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2011 free agents list: The unrestricted version

Calgary Flames v Dallas Stars

of the Calgary Flames at American Airlines Center on March 9, 2011 in Dallas, Texas.

Ronald Martinez

Now that the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs and 2011 NHL Entry Draft are over, hockey fans are probably starting to think about next season and trying not to think about the long, hockey-free summer. The best distraction from that stark, puck-less reality will come on Friday, July 1 when the free agent frenzy begins.

If you want to start dreaming about all the ways your team could get better (or conversely, if you want to guess which signings might provide future nightmare fuel), it might help to look at a list of free agents.

In this first post, we’ll provide the easier-to-get (but usually more expensive to sign) group known as unrestricted free agents. These guys are at least 27 years old and could be available to any team willing to fork over the dough. These players are listed by their position, current team, age and their 2010-11 salaries.

Top 100 Forwards (for a complete list, click here)

Note: players listed by previous salaries, not ranked by perceived talent.

Brad RichardsDAL31$7,800,000
Simon GagneTBL31$5,250,000
Alex KovalevPIT38$5,000,000
Michael NylanderWAS38$4,875,000
Teemu SelanneANA40$4,500,000
Jason ArnottWAS36$4,500,000
Tim ConnollyBUF30$4,500,000
Michael RyderBOS31$4,000,000
Michal HandzusLAK34$4,000,000
Steve SullivanNAS36$3,750,000
Cory StillmanCAR37$3,533,333
Marco SturmWAS33$3,500,000
Alex PonikarovskyLAK31$3,200,000
Radim VrbataPHO30$3,000,000
Erik ColeCAR32$2,900,000
Jamie LangenbrunnerDAL35$2,800,000
Chris ClarkCLB35$2,633,333
Tomas FleischmannCOL27$2,600,000
Sergei SamsonovFLA32$2,533,333
Vaclav ProspalNYR36$2,480,000
Todd WhiteNYR36$2,375,000
Chuck KobasewMIN29$2,333,333
Antti MiettinenMIN30$2,333,333
Andrew BrunetteMIN37$2,333,333
Scottie UpshallCLB27$2,250,000
Brooks LaichWAS28$2,066,667
Nikolay ZherdevPHI26$2,000,000
Ethan MoreauCLB35$2,000,000
Mike ModanoDET41$1,750,000
Chad LaroseCAR29$1,700,000
Radek DvorakWIN34$1,700,000
Jussi JokinenCAR28$1,700,000
Chris HigginsVAN28$1,600,000
Kris DraperDET40$1,583,333
Mike GrierBUF36$1,500,000
Joel WardNAS30$1,500,000
Pascl DupuisPIT32$1,400,000
Jarkko RuutuANA35$1,300,000
John MaddenMIN38$1,250,000
Rob NiedermayerBUF36$1,250,000
Tomas KopeckyCHI29$1,200,000
Petr PruchaPHO28$1,200,000
Marty ReasonerFLA34$1,150,000
Todd MarchantANA37$1,125,000
Vernon FiddlerPHO31$1,100,000
Maxime TalbotPIT27$1,050,000
Patrick RissmillerFLA32$1,000,000
Aaron VorosTOR29$1,000,000
Matt BradleyWAS33$1,000,000
Raffi TorresVAN29$1,000,000
Ruslan FedotenkoNYR32$1,000,000
Ben EagerSAN27$965,000
Alexandre PicardPHO25$868,219
Michael RuppPIT31$825,000
Brian SutherbyDAL29$812,500
Marek SvatosOTT29$800,000
Boyd GordonWAS27$800,000
Ville LeinoPHI27$800,000
Marcel GocNAS27$775,000
Darcy HordichukFLA30$775,000
Scott NicholSAN36$760,000
Eric GodardPIT31$750,000
Eric BelangerPHO33$750,000
Patrick EavesDET27$750,000
Fredrik SjostromTOR28$750,000
Brendan MorrisonCGY35$725,000
Sean BergenheimTBL27$700,000
Arron AshamPIT33$700,000
Brad WinchesterANA30$700,000
Jonas AnderssonVAN30$675,000
Kyle WellwoodSAN28$650,000
Eric BoultonWIN34$650,000
Drew MillerDET27$650,000
Tanner GlassVAN27$625,000
Ryan CarterFLA27$625,000
Andrew MurrayCLB30$625,000
Ryan ShannonOTT28$625,000
Matt EllisBUF29$625,000
Jeff LoVecchioFLA25$605,000
Jamal MayersSAN36$600,000
Cam JanssenSTL27$600,000
Jamie LundmarkNAS30$600,000
Mark ParrishBUF34$600,000
Adam HallTBL30$600,000
Zenon KonopkaNYI30$600,000
Jeff HalpernMTL35$600,000
Kyle WilsonCLB26$600,000
Kris ChuckoCGY25$600,000
Aaron GagnonDAL25$600,000
Mark MancariBUF25$575,000
Andy HilbertNYI30$575,000
David KociCOL30$575,000
Tim BrentTOR27$575,000
Raymond SawadaDAL26$575,000
Ben GuiteCLB32$575,000
Wade BelakNAS34$575,000
Josh GreenANA33$575,000
Trevor FrischmonCLB29$575,000
John ZeilerLAK28$558,333

Top 50 Defensemen

Ed JovanovskiPHO35$6,500,000
Bryan McCabeNYR36$5,750,000
Roman HamrlikMTL37$5,500,000
Scott HannanWAS32$4,500,000
Tomas KaberleBOS33$4,250,000
Joni PitkanenCAR27$4,000,000
Kevin BieksaVAN30$3,750,000
Craig RivetCLB36$3,500,000
Sami SaloVAN36$3,500,000
James WisniewskiMTL27$3,250,000
Christian EhrhoffVAN28$3,100,000
Ian WhiteSAN27$2,999,995
Steve StaiosCGY37$2,700,000
Brent SopelMTL34$2,333,333
Jim VandermeerEDM31$2,300,000
Jan HejdaCLB33$2,000,000
Kent HuskinsSAN32$1,700,000
Shane O’BrienNAS27$1,600,000
Steve MontadorBUF31$1,550,000
Radek MartinekNYI34$1,500,000
Anton BabchukCGY27$1,400,000
Karlis SkrastinsDAL36$1,375,000
Sean O’DonnellPHI39$1,300,000
Adam FooteCOL39$1,250,000
Steve EmingerNYR27$1,125,000
Severin BlindenbacherDAL28$1,112,500
Ruslan SaleiDET36$1,100,000
Andrew AlbertsVAN29$1,050,000
Brad LukowichDAL34$1,000,000
Randy JonesTBL29$1,000,000
Marc-Andre BergeronTBL30$1,000,000
Jonathan EricssonDET27$900,000
Paul MaraMTL31$750,000
Andreas LiljaANA35$750,000
Andy GreeneNJD28$737,500
Jason StrudwickEDM35$725,000
Adam PardyCGY27$700,000
David HaleOTT30$675,000
Jeff WoywitkaDAL27$650,000
Sean CollinsWAS27$650,000
Alexander SulzerFLA27$650,000
Nathan OystrickSTL28$600,000
Jordan HendryCHI27$600,000
Freddy MeyerWIN30$600,000
Drew BagnallMIN27$600,000
Tyson StrachanSTL26$600,000
Mathieu RoyTBL27$600,000
Dean ArseneSTL30$600,000
Shawn BelleCOL26$600,000
Danny SyvretPHI26$600,000

Top 20 Goalies

Jean-Sebastien GiguereTOR34$6,000,000
Tomas VokounFLA34$5,700,000
Pascal LeclaireOTT28$3,800,000
Dwayne RolosonTBL41$2,500,000
Mike SmithTBL29$2,200,000
Johan HedbergNJD38$1,500,000
Chris OsgoodDET38$1,416,667
Ty ConklinSTL35$1,300,000
Marty TurcoCHI35$1,300,000
Peter BudajCOL28$1,250,000
Josh HardingMIN27$1,200,000
Mathieu GaronCLB33$1,200,000
Jose TheodoreMIN34$1,100,000
Jeff Drouin-DeslauriersEDM27$1,050,000
Alex AuldMTL30$1,000,000
Brian BoucherPHI34$925,000
Joey MacDonaldDET31$550,000
Curtis McElhinneyOTT28$535,000
Martin GerberEDM36$500,000
Ray EmeryANA28$500,000