Summer Jobs Available!! (Free Agency Lists)

As the Leafs lose another game against one of the conference's top teams, my thoughts turn to warmer days when BB and the braintrust might uprade our team with whatever is out there (found from nhlnumbers.com).
The team definitely needs to get better, so who do you think the Leafs should go after?

Here's a list of a lot of the unrestricted free agents available July 1. The bolded guys are my thoughts on persons of interest for various reasons and salary ideas. (I.e. A guy like Lang could be interesting at a 1-yr $1m to $1.5m deal as a short-term bridge)

The Forwards (about 5 needed):

Player	Age	Team	Pos	10 FA Status	09 Cap	09 Salary
Kovalchuk, Ilya	27	ATL	L	UFA	6.4	7.5
Marleau, Patrick	30	SJS	C	UFA	6.3	6.3
Kariya, Paul	35	STL	L	UFA	6	6
Jokinen, Olli	31	CGY	C	UFA	5.25	5.5
Demitra, Pavol	35	VAN	R	UFA	4	4
Kozlov, Vyacheslav	38	ATL	L	UFA	3.667	3.85
Whitney, Ray	38	CAR	L	UFA	3.55	3.55
Modano, Mike	40	DAL	C	UFA	3.45	2.25
Modin, Fredrik	35	CLB	L	UFA	3.25	3.5
Frolov, Alexander	28	LAK	L	UFA	2.9	4
Cullen, Matt	33	CAR	C	UFA	2.875	2.8
Nolan, Owen	38	MIN	R	UFA	2.75	2.75
Plekanec, Tomas	26	MTL	C	UFA	2.75	2.75
Pisani, Fernando	33	EDM	R	UFA	2.5	2.5
Stempniak, Lee	27	TOR	R	UFA	2.5	3.5
Walker, Scott	36	CAR	R	UFA	2.5	2.5
Armstrong, Colby	26	ATL	R	UFA	2.4	2.4
Holmstrom, Tomas	37	DET	L	UFA	2.25	2.25
Torres, Raffi	28	CLB	L	UFA	2.25	2.75
Tucker, Darcy	35	COL	L	UFA	2.25	2.3
Weight, Doug	39	NYI	C	UFA	2.2	2
Ponikarovsky, Alexei	30	TOR	L	UFA	2.105	2.5
Svatos, Marek	28	COL	R	UFA	2.05	2.35
Halpern, Jeff	34	TBL	C	UFA	2	2
Lombardi, Matthew	28	PHX	C	UFA	1.817	2.35
Belanger, Eric	32	MIN	C	UFA	1.75	1.75
Stajan, Matt	26	TOR	C	UFA	1.75	1.75
McLean, Brett	31	FLA	C	UFA	1.7	1.7
Ott, Steve	27	DAL	L	UFA	1.425	1.5
Primeau, Wayne	34	TOR	C	UFA	1.4	1.4
Bourque, Rene	28	CGY	L	UFA	1.35	1.4
Mayers, Jamal	35	TOR	R	UFA	1.333	1.4
Comrie, Mike	29	EDM	C	UFA	1.25	1.25
Cooke, Matt	31	PIT	L	UFA	1.2	1.2
Johnson, Ryan	34	VAN	C	UFA	1.15	1.2
Moore, Dominic	28	FLA	C	UFA	1.1	1.1
Prospal, Vaclav	34	NYR	L	UFA	1.1	1.1
Conroy, Craig	38	CGY	C	UFA	1.05	1
Lang, Robert	38	PHX	C	UFA	1	1
Metropolit, Glen	36	MTL	C	UFA	1	1
Niedermayer, Rob	34	NJD	C	UFA	1	1
Sim, Jon	32	NYI	L	UFA	1	1
Tootoo, Jordin	27	NAS	R	UFA	0.975	0.975
Artyukhin, Evgeny	27	ANA	R	UFA	0.95	1
Boogaard, Derek	28	MIN	L	UFA	0.95	1.25
Maltby, Kirk	37	DET	L	UFA	0.883	0.75
Schubert, Christoph	28	OTT	L	UFA	0.883	0.9
Begin, Steve	31	BOS	L	UFA	0.85	0.85
Afinogenov, Maxim	29	ATL	R	UFA	0.8	0.8
Craig, Ryan	28	TBL	C	UFA	0.787	0.8
Mair, Adam	31	BUF	C	UFA	0.758	0.775
Park, Richard	34	NYI	R	UFA	0.75	0.8
Shelley, Jody	34	SJS	L	UFA	0.725	0.725
Steckel, David	28	WAS	L	UFA	0.725	0.725
Burish, Adam	27	CHI	C	UFA	0.713	0.725
Nystrom, Eric	27	CGY	L	UFA	0.688	0.775
Belak, Wade	33	NAS	R	UFA	0.65	0.65
Asham, Arron	32	PHI	R	UFA	0.64	0.64
Donovan, Shean	35	OTT	R	UFA	0.625	0.65
Boulton, Eric	33	ATL	L	UFA	0.6	0.6
Ivanans, Raitis	31	LAK	L	UFA	0.6	0.6
Shannon, Ryan	27	OTT	C	UFA	0.6	0.6
Weller, Craig	29	MIN	R	UFA	0.6	0.625
Perrault, Joel	27	PHX	C	UFA	0.588	0.625
Barch, Krys	30	DAL	C	UFA	0.575	0.575
Jackman, Tim	28	NYI	R	UFA	0.55	0.55
MacKenzie, Derek	29	CLB	C	UFA	0.55	0.55
Petersen, Toby	31	DAL	C	UFA	0.55	0.55
MacIntyre, Steve	29	EDM	L	UFA	0.537	0.55
Bochenski, Brandon	28	TBL	R	UFA	0.525	0.55
Paddock, Cam	27	STL	C	UFA	0.517	0.525
Thornton, Shawn	32	BOS	R	UFA	0.517	0.55
Durno, Chris (DGB Wish)	28	COL	L	UFA	0.5	0.5
Ellis, Matt	27	BUF	L	UFA	0.5	0.5
McAmmond, Dean	36	NJD	L	UFA	0.5	0.5
Pikkarainen, Ilkka	28	NJD	R	UFA	0.5	0.5
Stastny, Yan	27	STL	C	UFA	0.5	0.5
Aucoin, Keith	31	WAS	R	UFA	0.487	0.5
Ebbett, Andrew	27	MIN	C	UFA	0.487	0.5
Konopka, Zenon	29	TBL	C	UFA	0.487	0.5
Stuart, Colin	27	ATL	C	UFA	0.483	0.5

The Defence (1 needed):

Player	Age	Team	Pos	10 FA Status	09 Cap	09 Salary
Niedermayer, Scott	35	ANA	D	UFA	6	6
Gonchar, Sergei	36	PIT	D	UFA	5	5.5
Kubina, Pavel	33	ATL	D	UFA	5	5
Johnsson, Kim	34	MIN	D	UFA	4.85	5.3
Martin, Paul	29	NJD	D	UFA	3.833	4.5
Clark, Brett	33	COL	D	UFA	3.5	3.5
Mitchell, Willie	33	VAN	D	UFA	3.5	3.5
Rathje, Mike	36	PHI	D	UFA	3.5	3.5
Zidlicky, Marek	33	MIN	D	UFA	3.35	3.5
Morris, Derek	30	BOS	D	UFA	3.3	3.3
Salei, Ruslan	35	COL	D	UFA	3.025	3.275
Foote, Adam	38	COL	D	UFA	3	3.25
Sutton, Andy	35	NYI	D	UFA	3	3.5
Van Ryn, Mike	31	TOR	D	UFA	2.9	3.35
Lydman, Toni	32	BUF	D	UFA	2.875	3.15
Jones, Randy	28	LAK	D	UFA	2.75	3
Corvo, Joe	33	CAR	D	UFA	2.625	2.75
Smith, Jason	36	OTT	D	UFA	2.6	2.6
Tallinder, Henrik	31	BUF	D	UFA	2.562	3.25
Pothier, Brian	33	WAS	D	UFA	2.5	2.5
Volchenkov, Anton	28	OTT	D	UFA	2.5	3.2
Ward, Aaron	37	BOS	D	UFA	2.5	2.5
Seidenberg, Dennis	27	FLA	D	UFA	2.25	2.25
Kaberle, Frantisek	36	CAR	D	UFA	2.2	2.2
Eaton, Mark	33	PIT	D	UFA	2	2
Hamhuis, Dan	27	NAS	D	UFA	2	2.5
Leopold, Jordan	28	FLA	D	UFA	1.75	1.75
Wallin, Niclas	35	CAR	D	UFA	1.725	1.725
Mara, Paul	29	MTL	D	UFA	1.675	1.675
Lukowich, Brad	33	SJS	D	UFA	1.567	1.8
Boynton, Nick	30	ANA	D	UFA	1.5	1.5
Ference, Andrew	31	BOS	D	UFA	1.4	1.625
Exelby, Garnet	28	TOR	D	UFA	1.392	1.725
Colaiacovo, Carlo	27	STL	D	UFA	1.283	1.4
Lilja, Andreas	34	DET	D	UFA	1.25	1.25
Michalek, Zbynek	27	PHX	D	UFA	1.25	1.5
O'Donnell, Sean	38	LAK	D	UFA	1.25	1.25
Frogren, Jonas	29	TOR	D	UFA	1.065	0.9
Paetsch, Nathan	27	BUF	D	UFA	0.85	1.05
McKee, Jay	32	PIT	D	UFA	0.8	0.8
Mottau, Mike	32	NJD	D	UFA	0.762	0.775
Hale, David	29	PHX	D	UFA	0.7	0.725
Lebda, Brett	28	DET	D	UFA	0.65	0.85
Meyer, Freddy	29	NYI	D	UFA	0.588	0.6
Hutchinson, Andrew	30	DAL	D	UFA	0.55	0.6
Jancevski, Dan	29	DAL	D	UFA	0.537	0.55
Stafford, Garrett	30	DAL	D	UFA	0.537	0.55
Brookbank, Sheldon	29	ANA	D	UFA	0.525	0.55
Conboy, Tim	28	CAR	D	UFA	0.487	0.5
Leach, Jay	30	NJD	D	UFA	0.487	0.5

The Goalies (2 needed. Maybe desperately):

Player	Age	Team	Pos	10 FA Status	09 Cap	09 Salary
Turco, Marty	34	DAL	G	UFA	5.7	5.4
Nabokov, Evgeni	34	SJS	G	UFA	5.375	6
Theodore, Jose	33	WAS	G	UFA	4.5	4.5
Toskala, Vesa	33	TOR	G	UFA	4	4
Mason, Chris	34	STL	G	UFA	3	3
Ellis, Dan	30	NAS	G	UFA	1.75	2
Emery, Ray	27	PHI	G	UFA	1.5	1.5
Biron, Marty	31	NYI	G	UFA	1.4	1.4
Hiller, Jonas	28	ANA	G	UFA	1.3	1.3
Budaj, Peter	26	COL	G	UFA	1.25	1.25
Hedberg, Johan	37	ATL	G	UFA	1.087	1.175
Auld, Alex	29	DAL	G	UFA	1	1
Lalime, Patrick	35	BUF	G	UFA	1	1
Rinne, Pekka	27	NAS	G	UFA	0.725	0.725
Valiquette, Stephen	32	NYR	G	UFA	0.725	0.725
Leighton, Michael	29	CAR	G	UFA	0.6	0.6

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Based on who we have clearing out (excluding RFAs who may or may not be brought back), the lineup might be something like this..

(LW #1) - (C #1) - Kessel
Hagman - Grabovski - Blake
Stalberg - Bozak - (RW #3)
(LW #4) - (C #4) - Orr
(F #13)

Kaberle - Komisarek
Beauchemin - Schenn
Gunnarsson - (D #6)
Finger

(G #1)
(G #1B) <-- probably a re-signed Gustavsson

Pending RFAs that the Leafs have to consider:
Kulemin, Mitchell, Hanson, White, Oreskovic, Gustavsson

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Are there any players above who might be bought out/traded? Are there any prospects (Kadri, Stefanovich, Hayes, Ryan) who might fill in some of these spots?

Look at it. Think it over. Speak and be heard.

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