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2010 NHL Free Agency: After one day, who’s left?

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.

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