2013 Free Agent Tracker

[Monk]

updates:

Carolina: Danny Taylor signed with Farjestad (SEL), source: http://thehockeyhouse.net/calgary-flame ... farjestad/

Chicago: Andy Sutton retires, source: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/veteran-nh ... -1.1291981

Phoenix: Marc Andre Gragnani signed with Lev Praha (KHL), source: http://thehockeyhouse.net/carolina-hurr ... lev-praha/

San Jose: Mark Dekanich signed with Medvescak Zagreb (KHL), source: http://thehockeyhouse.net/winnipeg-jets ... ng-to-khl/

St. Louis: Juuso Puustinen signed with HIFK (Sm-liiga), source: http://www.eurohockey.com/player/74078- ... tinen.html

Vancouver: Eric Boulton resigned for 1 year @ 0.550

[Nick]

love your constant & diligent effort.

[Shep]

Thanks Luke!

[The BBKL Insider]

happy birthday luke

[Monk]

^^ thx

[Monk]

updates:

Carolina: Curtis McElhinney resigned for 1 year at 0.600
Anton Babchuk signed with Salavat Yulaev (KHL), source: http://www.calgaryherald.com/mobile/spo ... story.html

Edmonton: Tomas Kubalik signed with Slovan (KHL), source: https://twitter.com/arcticicehockey/sta ... 1823456257

Pittsburgh: Adam Cracknell resigned for 1 year at 0.600

Winnipeg: Anton Rodin signed in Brynas (SEL), source: http://www.nucksmisconduct.com/2013/5/2 ... eden-again

ps, thx for the cheer comments guys

[Monk]

updates:

Edmonton: Robyn Regehr resigned to a two year deal @ 3.000/yr

Ottawa: Greg Scott signed with Brynas (SEL), source: http://thehockeyhouse.net/toronto-maple ... th-brynas/

Vancouver: Tom Sestito resigned to a two year deal @ 0.750/yr
Ryan Potulny signed with Avangard Omsk (KHL), source: http://thehockeyhouse.net/nhl/ryan-potu ... f-the-khl/

[Monk]

updates:

Boston: Matt Smaby signed by EHC Munchen (DEL), couldn't find a translated source, hope you can read german mr bruin, or whatever your name is now haha; source: http://www.eishockey.info/eishockey/Web ... ikel=26600

Dallas: Patrick Bordeleau resigned for 3 years @ 1.000/yr

Detroit: Maxim Goncharov signed with cska (KHL), source: https://twitter.com/IgorEronko

Ottawa: Antti Tyrvainen signed with Jokerit (Sm-liiga), source: http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2013/0 ... tyrvainen/

San Jose: Scott Nichol hired as player development director, would assume that is a retirement, though I haven't seen anything official, source: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20130 ... ck_check=1

Toronto: Andy McDonald retired, source: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/andy-mcdon ... 27865.html

[Monk]

updates:

Florida: Sergei Gonchar signed to a 2 yr deal @ 5.000/yr

Nashville: Roman Josi signed to a 7 yr deal @ 4.000/yr

Phoenix: Sean Sullivan signed with MODO (SEL), source: http://thehockeyhouse.net/colorado-aval ... d-the-url/

[Monk]

old news, but here is the cbs changes..

Calgary: Teemu Hartikainen signed with Ufa (KHL), source:http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2013/0 ... s-for-khl/

Dallas: Mike Lundin signed with Barys (KHL), source: http://thehockeyhouse.net/nhl/mike-lund ... ys-astana/

St. Louis: Logan Pyett signed with Vityaz (KHL), source: http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=9344

[Monk]

updates:

Contrary to prior reports Alexei Kovalev is not retiring, apparently he signed with 2nd division swiss team VISP, source: http://themoscownews.com/sports/2013061 ... undup.html

Anaheim: Colton Orr resigned for 2 years, 0.925/yr.. Drew Miller resigned for 3 years, 1.350/yr

Boston: Kyle Wilson signed with Dinamo Riga (KHL), source: http://circlingthewagon.wordpress.com/2 ... mano-riga/

Buffalo: Davis Drewiske resigned for 2 years, 0.638/yr

Carolina: Bill Thomas signed with Medvescak Zagreb (KHL), source: http://khlmedvescakzg.tumblr.com/en_news

Dallas: TJ Hensick signed with MODO (SEL), source: http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1002424064/ ... ermen-team

Phoenix: Dylan Reese signed with Khabarovsk (KHL), source: http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013 ... ff-to-khl/

Winnipeg: Kevin Connauton resigned for 3 years, 0.683

[Monk]

updates:

Buffalo: Drew MacIntyre resigned for 1 year @ 0.600

Carolina: Joe Piskula resigned for 1 year @ 0.550

Nashville: Marco Scandella resigned to a 2 year contract @ 1.025/yr

New Jersey: Slava Voynov resigned to a 6 year deal @ 4.167/yr

Phoenix: Mark Streit signed to a 4 year contract @ 5.250/yr

Tampa Bay: Mark Arcobello resigned for 1 year @ 0.600

Washington: Tomas Vincour signed with AK Bars Kazan (KHL), source: http://milehighsports.com/2013/06/18/to ... to-russia/

Winnipeg: Chris Nilstorp resigned for 1 year @ 0.725

[Monk]

updates:

Anaheim: Colton Sceviour resigned for 1 year @ 0.600

Buffalo: Mattias Tedenby resigned for 1 year @ 0.600

Calgary: Andrei Loktionov resigned to a 1 year deal @ 0.725

Carolina: Brandon Kozun resigned to a 1 year deal @ 0.550

Edmonto: Taylor Chorney resigned for 1 year @ 0.600

Nashville: David Ullstrom signed with Lokomotiv (KHL), source: https://twitter.com/hclokomotiv/status/ ... 4568302592

Ottawa: Brodie Reid resigned to a 1 year contract @ 0.650

Winnipeg: Alexander Avtsin signed with Novokuznetsk (KHL), source: http://thehockeyhouse.net/montreal-cana ... n-the-khl/

[Monk]

updates:

Anaheim: Nicklas Backstrom resigned for 3 years at 3.417/yr.. Brett Sutter resigned to a 1 year contract @ 0.600, source: http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=675214

Calgary: Matt Fraser resigned to a 1 year contract @ 0.625/yr

Minnesota: Cameron Gaunce resigned to a 1 contract at 0.650/yr ... Henrik Karlsson signs with Skelleftea (SHL), source: http://thehockeyhouse.net/chicago-black ... kelleftea/

Tampa Bay: Joey Leach signed with OKC Barons (AHL), source: http://okcbarons.com/index.cfm?fa=press ... BE4A5823A2
Luke Walker signed with Medvescak Zagreb (KHL), source: https://twitter.com/KHL_MedvescakZG


** also added the following ufas to the list, due to being bought out:
Nashville - Ilya Bryzgalov
Anaheim - Danny Briere

[Monk]

updates:

Anaheim: Brett Sutter resigned for 1 year @ 0.600 ... Artem Anisimov resigned for 3 years @ 3.283/yr

Carolina: David Van Der Gulik resigned for 1 year @ 0.600

Chicago: Chad Kolarik signed with Linkoping (SHL), source: http://thehockeyhouse.net/pittsburgh-pe ... linkoping/

Colorado: James Sheppard resigned for 1 year @ 0.830

Detroit: Andrew Desjardins resigned for 2 years @ 0.750/yr ... Colby Cohen signed with Porin Assat (Sm-Liiga), source: http://eurohockey.com/club/155-porin-ss ... eason=2014

Minnesota: Jakub Kindl resigned for 4 years @ 2.400/yr

New Jersey: Patrik Berglund resigned for 1 year @ 3.250

New York Islanders: Jason Demers resigned for 1 year @ 1.500

St. Louis: Kevin Shattenkirk resigned for 4 years @ 4.250/yr

Toronto: Mike Weber resigned for 3 years @ 1.667/yr

Vancouver: Ben Lovejoy resigned for 3 years @ 1.100/yr

Washington: Phillippe Dupuis signed with Hamburg (DEL), source: http://circlingthewagon.wordpress.com/2 ... -freezers/

Winnipeg: Steven Kampfer resigned for 1 year @ 0.550


added buyout UFAs
Buffalo: Tomas Kaberle, Steve Montador, Rostislav Olesz

[Monk]

updates:

Buffalo: Matt Taormina re-signed for 1 year @ 0.650

Calgary: Vincent Lecavalier signed for 5 years @ 4.500/yr

Carolina: Blake Comeau re-signed for 1 year @ 1.000/yr

Dallas: Dainius Zubrus re-signed for 3 years @ 3.100/yr

Nashville: Sergei Bobrovsky re-signed for 2 years @ 5.625/yr .. TJ Galiardi re-signed for 1 year @ 1.250 .. Tomas Kundratek re-signed for 2 years @ 0.550

New Jersey: Jordie Benn re-signed for 3 years @ 0.700/yr .. Dany Sabourin signed with Graz (AUS), source: http://thehockeyhouse.net/washington-ca ... raz-99ers/

New York Islanders: Harry Sateri re-signed for 1 year @ 0.600

Ottawa: Ruslan Fedotenko signed 3 year deal with Donbass (KHL), source: http://thehockeyhouse.net/philadelphia- ... ree-years/

Philadelphia: Cedrick Desjardins resigned for 1 year @ 0.650

Phoenix: Nathan Lawson resigned for 1 year @ 0.650

St. Louis: Mike Smith re-signed for 6 years @ 5.667/yr

Toronto: Bryan Bickell re-signed for 4 years @ 4.000/yr

Winnipeg: Matt Ellis resigned for 2 years @ 0.550

[hong57]

always appreciate the good work done by luke

[kimmer]

don't forget about Bozak luke!! on my team!!!

[Monk]

updates:

Anaheim: Danny Briere signed for 2 years @ 4.000/yr.. Criag Adams re-signed for 2 years @ 0.700/yr

Boston: Jerome Iginla signed for 1 year @ 6.000.. Anton Khudobin signed to a 1 year contract @ 0.800..

Buffalo: Keaton Ellerby re-signed for 1 year @ 0.735.. Rostislav Olesz re-signed for 1 year @ 1.000

Calgary: Evgeny Nabokov re-signed for 1 year @ 3.250.. Nathan Horton signed for 7 years @ 5.300/yr.. Yannick Weber signed for 1 year @ 0.650.. Tyler Kennedy signed for 2 years @ 2.300/yr.. Kris Russell signed for 1 year @ 1.500

Carolina: Tyler Bozak re-signed for 5 years @ 4.200/yr.. Pierre Cedric Labrie re-signed for 1 year @ 0.625.. Karri Ramo signed for 2 years @ 2.750/yr

Chicago: Ray Emery re-signed for year @ 1.650.. Joey Crab re-signed for 2 years @ 0.600/yr

Columbus: Matt Cullen signed for 2 years @ 3.500/yr.. Scott Hannan signed for 1 year @ 1.000/yr.. Travis Hamonic re-signed for 7 years @ 3.857/yr

Colorado: Matt Beleskey re-signed for 2 years @ 1.350/yr.. Guillaume Desbiens signed for 1 year @ 0.600

Dallas: Dan Sexton signed with TPS (SM-Liiga), source: http://blog.syracuse.com/crunch/2013/07/sexton.html

Detroit: Michal Handzus re-signed for 1 year @ 1.000.. Keith Ballard signed for 2 years @ 1.500/yr.. Adam Pardy signed for 1 year @ 0.600.. Rob Scuderi signed for 4 years @ 3.375/yr.. Mke Komisarek signed for 1 year @ 0.700.. Nate Guenin signed for 1 year @ 0.600.. Dominic Moore signed for 1 year @ 1.000

Edmonton: Mike Blunden re-signed for 1 year @ 0.550.. Mike Ribeiro signed for 4 years @ 5.500/yr.. Adam Hall er-signed for 1 year @ 0.600.. Brian McGrattan re-signed for 2 years @ 0.750/yr.. Alex Biega signed for 1 year @ 0.600

Florida: Clarke MacArthur signed for 2 years @ 3.250/yr.. Alexander Sulzer re-signed for 1 year @ 0.750..

Los Angeles: Kevin Marshall re-signed for 2 years @ 0.563/yr

Minnesota: Jeremy Smith signed for 1 year @ 0.550.. Yann Danis signed for 1 year @ 0.675.. Eric Nystrom signed for 4 years @ 2.500/yr

Montreal: Matt Cooke signed for 3 years @ 2.500/yr

Nashville: Benoit Pouliot signed for 1 year @ 1.300.. Peter Regin signed for 1 year @ 0.750.. Jesse Joensuu signed for 2 years @ 0.950/yr.. Brad Richardson signed for 2 years @ 1.150/yr

New Jersey: Lauri Korpikoski re-signed for 4 years @ 2.500/yr.. Greg Nemisz re-signed for 1 year @ 0.725

New York Islanders: Thomas Greiss signed 1 for year @ 0.750.. Boyd Gordon signed for 3 years @ 3.000/yr.. Frazer McLaren re-signed for 2 years @ 0.700/yr.. Viktor Stalberg signed for 4 years @ 3.000/yr.. Chris Butler re-signed for 1 year @ 1.700.. Cody Bass re-signed for 1 year @ 0.600.. Nick Holden signed for 2 years @ 0.600/yr

New York Rangers: Patrick McNeill signed for 1 year @ 0.600

Ottawa: Dan Ellis signed for 2 years @ 0.900/yr.. Micheal Stone re-signed for 3 years @ 1.150/yr

Philadelphia: JT Wyman signed for 1 year @ 0.750.. Valterri Filppula signed for 5 years @ 5.000/yr

Phoenix: Ryan Hamilton signed for 2 years @ 0.600/yr.. Matt Hendricks signed for 4 years @ 1.850/yr.. Michael Ryder signed for 2 years @ 3.500/yr.. Mike Santorelli signed for 1 year @ 0.550.. Alex Bolduc signed for 1 year @ 0.550.. Cade Fairchild re-signed for 1 year @ 0.605.. Aaron Johnson signed for 1 year @ 0.600

Pittsburgh: Andrew Ference signed for 4 years @ 3.250/yr.. Mike McKenna signed for 1 year @ 0.595

San Jose: Derek Roy signed for 1 year @ 4.000.. Al Montoya re-signed for 1 year @ 0.601.. Jeff Schultz signed for 1 year @ 0.700.. Stephen Weiss signed for 5 years @ 4.900/yr

St. Louis: Jason LaBarbera signed for 1 year @ 1.000.. Andre Benoit signed for 1 year @ 0.900.. Chad Johnson signed for 1 year @ 0.600

Toronto: Jonathan Bernier re-signed for 2 years @ 2.900/yr

Vancouver: Ryane Clowe signed for 5 years @ 4.850/yr.. Keith Aucoin signed for 1 year @ 0.625.. David Kolomatis signed for 1 year @ 0.550

Washington: Peter Harrold re-signed for 2 years @ 0.800/yr.. Max Lapierre signed for 2 years @ 1.100/yr.. David Clarckson signed for 7 years @ 5.250/yr.. Chris Summers re-signed for 1 year @ 0.550


Here are some status changes, due to buyouts, and RFA who were not qualified became UFAs:

Anaheim: Stefan Della Rovere (RFA, not qualified), Hal Gill (buyout)
Buffalo: Theo Pechkam (RFA, not qualified)
Calgary: Rick Dipietro (buyout)
Carolina: Brendan Mikkelson (RFA, not qualified), Carlo Colaiacovo (buyout)
Colorado: Akim Aliu (RFA, not qualified), Gaelen Patterson (RFA, not qualified), Jonathan Blum (RFA, Not qualified)
Columbus: Eric Belanger (buyout), Theo Ruth (RFA, not qualified)
Dallas: Colten Teubert (RFA, not qualified), Colton Gillies (RFA, not qualified)
Detroit: Louie Caporusso (RFA, not qualified), Brady Lamb, (RFA, not qualified)
Edmonton: Alex Plante (RFA, not qualified), Jason Gregoire (RFA, not qualified), Matt Halischuk (RFA, not qualified)
Florida: Alex Hutchings (RFA, not qualified), Matt D'Agostini (RFA, not qualifiied), AJ Jenks (RFA, not qualified), Chet Pickard (RFA, not qualified), Aaron Palushaj (RFA, not qualified)
Los Angeles: Derek Joslin (RFA, not qualified)
Minnesota: Drew Scheistel (RFA, not qualified), Maxime Macenauer (RFA, not qualified), Brett Sonne (RFA, not qualified)
Montreal: Mitch Wahl (RFA, not qualified), Max Sauve (RFA, not qualified)
New York Islanders: Tom Gilbert (buyout), Thomas Heemskerk (RFA, not qualified)
New York Rangers: Benn Ferriero (RFA, not qualified)
Ottawa: Nathan Gerbe (buyout)
Philadelphia: Peter Mueller (RFA, not qualified), Kaspars Daugavins (RFA, not qualified)
Phoenix: Blake Kessel (RFA, not qualified), Filip Kuba (buyout), Jay Barriball (RFA, not qualified), Mikhail Grabobski (buyout), Greg Zanon (buyout), Zach Hamill (RFA, not qualified)
Pittsburgh: Johan Hedberg (buyout), Tyler Brenner (released?), Joe Sova (RFA, not qualified)
San Jose: Chris Carozzi (RFA, not qualified), Danick Paquette (RFA, not qualified)
Tampa Bay: Jace Coyle (RFA, not qualified)
Toronto: Micheal Sauer (RFA, not qualified)
Vancouver: Joel Broda (RFA, not qualified), Prab Rai (RFA, not qualified)
Washington: Phillipe Cornet (RFA, not qualified)

[Lee]

I like you, Luke.