| Player | Team | Pos | Status | 2008-09 Salary | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sakic, Joe | COL | C | UFA | 6,000,000 | 40 | 0 |
| Sundin, Mats | VAN | C | UFA | 5,626,500 | 78 | 0 |
| Zubov, Sergei | DAL | D | UFA | 5,350,000 | 35 | 0 |
| Fernandez, Manny | BOS | G | UFA | 4,750,000 | 0 | 2 |
| Fedorov, Sergei | WAS | C | UFA | 4,000,000 | 41 | 0 |
| Hatcher, Derian | PHI | D | UFA | 3,500,000 | 7 | 0 |
| Backman, Christian | CLB | D | UFA | 3,400,000 | 18 | 0 |
| Zherdev, Nikolai | NYR | RW | UFA | 3,250,000 | 61 | 0 |
| Havelid, Niclas | NJ | D | UFA | 2,900,000 | 14 | 0 |
| de Vries, Greg | NAS | D | UFA | 2,750,000 | 15 | 0 |
| Boucher, Philippe | PIT | D | UFA | 2,500,000 | 14 | 0 |
| Holik, Bobby | NJ | C | UFA | 2,500,000 | 34 | 0 |
| Kozlov, Viktor | WAS | C | UFA | 2,500,000 | 54 | 0 |
| McLaren, Kyle | SJ | D | UFA | 2,500,000 | 11 | 0 |
| Sillinger, Mike | NYI | C | UFA | 2,300,000 | 26 | 0 |
| Gauthier, Denis | LA | D | UFA | 2,200,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalinin, Dmitri | PHO | D | UFA | 2,100,000 | 8 | 0 |
| Axelsson, Per-Johan | BOS | LW | UFA | 1,850,000 | 29 | 0 |
| Gerber, Martin | TOR | G | UFA | 1,850,000 | 2 | 30 |
| Dandenault, Mathieu | MON | D | UFA | 1,750,000 | 14 | 0 |
| Zednik, Richard | FLA | RW | UFA | 1,750,000 | 26 | 0 |
| Bonk, Radek | NAS | C | UFA | 1,600,000 | 29 | 0 |
| Kolzig, Olaf | TOR | G | UFA | 1,500,000 | 2 | 25 |
| Peca, Michael | CLB | C | UFA | 1,315,000 | 34 | 0 |
| Ouellet, Michel | VAN | RW | UFA | 1,300,000 | 36 | 0 |
| Bell, Mark | TOR | LW | UFA | 1,250,000 | 10 | 0 |
| Bell, Mark | NYR | LW | UFA | 1,250,000 | 10 | 0 |
| Malik, Marek | TB | D | UFA | 1,250,000 | 10 | 0 |
| Peltonen, Ville | FLA | LW | UFA | 1,200,000 | 20 | 0 |
| Numminen, Teppo | BUF | D | UFA | 1,100,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Roenick, Jeremy | SJ | C | UFA | 1,100,000 | 33 | 0 |
| Hinote, Dan | STL | RW | UFA | 1,000,000 | 10 | 0 |
| Melichar, Josef | TB | D | UFA | 1,000,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Nilson, Marcus | CGY | LW | UFA | 1,000,000 | 5 | 0 |
| Vaananen, Ossi | VAN | D | UFA | 1,000,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Schwarz, Marek | STL | G | UFA | 984,200 | 0 | 0 |
| Kukkonen, Lasse | PHI | D | UFA | 900,000 | 5 | 0 |
| Pesonen, Janne | PIT | LW | UFA | 875,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Hedican, Bret | ANA | D | UFA | 870,500 | 17 | 0 |
| Shanahan, Brendan | NJ | LW | UFA | 800,000 | 46 | 0 |
| Tellqvist, Mikael | BUF | G | UFA | 800,000 | 1 | 9 |
| Brisebois, Patrice | MON | D | UFA | 750,000 | 11 | 0 |
| Chelios, Chris | DET | D | UFA | 750,000 | 12 | 0 |
| Lundqvist, Joel | DAL | C | UFA | 750,000 | 14 | 0 |
| Perrin, Eric | ATL | C | UFA | 750,000 | 47 | 0 |
| Tjarnqvist, Daniel | COL | D | UFA | 750,000 | 0 | 0 |
| York, Mike | CLB | LW | UFA | 750,000 | 15 | 0 |
| Joseph, Curtis | TOR | G | UFA | 700,000 | 0 | 3 |
| Weekes, Kevin | NJ | G | UFA | 700,000 | 0 | 2 |
| Pock, Thomas | NYI | D | UFA | 685,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Battaglia, Bates | TOR | LW | UFA | 675,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Isbister, Brad | OTT | LW | UFA | 650,000 | 11 | 0 |
| Sanford, Curtis | VAN | G | UFA | 650,000 | 1 | 4 |
| Zigomanis, Michael | PIT | C | UFA | 650,000 | 4 | 0 |
| Gratton, Chris | CLB | C | UFA | 625,000 | 21 | 0 |
| Klee, Ken | PHO | D | UFA | 625,000 | 10 | 0 |
| Brown, David | PIT | G | UFA | 610,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Boumedienne, Josef | TOR | D | UFA | 600,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Devereaux, Boyd | TOR | C | UFA | 600,000 | 17 | 0 |
| Ledin, Per | COL | LW | UFA | 600,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Niskala, Janne | TB | D | UFA | 600,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Nycholat, Lawrence | COL | D | UFA | 600,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Schaefer, Nolan | MIN | G | UFA | 600,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Sprukts, Janis | FLA | C | UFA | 600,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Aubin, Jean-Sebastien | PHI | G | UFA | 550,000 | 0 | 5 |
| Glumac, Mike | MON | C | UFA | 550,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoffman, Mike | ATL | RW | UFA | 550,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Lehoux, Yanick | MON | C | UFA | 550,000 | 0 | 0 |
| McLean, Kurtis | NYI | RW | UFA | 550,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Motzko, Joe | ATL | RW | UFA | 550,000 | 4 | 0 |
| Stevenson, Grant | ATL | C | UFA | 550,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Walser, Derrick | TOR | D | UFA | 550,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilson, Landon | DAL | RW | UFA | 550,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Green, Josh | ANA | C | UFA | 525,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Iggulden, Mike | NYI | C | UFA | 525,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Lessard, Junior | NYI | RW | UFA | 525,000 | 2 | 0 |
| Sabourin, Dany | EDM | G | UFA | 525,000 | 0 | 10 |
| Macdonald, Craig | CLB | C | UFA | 515,000 | 10 | 0 |
| Anderson, Chad | MON | D | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Boguniecki, Eric | ANA | C | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bouck, Tyler | BUF | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Cavanagh, Tom | SJ | RW | UFA | 500,000 | 1 | 0 |
| Corazzini, Carl | EDM | C | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Cullen, Mark | VAN | C | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Disalvatore, Jon | NJ | RW | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Downey, Aaron | DET | RW | UFA | 500,000 | 3 | 0 |
| Dubielewicz, Wade | CLB | G | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 9 |
| Flinn, Ryan | MON | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Fritz, Mitchell | NYI | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Germyn, Carsen | CGY | C | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Gove, David | PIT | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry, Alex | MON | D | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoggan, Jeff | PHO | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| James, Connor | PIT | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 1 | 0 |
| Kelly, Steve | CLB | C | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Kemp, T.J. | MON | D | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Kolanos, Krystofer | MIN | C | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Laing, Quintin | WAS | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 6 | 0 |
| Larose, Cory | SJ | C | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Lemieux, Claude | SJ | RW | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Lundbohm, Bryan | MIN | C | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| MacIntyre, Drew | NAS | G | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauldin, Greg | OTT | C | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Minard, Christopher | PIT | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 2 | 0 |
| Mink, Graham | WAS | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mojzis, Tomas | MIN | D | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Murley, Matt | CAR | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 1 | 0 |
| Regier, Steve | STL | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Reich, Jeremy | BOS | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 4 | 0 |
| Westgarth, Brett | SJ | D | UFA | 480,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Boulerice, Jesse | COL | RW | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Buckley, Brendan | SJ | D | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Fretter, Colton | BUF | C | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Helmer, Bryan | WAS | D | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Heward, Jamie | TOR | D | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Lacouture, Dan | CAR | LW | UFA | 475,000 | 1 | 0 |
| Linglet, Charles | STL | LW | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Mormina, Joey | PIT | D | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Murphy, Ryan | NJ | C | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Murphy, Colin | BUF | LW | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Murray, Garth | PHO | LW | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Nesbitt, Derek | PHO | RW | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan, Michael | CAR | C | UFA | 475,000 | 8 | 0 |
| Wiseman, Chad | NJ | LW | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Yonkman, Nolan | NAS | D | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |