NHL Free Agency Begins on Wednesday July 1.
Here's a quick list of the top UFAs who are available at this time. They are listed by position, most recent team and most recent salary.
RFAs are also included as potential offer sheet candidates.
I've highlighted those players that I would like to see Tim Murray go after. Over the weekend, Murray said that he would be looking to add one or two left shot D-men through free agency or via trade.
My first choice for left D would be to sign Johnny Oduya. If he is unavailable, then go after Paul Martin or Francois Beauchemin. If those two left D are gone, I would then reach out for one of two former Sabres D-man in Reggie Sekera or Christian Ehrhoff. I also like St. Louis D vet Barrett Jackman.
Here is the list of free agents:
Mike Green D Right WSH 29 $6,083,333 UFA Martin St. Louis RW Left NYR 40 $5,625,000 UFA Shawn Horcoff C Left DAL 36 $5,500,000 UFA Sergei Gonchar D Left MTL 41 $5,000,000 UFA 2. Paul Martin D Left PIT 34 $5,000,000 UFA Lubomir Visnovsky D Left NYI 38 $4,750,000 UFA Tomas Fleischmann LW Left ANA 31 $4,500,000 UFA Erik Cole LW Left DET 36 $4,500,000 UFA Martin Erat RW Left ARI 33 $4,500,000 UFA Chris Stewart RW Right MIN 27 $4,150,000 UFA Andrej Meszaros D Left BUF 29 $4,125,000 UFAUFA Drew Stafford RW Right WPG 29 $4,000,000 UFA Zbynek Michalek D Right STL 32 $4,000,000 UFA P.A. Parenteau RW Right MTL 32 $4,000,000 UFA 5.Christian Ehrhoff D Left PIT 32 $4,000,000 UFA Daniel Briere C Right COL 37 $4,000,000 UFA Eric Brewer D Left TOR 36 $3,875,000 UFA Antoine Vermette C Left CHI 32 $3,750,000 UFA Justin Schultz D Right EDM 24 $3,675,000 RFA Sheldon Souray D Left ANA 38 $3,666,666 UFA Justin Williams RW Right LAK 33 $3,650,000 UFA Scottie Upshall LW Left FLA 31 $3,500,000 UFA Matt Cullen C Left NSH 38 $3,500,000 UFA 3. Francois Beauchemin D Left ANA 35 $3,500,000 UFA Michael Ryder RW Right NJD 35 $3,500,000 UFA Bryan Allen D Left MTL 34 $3,500,000 UFA 1. Johnny Oduya D Left CHI 33 $3,375,000 UFA Cody Franson D Right NSH 27 $3,300,000 UFA Michael Frolik RW Left WPG 27 $3,300,000 UFA Jarret Stoll C Right LAK 33 $3,250,000 UFA Rich Peverley C Right DAL 32 $3,250,000 UFA Jan Hejda D Left COL 37 $3,250,000 UFA Bryce Salvador D Left NJD 39 $3,166,666 UFA 6.Barret Jackman D Left STL 34 $3,166,666 UFA Derek Stepan C Right NYR 25 $3,075,000 RFA Tomas Kopecky RW Left FLA 33 $3,000,000 UFA Robyn Regehr D Left LAK 35 $3,000,000 UFA Marek Zidlicky D Right DET 38 $3,000,000 UFA Joel Ward RW Right WSH 34 $3,000,000 UFA Jiri Tlusty C Left WPG 27 $2,950,000 UFA Jonathan Bernier G Left TOR 26 $2,900,000 RFA Viktor Fasth G Left EDM 32 $2,900,000 UFA Nazem Kadri C Left TOR 24 $2,900,000 RFA Kyle Brodziak C Right MIN 31 $2,833,333 UFA Sean Bergenheim LW Left MIN 31 $2,750,000 UFA Karri Ramo G Left CGY 28 $2,750,000 UFA 4. Andrej Sekera D Left LAK 29 $2,750,000 UFA Mikkel Boedker LW Left ARI 25 $2,550,000 RFA Curtis Glencross LW Left WSH 32 $2,550,000 UFA Olli Jokinen C Left STL 36 $2,500,000 UFA Michal Neuvirth G Left NYI 27 $2,500,000 UFA Matt Cooke LW Left MIN 36 $2,500,000 UFA Tyler Kennedy C Right NYI 28 $2,350,000 UFA Carl Hagelin LW Left ANA 26 $2,250,000 RFA Jordan Leopold D Left MIN 34 $2,250,000 UFA Ryan Wilson D Left COL 28 $2,250,000 UFA Michal Rozsival D Right CHI 36 $2,200,000 UFA Marcus Johansson LW Left WSH 24 $2,000,000 RFA Craig Smith C Right NSH 25 $2,000,000 RFA Brad Richards C Left CHI 35 $2,000,000 UFA Colin Wilson C Left NSH 25 $2,000,000 RFA John Erskine D Left WSH 35 $1,962,500 UFA Josh Harding G Right MIN 31 $1,900,000 UFA Braden Holtby G Left WSH 25 $1,850,000 RFA Jonas Gustavsson G Left DET 30 $1,850,000 UFA Adam Burish RW Right SJS 32 $1,850,000 UFA Shawn Matthias C Left VAN 27 $1,750,000 UFA Mike Weaver D Right MTL 37 $1,750,000 UFA Gregory Campbell C Left BOS 31 $1,600,000 UFA Jim Slater C Left WPG 32 $1,600,000 UFA Brenden Morrow LW Left TBL 36 $1,550,000 UFA Matt Carkner D Right NYI 34 $1,500,000 UFA Martin Havlat LW Left NJD 34 $1,500,000 UFA Michael Santorelli C Right NSH 29 $1,500,000 UFA Keith Ballard D Left MIN 32 $1,500,000 UFA Eric Fehr C Right WSH 29 $1,500,000 UFA Daniel Cleary RW Left DET 36 $1,500,000 UFA Peter Budaj G Left WPG 32 $1,400,000 UFA Matt Beleskey LW Left ANA 27 $1,350,000 UFA Marcus Kruger C Left CHI 25 $1,325,000 RFA Michael Del Zotto D Left PHI 25 $1,300,000 RFA Daniel Paille LW Left BOS 31 $1,300,000 UFA Daniel Winnik C Left PIT 30 $1,300,000 UFA James Sheppard C Left NYR 27 $1,300,000 UFA Mark Fistric D Left ANA 29 $1,266,666 UFA Brendan Smith D Left DET 26 $1,262,500 RFA Mark Letestu C Right CBJ 30 $1,250,000 UFA Erik Condra RW Right OTT 28 $1,250,000 UFA Jhonas Enroth G Left DAL 27 $1,250,000 UFA Patrick Kaleta RW Right BUF 29 $1,250,000 UFA Matt Bartkowski D Left BOS 27 $1,250,000 UFA Marcel Goc C Left STL 31 $1,200,000 UFA Tim Gleason D Left WSH 32 $1,200,000 UFA Magnus Paajarvi LW Left STL 24 $1,200,000 RFA David Schlemko D Left CGY 28 $1,187,500 UFA Brad Richardson RW Left VAN 30 $1,150,000 UFA B.J. Crombeen RW Right ARI 29 $1,150,000 UFA Maxim Lapierre C Right PIT 30 $1,100,000 UFA David Booth LW Left TOR 30 $1,100,000 UFA Mike Ribeiro C Left NSH 35 $1,050,000 UFA Steve Downie RW Right PIT 28 $1,000,000 UFA Derek Roy C Left EDM 32 $1,000,000 UFA Dany Heatley LW Left FLA 34 $1,000,000 UFA Scott Hannan D Left SJS 36 $1,000,000 UFA Anton Volchenkov D Left NSH 33 $1,000,000 UFA Ray Emery G Left PHI 32 $1,000,000 UFA Thomas Greiss G Left PIT 29 $1,000,000 UFA Matt Irwin D Left SJS 27 $1,000,000 UFA