A couple weeks ago, I broke down the pending free agents (unrestricted and restricted alike) for each conference. (East here, West here) So let’s take a gander at how some of the most noteworthy free-agents-to-be fared up to this point. Obviously, for players on half the teams, they won’t get another chance to show off their skills. I’ll begin with the West in this post and then discuss the East later on. This might not be a comprehensive list, so apologies if your favorite pending free agent is left out.
San Jose
Joe Pavelski - 11 points/becoming the Sharks’ American hero.
Evgeni Nabokov - a 1.93 GAA and 91.9% save percentage. Not bad at all.
Devin Setoguchi - 7 points in 7 games played. Not bad, either.
Patrick Marleau - 3 points. Not so good.
Colorado
Peter Mueller’s concussion issues kept him from making an impact, but Chris Stewart and Kyle Quincey were solid in the playoffs.
Chicago
Antti Niemi - probably pricing himself out of Chicago with a fabulous (92.1 save percentage) playoff run so far.
Nashville
Patric Hornqvist had health problems so he gets an “Incomplete” while Dan Hamhuis had quite the checkered post-season, most notably being the victim of what should have been a more beneficial boarding penalty from Marian Hossa ...
Vancouver
Pavol Demitra’s been nicely productive (5 points) but Willie Mitchell has been injured.
Los Angeles
Alex Frolov produced a decent (1 goal, 3 assists) but unspectacular post-season. It seems likely that he’ll be wearing a different sweater next year.
Phoenix
Lee Stempniak - a rough playoffs with just 2 points and a -4 rating.
Wojtek Wolski - The team’s second leading scorer with 5 points, including 4 goals.
Detroit
Nicklas Lidstrom - 6 points in 8 games for the superhuman Swede.
Todd Bertuzzi - 5 points for the surprisingly effective brute.