With one day in the books in the 2010 NHL free agency period — that
wasn’t really a frenzy as much as it was nutty — here’s the top free
agents remaining (and their 2009-2010 cap hit) who are still looking for
jobs.
Forwards:
Ilya Kovalchuck – 27 –
$6,389,300
Pavol Demitra – 35 – $4,000,000
Mike Modano – 40 –
$3,450,000
Fredrik Modin – 35 – $3,250,000
Patrick
O’Sullivan – 25 – $2,925,000
Owen Nolan – 38 – $2,750,000
John
Madden – 37 – $2,750,000
Lee Stempniak – 27 – $2,500,000
Matthew
Lombardi – 28 – $2,900,000
Maxim Afinogenov – 30 – $800,000
Alexei
Ponikarovsky – 30 – $2,105,000
Ryan Potulny – 25 – $525,000
Eric
Belanger -32 – $1,750,000
Mike Comrie – 29 – $1,250,000
Kyle
Wellwood – 27 – $1,200,000
Raffi Torres – 28 – $2,250,000
Aaron
Asham – 32 – $640,000
Defensemen:
Marc-Andre
Bergeron – 29 – $750,000
Pavel Kubina – 33 – $5,000,000
Carlo
Colaiacovo – 27 – $1,283,333
Ruslan Sulei – 35 – $3,025,000
Denis
Grebeshkov – 26 – $3,150,000
Joe Corvo – 33 – $2,625,000
Kim
Johnsson – 34 – $540,000
Shaone Morrison – 27 – $1,975,000
Nick
Boynton – 31 – $1,500,000
Goaltenders:
Evgeni
Nabokov – 34 – $5,375,000
Marty Turco – 34 – $5,700,000
Jose
Theodore – 33 – $4,500,00
Ray Emery – 27 – $1,500,000
Vesa
Toskala – 33 – $4,000,000
Denis Yann – 29 – $500,000
Patrick
Lalime – 35 – $1,000,000
Wade Dubielewicz – 31 – $600,000
Matt
Climie – 27 – $574,500
Some thoughts:
The run
was on defensemen the first day, leaving plenty of forwards for the
pickings in the next few days. With the amount of overly expensive
contracts we’ve seen so far, it’s not surprising to see teams take it
easy and wait for the market to shake out a bit.
