Free Agents 08-09
While the focus of a lot of the teams golfing is which free agents will we sign this summer? Well, maybe you should wait till next summer to make a big splash, as its a much better crop:
Ducks
Ilja Bryzgalov
Chris Kunitz
Mike Hoffman
Geoff Peters
Thrashers
Marian Hossa
Bobby Holik
Steve Rucchin
Johan Hedberg
Fred Brathwaite
Darren Haydar
Jason Krog
Bruins
Alexei Zhamnov
Aaron Ward
Shean Donovan
Nate Dicasmirro
Mark Mowers
Sabres
Jochen Hecht
Dmitri Kalinin
Brian Campbell
Hurricanes
Bret Hedican
Cory Stillman
John Grahame
Mike Commodore
Trevor Letowski
Keith Aucoin
David Gove
Andrew Hutchinson
Flames
Jarome Iginla
Miikka Kiprusoff
Daymond Langkow
Craig Conroy
Robyn Regher
Stephane Yelle
Kristian Huselius
Andrei Zyuzin
Blackhawks
Martin Lapointe
Jason Cullimore
Jason Williams
Radim Vrbata
Patrick Lalime
Blue Jackets
Sergei Fedorov
Adam Foote
David Vyborny
Jason Chimera
Jody Shelley
Avalanche
Joe Sakic
Jose Theodore
Brett Clark
J-M Liles
Ian Laperriere
Andrew Brunette
Stars
Mattias Norstrom
Sergei Zubov
Niklas Hagman
Nolan Baumgartner
Red Wings
Niklas Lidstrom
Kris Draper
Andreas Lilja
Chris Osgood
Dan Cleary
Oilers
Jason Smith
Marty Reasoner
Panthers
Chris Gratton
Branislav Mezei
Kings
Rob Blake
Oleg Tverdovsky
Lubomir Visnovsky
Scott Thornton
Brian Willsie
Kevin Dallman
Brendan Buckley
Raitis Ivanans
Wild
Pavol Demitra
Brian Rolston
Keith Carney
Petteri Nummelin
Branko Radivojevic
Canadiens
Sergei Samsonov
Cristobal Huet
Mark Streit
Predators
J.P. Dumont
David Legwand
Chris Mason
Devils
Richard Matvichuk
Jay Pandolfo
Mike Mottau
Islanders
Miroslav Satan
Radek Martinek
Freddy Meyer
Allan Rourke
Richard Park
Rangers
Darius Kasparitis
Martin Straka
Paul Mara
Marek Malik
Michal Roszival
Stephen Valiquette
Senators
Wade Redden
Dany Heatley
Mike Fisher
Flyers
Geoff Sanderson
Coyotes
Niko Kapanen
Kevyn Adams
Patrik Fischer
Don Maclean
Bryan Helmer
Travis Roche
Mattia Tjarnqvist
Penguins
Mark Eaton
Ryan Malone
Jarkko Ruutu
Georges Laraque
Sharks
Joe Thornton
Patrick Marleau
Vesa Toskala
Curtis Brown
Patrick Rissmiller
Grahame Mink
Blues
Doug Weight
Martin Ruchinsky
Petr Cajanek
Bryce Salvador
Dallas Drake
Ryan Johnson
Trent Whitfield
Lightning
Dan Boyle
Vaclav Prospal
Tim Taylor
Andre Roy
Maple Leafs
Wade Belak
Erik Westrum
Canucks
Markus Naslund
Brendan Morrison
Matt Cooke
Marc Chouinard
Capitals
Olaf Kolzig
Chris Clark
Donald Brashear
Matt Bradley
Fredric Cassivi
This should give fans an idea that maybe you should wait to maek an FA splash. You Don’t have to buy to try and win every year (cough cough leafs managment cough)