[Damien_Draiman™]

The Time has come for teams to Rebuild and try to come up with the best roster possible to be the next Stanley Cup Champions. Here is a list of all teams who's Players are either RFAs, or UFAs.

Credit: http://hockeyworld.wordpress.com/2008-nhl-free-agents/

here’s a list of players who will become unrestricted or restricted free agents on july 1, 2008.

anaheim
ufa: jean-sebastien aubin, joe callahan, joe dipenta, mike hoffman, dan lacouture, jay leach, mark mowers, geoff peters, teemu selanne

rfa: gerald coleman, stephen dixon, andrew ebbett, jonas hiller, shane hynes, matt keith, jason king, maxim kondratiev, andrew miller, corey perry, geoff platt, brian sutherby, clay wilson

atlanta
ufa: milan bartovic, eric boulton, fred brathwaite, kevin doell, darren haydar, johan hedberg, bobby holik, jason krog, joel kwiatkowski, steve mccarthy, karel pilar, mark popovic, steve rucchin, jesse schultz

rfa: joseph crabb, guillaume desbiens, kari lehtonen, nathan oystrick, brett sterling

boston
ufa: bobby allen, sean curry, nate dicasmirro, jeff hoggan, glen metropolit, jordan sigalet, brett skinner, aaron ward

rfa: brandon bochenski, mike brown, stanislav chistov, chris collins, chuck kobasew, petteri nokelainen, pascal pelletier, nathan saunders, mark stuart, nate thompson, t.j. trevelyan, dennis wideman

buffalo
ufa: dmitri kalinin, teppo numminen, nolan pratt, michael ryan, jocelyn thibault

rfa: steve bernier, paul gaustad, clarke macarthur, mark mancari, daniel paille

calgary
ufa: craig conroy, eric godard, david hale, kristian huselius, brent krahn, daymond langkow, curtis mcelhinney, owen nolan, eric nystrom, mark smith, stephane yelle

rfa: derek couture, cam cunning, ryan donally, tomi maki, adam pardy, brandon prust, grant stevenson, andrei taratukhin, david van der gulik

carolina
ufa: keith aucoin, ryan bayda, wade brookbank, tim conboy, trevor gillies, david gove, john grahame, bret hedican, michael leighton, trevor letowski, joey mormina, sergei samsonov, glen wesley

rfa: pat dwyer, patrick eaves, mark flood, tim gleason, chad larose, daniel manzato, kevin nastiuk, brandon nolan, tuomo ruutu, dennis seidenberg

chicago
ufa: kevyn adams, mike brodeur, jim fahey, wade flaherty, david koci, patrick lalime, yanic perreault, prestin ryan, jim vandermeer, jason williams, andrei zyuzin

rfa: rene bourque, adam burish, dustin byfuglien, corey crawford, colin fraser, jordan hendry, andrew ladd, steve marr, danny richmond, patrick sharp, martin st. pierre, james wisniewski

colorado
ufa: andrew brunette, jeff finger, adam foote, eric healey, jaroslav hlinka, matt hussey, jeff jillson, john-michael liles, scott parker, dale purinton, mark rycroft, joe sakic, kurt sauer, wyatt smith, jose theodore

rfa: jason bacashihua, johnny boychuk, daniel dasilva, mitchell love, cody mccormick, cody mcleod, brad richardson, marek svatos, michael wall, tyler weiman, wojtek wolski

columbus
ufa: kris beech, ron hainsey, jan hejda, zenon konopka, derek mackenzie, michael peca, jody shelley, dan smith, dick tarnstrom, david vyborny

rfa: darcy campbell, ryan carter, philippe dupuis, dan fritsche, pascal leclaire, joakim lindstrom, mikko maenpaa, marc methot, alexandre picard, tomas popperle, aaron rome

dallas
ufa: stu barnes, nolan baumgartner, trevor byrne, todd fedoruk, niklas hagman, johan holmqvist, junior lessard, antti miettinen, mattias norstrom, toby peterson, mike ribeiro, brad winchester

rfa: chris connor, brandon crombeen, trevor daley, loui eriksson, nicklas grossman, marius holtet, vadim khomitski, steve ott, vojtech polak, konstantin pushkarev, mario scalzo jr., marty sertich, tobias stephan, janos vas, francis wathier

detroit
ufa: adam berkhoel, chris chelios, daniel cleary, carl corazzini, mark cullen, aaron downey, dallas drake, brad ference, mark hartigan, dominik hasek, nicklas lidstrom, andreas lilja, garrett stafford

rfa: jonathan ericsson, valtteri filppula, igor grigorenko, james howard, logan koopmans, francis lemieux, ryan oulahen, kyle quincey

edmonton
ufa: curtis glencross, marty reasoner, allan rourke, geoff sanderson

rfa: jonas almtorp, troy bodie, jeff drouin-deslauriers, glenn fisher, tom gilbert, denis grebeshkov, jean-francois jacques, frederik johansson, t.j. kemp, robert nilsson, joni pitkanen, marc-antoine pouliot, tim sestito, jarret stoll, zach stortini, danny syvret

florida
ufa: wade belak, jassen cullimore, magnus johansson, branislav mezei, steve montador

rfa: jay bouwmeester, gregory campbell, rob globke, kamil kreps, drew larman, martin lojek, stefan meyer, garth murray, rostislav olesz, anthony stewart, adam taylor, martin tuma

los angeles
ufa: rob blake, brendan buckley, kevin dallman, jeff giuliano, raitis ivanans, jon klemm, jaroslav modry, ladislav nagy, richard petiot, brad stuart, scott thornton, brian willsie

rfa: erik ersberg, gabe gauthier, peter harrold, petr kanko, matt moulson, patrick o’sullivan, joe piskula, dany roussin

minnesota
ufa: keith carney, pavol demitra, sean hill, steve kelly, andre lakos, dominic moore, petteri nummelin, serge payer, branko radivojevic, erik reitz, brian rolston, chris simon, aaron voros, joel ward

rfa: shawn belle, pierre-marc bouchard, kurtis foster, matt foy, danny irmen, miroslav kopriva, peter olvecky, john scott, clayton stoner, stephane veilleux

montreal
ufa: andrew archer, mathieu biron, patrice brisebois, jean-philippe cote, yann danis, brett engelhardt, jonathan ferland, duncan milroy, michael ryder, bryan smolinski, mark streit

rfa: jimmy bonneau, marvin degon, josh gorges, mikhail grabovski, jaroslav halak, andrei kastsitsyn, janne lahti, maxim lapierre, corey locke, ryan o’byrne, cory urquhart

nashville
ufa: david legwand, martin gelinas, darcy hordichuk, dan ellis, josh langfeld, alex henry, shane willis, nolan yonkman

rfa: matt ellison, martin erat, dov grumet-morris, kevin klein, ville koistinen, janne niskala, john peverley, oliver setzinger, ryan suter, john vigilante, shea weber

new jersey
ufa: arron asham, sheldon brookbank, noah clarke, frank doyle, jean-luc grand-pierre, grant marshall, richard matvichuk, ian moran, mike mottau, jay pandolfo, karel rachunek, jason ryznar, barry tallackson, jari viuhkola

rfa: david clarkson, ivan khomutov, olli malmivaara, jordan parise, rodney pelley, petr vrana

ny islanders
ufa: bryan berard, kip brennan, rob davison, wade dubielewicz, ruslan fedotenko, freddy meyer, michael morrison, miroslav satan, josef vasicek

rfa: luciano aquino, sean bergenheim, darryl bootland, jeremy colliton, drew fata, bruno gervais, tim jackman, aaron johnson, masi marjamaki, michael mole, frans nielsen, steve regier, matthew spiller, jeff tambellini, ben walter

ny rangers
ufa: sean avery, mitchell fritz, andrew hutchinson, darius kasparaitis, marek malik, paul mara, michal rozsival, brendan shanahan, martin straka, jason strudwick, stephen valiquette

rfa: ivan baranka, nigel dawes, daniel girardi, bruce graham, josh gratton, chris holt, hugh jessiman, rick kozak, david liffiton, david leneveu, greg moore, pierre parenteau, fredrik sjostrom, matt zaba

ottawa
ufa: matt carkner, mike commodore, niko dimitrakos, shean donovan, chris kelly, matt kinch, martin lapointe, justin mapletoft, wade redden, luke richardson, randy robitaille, cory stilmman

rfa: jeff glass, josh hennessy, arttu luttinen, brian mcgrattan, andrej meszaros, antoine vermette

philadelphia
ufa: jesse boulerice, riley cote, jim dowd, rory fitzpatrick, martin grenier, vaclav prospal, darren reid, jason smith, jim vandermeer

rfa: rejean beauchemin, jeff carter, triston grant, nathan guenin, martin houle, randy jones, lars jonsson, scott munroe, ryan potulny, stefan ruzicka, patrick thoresen, r.j. umberger

phoenix
ufa: david aebischer, alex auld, ryan caldwell, jon disalvatore, bryan helmer, niko kapanen, yannick lehoux, matt murley, travis roche, joey tenute, mathias tjarnqvist, radim vrbata, craig weller, michael york

rfa: brendan bell, daniel carcillo, marcel hossa, matt jones, alexei kaigorodov, al montoya, joel perrault, tyler redenbach, bill thomes

pittsburgh
ufa: ty conklin, pascal dupuis, mark eaton, adam hall, connor james, ryan lannon, georges laraque, marian hossa, ryan malone, alain nasreddine, brooks orpik, gary roberts, jarkko ruutu, nathan smith, jeff taffe

rfa: mark ardelan, paul bissonnette, tim brent, patrick ehelechner, daniel fernholm, jonathan filewich, marc-andre fleury, joe jensen, ryan stone

san jose
ufa: curtis brown, brian campbell, tom cavanagh, brennan evans, j.d. forrest, mike iggulden, graham mink, brad norton, sandis ozolinsh, dmitri patzold, tomas plihal, patrick rissmiller, jeremy roenick, alexei semenov, craig valette

rfa: riley armstrong, ryane clowe, christian ehrhoff, marcel goc, lukas kaspar, mike morris, joe pavelski, dan spang, brad staubitz, jonathan tremblay

st. louis
ufa: alex brooks, petr cajanek, micki dupont, mike glumac, mike johnson, ryan johnson, juuso riksman, martin rucinsky, bryce salvador, yan stastny, jean-guy trudel, matt walker

rfa: david backes, francois-pierre guenette, martin kariya, jay mcclement, hannu toivonen, jeff woywitka

tampa bay
ufa: mathieu darche, chris gratton, jan hlavac, dan jancevski, doug janik, andreas karlsson, bryce lampman, craig macdonald, norm milley, andre roy, david schneider, tim taylor, kyle wanvig

rfa: jonathan boutin, ryan craig, mike egener, brandon elliott, justin fletcher, zbynek hrdel, marek kvapil, ryan munce, alexandre picard, jay rosehill, karl stewart

toronto
ufa: scott clemmensen, jay harrison, david ling, john pohl, tony salmelainen, mats sundin, andrew wozniewski

rfa: reid cashman, alex foster, chris harrington, john mitchell, ben ondrus, jaime sifers, matt stajan, kyle wellwood

vancouver
ufa: greg classen, brad isbister, trevor linden, drew macintyre, aaron miller, brad moran, brendan morrison, markus naslund, byron ritchie, curtis sanford, mike weaver

rfa: jozef balej, marc-andre bernier, mike brown, zach fitzgerald, colby genoway, nathan mciver, rick rypien, ryan shannon, james sharrow

washington
ufa: dean arsene, josef boumedienne, matt bradley, frederic cassivi, matt cooke, sergei fedorov, cristobal huet, olaf kolzig, jason morgan, jame pollock

rfa: steve eminger, eric fehr, boyd gordon, mike green, jameson hunt, brooks laich, shaone morrisonn, stephen werner

Thoughts? Opinions?

I Know Lidstrom will come back to Detroit, I just hope they Re-Sign Dan Cleary and pick up One More Defensemen and a Back Up Goalie for Osgood. With Lidstrom, Rafalski, and Stuart with a good 4th defenseman and the team they have, I'm Confident Detroit will make it Very Deep in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Next Year.

[InYourFace]

The Ducks better resign Perry & Hillar & try to keep some of thre young talents since the ducks arent getting any younger.

[-Mystery-]

Pens need to re-sign Fluery, Malone, Hossa, and Orpik. They really don't need to worry about their other free agents. Maybe try and re-sign Ruutu as well.

[Damien_Draiman™]

Originally Posted by -Mystery-

Pens need to re-sign Fluery, Malone, Hossa, and Orpik. They really don't need to worry about their other free agents. Maybe try and re-sign Ruutu as well.

That would be awesome for the pens but with Orpik coming to his own this year, and the way the cap is, Honestly I see two of the four leaving. I say They keep Orpik and Fluery, but lose Malone and Hossa.

[InYourFace]

Originally Posted by Damien_Draiman™

That would be awesome for the pens but with Orpik coming to his own this year, and the way the cap is, Honestly I see two of the four leaving. I say They keep Orpik and Fluery, but lose Malone and Hossa.

I agree, keep your goalie and your D, defense wins Championships.

[-Mystery-]

Originally Posted by Damien_Draiman™

That would be awesome for the pens but with Orpik coming to his own this year, and the way the cap is, Honestly I see two of the four leaving. I say They keep Orpik and Fluery, but lose Malone and Hossa.

I still think the Pens can get all four especially if they let go Roberts, Laraque, Dupuis, and possibly Ruutu.

[InYourFace]

Originally Posted by -Mystery-

I still think the Pens can get all four especially if they let go Roberts, Laraque, Dupuis, and possibly Ruutu.

If there smart they will do that, 4th liners are easier to replace then top scorers.

[Damien_Draiman™]

Originally Posted by -Mystery-

I still think the Pens can get all four especially if they let go Roberts, Laraque, Dupuis, and possibly Ruutu.

Possible but it might be pushing it with the cap being at 50 mill next year it's possible. I found Pitts Cap Numbers

PIT Salary To Date: 34,368,964
Allowable Salary 40,347,594
Bonuses 3,772,500
Net Savings 5,978,629
Remaining Salaries 10,206,839
Projected Final 44,575,803
Payroll Room 9,496,697

credit: http://www.nhlscap.com/teamnumbers.htm

So it's possible with 10 million dollar increase on the entire salary cap on top of the 9.5 million they had left in cap room.

You think fleury could get 5+ though? He's up there in my opinion and good-great goalies make 5 mill a year so we'll see.

Also, I got the Numbers for Colby Armstrong in Atlanta

R ATL 82/11/23

avg amount 1,200,000
2007-08: 1,200,000
2008-09: 1,200,000
2009-10: RFA*

So he's Restricted after Next Season.

[Mr.Brightside]

I really hope the Wings keep a great deal of our players, i now Lindstrom singed an extension which is great and i've heard many of our players say they want to stay. But one of the main people i want them to keep is Jimmy Howard, we'll need a soild goalie in the next few years and i really think he's it. He proved during the season he can step up and play when needed.