steadying after peak. Coming off third 20-goal year and first postseason action

Best guess: Re-signed with raise by Panthers during year, but not after other centre-needy teams ring the phone

Alex Edler

Age: 26

Team: Vancouver Canucks

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: 3.25 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 49 points in 2011-12 while making only career All-Star appearance

Career curve: Steady incline points-wise, but a top defender with an even plus/minus on a team as good as Vancouver's is tough to explain. Not quite elite yet

Best guess: Needing Edler for another playoff run, Canucks let him go to free agency, whereupon he will be overpaid

Kimmo Timonen

Age: 37

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $6.33 million

Bargaining chip: Four-time All-Star; most recently in 2011-12

Career curve: All-star aging gracefully; a plus who stays out of the box and will get you 40 points

Best guess: Re-signs a short-term deal with Flyers before end of season

Ryane Clowe

Age: 29

Team: San Jose Sharks

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $6.33 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 24 goals in 2010-11

Career curve: Dipped this season, along with most of Sharks, but should rebound in contract year

Best guess: Traded for defence before deadline; Sharks throw in yet another "e" in Ryane's first name to sweeten deal

Tobias Enstrom

Age: 27

Team: Winnipeg Jets

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: 3.75 million

Bargaining chip: Consecutive 50-plus-point seasons in 2009-10 and 2010-11

Career curve: Despite missing 20 games to injury, steadily on incline with maturity

Best guess: Re-signs with raise; Jets need all the defensive responsibility they can get

Patrik Elias

Age: 36

Team: New Jersey Devils

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $6 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 40 goals in 2000-01 while leading the NHL as a plus-45

Career curve: Thought to be on age-related decline, Elias is coming off his best season since 2008-09

Best guess: Little haggle; re-signs short-term with only team he's ever known

Mike Fisher

Age: 32

Team: Nashville Predators

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4.2 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 25 goals in 2009-10

Career curve: Bouncing back from a spotty trade year, the NHL Foundation Player Award winner is a valuable component of the Preds and the Nashville community

Best guess: Does Mrs. Fisher still sing country tunes? Re-ups in Music City, no worries

Niklas Backstrom

Age: 34

Team: Minnesota Wild

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $6 million

Bargaining chip: Won the William M. Jennings Trophy with a 1.97 GAA in 2006-07

Career curve: Despite his team's dismal finish, Backstrom's numbers actually spiked last season

Best guess: Win column benefits from injection of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter; re-signs for two or three years

Lubomir Visnovsky

Age: 35

Team: New York Islanders

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $5.6 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 68 points in 2010-11

Career curve: Languishing on an underachieving Ducks team, the journeyman's roller-coaster career dipped a bit

Best guess: The gamble either stays healthy and asserts himself as a top-two d-man on the Island or gets shipped to a contender

Sergei Gonchar

Age: 38

Team: Ottawa Senators

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $5.5 million

Bargaining chip: Four-time all-star, most recently in 2007-08

Career curve: Steady decline with age and loss of speed. Once a show-runner, is now a support player in Erik Karlsson Show

Best guess: Retires or signs for millions in KHL (or, encouraged by friend Evgeni Malkin, signs affordable one-year deal back in Pittsburgh for 2014 Cup shot)

Derek Roy

Age: 29

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 32 goals in 2007-08

Career curve: Bad news is he's coming off his worst full season; good news (sorta) is that it turns out he was hurt. Should respond well after surgery

Best guess: Gets another short-term shot in Dallas after playing only half a season

Mike Ribeiro

Age: 32

Team: Washington Capitals

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $5 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (27) and points (83) in 2007-08

Career curve: Responded to decline by having a decent 2011-12 contract year

Best guess: Revived to 20-goal, 70-point status under tutelage of Adam Oates and power-play time with the Caps' snipers, earns a three-year deal

Tim Thomas

Age: 38

Team: Boston Bruins

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $5 million

Bargaining chip: Two-time Vezina Trophy winner in 2008-09 and 2010-11

Career curve: Fell off a cliff, charts-wise, by taking a sabbatical from hockey

Best guess: Some U.S.-based team will take a chance on signing the Olympic hopeful to a one-year deal, possibly the Colorado Avalanche

Michael Ryder

Age: 32

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $3.5 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 35 goals in 2011-12

Career curve: Sharp peak since trade to Stars

Best guess: Stars and Ryder reach multi-year deal, as forward finds niche away from not-so-hockey-mad cities like Boston and Montreal

Daniel Alfredsson

Age: 39

Team: Ottawa Senators

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.875 million

Bargaining chip: Ranks fourth among active players with 1,082 points

Career curve: Loved his senior role in 2011-12, hosting All-Star Game and returning to playoffs

Best guess: One last kick at the Gatorade bottle in 2012-13, then calls it a career at 40

Andy McDonald

Age: 34

Team: St. Louis Blues

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4.7 million

Bargaining chip: Set career highs in goals (34) and points (85) during the 2005-06 season

Career curve: Injuries have limited him to one full season since 2006-07, but was back to better than a point-per-game pace in the 2012 playoffs

Best guess: Re-signs short-term deal to remain in St. Louis, a team that has been patient with its talent

Jaromir Jagr

Age: 40

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Right Wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.55 million

Bargaining chip: Four consecutive Art Ross trophies from 1998 to 2001

Career curve: Production and role declined in return to NHL after three KHL years

Best guess: Sees stats drop off even further without Claude Giroux on his line; struggles towards season's end and goes back to KHL for swan song

Joffrey Lupul

Age: 28

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.25 million

Bargaining chip: Set a career high with 67 points in 2011-12 while also making first All-Star Game appearance

Career curve: Dramatic upswing after playing only a fraction of three seasons

Best guess: Returns rested and ready, gets off to hot start and re-signs with significant raise

Ian White

Age: 28

Team: Detroit Red Wings

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $2.875 million

Bargaining chip: Career-best plus-23 in 2011-12

Career curve: Big upswing. Finally healthy again, White excelled in Detroit's system with support from now-retired Nicklas Lidstrom

Best guess: Forced to shoulder more responsibility on a Red Wings team blueline -- thin for the first time in years, White re-signs with raise because the D needs D

Mark Streit

Age: 34

Team: New York Islanders

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $4.1 million

Bargaining chip: Scored career-high 16 goals in 2008-09 while making his lone All-Star appearance

Career curve: Steady decline. Streit's points decreased for the third straight year and was a dismal minus-27 in 2011-12

Best guess: Bounce-back season playing alongside Visnovsky ups his value; used as trade-deadline bait with a contender in need of an experienced d-man

Ryan Whitney

Age: 29

Team: Edmonton Oilers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Set career highs in goals (14) and points (59) in 2006-07

Career curve: Injury-plagued decline; hasn't played more than 62 games since 2007-08

Best guess: The best playmaking defenceman the Oilers dress, will re-sign short-term

Ladislav Smid

Age: 26

Team: Edmonton Oilers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $2.25 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (5) and points (15) in 2011-12

Career curve: Steady incline. Despite playing on one of the league's worst teams, was a plus-4 and chopped his penalty minutes in half

Best guess: Re-sign long-term deal with significant raise; gets to develop alongside Oilers' ridiculous forwards crop

Clarke MacArthur

Age: 27

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $3.25 million

Bargaining chip: Consecutive 20-plus-goal seasons in 2010-11 and 2011-12

Career curve: Cruising nicely in his prime

Best guess: Re-signs three-year deal in $4 million range

Teemu Selanne

Age: 42

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.5 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 76 goals in 1992-1993 while taking home the Calder Memorial Trophy

Career curve: Ageless wonder continues to astound. Even in decline, he's good for another 25 goals

Best guess: Calls it a career for real this time; awaits phone call from Hockey Hall of Fame
Kari Lehtonen

Age: 28

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $3.55 million

Bargaining chip: Despite injury, his career-best .922 save percentage last season kept Dallas in the playoff hunt

Career curve: On the rise, improving his stats and Q-rating since leaving Atlanta

Best guess: Re-signs multi-year deal as Dallas's No. 1 goaltender
- MindFr3eak

you know its going to be a long season when all we can look forward to are signing Perry and Getzlaf 11 months from now.

Tanking doesn't sound all that bad actually....lol

We need something newer to talk about, this is the "supposed" TOP 30 list

2013 free agents as per sportsnet............ Discuss


Corey Perry

Age: 27

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $5.325 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 50 goals en route to winning the Hart Trophy in 2010-11

Career curve: Slight dip after a career campaign

Best guess: Ducks do everything in power to re-sign, but Perry can name his price on open market. Get those Parise pesos

Ryan Getzlaf

Age: 27

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $5.325 million

Bargaining chip: Had 91 points, good for sixth in NHL scoring in 2008-09

Career curve: Big dip. Despite playing all 82 games, had a career-low 11 goals and 57 points last season

Best guess: Dangled as trade bait. Regardless, gets a decent raise sometime between July 1 and 4

Jarome Iginla

Age: 35

Team: Calgary Flames

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $7 million

Bargaining chip: Two-time winner of the Maurice Richard Trophy with 52 goals in 2001-02 and 41 in 2003-04

Career curve: Steady as she goes. Eleven straight 30-goal seasons

Best guess: Frustrated by Flames' lack of improvement, starts exploring trade options to contender in December; draws Doan-like attention as UFA

Nathan Horton

Age: 27

Team: Boston Bruins

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (31) and points (62) in 2006-07

Career curve: Set back by injury, but will steadily deliver 20-plus goals and 30-plus assists if healthy

Best guess: Re-signed by Bruins during season, but only short-term

Scott Hartnell

Age: 30

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.2 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 37 goals in 2011-12 while making only career All-Star appearance

Career curve: On a significant upswing, despite being over a decade into his NHL journey

Best guess: Already indicated his wish to stay in Philly; should be re-signed with a raise because the Flyers don't want to face him

Stephen Weiss

Age: 29

Team: Florida Panthers

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $3.1 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 61 points in 2008-09

Career curve: Steadying after peak. Coming off third 20-goal year and first postseason action

Best guess: Re-signed with raise by Panthers during year, but not after other centre-needy teams ring the phone

Alex Edler

Age: 26

Team: Vancouver Canucks

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: 3.25 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 49 points in 2011-12 while making only career All-Star appearance

Career curve: Steady incline points-wise, but a top defender with an even plus/minus on a team as good as Vancouver's is tough to explain. Not quite elite yet

Best guess: Needing Edler for another playoff run, Canucks let him go to free agency, whereupon he will be overpaid

Kimmo Timonen

Age: 37

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $6.33 million

Bargaining chip: Four-time All-Star; most recently in 2011-12

Career curve: All-star aging gracefully; a plus who stays out of the box and will get you 40 points

Best guess: Re-signs a short-term deal with Flyers before end of season

Ryane Clowe

Age: 29

Team: San Jose Sharks

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $6.33 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 24 goals in 2010-11

Career curve: Dipped this season, along with most of Sharks, but should rebound in contract year

Best guess: Traded for defence before deadline; Sharks throw in yet another "e" in Ryane's first name to sweeten deal

Tobias Enstrom

Age: 27

Team: Winnipeg Jets

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: 3.75 million

Bargaining chip: Consecutive 50-plus-point seasons in 2009-10 and 2010-11

Career curve: Despite missing 20 games to injury, steadily on incline with maturity

Best guess: Re-signs with raise; Jets need all the defensive responsibility they can get

Patrik Elias

Age: 36

Team: New Jersey Devils

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $6 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 40 goals in 2000-01 while leading the NHL as a plus-45

Career curve: Thought to be on age-related decline, Elias is coming off his best season since 2008-09

Best guess: Little haggle; re-signs short-term with only team he's ever known

Mike Fisher

Age: 32

Team: Nashville Predators

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4.2 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 25 goals in 2009-10

Career curve: Bouncing back from a spotty trade year, the NHL Foundation Player Award winner is a valuable component of the Preds and the Nashville community

Best guess: Does Mrs. Fisher still sing country tunes? Re-ups in Music City, no worries

Niklas Backstrom

Age: 34

Team: Minnesota Wild

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $6 million

Bargaining chip: Won the William M. Jennings Trophy with a 1.97 GAA in 2006-07

Career curve: Despite his team's dismal finish, Backstrom's numbers actually spiked last season

Best guess: Win column benefits from injection of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter; re-signs for two or three years

Lubomir Visnovsky

Age: 35

Team: New York Islanders

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $5.6 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 68 points in 2010-11

Career curve: Languishing on an underachieving Ducks team, the journeyman's roller-coaster career dipped a bit

Best guess: The gamble either stays healthy and asserts himself as a top-two d-man on the Island or gets shipped to a contender

Sergei Gonchar

Age: 38

Team: Ottawa Senators

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $5.5 million

Bargaining chip: Four-time all-star, most recently in 2007-08

Career curve: Steady decline with age and loss of speed. Once a show-runner, is now a support player in Erik Karlsson Show

Best guess: Retires or signs for millions in KHL (or, encouraged by friend Evgeni Malkin, signs affordable one-year deal back in Pittsburgh for 2014 Cup shot)

Derek Roy

Age: 29

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 32 goals in 2007-08

Career curve: Bad news is he's coming off his worst full season; good news (sorta) is that it turns out he was hurt. Should respond well after surgery

Best guess: Gets another short-term shot in Dallas after playing only half a season

Mike Ribeiro

Age: 32

Team: Washington Capitals

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $5 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (27) and points (83) in 2007-08

Career curve: Responded to decline by having a decent 2011-12 contract year

Best guess: Revived to 20-goal, 70-point status under tutelage of Adam Oates and power-play time with the Caps' snipers, earns a three-year deal

Tim Thomas

Age: 38

Team: Boston Bruins

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $5 million

Bargaining chip: Two-time Vezina Trophy winner in 2008-09 and 2010-11

Career curve: Fell off a cliff, charts-wise, by taking a sabbatical from hockey

Best guess: Some U.S.-based team will take a chance on signing the Olympic hopeful to a one-year deal, possibly the Colorado Avalanche

Michael Ryder

Age: 32

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $3.5 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 35 goals in 2011-12

Career curve: Sharp peak since trade to Stars

Best guess: Stars and Ryder reach multi-year deal, as forward finds niche away from not-so-hockey-mad cities like Boston and Montreal

Daniel Alfredsson

Age: 39

Team: Ottawa Senators

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.875 million

Bargaining chip: Ranks fourth among active players with 1,082 points

Career curve: Loved his senior role in 2011-12, hosting All-Star Game and returning to playoffs

Best guess: One last kick at the Gatorade bottle in 2012-13, then calls it a career at 40

Andy McDonald

Age: 34

Team: St. Louis Blues

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4.7 million

Bargaining chip: Set career highs in goals (34) and points (85) during the 2005-06 season

Career curve: Injuries have limited him to one full season since 2006-07, but was back to better than a point-per-game pace in the 2012 playoffs

Best guess: Re-signs short-term deal to remain in St. Louis, a team that has been patient with its talent

Jaromir Jagr

Age: 40

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Right Wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.55 million

Bargaining chip: Four consecutive Art Ross trophies from 1998 to 2001

Career curve: Production and role declined in return to NHL after three KHL years

Best guess: Sees stats drop off even further without Claude Giroux on his line; struggles towards season's end and goes back to KHL for swan song

Joffrey Lupul

Age: 28

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.25 million

Bargaining chip: Set a career high with 67 points in 2011-12 while also making first All-Star Game appearance

Career curve: Dramatic upswing after playing only a fraction of three seasons

Best guess: Returns rested and ready, gets off to hot start and re-signs with significant raise

Ian White

Age: 28

Team: Detroit Red Wings

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $2.875 million

Bargaining chip: Career-best plus-23 in 2011-12

Career curve: Big upswing. Finally healthy again, White excelled in Detroit's system with support from now-retired Nicklas Lidstrom

Best guess: Forced to shoulder more responsibility on a Red Wings team blueline -- thin for the first time in years, White re-signs with raise because the D needs D

Mark Streit

Age: 34

Team: New York Islanders

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $4.1 million

Bargaining chip: Scored career-high 16 goals in 2008-09 while making his lone All-Star appearance

Career curve: Steady decline. Streit's points decreased for the third straight year and was a dismal minus-27 in 2011-12

Best guess: Bounce-back season playing alongside Visnovsky ups his value; used as trade-deadline bait with a contender in need of an experienced d-man

Ryan Whitney

Age: 29

Team: Edmonton Oilers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Set career highs in goals (14) and points (59) in 2006-07

Career curve: Injury-plagued decline; hasn't played more than 62 games since 2007-08

Best guess: The best playmaking defenceman the Oilers dress, will re-sign short-term

Ladislav Smid

Age: 26

Team: Edmonton Oilers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $2.25 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (5) and points (15) in 2011-12

Career curve: Steady incline. Despite playing on one of the league's worst teams, was a plus-4 and chopped his penalty minutes in half

Best guess: Re-sign long-term deal with significant raise; gets to develop alongside Oilers' ridiculous forwards crop

Clarke MacArthur

Age: 27

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $3.25 million

Bargaining chip: Consecutive 20-plus-goal seasons in 2010-11 and 2011-12

Career curve: Cruising nicely in his prime

Best guess: Re-signs three-year deal in $4 million range

Teemu Selanne

Age: 42

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.5 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 76 goals in 1992-1993 while taking home the Calder Memorial Trophy

Career curve: Ageless wonder continues to astound. Even in decline, he's good for another 25 goals

Best guess: Calls it a career for real this time; awaits phone call from Hockey Hall of Fame
Kari Lehtonen

Age: 28

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $3.55 million

Bargaining chip: Despite injury, his career-best .922 save percentage last season kept Dallas in the playoff hunt

Career curve: On the rise, improving his stats and Q-rating since leaving Atlanta

Best guess: Re-signs multi-year deal as Dallas's No. 1 goaltender
- MindFr3eak

Best bets for this summer is ryan, luu, and bernier. By trade deadline:
Chris stewart. Next summer UFAS: Getz+Perry(if not resigned trade for
Rights), Horton.

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Semin?????... ...7mil..

Would love to see Lethonen or Clowe hit the open market or traded at the deadline. I don't see Clarke getting resigned rather traded. Lupul will get a 5 year deal at 5 million.

We need something newer to talk about, this is the "supposed" TOP 30 list

2013 free agents as per sportsnet............ Discuss


Corey Perry

Age: 27

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $5.325 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 50 goals en route to winning the Hart Trophy in 2010-11

Career curve: Slight dip after a career campaign

Best guess: Ducks do everything in power to re-sign, but Perry can name his price on open market. Get those Parise pesos

Ryan Getzlaf

Age: 27

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $5.325 million

Bargaining chip: Had 91 points, good for sixth in NHL scoring in 2008-09

Career curve: Big dip. Despite playing all 82 games, had a career-low 11 goals and 57 points last season

Best guess: Dangled as trade bait. Regardless, gets a decent raise sometime between July 1 and 4

Jarome Iginla

Age: 35

Team: Calgary Flames

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $7 million

Bargaining chip: Two-time winner of the Maurice Richard Trophy with 52 goals in 2001-02 and 41 in 2003-04

Career curve: Steady as she goes. Eleven straight 30-goal seasons

Best guess: Frustrated by Flames' lack of improvement, starts exploring trade options to contender in December; draws Doan-like attention as UFA

Nathan Horton

Age: 27

Team: Boston Bruins

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (31) and points (62) in 2006-07

Career curve: Set back by injury, but will steadily deliver 20-plus goals and 30-plus assists if healthy

Best guess: Re-signed by Bruins during season, but only short-term

Scott Hartnell

Age: 30

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.2 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 37 goals in 2011-12 while making only career All-Star appearance

Career curve: On a significant upswing, despite being over a decade into his NHL journey

Best guess: Already indicated his wish to stay in Philly; should be re-signed with a raise because the Flyers don't want to face him

Stephen Weiss

Age: 29

Team: Florida Panthers

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $3.1 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 61 points in 2008-09

Career curve: Steadying after peak. Coming off third 20-goal year and first postseason action

Best guess: Re-signed with raise by Panthers during year, but not after other centre-needy teams ring the phone

Alex Edler

Age: 26

Team: Vancouver Canucks

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: 3.25 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 49 points in 2011-12 while making only career All-Star appearance

Career curve: Steady incline points-wise, but a top defender with an even plus/minus on a team as good as Vancouver's is tough to explain. Not quite elite yet

Best guess: Needing Edler for another playoff run, Canucks let him go to free agency, whereupon he will be overpaid

Kimmo Timonen

Age: 37

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $6.33 million

Bargaining chip: Four-time All-Star; most recently in 2011-12

Career curve: All-star aging gracefully; a plus who stays out of the box and will get you 40 points

Best guess: Re-signs a short-term deal with Flyers before end of season

Ryane Clowe

Age: 29

Team: San Jose Sharks

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $6.33 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 24 goals in 2010-11

Career curve: Dipped this season, along with most of Sharks, but should rebound in contract year

Best guess: Traded for defence before deadline; Sharks throw in yet another "e" in Ryane's first name to sweeten deal

Tobias Enstrom

Age: 27

Team: Winnipeg Jets

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: 3.75 million

Bargaining chip: Consecutive 50-plus-point seasons in 2009-10 and 2010-11

Career curve: Despite missing 20 games to injury, steadily on incline with maturity

Best guess: Re-signs with raise; Jets need all the defensive responsibility they can get

Patrik Elias

Age: 36

Team: New Jersey Devils

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $6 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 40 goals in 2000-01 while leading the NHL as a plus-45

Career curve: Thought to be on age-related decline, Elias is coming off his best season since 2008-09

Best guess: Little haggle; re-signs short-term with only team he's ever known

Mike Fisher

Age: 32

Team: Nashville Predators

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4.2 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 25 goals in 2009-10

Career curve: Bouncing back from a spotty trade year, the NHL Foundation Player Award winner is a valuable component of the Preds and the Nashville community

Best guess: Does Mrs. Fisher still sing country tunes? Re-ups in Music City, no worries

Niklas Backstrom

Age: 34

Team: Minnesota Wild

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $6 million

Bargaining chip: Won the William M. Jennings Trophy with a 1.97 GAA in 2006-07

Career curve: Despite his team's dismal finish, Backstrom's numbers actually spiked last season

Best guess: Win column benefits from injection of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter; re-signs for two or three years

Lubomir Visnovsky

Age: 35

Team: New York Islanders

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $5.6 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 68 points in 2010-11

Career curve: Languishing on an underachieving Ducks team, the journeyman's roller-coaster career dipped a bit

Best guess: The gamble either stays healthy and asserts himself as a top-two d-man on the Island or gets shipped to a contender

Sergei Gonchar

Age: 38

Team: Ottawa Senators

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $5.5 million

Bargaining chip: Four-time all-star, most recently in 2007-08

Career curve: Steady decline with age and loss of speed. Once a show-runner, is now a support player in Erik Karlsson Show

Best guess: Retires or signs for millions in KHL (or, encouraged by friend Evgeni Malkin, signs affordable one-year deal back in Pittsburgh for 2014 Cup shot)

Derek Roy

Age: 29

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 32 goals in 2007-08

Career curve: Bad news is he's coming off his worst full season; good news (sorta) is that it turns out he was hurt. Should respond well after surgery

Best guess: Gets another short-term shot in Dallas after playing only half a season

Mike Ribeiro

Age: 32

Team: Washington Capitals

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $5 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (27) and points (83) in 2007-08

Career curve: Responded to decline by having a decent 2011-12 contract year

Best guess: Revived to 20-goal, 70-point status under tutelage of Adam Oates and power-play time with the Caps' snipers, earns a three-year deal

Tim Thomas

Age: 38

Team: Boston Bruins

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $5 million

Bargaining chip: Two-time Vezina Trophy winner in 2008-09 and 2010-11

Career curve: Fell off a cliff, charts-wise, by taking a sabbatical from hockey

Best guess: Some U.S.-based team will take a chance on signing the Olympic hopeful to a one-year deal, possibly the Colorado Avalanche

Michael Ryder

Age: 32

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $3.5 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 35 goals in 2011-12

Career curve: Sharp peak since trade to Stars

Best guess: Stars and Ryder reach multi-year deal, as forward finds niche away from not-so-hockey-mad cities like Boston and Montreal

Daniel Alfredsson

Age: 39

Team: Ottawa Senators

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.875 million

Bargaining chip: Ranks fourth among active players with 1,082 points

Career curve: Loved his senior role in 2011-12, hosting All-Star Game and returning to playoffs

Best guess: One last kick at the Gatorade bottle in 2012-13, then calls it a career at 40

Andy McDonald

Age: 34

Team: St. Louis Blues

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4.7 million

Bargaining chip: Set career highs in goals (34) and points (85) during the 2005-06 season

Career curve: Injuries have limited him to one full season since 2006-07, but was back to better than a point-per-game pace in the 2012 playoffs

Best guess: Re-signs short-term deal to remain in St. Louis, a team that has been patient with its talent

Jaromir Jagr

Age: 40

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Right Wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.55 million

Bargaining chip: Four consecutive Art Ross trophies from 1998 to 2001

Career curve: Production and role declined in return to NHL after three KHL years

Best guess: Sees stats drop off even further without Claude Giroux on his line; struggles towards season's end and goes back to KHL for swan song

Joffrey Lupul

Age: 28

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.25 million

Bargaining chip: Set a career high with 67 points in 2011-12 while also making first All-Star Game appearance

Career curve: Dramatic upswing after playing only a fraction of three seasons

Best guess: Returns rested and ready, gets off to hot start and re-signs with significant raise

Ian White

Age: 28

Team: Detroit Red Wings

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $2.875 million

Bargaining chip: Career-best plus-23 in 2011-12

Career curve: Big upswing. Finally healthy again, White excelled in Detroit's system with support from now-retired Nicklas Lidstrom

Best guess: Forced to shoulder more responsibility on a Red Wings team blueline -- thin for the first time in years, White re-signs with raise because the D needs D

Mark Streit

Age: 34

Team: New York Islanders

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $4.1 million

Bargaining chip: Scored career-high 16 goals in 2008-09 while making his lone All-Star appearance

Career curve: Steady decline. Streit's points decreased for the third straight year and was a dismal minus-27 in 2011-12

Best guess: Bounce-back season playing alongside Visnovsky ups his value; used as trade-deadline bait with a contender in need of an experienced d-man

Ryan Whitney

Age: 29

Team: Edmonton Oilers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Set career highs in goals (14) and points (59) in 2006-07

Career curve: Injury-plagued decline; hasn't played more than 62 games since 2007-08

Best guess: The best playmaking defenceman the Oilers dress, will re-sign short-term

Ladislav Smid

Age: 26

Team: Edmonton Oilers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $2.25 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (5) and points (15) in 2011-12

Career curve: Steady incline. Despite playing on one of the league's worst teams, was a plus-4 and chopped his penalty minutes in half

Best guess: Re-sign long-term deal with significant raise; gets to develop alongside Oilers' ridiculous forwards crop

Clarke MacArthur

Age: 27

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $3.25 million

Bargaining chip: Consecutive 20-plus-goal seasons in 2010-11 and 2011-12

Career curve: Cruising nicely in his prime

Best guess: Re-signs three-year deal in $4 million range

Teemu Selanne

Age: 42

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.5 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 76 goals in 1992-1993 while taking home the Calder Memorial Trophy

Career curve: Ageless wonder continues to astound. Even in decline, he's good for another 25 goals

Best guess: Calls it a career for real this time; awaits phone call from Hockey Hall of Fame
Kari Lehtonen

Age: 28

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $3.55 million

Bargaining chip: Despite injury, his career-best .922 save percentage last season kept Dallas in the playoff hunt

Career curve: On the rise, improving his stats and Q-rating since leaving Atlanta

Best guess: Re-signs multi-year deal as Dallas's No. 1 goaltender
- MindFr3eak

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We need something newer to talk about, this is the "supposed" TOP 30 list

2013 free agents as per sportsnet............ Discuss


Corey Perry

Age: 27

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $5.325 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 50 goals en route to winning the Hart Trophy in 2010-11

Career curve: Slight dip after a career campaign

Best guess: Ducks do everything in power to re-sign, but Perry can name his price on open market. Get those Parise pesos

Ryan Getzlaf

Age: 27

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $5.325 million

Bargaining chip: Had 91 points, good for sixth in NHL scoring in 2008-09

Career curve: Big dip. Despite playing all 82 games, had a career-low 11 goals and 57 points last season

Best guess: Dangled as trade bait. Regardless, gets a decent raise sometime between July 1 and 4

Jarome Iginla

Age: 35

Team: Calgary Flames

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $7 million

Bargaining chip: Two-time winner of the Maurice Richard Trophy with 52 goals in 2001-02 and 41 in 2003-04

Career curve: Steady as she goes. Eleven straight 30-goal seasons

Best guess: Frustrated by Flames' lack of improvement, starts exploring trade options to contender in December; draws Doan-like attention as UFA

Nathan Horton

Age: 27

Team: Boston Bruins

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (31) and points (62) in 2006-07

Career curve: Set back by injury, but will steadily deliver 20-plus goals and 30-plus assists if healthy

Best guess: Re-signed by Bruins during season, but only short-term

Scott Hartnell

Age: 30

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.2 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 37 goals in 2011-12 while making only career All-Star appearance

Career curve: On a significant upswing, despite being over a decade into his NHL journey

Best guess: Already indicated his wish to stay in Philly; should be re-signed with a raise because the Flyers don't want to face him

Stephen Weiss

Age: 29

Team: Florida Panthers

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $3.1 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 61 points in 2008-09

Career curve: Steadying after peak. Coming off third 20-goal year and first postseason action

Best guess: Re-signed with raise by Panthers during year, but not after other centre-needy teams ring the phone

Alex Edler

Age: 26

Team: Vancouver Canucks

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: 3.25 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 49 points in 2011-12 while making only career All-Star appearance

Career curve: Steady incline points-wise, but a top defender with an even plus/minus on a team as good as Vancouver's is tough to explain. Not quite elite yet

Best guess: Needing Edler for another playoff run, Canucks let him go to free agency, whereupon he will be overpaid

Kimmo Timonen

Age: 37

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $6.33 million

Bargaining chip: Four-time All-Star; most recently in 2011-12

Career curve: All-star aging gracefully; a plus who stays out of the box and will get you 40 points

Best guess: Re-signs a short-term deal with Flyers before end of season

Ryane Clowe

Age: 29

Team: San Jose Sharks

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $6.33 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 24 goals in 2010-11

Career curve: Dipped this season, along with most of Sharks, but should rebound in contract year

Best guess: Traded for defence before deadline; Sharks throw in yet another "e" in Ryane's first name to sweeten deal

Tobias Enstrom

Age: 27

Team: Winnipeg Jets

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: 3.75 million

Bargaining chip: Consecutive 50-plus-point seasons in 2009-10 and 2010-11

Career curve: Despite missing 20 games to injury, steadily on incline with maturity

Best guess: Re-signs with raise; Jets need all the defensive responsibility they can get

Patrik Elias

Age: 36

Team: New Jersey Devils

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $6 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 40 goals in 2000-01 while leading the NHL as a plus-45

Career curve: Thought to be on age-related decline, Elias is coming off his best season since 2008-09

Best guess: Little haggle; re-signs short-term with only team he's ever known

Mike Fisher

Age: 32

Team: Nashville Predators

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4.2 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 25 goals in 2009-10

Career curve: Bouncing back from a spotty trade year, the NHL Foundation Player Award winner is a valuable component of the Preds and the Nashville community

Best guess: Does Mrs. Fisher still sing country tunes? Re-ups in Music City, no worries

Niklas Backstrom

Age: 34

Team: Minnesota Wild

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $6 million

Bargaining chip: Won the William M. Jennings Trophy with a 1.97 GAA in 2006-07

Career curve: Despite his team's dismal finish, Backstrom's numbers actually spiked last season

Best guess: Win column benefits from injection of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter; re-signs for two or three years

Lubomir Visnovsky

Age: 35

Team: New York Islanders

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $5.6 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 68 points in 2010-11

Career curve: Languishing on an underachieving Ducks team, the journeyman's roller-coaster career dipped a bit

Best guess: The gamble either stays healthy and asserts himself as a top-two d-man on the Island or gets shipped to a contender

Sergei Gonchar

Age: 38

Team: Ottawa Senators

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $5.5 million

Bargaining chip: Four-time all-star, most recently in 2007-08

Career curve: Steady decline with age and loss of speed. Once a show-runner, is now a support player in Erik Karlsson Show

Best guess: Retires or signs for millions in KHL (or, encouraged by friend Evgeni Malkin, signs affordable one-year deal back in Pittsburgh for 2014 Cup shot)

Derek Roy

Age: 29

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 32 goals in 2007-08

Career curve: Bad news is he's coming off his worst full season; good news (sorta) is that it turns out he was hurt. Should respond well after surgery

Best guess: Gets another short-term shot in Dallas after playing only half a season

Mike Ribeiro

Age: 32

Team: Washington Capitals

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $5 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (27) and points (83) in 2007-08

Career curve: Responded to decline by having a decent 2011-12 contract year

Best guess: Revived to 20-goal, 70-point status under tutelage of Adam Oates and power-play time with the Caps' snipers, earns a three-year deal

Tim Thomas

Age: 38

Team: Boston Bruins

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $5 million

Bargaining chip: Two-time Vezina Trophy winner in 2008-09 and 2010-11

Career curve: Fell off a cliff, charts-wise, by taking a sabbatical from hockey

Best guess: Some U.S.-based team will take a chance on signing the Olympic hopeful to a one-year deal, possibly the Colorado Avalanche

Michael Ryder

Age: 32

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $3.5 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 35 goals in 2011-12

Career curve: Sharp peak since trade to Stars

Best guess: Stars and Ryder reach multi-year deal, as forward finds niche away from not-so-hockey-mad cities like Boston and Montreal

Daniel Alfredsson

Age: 39

Team: Ottawa Senators

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.875 million

Bargaining chip: Ranks fourth among active players with 1,082 points

Career curve: Loved his senior role in 2011-12, hosting All-Star Game and returning to playoffs

Best guess: One last kick at the Gatorade bottle in 2012-13, then calls it a career at 40

Andy McDonald

Age: 34

Team: St. Louis Blues

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4.7 million

Bargaining chip: Set career highs in goals (34) and points (85) during the 2005-06 season

Career curve: Injuries have limited him to one full season since 2006-07, but was back to better than a point-per-game pace in the 2012 playoffs

Best guess: Re-signs short-term deal to remain in St. Louis, a team that has been patient with its talent

Jaromir Jagr

Age: 40

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Right Wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.55 million

Bargaining chip: Four consecutive Art Ross trophies from 1998 to 2001

Career curve: Production and role declined in return to NHL after three KHL years

Best guess: Sees stats drop off even further without Claude Giroux on his line; struggles towards season's end and goes back to KHL for swan song

Joffrey Lupul

Age: 28

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.25 million

Bargaining chip: Set a career high with 67 points in 2011-12 while also making first All-Star Game appearance

Career curve: Dramatic upswing after playing only a fraction of three seasons

Best guess: Returns rested and ready, gets off to hot start and re-signs with significant raise

Ian White

Age: 28

Team: Detroit Red Wings

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $2.875 million

Bargaining chip: Career-best plus-23 in 2011-12

Career curve: Big upswing. Finally healthy again, White excelled in Detroit's system with support from now-retired Nicklas Lidstrom

Best guess: Forced to shoulder more responsibility on a Red Wings team blueline -- thin for the first time in years, White re-signs with raise because the D needs D

Mark Streit

Age: 34

Team: New York Islanders

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $4.1 million

Bargaining chip: Scored career-high 16 goals in 2008-09 while making his lone All-Star appearance

Career curve: Steady decline. Streit's points decreased for the third straight year and was a dismal minus-27 in 2011-12

Best guess: Bounce-back season playing alongside Visnovsky ups his value; used as trade-deadline bait with a contender in need of an experienced d-man

Ryan Whitney

Age: 29

Team: Edmonton Oilers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Set career highs in goals (14) and points (59) in 2006-07

Career curve: Injury-plagued decline; hasn't played more than 62 games since 2007-08

Best guess: The best playmaking defenceman the Oilers dress, will re-sign short-term

Ladislav Smid

Age: 26

Team: Edmonton Oilers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $2.25 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (5) and points (15) in 2011-12

Career curve: Steady incline. Despite playing on one of the league's worst teams, was a plus-4 and chopped his penalty minutes in half

Best guess: Re-sign long-term deal with significant raise; gets to develop alongside Oilers' ridiculous forwards crop

Clarke MacArthur

Age: 27

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $3.25 million

Bargaining chip: Consecutive 20-plus-goal seasons in 2010-11 and 2011-12

Career curve: Cruising nicely in his prime

Best guess: Re-signs three-year deal in $4 million range

Teemu Selanne

Age: 42

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.5 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 76 goals in 1992-1993 while taking home the Calder Memorial Trophy

Career curve: Ageless wonder continues to astound. Even in decline, he's good for another 25 goals

Best guess: Calls it a career for real this time; awaits phone call from Hockey Hall of Fame
Kari Lehtonen

Age: 28

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $3.55 million

Bargaining chip: Despite injury, his career-best .922 save percentage last season kept Dallas in the playoff hunt

Career curve: On the rise, improving his stats and Q-rating since leaving Atlanta

Best guess: Re-signs multi-year deal as Dallas's No. 1 goaltender
- MindFr3eak

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We need something newer to talk about, this is the "supposed" TOP 30 list

2013 free agents as per sportsnet............ Discuss


Corey Perry

Age: 27

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $5.325 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 50 goals en route to winning the Hart Trophy in 2010-11

Career curve: Slight dip after a career campaign

Best guess: Ducks do everything in power to re-sign, but Perry can name his price on open market. Get those Parise pesos

Ryan Getzlaf

Age: 27

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $5.325 million

Bargaining chip: Had 91 points, good for sixth in NHL scoring in 2008-09

Career curve: Big dip. Despite playing all 82 games, had a career-low 11 goals and 57 points last season

Best guess: Dangled as trade bait. Regardless, gets a decent raise sometime between July 1 and 4

Jarome Iginla

Age: 35

Team: Calgary Flames

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $7 million

Bargaining chip: Two-time winner of the Maurice Richard Trophy with 52 goals in 2001-02 and 41 in 2003-04

Career curve: Steady as she goes. Eleven straight 30-goal seasons

Best guess: Frustrated by Flames' lack of improvement, starts exploring trade options to contender in December; draws Doan-like attention as UFA

Nathan Horton

Age: 27

Team: Boston Bruins

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (31) and points (62) in 2006-07

Career curve: Set back by injury, but will steadily deliver 20-plus goals and 30-plus assists if healthy

Best guess: Re-signed by Bruins during season, but only short-term

Scott Hartnell

Age: 30

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.2 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 37 goals in 2011-12 while making only career All-Star appearance

Career curve: On a significant upswing, despite being over a decade into his NHL journey

Best guess: Already indicated his wish to stay in Philly; should be re-signed with a raise because the Flyers don't want to face him

Stephen Weiss

Age: 29

Team: Florida Panthers

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $3.1 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 61 points in 2008-09

Career curve: Steadying after peak. Coming off third 20-goal year and first postseason action

Best guess: Re-signed with raise by Panthers during year, but not after other centre-needy teams ring the phone

Alex Edler

Age: 26

Team: Vancouver Canucks

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: 3.25 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 49 points in 2011-12 while making only career All-Star appearance

Career curve: Steady incline points-wise, but a top defender with an even plus/minus on a team as good as Vancouver's is tough to explain. Not quite elite yet

Best guess: Needing Edler for another playoff run, Canucks let him go to free agency, whereupon he will be overpaid

Kimmo Timonen

Age: 37

Team: Philadelphia Flyers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $6.33 million

Bargaining chip: Four-time All-Star; most recently in 2011-12

Career curve: All-star aging gracefully; a plus who stays out of the box and will get you 40 points

Best guess: Re-signs a short-term deal with Flyers before end of season

Ryane Clowe

Age: 29

Team: San Jose Sharks

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $6.33 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 24 goals in 2010-11

Career curve: Dipped this season, along with most of Sharks, but should rebound in contract year

Best guess: Traded for defence before deadline; Sharks throw in yet another "e" in Ryane's first name to sweeten deal

Tobias Enstrom

Age: 27

Team: Winnipeg Jets

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: 3.75 million

Bargaining chip: Consecutive 50-plus-point seasons in 2009-10 and 2010-11

Career curve: Despite missing 20 games to injury, steadily on incline with maturity

Best guess: Re-signs with raise; Jets need all the defensive responsibility they can get

Patrik Elias

Age: 36

Team: New Jersey Devils

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $6 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 40 goals in 2000-01 while leading the NHL as a plus-45

Career curve: Thought to be on age-related decline, Elias is coming off his best season since 2008-09

Best guess: Little haggle; re-signs short-term with only team he's ever known

Mike Fisher

Age: 32

Team: Nashville Predators

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4.2 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 25 goals in 2009-10

Career curve: Bouncing back from a spotty trade year, the NHL Foundation Player Award winner is a valuable component of the Preds and the Nashville community

Best guess: Does Mrs. Fisher still sing country tunes? Re-ups in Music City, no worries

Niklas Backstrom

Age: 34

Team: Minnesota Wild

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $6 million

Bargaining chip: Won the William M. Jennings Trophy with a 1.97 GAA in 2006-07

Career curve: Despite his team's dismal finish, Backstrom's numbers actually spiked last season

Best guess: Win column benefits from injection of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter; re-signs for two or three years

Lubomir Visnovsky

Age: 35

Team: New York Islanders

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $5.6 million

Bargaining chip: Career-high 68 points in 2010-11

Career curve: Languishing on an underachieving Ducks team, the journeyman's roller-coaster career dipped a bit

Best guess: The gamble either stays healthy and asserts himself as a top-two d-man on the Island or gets shipped to a contender

Sergei Gonchar

Age: 38

Team: Ottawa Senators

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $5.5 million

Bargaining chip: Four-time all-star, most recently in 2007-08

Career curve: Steady decline with age and loss of speed. Once a show-runner, is now a support player in Erik Karlsson Show

Best guess: Retires or signs for millions in KHL (or, encouraged by friend Evgeni Malkin, signs affordable one-year deal back in Pittsburgh for 2014 Cup shot)

Derek Roy

Age: 29

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 32 goals in 2007-08

Career curve: Bad news is he's coming off his worst full season; good news (sorta) is that it turns out he was hurt. Should respond well after surgery

Best guess: Gets another short-term shot in Dallas after playing only half a season

Mike Ribeiro

Age: 32

Team: Washington Capitals

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $5 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (27) and points (83) in 2007-08

Career curve: Responded to decline by having a decent 2011-12 contract year

Best guess: Revived to 20-goal, 70-point status under tutelage of Adam Oates and power-play time with the Caps' snipers, earns a three-year deal

Tim Thomas

Age: 38

Team: Boston Bruins

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $5 million

Bargaining chip: Two-time Vezina Trophy winner in 2008-09 and 2010-11

Career curve: Fell off a cliff, charts-wise, by taking a sabbatical from hockey

Best guess: Some U.S.-based team will take a chance on signing the Olympic hopeful to a one-year deal, possibly the Colorado Avalanche

Michael Ryder

Age: 32

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $3.5 million

Bargaining chip: Scored a career-high 35 goals in 2011-12

Career curve: Sharp peak since trade to Stars

Best guess: Stars and Ryder reach multi-year deal, as forward finds niche away from not-so-hockey-mad cities like Boston and Montreal

Daniel Alfredsson

Age: 39

Team: Ottawa Senators

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.875 million

Bargaining chip: Ranks fourth among active players with 1,082 points

Career curve: Loved his senior role in 2011-12, hosting All-Star Game and returning to playoffs

Best guess: One last kick at the Gatorade bottle in 2012-13, then calls it a career at 40

Andy McDonald

Age: 34

Team: St. Louis Blues

Position: Centre

2012-13 cap hit: $4.7 million

Bargaining chip: Set career highs in goals (34) and points (85) during the 2005-06 season

Career curve: Injuries have limited him to one full season since 2006-07, but was back to better than a point-per-game pace in the 2012 playoffs

Best guess: Re-signs short-term deal to remain in St. Louis, a team that has been patient with its talent

Jaromir Jagr

Age: 40

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Right Wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.55 million

Bargaining chip: Four consecutive Art Ross trophies from 1998 to 2001

Career curve: Production and role declined in return to NHL after three KHL years

Best guess: Sees stats drop off even further without Claude Giroux on his line; struggles towards season's end and goes back to KHL for swan song

Joffrey Lupul

Age: 28

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.25 million

Bargaining chip: Set a career high with 67 points in 2011-12 while also making first All-Star Game appearance

Career curve: Dramatic upswing after playing only a fraction of three seasons

Best guess: Returns rested and ready, gets off to hot start and re-signs with significant raise

Ian White

Age: 28

Team: Detroit Red Wings

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $2.875 million

Bargaining chip: Career-best plus-23 in 2011-12

Career curve: Big upswing. Finally healthy again, White excelled in Detroit's system with support from now-retired Nicklas Lidstrom

Best guess: Forced to shoulder more responsibility on a Red Wings team blueline -- thin for the first time in years, White re-signs with raise because the D needs D

Mark Streit

Age: 34

Team: New York Islanders

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $4.1 million

Bargaining chip: Scored career-high 16 goals in 2008-09 while making his lone All-Star appearance

Career curve: Steady decline. Streit's points decreased for the third straight year and was a dismal minus-27 in 2011-12

Best guess: Bounce-back season playing alongside Visnovsky ups his value; used as trade-deadline bait with a contender in need of an experienced d-man

Ryan Whitney

Age: 29

Team: Edmonton Oilers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $4 million

Bargaining chip: Set career highs in goals (14) and points (59) in 2006-07

Career curve: Injury-plagued decline; hasn't played more than 62 games since 2007-08

Best guess: The best playmaking defenceman the Oilers dress, will re-sign short-term

Ladislav Smid

Age: 26

Team: Edmonton Oilers

Position: Defence

2012-13 cap hit: $2.25 million

Bargaining chip: Career highs in goals (5) and points (15) in 2011-12

Career curve: Steady incline. Despite playing on one of the league's worst teams, was a plus-4 and chopped his penalty minutes in half

Best guess: Re-sign long-term deal with significant raise; gets to develop alongside Oilers' ridiculous forwards crop

Clarke MacArthur

Age: 27

Team: Toronto Maple Leafs

Position: Left wing

2012-13 cap hit: $3.25 million

Bargaining chip: Consecutive 20-plus-goal seasons in 2010-11 and 2011-12

Career curve: Cruising nicely in his prime

Best guess: Re-signs three-year deal in $4 million range

Teemu Selanne

Age: 42

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Position: Right wing

2012-13 cap hit: $4.5 million

Bargaining chip: Scored 76 goals in 1992-1993 while taking home the Calder Memorial Trophy

Career curve: Ageless wonder continues to astound. Even in decline, he's good for another 25 goals

Best guess: Calls it a career for real this time; awaits phone call from Hockey Hall of Fame
Kari Lehtonen

Age: 28

Team: Dallas Stars

Position: Goaltender

2012-13 cap hit: $3.55 million

Bargaining chip: Despite injury, his career-best .922 save percentage last season kept Dallas in the playoff hunt

Career curve: On the rise, improving his stats and Q-rating since leaving Atlanta

Best guess: Re-signs multi-year deal as Dallas's No. 1 goaltender
- MindFr3eak