I did a quick look at next years UFAs. I organized them by their current salary and said if I was interested in them, putting commentary in where I felt it was necessary
|
Player |
Pos |
Team |
Age |
Cap Hit |
Interested in (Yes(Y), No(N), Yes for cheap after bad year(YC) |
Notes |
|
Richards, Brad " |
F |
DAL |
30 |
$7,800,000 |
Y |
|
|
Gagne, Simon " |
F |
TBL |
30 |
$5,250,000 |
YC |
If he wants a rebound contract I would take a flyer on him (no pun intended) |
|
Kovalev, Alexei " |
F |
OTT |
37 |
$5,000,000 |
N |
Hell no |
|
Nylander, Michael " |
F |
WAS |
38 |
$4,875,000 |
N |
|
|
Selanne, Teemu " |
F |
ANA |
40 |
$4,500,000 |
Y |
Who am I kidding? |
|
Connolly, Tim " |
F |
BUF |
29 |
$4,500,000 |
YC |
In addition to an off season he is HUGELY injury prone. Probably not right for this team but beggars can't be choosers and he has more talent than most of our forwards |
|
Arnott, Jason " |
F |
NJD |
36 |
$4,500,000 |
YC |
I am undecided. If we could get him cheap I may be interested in a veteran forward on our team who can pot some goals. But the bottom line is he has been slowing down and probably makes more sense in a team with a top 9 set up playing 3rd line minutes bringing experience |
|
Handzus, Michal " |
F |
LAK |
33 |
$4,000,000 |
YC |
If he'll take a huge cut on the 4 million, he could be an ideal #3 C. Realisticlaly though I don't want to see the Leafs going to free agency to buy 3rd liners |
|
Ryder, Michael " |
F |
BOS |
30 |
$4,000,000 |
N |
|
|
Sullivan, Steve " |
F |
NAS |
36 |
$3,750,000 |
YC |
Similar to Arnott |
|
Stillman, Cory " |
F |
FLA |
37 |
$3,533,333 |
N |
|
|
Williams, Justin " |
F |
LAK |
29 |
$3,500,000 |
Maybe |
He is just so damn injury prone, and seems to be riding Kopitars coat tails. I am very undecided on him |
|
Sturm, Marco " |
F |
LAK |
32 |
$3,500,000 |
N |
|
|
Ponikarovsky, Alexei " |
F |
LAK |
30 |
$3,200,000 |
YC |
I'd take him back for cheap |
|
Vrbata, Radim " |
F |
PHO |
29 |
$3,000,000 |
N |
Can't play anywhere besides Phoenix apparently |
|
Frolov, Alexander " |
F |
NYR |
28 |
$3,000,000 |
YC |
I'd take a gamble on him for cheap (but probably going to the KHL) |
|
Hejduk, Milan " |
F |
COL |
34 |
$3,000,000 |
Y |
Probably woulnd't be interested in coming here |
|
Cole, Erik " |
F |
CAR |
32 |
$2,900,000 |
Maybe |
Honestly don't know enough about the guy. But from the little I know it seems like he more has chemistry with Staal than skill himself |
|
Langenbrunner, Jamie " |
F |
DAL |
35 |
$2,800,000 |
N |
|
|
Knuble, Mike " |
F |
WAS |
38 |
$2,800,000 |
Probably not |
I would have taken him 5 years ago as he is the epitomy of what we need but just too old |
|
Clark, Chris " |
F |
CLB |
34 |
$2,633,333 |
N |
|
|
Fleischmann, Tomas " |
F |
COL |
26 |
$2,600,000 |
Y |
I'd gamble on him... Hopefully could get him for cheaper with the blood clots (but at the same time hopefully it doesn't destroy another season). I feel for the guy... |
|
Samsonov, Sergei " |
F |
CAR |
32 |
$2,533,333 |
N |
|
|
Prospal, Vaclav " |
F |
NYR |
35 |
$2,480,000 |
N |
So wildly inconsistent. And getting older |
|
Moulson, Matt " |
F |
NYI |
27 |
$2,450,000 |
** |
I believe I heard he was just resigned |
|
White, Todd " |
F |
NYR |
35 |
$2,375,000 |
N |
|
|
Miettinen, Antti " |
F |
MIN |
30 |
$2,333,333 |
YC |
He seems like a good top 9 forward. Probably gonna cost to much but he could be a nice late summer cheap pick up (wouldn't want to sign him before August) |
|
Brunette, Andrew " |
F |
MIN |
37 |
$2,333,333 |
N |
Too old |
|
Kobasew, Chuck " |
F |
MIN |
28 |
$2,333,333 |
N |
|
|
Upshall, Scottie " |
F |
PHO |
27 |
$2,250,000 |
Maybe |
Undecided. Just don't know enough about the guy |
|
Laich, Brooks " |
F |
WAS |
27 |
$2,066,667 |
Y |
May cost more than I am willing to pay. He is having an off year so if we could get him for 3.5 or less I'd go for it |
|
Moreau, Ethan " |
F |
CLB |
35 |
$2,000,000 |
N |
|
|
Zherdev, Nikolai " |
F |
PHI |
26 |
$2,000,000 |
Y |
I would pay up to 2.8 for him... |
|
Recchi, Mark " |
F |
BOS |
42 |
$1,950,000 |
N |
|
|
Modano, Mike " |
F |
DET |
40 |
$1,750,000 |
N |
|
|
Tanguay, Alex " |
F |
CGY |
31 |
$1,700,000 |
YC |
Will probably cost too much after finally having a decent year |
|
Jokinen, Jussi " |
F |
CAR |
27 |
$1,700,000 |
Y |
I'd pay up to 3.5 for him |
|
Larose, Chad " |
F |
CAR |
28 |
$1,700,000 |
Maybe |
Don't know enough about the guy |
|
Dvorak, Radek " |
F |
FLA |
33 |
$1,700,000 |
N |
|
|
Higgins, Chris " |
F |
FLA |
27 |
$1,600,000 |
YC |
I'd sign him in August or later if he could be had for low 1 millions. I know a lot around here don't like him but I would like him in our bottom 6 for cheap... |
|
Draper, Kris " |
F |
DET |
39 |
$1,583,333 |
N |
|
|
Grier, Mike " |
F |
BUF |
36 |
$1,500,000 |
N |
|
|
Ward, Joel " |
F |
NAS |
30 |
$1,500,000 |
N |
|
|
Dupuis, Pascal " |
F |
PIT |
31 |
$1,400,000 |
N |
|
|
Ruutu, Jarkko " |
F |
OTT |
35 |
$1,300,000 |
N |
|
|
Madden, John " |
F |
MIN |
37 |
$1,250,000 |
N |
|
|
Niedermayer, Rob " |
F |
BUF |
36 |
$1,250,000 |
N |
|
|
Modin, Fredrik " |
F |
ATL |
36 |
$1,200,000 |
N |
|
|
Prucha, Petr " |
F |
PHO |
28 |
$1,200,000 |
N |
|
|
Kopecky, Tomas " |
F |
CHI |
28 |
$1,200,000 |
N |
I feel like someone will overpay for him this summer because he is riding Sharp's and Hossa's coat tails... |
|
Glencross, Curtis " |
F |
CGY |
28 |
$1,200,000 |
N |
|
|
Reasoner, Marty " |
F |
FLA |
33 |
$1,150,000 |
N |
|
|
Weight, Doug " |
F |
NYI |
40 |
$1,150,000 |
N |
Can we have a 28 year old Doug Weight? |
|
Marchant, Todd " |
F |
ANA |
37 |
$1,125,000 |
N |
|
|
Fiddler, Vernon " |
F |
PHO |
30 |
$1,100,000 |
N |
|
|
Talbot, Maxime " |
F |
PIT |
26 |
$1,050,000 |
N |
|
|
Rissmiller, Patrick " |
F |
ATL |
32 |
$1,000,000 |
N |
|
|
Bradley, Matt " |
F |
WAS |
32 |
$1,000,000 |
N |
|
|
Torres, Raffi " |
F |
VAN |
29 |
$1,000,000 |
N |
|
|
Voros, Aaron " |
F |
ANA |
29 |
$1,000,000 |
N |
|
|
Fedotenko, Ruslan " |
F |
NYR |
32 |
$1,000,000 |
N |
|
|
Jones, Ryan " |
F |
EDM |
26 |
$975,000 |
N |
|
|
Eager, Ben " |
F |
SAN |
27 |
$965,000 |
N |
|
|
Rupp, Michael " |
F |
PIT |
31 |
$825,000 |
N |
|
|
Sutherby, Brian " |
F |
DAL |
28 |
$812,500 |
N |
|
|
Leino, Ville " |
F |
PHI |
27 |
$800,000 |
Y |
I would pay up to 2.8-3 for him |
|
Gordon, Boyd " |
F |
WAS |
27 |
$800,000 |
N |
|
|
Svatos, Marek " |
F |
NAS |
28 |
$800,000 |
N |
Its time to give up on this guy...he looked so good in his rookie year... |
|
Goc, Marcel " |
F |
NAS |
27 |
$775,000 |
N |
|
|
Hordichuk, Darcy " |
F |
FLA |
30 |
$775,000 |
N |
|
|
Nichol, Scott " |
F |
SAN |
36 |
$760,000 |
N |
|
|
Godard, Eric " |
F |
PIT |
30 |
$750,000 |
N |
|
|
Eaves, Patrick " |
F |
DET |
26 |
$750,000 |
N |
|
|
Belanger, Eric " |
F |
PHO |
33 |
$750,000 |
N |
|
|
Sjostrom, Fredrik " |
F |
TOR |
27 |
$750,000 |
N |
|
|
Morrison, Brendan " |
F |
CGY |
35 |
$725,000 |
N |
|
|
Asham, Arron " |
F |
PIT |
32 |
$700,000 |
N |
|
|
Winchester, Brad " |
F |
STL |
29 |
$700,000 |
N |
|
|
Bergenheim, Sean " |
F |
TBL |
26 |
$700,000 |
N |
He should get a healthy raise to nearly 2 million this year |
|
Andersson, Jonas " |
F |
VAN |
29 |
$675,000 |
N |
|
|
Thorburn, Chris " |
F |
ATL |
27 |
$660,000 |
N |
|
|
Boulton, Eric " |
F |
ATL |
34 |
$650,000 |
N |
|
|
Wellwood, Kyle " |
F |
SAN |
27 |
$650,000 |
Definitely |
(we're talking about mascots right?) |
|
Miller, Drew " |
F |
DET |
26 |
$650,000 |
N |
|
|
Murray, Andrew " |
F |
CLB |
29 |
$625,000 |
N |
|
|
Glass, Tanner " |
F |
VAN |
27 |
$625,000 |
N |
|
|
Carter, Ryan " |
F |
CAR |
27 |
$625,000 |
N |
|
|
Ellis, Matt " |
F |
BUF |
29 |
$625,000 |
N |
|
|
Shannon, Ryan " |
F |
OTT |
27 |
$625,000 |
N |
|
|
Halpern, Jeff " |
F |
MTL |
34 |
$600,000 |
N |
|
|
Konopka, Zenon " |
F |
NYI |
30 |
$600,000 |
Haha |
Orr and Konopka on one team? Imagine the fisticuffs! |
*All data from capgeek.com
Just to put them all together these are the players I would be interested in signing at the beginning of the summer (ie not players I would try to wait till August like MacA for):
- Brad Richards (The max I would probably want would be 40 mil/6 year)
- Selanne (who am I kidding)
- Hejduk (I don't think we have a shot at him)
- Fleischmann (I would take the one year gamble on him)
- Brooks Laichs (still don't want to pay more than low 3s for him)
- Nikolai Zherdev
- Jussi Jokinen
- Ville Leino
Cheers,
BCapp


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