| Player | Team | Pos | Status | 2008-09 Salary | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sakic, Joe | COL | C | UFA | 6,000,000 | 40 | 0 |
| Schneider, Mathieu | MON | D | UFA | 5,750,000 | 39 | 0 |
| Sundin, Mats | VAN | C | UFA | 5,626,500 | 78 | 0 |
| Tanguay, Alex | MON | LW | UFA | 5,375,000 | 58 | 0 |
| Zubov, Sergei | DAL | D | UFA | 5,350,000 | 35 | 0 |
| Fernandez, Manny | BOS | G | UFA | 4,750,000 | 0 | 2 |
| Koivu, Saku | MON | C | UFA | 4,750,000 | 54 | 0 |
| Kovalev, Alexei | MON | RW | UFA | 4,500,000 | 85 | 0 |
| Aucoin, Adrian | CGY | D | UFA | 4,000,000 | 35 | 0 |
| Comrie, Mike | OTT | C | UFA | 4,000,000 | 49 | 0 |
| Fedorov, Sergei | WAS | C | UFA | 4,000,000 | 41 | 0 |
| Lang, Robert | MON | C | UFA | 4,000,000 | 54 | 0 |
| Morris, Derek | NYR | D | UFA | 3,950,000 | 27 | 0 |
| Afinogenov, Maxim | BUF | RW | UFA | 3,500,000 | 28 | 0 |
| Biron, Martin | PHI | G | UFA | 3,500,000 | 1 | 30 |
| Hatcher, Derian | PHI | D | UFA | 3,500,000 | 7 | 0 |
| Satan, Miroslav | PIT | RW | UFA | 3,500,000 | 41 | 0 |
| Backman, Christian | CLB | D | UFA | 3,400,000 | 18 | 0 |
| Boynton, Nick | FLA | D | UFA | 2,950,000 | 12 | 0 |
| Havelid, Niclas | NJ | D | UFA | 2,900,000 | 14 | 0 |
| de Vries, Greg | NAS | D | UFA | 2,750,000 | 15 | 0 |
| Morrison, Brendan | DAL | C | UFA | 2,750,000 | 25 | 0 |
| Calder, Kyle | LA | LW | UFA | 2,700,000 | 22 | 0 |
| Marchant, Todd | ANA | C | UFA | 2,660,000 | 17 | 0 |
| Boucher, Philippe | PIT | D | UFA | 2,500,000 | 14 | 0 |
| Holik, Bobby | NJ | C | UFA | 2,500,000 | 34 | 0 |
| Kotalik, Ales | EDM | RW | UFA | 2,500,000 | 43 | 0 |
| Kozlov, Viktor | WAS | C | UFA | 2,500,000 | 54 | 0 |
| Legace, Manny | STL | G | UFA | 2,500,000 | 2 | 27 |
| McLaren, Kyle | SJ | D | UFA | 2,500,000 | 11 | 0 |
| Sydor, Darryl | DAL | D | UFA | 2,500,000 | 13 | 0 |
| Sykora, Petr | PIT | RW | UFA | 2,500,000 | 63 | 0 |
| Skrastins, Karlis | FLA | D | UFA | 2,400,000 | 5 | 0 |
| Sillinger, Mike | NYI | C | UFA | 2,300,000 | 26 | 0 |
| Fedotenko, Ruslan | PIT | LW | UFA | 2,250,000 | 33 | 0 |
| Gauthier, Denis | LA | D | UFA | 2,200,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Williams, Jason | CLB | C | UFA | 2,200,000 | 36 | 0 |
| Kalinin, Dmitri | PHO | D | UFA | 2,100,000 | 8 | 0 |
| Niedermayer, Rob | ANA | C | UFA | 2,000,000 | 16 | 0 |
| Mara, Paul | NYR | D | UFA | 1,950,000 | 17 | 0 |
| Skoula, Martin | MIN | D | UFA | 1,900,000 | 11 | 0 |
| Bouillon, Francis | MON | D | UFA | 1,875,000 | 7 | 0 |
| Axelsson, Per-Johan | BOS | LW | UFA | 1,850,000 | 29 | 0 |
| Gerber, Martin | TOR | G | UFA | 1,850,000 | 2 | 30 |
| Grier, Mike | SJ | RW | UFA | 1,775,000 | 22 | 0 |
| Arnason, Tyler | COL | C | UFA | 1,750,000 | 31 | 0 |
| Dandenault, Mathieu | MON | D | UFA | 1,750,000 | 14 | 0 |
| Zednik, Richard | FLA | RW | UFA | 1,750,000 | 26 | 0 |
| Bergeron, Marc-Andre | MIN | D | UFA | 1,691,000 | 19 | 0 |
| Beauchemin, Francois | ANA | D | UFA | 1,650,000 | 22 | 0 |
| Armstrong, Derek | LA | C | UFA | 1,600,000 | 37 | 0 |
| Bonk, Radek | NAS | C | UFA | 1,600,000 | 29 | 0 |
| Pyatt, Taylor | VAN | LW | UFA | 1,575,000 | 37 | 0 |
| Eriksson, Anders | CGY | D | UFA | 1,500,000 | 18 | 0 |
| Kolzig, Olaf | TOR | G | UFA | 1,500,000 | 2 | 25 |
| Leopold, Jordan | CGY | D | UFA | 1,500,000 | 13 | 0 |
| Malhotra, Manny | CLB | C | UFA | 1,500,000 | 29 | 0 |
| Alberts, Andrew | PHI | D | UFA | 1,400,000 | 2 | 0 |
| Niittymaki, Antero | PHI | G | UFA | 1,375,000 | 0 | 12 |
| Peca, Michael | CLB | C | UFA | 1,315,000 | 34 | 0 |
| Ouellet, Michel | VAN | RW | UFA | 1,300,000 | 36 | 0 |
| Bell, Mark | NYR | LW | UFA | 1,250,000 | 10 | 0 |
| Bell, Mark | TOR | 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 |
| Samuelsson, Mikael | DET | RW | UFA | 1,200,000 | 40 | 0 |
| Seidenberg, Dennis | CAR | D | UFA | 1,200,000 | 15 | 0 |
| Numminen, Teppo | BUF | D | UFA | 1,100,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Roenick, Jeremy | SJ | C | UFA | 1,100,000 | 33 | 0 |
| Foster, Kurtis | MIN | D | UFA | 1,025,000 | 19 | 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 |
| Moen, Travis | SJ | LW | UFA | 925,000 | 8 | 0 |
| Kostopoulos, Tom | MON | RW | UFA | 900,000 | 13 | 0 |
| Kukkonen, Lasse | PHI | D | UFA | 900,000 | 5 | 0 |
| McAmmond, Dean | NYI | C | UFA | 900,000 | 22 | 0 |
| Moore, Dominic | BUF | C | UFA | 900,000 | 17 | 0 |
| LaRose, Chad | CAR | RW | UFA | 875,000 | 23 | 0 |
| Pesonen, Janne | PIT | LW | UFA | 875,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Hedican, Bret | ANA | D | UFA | 870,500 | 17 | 0 |
| Veilleux, Stephane | MIN | LW | UFA | 862,500 | 18 | 0 |
| Labarbera, Jason | VAN | G | UFA | 850,000 | 0 | 17 |
| Cullimore, Jassen | FLA | D | UFA | 830,000 | 13 | 0 |
| Shanahan, Brendan | NJ | LW | UFA | 800,000 | 46 | 0 |
| Tellqvist, Mikael | BUF | G | UFA | 800,000 | 1 | 9 |
| Wozniewski, Andy | PIT | D | UFA | 775,000 | 9 | 0 |
| Hnidy, Shane | BOS | D | UFA | 760,000 | 8 | 0 |
| 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 |
| Nichol, Scott | NAS | C | UFA | 750,000 | 18 | 0 |
| Ortmeyer, Jed | NAS | RW | UFA | 750,000 | 8 | 0 |
| Perrin, Eric | ATL | C | UFA | 750,000 | 47 | 0 |
| Tjarnqvist, Daniel | COL | D | UFA | 750,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Yelle, Stephane | BOS | C | UFA | 750,000 | 12 | 0 |
| York, Mike | CLB | LW | UFA | 750,000 | 15 | 0 |
| Zanon, Greg | NAS | D | UFA | 750,000 | 5 | 0 |
| Cowan, Jeff | VAN | LW | UFA | 725,000 | 1 | 0 |
| Scuderi, Robert | PIT | D | UFA | 725,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Valiquette, Stephen | NYR | G | UFA | 725,000 | 0 | 5 |
| Woywitka, Jeff | STL | D | UFA | 725,000 | 8 | 0 |
| Hilbert, Andy | NYI | LW | UFA | 700,000 | 16 | 0 |
| Joseph, Curtis | TOR | G | UFA | 700,000 | 0 | 3 |
| Koistinen, Ville | NAS | D | UFA | 700,000 | 17 | 0 |
| Ward, Jason | TB | RW | UFA | 700,000 | 14 | 0 |
| 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 |
| Semenov, Alexei | SJ | D | UFA | 650,000 | 4 | 0 |
| 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 |
| Betts, Blair | NYR | C | UFA | 615,000 | 7 | 0 |
| Krog, Jason | VAN | C | UFA | 605,000 | 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 |
| Lundmark, Jamie | CGY | C | UFA | 600,000 | 0 | 0 |
| May, Brad | TOR | LW | UFA | 600,000 | 6 | 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 |
| Willsie, Brian | COL | RW | UFA | 600,000 | 13 | 0 |
| Anderson, Craig | FLA | G | UFA | 575,000 | 1 | 8 |
| Darche, Mathieu | BUF | LW | UFA | 575,000 | 22 | 0 |
| Davison, Rob | VAN | D | UFA | 560,000 | 2 | 0 |
| Aubin, Jean-Sebastien | PHI | G | UFA | 550,000 | 0 | 5 |
| Baumgartner, Nolan | VAN | D | UFA | 550,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Danis, Yann | NYI | G | UFA | 550,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Glumac, Mike | MON | C | UFA | 550,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Gratton, Josh | PHI | LW | 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 |
| Peters, Andrew | BUF | LW | UFA | 550,000 | 2 | 0 |
| Pettinger, Matt | TB | LW | UFA | 550,000 | 13 | 0 |
| Stevenson, Grant | ATL | C | UFA | 550,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Taffe, Jeff | PIT | LW | UFA | 550,000 | 12 | 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 |
| Haydar, Darren | DET | RW | UFA | 525,000 | 8 | 0 |
| Iggulden, Mike | NYI | C | UFA | 525,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnson, Aaron | CHI | D | UFA | 525,000 | 2 | 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 |
| Gillies, Trevor | CAR | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Gove, David | PIT | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Hendricks, Matt | COL | C | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry, Alex | MON | D | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoggan, Jeff | PHO | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaffray, Jason | VAN | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 6 | 0 |
| James, Connor | PIT | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 1 | 0 |
| Janik, Doug | MON | D | UFA | 500,000 | 4 | 0 |
| Kane, Boyd | PHI | LW | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 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 |
| Lee, Chris | NYI | D | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Lemieux, Claude | SJ | RW | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Lundbohm, Bryan | MIN | C | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| MacDonald, Joey | NYI | G | 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 |
| Smith, Wyatt | PHO | C | UFA | 500,000 | 3 | 0 |
| Smith, Nathan | COL | C | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitfield, Trent | STL | C | UFA | 500,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Westgarth, Brett | SJ | D | UFA | 480,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bayda, Ryan | CAR | LW | UFA | 475,000 | 6 | 0 |
| Boulerice, Jesse | COL | RW | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Brookbank, Wade | TB | LW | UFA | 475,000 | 2 | 0 |
| Buckley, Brendan | SJ | D | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Durno, Chris | COL | LW | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellis, Matt | BUF | LW | UFA | 475,000 | 8 | 0 |
| Fretter, Colton | BUF | C | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Giroux, Alexandre | WAS | C | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Guite, Ben | COL | C | UFA | 475,000 | 22 | 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 |
| Munroe, Scott | PHI | G | 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 |
| Newbury, Kris | TOR | C | UFA | 475,000 | 2 | 0 |
| Ondrus, Benjamin | TOR | RW | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Peters, Warren | CGY | LW | UFA, VI | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan, Michael | CAR | C | UFA | 475,000 | 8 | 0 |
| Vesce, Ryan | SJ | RW | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Wiseman, Chad | NJ | LW | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Yonkman, Nolan | NAS | D | UFA | 475,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Murphy, Cory | TB | D | UFA | 437,500 | 19 | 0 |