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NHL FREE-AGENT LIST
Released Monday, July 1
Restricted Free Agents
Group 2
The players listed below are under 31 years old and have been tendered a qualifying offer by their respective clubs. They are subject to draft choice compensation — up to five first-round draft picks — and right to match.
Anaheim — Maxim Balmochnykh, Matt Cullen, Paul Kariya, Andy McDonald, Antti-Jussi Niemi, Samuel Pahlsson, Timo Parssinen, Steve Rucchin, Ruslan Salei, Pavel Trnka, Vitali Vishnevski.
Atlanta — Yuri Butsayev, Milan Hnilicka, Tomi Kallio, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Francis Lessard, Pascal Rheaume, Benjamin Simon, Dan Snyder, Patrik Stefan, Brad Tapper, Daniel Tjarnqvist, Yannick Tremblay, Mike Weaver.
Boston — P.J. Axelsson, Nick Boynton, Sean Brown, Jonathan Girard, Lee Goren, John Grahame, Jay Henderson, Mike Knuble, Kyle McLaren, Glen Murray.
Buffalo — Jeremy Adduono, Maxim Afinogenov, Martin Biron, Brian Campbell, Tim Connolly, Chris Gratton, Francois Methot, Mika Noronen, Vaclav Varada, Rhett Warrener.
Calgary — Steve Begin, Chris Clark, Denis Gauthier, Jarome Iginla, Toni Lydman, Robyn Regehr, Jamie Wright.
Carolina — Kevyn Adams, Jesse Boulerice, Brad Defauw, Sami Kapanen, Randy Petruk, David Tanabe, Nikos Tselios, Niclas Wallin, Aaron Ward.
Chicago — Sergei Berezin, Kyle Calder, Ty Jones, Boris Mironov, Dmitri Tolkunov.
Colorado — Dan Hinote, Sanny Lindstrom, Martin Skoula, Alex Tanguay.
Columbus — Blake Bellefeuille, Mathieu Darche, Matt Davidson, Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, Geoff Sanderson, Martin Spanhel, Derrick Walser.
Dallas — Chad Alban, Jason Arnott, Steve Gainey, Sami Helenius, Jeff MacMillan, Manny Malhotra, Jim Montgomery, Gavin Morgan, Brenden Morrow, Jon Sim.
Detroit — Mathieu Dandenault, Jiri Fischer, Ladislav Kohn, Darren McCarty, Jesse Wallin.
Edmonton — Eric Brewer, Anson Carter, Jason Chimera, Scott Ferguson, Josh Green, Mike Grier, Kari Haakana, Alex Henry, Chad Hinz, Jan Horacek, Todd Marchant, Ales Pisa, Fernando Pisani, Peter Sarno, Jason Smith, Mike York.
Florida — Brad Ference, Olli Jokinen, Viktor Kozlov, Ivan Majesky, Ivan Novoseltsev, Joey Tetarenko, Jason Wiemer.
Los Angeles — Jaroslav Bednar, Eric Belanger, Brad Chartrand, Joe Corvo, Mikko Eloranta, Steve Kelly, Adam Mair, Michael Pudlick, Richard Seeley, Jamie Storr.
Minnesota — Ladislav Benysek, Brad Brown, Matt Johnson, Antti Laaksonen, Cory Larose, Richard Park.
Montreal — Francis Bouillon, Andreas Dackell, Mathieu Garon, Chad Kilger, Mike Ribeiro, Sheldon Souray, Vadim Tarasov, Jose Theodore, Jason Ward, Richard Zednik.
Nashville — Marian Cisar, Greg Classen, Andy Delmore, Jukka Hentunen, Cale Hulse, Jan Lasak, David Legwand, Bryan Lundbohm, Cameron Mann, Pavel Skrbek, Peter Smrek, Petr Tenkrat.
New Jersey — Daryl Andrews, Scott Clemmensen, Jean-Francois Damphousse, Patrik Elias, Scott Gomez, Stanislav Gron, Jamie Langenbrunner, Jay Pandolfo.
N.Y. Islanders — Arron Asham, Adrian Aucoin, Eric Cairns, Mark Parrish, Dusan Salficky, Dave Scatchard, Mattias Timander, Dimitri Upper, Steve Webb.
N.Y. Rangers — Radek Dvorak, Johan Holmqvist, Richard Lintner, Roman Lyashenko, Scott Meyer, Mike Mottau, Krzysztof Oliwa, Tom Poti, Dale Purinton, Martin Richter, Mikael Samuelsson.
Ottawa — Daniel Alfredsson, Radek Bonk, Josef Boumedienne, Mike Fisher, Josh Langfeld, Steve Martins, Chris Neil, Chris Phillips, Brian Pothier, Karel Rachunek, Sami Salo, Petr Schastlivy, Jeff Ulmer.
Philadelphia — Donald Brashear, Tomas Divisek, Todd Fedoruk, Simon Gagne, David Harlock, Mike Lephart, Dan Peters, Mike Watt.
Phoenix — Brian Boucher, Daniel Briere, Patrick Desrochers, Paul Mara, Ladislav Nagy, Todd Simpson, Landon Wilson.
Pittsburgh — Rick Berry, Shean Donovan, Andrew Ference, Tom Kostopoulos, Dan Lacouture, Josef Melichar, Alexei Morozov, Ville Nieminen, Jamie Pushor, Randy Robitaille, Michal Rozsival.
St. Louis — Fred Brathwaite, Marc Brown, Dale Clarke, Daniel Corso, Alexander Khavanov, Christian Laflamme, Jamal Mayers, Jame Pollock, Michel Riesen, Cody Rudkowsky, Mark Rycroft, Cory Stillman, Keith Tkachuk, Daniel Tkaczuk, Andrei Troschinsky.
San Jose — Matt Bradley, Scott Hannan, Hannes Hyvonen, Alexander
Korolyuk, Ryan Kraft, Evgeni Nabokov, Marcus Ragnarsson, Mark Smith, Brad Stuart, Niklas Sundstrom.
Tampa Bay — Mathieu Biron, Dan Boyle, Ben Clymer, Chris Dingman, Gordie Dwyer, Matt Elich, Ruslan Fedotenko, Sascha Goc, Mike Jones, Pavel Kubina, Fredrik Modin, Vaclav Prospal, Andre Roy, Shane Willis.
Toronto — Nik Antropov, Wade Belak, Aki Berg, Ryan Bonni, Jonas Hoglund, Josh Holden, Richard Jackman, Alyn McCauley, Marc Moro, Dmitriy Yakushin, Dmitry Yushkevich.
Vancouver — Mike Brown, Artem Chubarov, Harold Druken, Jeff Farkas, Bryan Helmer, Steve Kariya, Pat Kavanagh, Justin Kurtz, Brad Leeb, Brendan Morrison, Ryan Ready, Todd Warriner.
Washington — Ivan Ciernik, Peter Ferraro, Colin Forbes, Jean-Francois Fortin, Glen Metropolit, Mark Murphy, Andrei Nikolishin, Chris Simon, Trent Whitfield, Dainius Zubrus.
Unrestricted Free Agents
Group 3
The following players have qualified For Group 3 free agency (Age 31 or older with at least four years of NHL experience) and are therefore unrestricted free agents.
Anaheim — None.
Atlanta — Adam Burt.
Boston — Byron Dafoe, Bill Guerin, Jeff Norton.
Buffalo — Bob Corkum, Bob Essensa, James Patrick, Rob Ray, Richard Smehlik.
Calgary — Craig Berube, Curtis Joseph, Igor Kravchuk, Mike Vernon, Kay Whitmore.
Carolina — Jeff Daniels, Martin Gelinas.
Chicago — Tony Amonte, Tom Fitzgerald, Joe Reekie.
Colorado — None.
Columbus — Kevin Dineen, Jamie Heward.
Dallas — Brent Gilchrist, John Maclean, Dave Manson, Randy McKay, Rick Tabaracci, Pat Verbeek.
Detroit — Chris Chelios, Steve Duchesne, Uwe Krupp, Igor Larionov, Fredrik Olausson, Jiri Slegr.
Edmonton — Mike Richter.
Florida — Lance Pitlick.
Los Angeles — Kelly Buchberger, Ted Donato.
Minnesota — None.
Montreal — Stephane Fiset, Shaun Van Allen.
Nashville — Ed Belfour, Tie Domi, Steve Dubinsky, Reid Simpson.
New Jersey — Bobby Holik, Valeri Kamensky, Sergei Nemchinov, Stephane Richer, John Vanbiesbrouck.
N.Y. Islanders — Jim Cummins, Kip Miller.
N.Y. Rangers — Mark Messier, Martin Rucinsky.
Ottawa — Benoit Brunet, Jody Hull, Ricard Persson.
Philadelphia — Adam Oates, Luke Richardson, Rick Tocchet.
Phoenix — Mike Sullivan.
Pittsburgh — Robert Lang, Mario Lemieux, Kevin Stevens.
St. Louis — Marc Bergevin, Ray Ferraro, Jeff Finley, Scott Young.
San Jose — Mike Craig, Theoren Fleury, Stephane Matteau, Teemu Selanne, Gary Suter.
Tampa Bay — Grant Ledyard, Petr Svoboda.
Toronto — Tom Barrasso, Cory Cross, Corey Schwab, Garry Valk.
Vancouver — Andrew Cassels.
Washington — Ulf Dahlen, Benoit Hogue, Dmitri Khristich, Frantisek Kucera, Dmitri Mironov, Joe Sacco, Rob Zettler.
Group 5
The following players have completed 10 pro seasons or more (NHL or minors, excluding junior hockey), and in the 2001-2002 season earned less than the league average salary Of $1,642,590. These players have the right to elect once in their careers to become unrestricted free agents. They have until July 15 to do so or they become restricted free agents.
Colorado — Darius Kasparaitis.
Los Angeles — Philippe Boucher.
Philadelphia — Yves Sarault, John Slaney.
Vancouver — Scott Lachance.
Group 6
The following players, whose contracts have expired, are age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and in the case of a player other than a goaltender have played fewer than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or in the case of a goaltender have played fewer than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff). They are unrestricted free agents.
Anaheim — Gregg Naumenko, Brian White.
Atlanta — Bryan Adams, Scott Fankhouser.
Boston — Darryl Laplante, Eric Manlow, Jeff Maund, Tony Tuzzolino.
Buffalo — Rory Fitzpatrick, Mike Hurlbut, Christian Matte.
Calgary — Jason Botterill, Alan Letang.
Carolina — Kaspars Astashenko, Ian MacNeil.
Chicago — Nolan Baumgartner, Vladimir Chebaturkin, Aaron Downey, Rumun Ndur.
Colorado — Jeff Daw, Kelly Fairchild, Jaroslav Obsut, D.J. Smith.
Columbus — David Ling, Jeff Ware.
Dallas — None.
Detroit — Steve Brule, Jason Elliott, Dwayne Zinger.
Edmonton — Sven Butenschon, Greg Leeb, Alain Nasreddine.
Florida — Matthew Herr, Dave Macisaac, Brad Norton.
Los Angeles — Rich Brennan, Marcel Cousineau.
Minnesota — Mark Beaufait, Shawn Carter, Mike Crowley, Mike Matteucci.
Montreal — Xavier Delisle, Benoit Gratton.
Nashville — Alexandre Boikov, Chris Mason, Jeremy Stevenson, Marty Wilford.
New Jersey — Sylvain Cloutier, Richard Rochefort, Mike Rucinski, Rob Skrlac.
N.Y. Islanders — Chris Armstrong, Ray Giroux, Jason Krog, Jason Podollan.
N.Y. Rangers — Sean Gagnon, Ken Gernander, Christian Gosselin, Terry Virtue.
Ottawa — Jason Doig, Travis Richards.
Philadelphia — Greg Koehler, Kirby Law, Neil Little.
Phoenix — Wyatt Smith, Jean-Guy Trudel.
Pittsburgh — None.
St. Louis — Eddy Campbell, Steve McLaren.
San Jose — Steve Bancroft, Andy Lundbohm, Joel Prpic, Brandon Smith.
Tampa Bay — Dieter Kochan, Mikko Kuparinen.
Toronto — Nathan Dempsey, Donald MacLean.
Vancouver — Martin Brochu, Alfie Michaud, Andre Savage, Herbert Vasiljevs.
Washington — Patrick Boileau, Chris Ferraro.
Plain Unrestricted
The following players were not tendered a qualifying offer and are therefore unrestricted free agents not subject to a right to match or draft choice compensation.
Anaheim — Drew Bannister, Aris Brimanis, Sergei Krivokrasov, Mark Moore, Jonas Ronnqvist.
Atlanta — Jeff Dessner, Todd Reirden.
Boston — Dennis Bonvie, Vratislav Cech, John Emmons, Pavel Kolarik, Jamie Rivers, Eric Van Acker, Jeff Zehr.
Buffalo — Mario Larocque, Luc Theoret, Darren Van Oene.
Calgary — Dallas Eakins, Burke Henry, Rob Murray, Clarke Wilm.
Carolina — Ted Drury, Greg Kuznik, Jeremiah McCarthy, Tyler Moss.
Chicago — Jim Campbell, Chris Feil, Jean-Yves Leroux, Chris McAlpine, Steve Passmore.
Colorado — Yuri Babenko, Matthew Scorsune, Pascal Trepanier.
Columbus — Jamie Allison, Serge Aubin, Greg Gardner, Brett Harkins, Deron Quint, Andrei Sryubko.
Dallas — Gregor Baumgartner, Andre Lakos.
Detroit — Josh Dewolf, Ryan Gaucher, Magnus Nilsson, Bruce Richardson, John Wikstrom.
Edmonton — Alexandre Fomitchev, Chris Hajt, Kevin McDonald, Domenic Pittis.
Florida — Andrew Allen, Paul Harvey, Nick Smith.
Los Angeles — Scott Barney, Nate Miller, Greg Phillips, Scott Thomas, Rob Valicevic.
Minnesota — Steve Aronson, Aaron Gavey, Brett McLean, Stacy Roest, Roman Simicek, Cameron Stewart.
Montreal — Francis Belanger, Gennady Razin.
Nashville — Bill Bowler, Jay Legault, Mark Mowers, Steve Parsons, Petr Sachl.
New Jersey — Joel Bouchard, Bruce Gardiner, Frederic Henry.
N.Y. Islanders — Mats Lindgren, Dave Roche, Marko Tuomainen, Darren Van Impe.
N.Y. Rangers — Bryan Berard, Jason Dawe, Kyle Freadrich, Michal Grosek, Wes Jarvis, Andreas Johansson, Steve McKenna, Brad Smyth, Chris St. Croix.
Ottawa — Kevin Grimes, John Gruden, Chris Herperger, Bill Muckalt, Juha Ylonen.
Philadelphia — James Chalmers, Jarrod Skalde, Billy Tibbetts, Matt Zultek.
Phoenix — Alex Andreyev, Sebastien Bordeleau, Robert Francz, Denis Pederson.
Pittsburgh — Robert Dome, Dylan Gyori, John Jakopin, Alexandre Mathieu, Peter Ratchuk, Bert Robertsson, Martin Sonnenberg, Robbie Tallas, Jeff Toms, Darcy Verot.
St. Louis — Tyler Rennette.
San Jose — Adam Colagiacomo, Adam Nittel.
Tampa Bay — Kyle Kos, Gaetan Royer, Thomas Ziegler.
Toronto — Francois Bouchard, Frantisek Mrazek.
Vancouver — Jeff Scissons, Jason Strudwick, Alexei Tezikov.
Washington — Curtis Cruickshank, Corey Hirsch, Martin Hlinka, Mike Siklenka.
This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page B5.