From NY Times:
These are the top 10 uncommitted free agents still available at each position, ranked by 2008-09 salary, as of 10 a.m. Eastern time on July 3:
Centers
Saku Koivu, 34, Mtl, $4.75m
Mike Comrie, 28, Ott, $4m
Robert Lang, 38, Mtl, $4m
Brendan Morrison, 33, Dal, $2.75m
Todd Marchant, 35, Ana, $2.66m
Mike Sillinger, 38, NYI, $2.3m
Jason Williams, 28, Clm, $2.2m
Rob Niedermayer, 34, Ana, $2m
Tyler Arnason, 30, Col, $1.75m
Derek Armstrong, 36, LA $1.6mRight wingers
Alexei Kovalev, 36, Mtl, $4.5m
Maxim Afinogenov, 29, Bfl, $3.5m
Miroslav Šatan, 34, Pgh, $3.5m
Aleš Kotalík, 30, Edm, $2.5m
Petr Sýkora, 32, Pgh, $2.5m
Todd Bertuzzi, 34, Cgy, $1.95m
Mike Grier, 34, SJ, $1.775m
Michel Ouellet, 27, Van, $1.3m
Mikael Samuelsson, 32, Det, $1.2m
Dan Hinote, 32, StL $1m
Left wingers
Alex Tanguay, 29, Mtl, $5.375m
Kyle Calder, 30, LA, $2.7m
Mark Bell, 28, NYR, $2.5m
Ruslan Fedotenko, 30, Pgh, $2.25m
P.J. Axelsson, 34, Bos, $1.85m
Taylor Pyatt, 27, Van, $1.575m
Ville Peltonen, 36, Fla, $1.2m
Matt Pettinger, 28, TB, $1.1m
Travis Moen, 27, SJ, $925,000
Janne Pesonen, 27, Pgh, $875,000Defensemen
Mathieu Schneider, 40, Mtl, $5.75m
Sergei Zubov, 38, Dal, $5.35m
Jay McKee, 31, StL, $4m
Derek Morris, 30, NYR, $3.95m
Christian Backman, 29, Clm, $3.4m
Filip Kuba, 32, Ott, $3m
Nick Boynton, 30, Fla, $2.95m
Greg de Vries, 36, Nsh, $2.75m
Philippe Boucher, 36, Pgh, $2.5m
Darryl Sydor, 37, Dal, $2.5mGoalies
Manny Fernandez, 34, Bos, $4.75m
Martin Gerber, 34, Tor, $3.7m
Martin Biron, 31, Phi, $3.5m
Manny Legacé, 36, StL, $2.5m
Olaf Kolzig, 39, Tor, $1.5m
Antero Niittymaki, 29, Phi, $1.375m
Brent Johnson, 32, Wsh, $825,000
Andrew Raycroft, 29, Col, $800,000
Curtis Joseph, 42, Tor, $700,000
Kevin Weekes, 34, NJ, $700,000
The full list of transfers on Wed., July 1, the first day of N.H.L. free agency:
GK Craig Anderson to Colorado from Florida
CE Steve Begin to Boston from Dallas
GK Brian Boucher to Philadelphia from San Jose
LW Donald Brashear to Rangers from Washington
CE Mike Cammalleri to Montreal from Calgary
GK Scott Clemmensen to Florida from New Jersey
GK Ty Conklin to St. Louis from Detroit
LW Mathieu Darche to Montreal from Buffalo
CE Vernon Fiddler to Phoenix from Nashville
RW Marián Gáborík to Rangers from Minnesota
GK Mathieu Garon to Columbus from Pittsburgh
LD Hal Gill to Montreal from Pittsburgh
RW Brian Gionta to Montreal from New Jersey
RW Martin Havlát to Minnesota from Chicago
RW Marián Hossa to Chicago from Detroit
GK Nikolai Khabibulin to Edmonton from Chicago
RW Mike Knuble to Washington from Philadelphia
LW David Kočí to Colorado from Tampa Bay
LD Ville Koistinen to Florida from Nashville
RD Michael Komisarek to Toronto from Montreal
CE Tomáš Kopecký to Chicago from Detroit
GK Jason LaBarbera to Phoenix from Vancouver
RW Ian Laperriere to Philadelphia from Colorado
CE John Madden to Chicago from New Jersey
RD Steve Montador to Buffalo from Boston
LD Mattias Öhlund to Tampa Bay from Vancouver
RW Colton Orr to Toronto from Rangers
CE Samuel Påhlsson to Columbus from Chicago
GK Dwayne Roloson to Islanders from Edmonton
LD Aaron Rome to Vancouver from Columbus
CE Michael Rupp to Pittsburgh from New Jersey
CE Martin St. Pierre to Ottawa from Boston
FW Fredrik Sjöström to Calgary from Rangers
LD Jaroslav Špaček to Montreal from Buffalo
RD Matt Walker to Tampa Bay from Chicago
LD Greg Zanon to Minnesota from Nashville
Trade:
RD Pavel Kubina and CE Tim Stapleton to Atlanta in exchange for LD Garnet Exelby and LW Colin Stuart to Toronto
I’m commenting on you calling the rangers the winner of yesterday since you turned off comments… I think you are horribly wrong… They gave up one dumb contract for another in my opinion… Gaborik has all the tallent in the world, but he is horribly injury prone and plays with the heart of the tin man… They are giving him 7 mil for 5 years… Crosby, malkin and ovie are making 8 mil… are you seriously telling me you think he is only 1 mil worse than them three?
I still think the Rangers were the big winners so far.
Are the Rangers in a better position after July 1 than they were before July 1? Absolutely! What GM is their right mind would turn down trading away Scott Gomez and bringing in Marian Gaborik? That is basically what the Rangers did. They got rid of an under performing center and brought in a potential 40+ goal scorer which they desperately need.
I disagree with Gaborik being injury prone. He had one season (last season) where he missed 60+ games and only one other that he missed about 40. That is hardly injury prone, but more unlucky. When he is healthy he is without a doubt a top 5 winger in the league and a deadly scorer which the Rangers are obviously lacking.
You made mention to Crosby, Malkin, etc… If they were available at $9 Million each per season for the next 10 years instead of Gaborik; Yes I would sign them in a heartbeat, but they are not available.
Lets face it, the Rangers are going to spend to the maximum amount they can every season. They are a rich team and can afford to do so. They needed goal scoring and needed to shed some bad contracts (Gomez, Drury, &/or Redden.) Drury is not tradeable so that leaves Gomez and Redden. Gomez is now gone and we brought in Gaborik to replace him which I feel is an enormous upgrade.
Yes Gaborik is a bit of a risk, but obviously the Rangers are risk-takers as weve seen for the past 15 years.
Also, they brought in McDonagh from the Canadiens who supposedly has the potential to be a franchise defenseman and might be better than Marc Staal. Absolutely brilliant in my opinion.
Like you said, they dropped one bad contract for another, but again this is the New York Rangers. They want big names and they are more than willing to spend up to the cap every season. They were going to sign someone big no matter what.
Hossa was out of the running because 12 years is ridiculous. Heatley, the NYR would have to give up a ton of prospects for. Now they were left with Gaborik or Havlat and Havlat is just as risky for injuries with less potential offensive production. NYR made the best possible signing they could this offseason with Gaborik.
I would have preferred less money for Gaborik, but for all we know the Kings were on the other line offering $7.4 Million and the NYR had to either top that offer or let him walk.
Would you be happy as a Ranger fan if they got rid of Gomez and brought noone else in? No way, Rangerland would have gone crazy.