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LeftCoaster
San Jose Sharks
Location: Shark City, CA
Joined: 07.03.2009

Jul 28 @ 12:43 PM ET
Longest page EVER!!!
Fruitcakenipple
Location: NF
Joined: 01.12.2011

Jul 28 @ 12:45 PM ET
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.
- Viktory



U would love to see them hit the open market only to sign with/get traded to another team??...

The leafs have no shot at anyone u just listed...
Fruitcakenipple
Location: NF
Joined: 01.12.2011

Jul 28 @ 12:47 PM ET
Longest page EVER!!!
- LeftCoaster



Still trying to figure what that post was about..Didnt bother reading it..
Flyfreaky
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 07.20.2011

Jul 28 @ 12:51 PM ET
Still trying to figure what that post was about..Didnt bother reading it..
- Fruitcakenipple

How's that different from any other post you comment on?
Fruitcakenipple
Location: NF
Joined: 01.12.2011

Jul 28 @ 12:52 PM ET
How's that different from any other post you look at?
- Flyfreaky


good point.


Now shut it fat man....
Sammich
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: You're the fukin best Bellows!
Joined: 02.10.2011

Jul 28 @ 12:55 PM ET
wtf is up with all these different swimming events?
can't there be just one with the fastest guy being the winner
Flyfreaky
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 07.20.2011

Jul 28 @ 12:57 PM ET
wtf is up with all these different swimming events?
can't there be just one with the fastest guy being the winner

- Sammich

Yeah, well you have to narrow down the field with trials until you can get your top 8...Unless they could build a pool with 300 lanes...
Sammich
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: You're the fukin best Bellows!
Joined: 02.10.2011

Jul 28 @ 1:02 PM ET
Yeah, well you have to narrow down the field with trials until you can get your top 8...Unless they could build a pool with 300 lanes...
- Flyfreaky


i mean the different variations of swimming
backstroke breaststroke etc...

it's like having a 400m running race with
1 normal 100m
1 with your hands behind you back
1 crab walk
1 chicken dance
Flyfreaky
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 07.20.2011

Jul 28 @ 1:03 PM ET
i mean the different variations of swimming
backstroke breaststroke etc...

it's like having a 400m running race with
1 normal 100m
1 with your hands behind you back
1 crab walk
1 chicken dance

- Sammich

Well, they're different strokes that require different training...It's like being a center, wing, dman, goaltender, or Komi...
Flyfreaky
Philadelphia Flyers
Joined: 07.20.2011

Jul 28 @ 1:05 PM ET
good point.


Now shut it fat man....

- Fruitcakenipple

Crap, you read it...
Canada Cup
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Not here to sell jerseys , ON
Joined: 07.06.2007

Jul 28 @ 1:12 PM ET
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.

- Mapleleafs_91



Sign 34 yr old Backstrom to 10 yr contract. Trade him to Canucks for a first, prospects, etc
Barx
Joined: 02.06.2007

Jul 28 @ 1:29 PM ET
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


yes. I'll take these players.
Barx
Joined: 02.06.2007

Jul 28 @ 1:30 PM ET
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

- cracka

mckinnon, getzlaf, perry, ......nice additions in one year
jbold
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Raymond adds sandpaper to the Leafs- FakePartofMe, ON
Joined: 07.18.2010

Jul 28 @ 1:35 PM ET
mckinnon, getzlaf, perry, ......nice additions in one year
- Barx

Yeah, im sure Perry and Getzlaf are super excited to sign with a last place team.
Fruitcakenipple
Location: NF
Joined: 01.12.2011

Jul 28 @ 1:43 PM ET
Yeah, im sure Perry and Getzlaf are super excited to sign with a last place team.
- jbold



There absolutely no chance either one of them comes to the leafs...
Barx
Joined: 02.06.2007

Jul 28 @ 1:53 PM ET
Yeah, im sure Perry and Getzlaf are super excited to sign with a last place team.
- jbold

hence why they won't be resigning in anahiem....or toronto
DarcyTucker16
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: St.Albert, AB
Joined: 06.24.2011

Jul 28 @ 2:06 PM ET
Sign 34 yr old Backstrom to 10 yr contract. Trade him to Canucks for a first, prospects, etc
- Canada Cup

DarcyTucker16
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: St.Albert, AB
Joined: 06.24.2011

Jul 28 @ 2:07 PM ET
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


one more time....

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


yaaaa
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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

best thing ive read on here in a while!
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best thing ive read on here in a while!
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one more time....



yaaaa

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Jul 28 @ 2:59 PM ET
OOOOOOOOOOOO MYYYY GOOODDDDDDDDDDDD, DID WE GET LUONGO or BERNIER YET!!!!!!! you have to start wondering if theres nothing available for burke anymore outside of either luongO/bernier,for forwards to acquire
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Jul 28 @ 3:04 PM ET
OOOOOOOOOOOO MYYYY GOOODDDDDDDDDDDD, DID WE GET LUONGO or BERNIER YET!!!!!!! you have to start wondering if theres nothing available for burke anymore outside of either luongO/bernier for forwards
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any news on Doan?

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Jul 28 @ 3:45 PM ET
best thing ive read on here in a while!
- klasic




and here I though you were here for the pictures .....


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Jul 28 @ 3:49 PM ET
OOOOOOOOOOOO MYYYY GOOODDDDDDDDDDDD, DID WE GET LUONGO or BERNIER YET!!!!!!! you have to start wondering if theres nothing available for burke anymore outside of either luongO/bernier,for forwards to acquire
- Mapleleafs_91

I want to bitch slap you. Like, every time you post something.
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