NHL PEACHY: NHL RELEASES FREE AGENT LIST
The National Hockey League released a list of players who are restricted free agents under Group 2, unrestricted free agents under Group 3 and Group 6 and unrestricted free agents by virtue of not receiving a qualifying offer.
Some of these players may recently have signed with their respective Clubs; however, their contracts had not yet been filed with the League.
FREE AGENTS SUBJECT TO COMPENSATION AND RIGHT TO MATCH - GROUP 2
The players listed below have been tendered a qualifying offer by their respective Clubs and are subject to draft-choice compensation and right to match. The draft choice compensation scale is based on compensation offered by the new Club:
OFFER COMPENSATION
$1,295,571 or below None
Over $1,295,571 to $1,962,986 Third-round choice
Over $1,962,986 to $3,925,975 Second-round choice
Over $3,925,975 to $5,888,960 First-round and third-round choice
Over $5,888,960 to $7,851,948 First-round, second-round and third-round choice
Over $7,851,948 to $9,814,935 Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice
Over $9,814,935 Four first-round choices
ANAHEIM
Max Gortz, Nick Sorensen.
ARIZONA
Nick Cousins, Anthony Duclair, Tyler Gaudet, Jordan Martinook.
BOSTON
Linus Arnesson, Austin Czarnik, Zane McIntyre, David Pastrnak, Tim Schaller, Ryan Spooner, Malcolm Subban.
BUFFALO
Zemgus Girgensons, Johan Larsson, Robin Lehner, Evan Rodrigues.
CALGARY
Sam Bennett, Micheal Ferland, Garnet Hathaway, Brett Kulak, Curtis Lazar, David Rittich, Linden Vey, Tyler Wotherspoon.
CAROLINA
Phillip Di Giuseppe.
CHICAGO
Erik Gustafsson.
COLORADO
Gabriel Bourque, Felix Girard, Rocco Grimaldi, Matt Nieto, Duncan Siemens, Nikita Zadorov.
COLUMBUS
Josh Anderson, Alexander Wennberg, Daniel Zaar.
DALLAS
Radek Faksa, Patrik Nemeth, Jamie Oleksiak, Brett Ritchie, Gemel Smith, Matej Stransky.
DETROIT
Andreas Athanasiou, Martin Frk, Xavier Ouellet, Robbie Russo, Tomas Tatar.
EDMONTON
Leon Draisaitl, Joey Laleggia, Dillon Simpson, Bogdan Yakimov.
FLORIDA
Mark Pysyk, MacKenzie Weegar.
LOS ANGELES
Justin Auger, Jonny Brodzinski, Andrew Crescenzi, Kevin Gravel, Paul LaDue, Michael Mersch, Nick Shore.
MINNESOTA
Marcus Foligno, Kurtis Gabriel, Mikael Granlund, Steve Michalek, Zack Mitchell, Nino Niederreiter, Zach Palmquist, Mike Reilly.
MONTREAL
Max Friberg, Alex Galchenyuk.
NASHVILLE
Pontus Aberg, Viktor Arvidsson, Frederick Gaudreau, Ryan Johansen, Marek Mazanec, Austin Watson.
NEW JERSEY
Blake Coleman, Vojtech Mozik, Mirco Mueller, Stefan Noesen, Blake Pietila, Kevin Rooney, Damon Severson, Ben Thomson, Scott Wedgewood.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Calvin de Haan, Christopher Gibson, Connor Jones, Adam Pelech.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Daniel Catenacci, Jesper Fast, Nicklas Jensen, Mika Zibanejad.
OTTAWA
Chris Driedger, Ryan Dzingel, Jean-Gabriel Pageau, Patrick Sieloff, Mikael Wikstrand.
PHILADELPHIA
Cole Bardreau, Scott Laughton, Taylor Leier, Roman Lyubimov, Anthony Stolarz.
PITTSBURGH
Josh Archibald, Frank Corrado, Jean-Sebastien Dea, Brian Dumoulin, Derrick Pouliot, Justin Schultz, Conor Sheary.
SAN JOSE
Barclay Goodrow, Marcus Sorensen, Chris Tierney.
ST. LOUIS
Jordan Binnington, Petteri Lindbohm, Colton Parayko, Oskar Sundqvist.
TAMPA BAY
Michael Bournival, Jake Dotchin, Kristers Gudlevskis, Tyler Johnson, Slater Koekkoek, Tye McGinn, Ondrej Palat, Matthew Peca, Tanner Richard.
TORONTO
Connor Brown, Justin Holl, Zach Hyman, Garret Sparks.
VANCOUVER
Reid Boucher, Michael Chaput, Brendan Gaunce, Bo Horvat, Joseph LaBate, Nikita Tryamkin.
VEGAS
Brendan Leipsic, Oscar Lindberg, Teemu Pulkkinen, Griffin Reinhart, Nate Schmidt.
WASHINGTON
Travis Boyd, Andre Burakovsky, Philipp Grubauer, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Liam O'Brien.
WINNIPEG
Connor Hellebuyck, JC Lipon, Brandon Tanev.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS - GROUP 3
The following players have qualified for Group 3 Free Agency (age 27 or older or with at least seven Accrued Seasons) and are Unrestricted Free Agents.
ANAHEIM
Spencer Abbott, Jonathan Bernier, Jhonas Enroth, Ryan Garbutt, Nate Guenin, Matt Hackett, Jeff Schultz, Nate Thompson.
ARIZONA
Shane Doan, Chad Johnson, Jamie McBain, Zbynek Michalek, Chris Mueller, Chris Pronger, Radim Vrbata, Joe Whitney.
BOSTON
Alex Grant, John-Michael Liles, Dominic Moore, Zac Rinaldo, Drew Stafford.
BUFFALO
Mathew Bodie, Erik Burgdoerfer, Cody Franson, Brian Gionta, Derek Grant, Dmitry Kulikov, Cody McCormick, Anders Nilsson, Cal O'Reilly.
CALGARY
Brandon Bollig, Brian Elliott, Michael Kostka, Ladislav Smid, Dennis Wideman, David Wolf.
CAROLINA
Bryan Bickell, Danny Kristo, Michael Leighton, Jay McClement, Matt Tennyson.
CHICAGO
Brian Campbell, Andrew Desjardins, Lars Johansson, Pierre-Cedric Labrie, Shawn Lalonde, Martin Lundberg, Brandon Mashinter, Johnny Oduya.
COLORADO
Rene Bourque, Joe Cannata, Cody Goloubef, John Mitchell, Jim O'Brien, Mike Sislo, Jeremy Smith, Fedor Tyutin.
COLUMBUS
Marc-Andre Bergeron, Sam Gagner, Brett Gallant, Lauri Korpikoski, Kyle Quincey, Jaime Sifers, Ryan Stanton.
DALLAS
Ales Hemsky, Jiri Hudler, Travis Morin, Justin Peters, Patrick Sharp, Dustin Stevenson.
DETROIT
Drew Miller, Joe Vitale.
EDMONTON
David Desharnais, Andrew Ference, Justin Fontaine, Mark Fraser, Jonas Gustavsson, Matt Hendricks.
FLORIDA
Reto Berra, Jaromir Jagr, Jakub Kindl, Brent Regner, Paul Thompson, Shawn Thornton, Thomas Vanek.
LOS ANGELES
Jarome Iginla, Vincent Loverde, Teddy Purcell, Cameron Schilling, Rob Scuderi, Devin Setoguchi.
MINNESOTA
Victor Bartley, Ryan Carter, Martin Hanzal, Darcy Kuemper, Nate Prosser, Mike Weber, Ryan White.
MONTREAL
Bobby Farnham, Brian Flynn, Dwight King, Andrei Markov, Magnus Nygren, Steve Ott, Alexander Radulov.
NASHVILLE
Vernon Fiddler, Mike Fisher, Brad Hunt, Mike Liambas, Adam Pardy, PA Parenteau, Mike Ribeiro, Harry Zolnierczyk.
NEW JERSEY
Yohann Auvitu, Carter Camper, Luke Gazdic, Shane Harper, Jacob Josefson, Andrew MacWilliam, Marc Savard, Karl Stollery, Mattias Tedenby.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Eric Boulton, Stephen Gionta, Ben Holmstrom, Bracken Kearns, Kirill Petrov.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Tanner Glass, Brendan Smith, Chris Summers.
OTTAWA
Stephane Da Costa, Nikita Filatov, Marc Hagel, Chris Kelly, Chad Nehring, Chris Neil, Viktor Stalberg, Tommy Wingels.
PHILADELPHIA
Chris Conner, Michael Del Zotto, Boyd Gordon, Steve Mason, Andy Miele, Nick Schultz, Chris VandeVelde, Eric Wellwood.
PITTSBURGH
Nick Bonino, Matt Cullen, Trevor Daley, Pascal Dupuis, Cameron Gaunce, Ron Hainsey, Chris Kunitz, Kevin Porter, Tom Sestito, Mark Streit, David Warsofsky.
SAN JOSE
Micheal Haley, Dan Kelly, Patrick Marleau, Harri Sateri, Zack Stortini, Joe Thornton.
ST. LOUIS
Sergey Andronov, Evgeny Grachev, Brad Malone, Scottie Upshall.
TAMPA BAY
Jaroslav Janus, Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond, Mike McKenna, Matt Taormina, Luke Witkowski.
TORONTO
Brian Boyle, Andrew Campbell, Colin Greening, Teemu Hartikainen, Matt Hunwick, Brooks Laich, Milan Michalek, Steve Oleksy, Roman Polak, Stephane Robidas.
VANCOUVER
Chad Billins, Philip Larsen, Ryan Miller, Jack Skille.
VEGAS
Chris Thorburn.
WASHINGTON
Karl Alzner, Chris Bourque, Paul Carey, Tom Gilbert, Kevin Shattenkirk, Justin Williams, Daniel Winnik.
WINNIPEG
Tomas Kubalik, Ondrej Pavelec, Anthony Peluso, Paul Postma, Brian Strait.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS - GROUP 6
The following players qualify for unrestricted free agency, having met the requirements for Group 6 free agency. This group is defined as players whose contracts have expired, are age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and (i) in the case of a player other than a goaltender, have played fewer than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, have played fewer than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff). Please note that these amounts are subject to pro-rating due to the 48-game season in 2012-13.
ANAHEIM
None.
ARIZONA
Craig Cunningham, Garret Ross, Jarred Tinordi.
BOSTON
Chris Casto, Brian Ferlin, Tyler Randell.
BUFFALO
Cole Schneider.
CALGARY
None.
CAROLINA
Dennis Robertson, Brendan Woods.
CHICAGO
Mac Carruth.
COLORADO
Mat Clark, Brendan Ranford.
COLUMBUS
TJ Tynan.
DALLAS
None.
DETROIT
Mitch Callahan, Edward Pasquale.
EDMONTON
Jordan Oesterle, Tyler Pitlick.
FLORIDA
Sam Brittain, Brody Sutter.
LOS ANGELES
Zach Trotman.
MINNESOTA
None.
MONTREAL
None.
NASHVILLE
Adam Payerl.
NEW JERSEY
Seth Helgeson, Petr Straka.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
None.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Chris Brown, Magnus Hellberg, Marek Hrivik, Tommy Hughes.
OTTAWA
Casey Bailey, Brandon Gormley, Phil Varone.
PHILADELPHIA
None.
PITTSBURGH
None.
SAN JOSE
Buddy Robinson.
ST. LOUIS
Kenny Agostino, Andrew Agozzino, Morgan Ellis, Alex Friesen, Reid McNeill.
TAMPA BAY
Stefan Fournier, Byron Froese, Mike Halmo, Greg McKegg, Joel Vermin.
TORONTO
None.
VANCOUVER
Alexandre Grenier, Borna Rendulic.
VEGAS
Jean-Francois Berube, Connor Brickley.
WASHINGTON
Stanislav Galiev, Garrett Mitchell, Christian Thomas.
WINNIPEG
Brenden Kichton.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
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
Emerson Etem, Ryan Faragher.
ARIZONA
Alexander Burmistrov, Grayson Downing, Peter Holland, Josh Jooris, Jeremy Morin, Mitchell Moroz, Branden Troock.
BOSTON
Colton Hargrove, Joe Morrow.
BUFFALO
Brady Austin, Jean Dupuy, Justin Kea.
CALGARY
Alex Chiasson, Ryan Culkin, Kenney Morrison.
CAROLINA
Daniel Altshuller, Erik Karlsson, Andrej Nestrasil.
CHICAGO
Dillon Fournier, Kenton Helgesen, Michael Latta, Dennis Rasmussen, Nolan Valleau.
COLORADO
Troy Bourke, Turner Elson, Eric Gelinas, Mikhail Grigorenko, Samuel Henley, Patrick Wiercioch.
COLUMBUS
Oscar Dansk, Oleg Yevenko.
DALLAS
Mattias Backman, Nick Ebert, Justin Hache, Henri Kiviaho, Maxime Lagace.
DETROIT
Jake Paterson.
EDMONTON
Anton Lander, Eetu Laurikainen, David Musil, Zach Pochiro, Jere Sallinen, Henrik Samuelsson.
FLORIDA
Graham Black, Tim Bozon, Steven Hodges, Kyle Rau, Michael Sgarbossa, Colin Stevens, Adam Wilcox.
LOS ANGELES
Patrick Bjorkstrand, Joel Lowry.
MINNESOTA
Brady Brassart, Christian Folin, Guillaume Gelinas, Alexander Gudbranson.
MONTREAL
Connor Crisp, Joel Hanley, Ryan Johnston, Keegan Lowe, Mark MacMillan, Stefan Matteau, Nikita Nesterov, Dalton Thrower.
NASHVILLE
Jonas Gunnarsson, Jaynen Rissling.
NEW JERSEY
Beau Bennett.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Matthew Finn, Jesse Graham, Loic Leduc, Stephon Williams.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Taylor Beck, Adam Clendening, Troy Donnay, Michael Paliotta, Brandon Pirri, Mackenzie Skapski.
OTTAWA
Jyrki Jokipakka, Matthew O'Connor, Ryan Rupert.
PHILADELPHIA
Jesper Pettersson.
PITTSBURGH
Tim Erixon, Stuart Percy.
SAN JOSE
Mantas Armalis, Nikita Jevpalovs, Patrick McNally.
ST. LOUIS
Jordan Caron, Jacob Doty, Landon Ferraro, Ty Rattie, Nail Yakupov.
TAMPA BAY
Dylan Blujus, Henri Ikonen, Jonathan Racine.
TORONTO
Antoine Bibeau, Seth Griffith, Sergey Kalinin.
VANCOUVER
Joseph Cramarossa, Michael Garteig, Tom Nilsson, Drew Shore, Michael Zalewski.
VEGAS
None.
WASHINGTON
Brett Connolly, Cody Corbett, Darren Dietz.
WINNIPEG
Quinton Howden, Scott Kosmachuk, Ryan Olsen.