(updated Sept. 5)
GROUP II FREE AGENTS (subject to compensation and right to match)
Anaheim
Maxim Balmochnykh, Matt Cullen (re-signed with Anaheim), Jean-Francois Damphousse, Paul Kariya (re-signed with Anaheim), Andy McDonald (re-signed with Anaheim), Antti-Jussi Niemi, Samuel Pahlsson (re-signed with Anaheim), Timo Parssinen, Steve Rucchin (re-signed with Anaheim), Ruslan Salei (re-signed with Anaheim), Pavel Trnka (re-signed with Anaheim), Vitali Vishnevski (re-signed with Anaheim)
Atlanta
Yuri Butsayev, Milan Hnilicka, Tomi Kallio (re-signed with Atlanta), Vyacheslav Kozlov (re-signed with Atlanta), Francis Lessard (re-signed with Atlanta), Pascal Rheaume (re-signed with Atlanta), Benjamin Simon (re-signed with Atlanta), Dan Snyder (re-signed with Atlanta), Patrik Stefan (re-signed with Atlanta), Brad Tapper (re-signed with Atlanta), Daniel Tjarnqvist (re-signed with Atlanta), Yannick Tremblay (re-signed with Atlanta), Mike Weaver (re-signed with Atlanta)
Boston
P.J. Axelsson (re-signed with Boston), Nick Boynton (re-signed with Boston), Sean Brown (re-signed with Boston), Jonathan Girard (re-signed with Boston), Lee Goren, John Grahame (re-signed with Boston), Jay Henderson, Mike Knuble (re-signed with Boston), Kyle McLaren, Glen Murray (re-signed with Boston)
Buffalo
Jeremy Adduono, Maxim Afinogenov (re-signed with Buffalo), Martin Biron (re-signed with Buffalo), Brian Campbell (re-signed with Buffalo), Tim Connolly (re-signed with Buffalo), Chris Gratton (re-signed with Buffalo), Francois Methot (re-signed with Buffalo), Mika Noronen (re-signed with Buffalo), Vaclav Varada, Rhett Warrener (re-signed with Buffalo)
Calgary
Steve Begin (re-signed with Calgary), Chris Clark (re-signed with Calgary), Denis Gauthier (re-signed with Calgary), Jarome Iginla, Toni Lydman (re-signed with Calgary), Robyn Regehr (re-signed with Calgary), Jamie Wright (re-signed with Calgary)
Carolina
Kevyn Adams (re-signed with Carolina), Jesse Boulerice (re-signed with Carolina), Brad Defauw, Sami Kapanen (re-signed with Carolina), Randy Petruk (re-signed with Carolina), David Tanabe, Nikos Tselios, Niclas Wallin (re-signed with Carolina), Aaron Ward (re-signed with Carolina)
Chicago
Sergei Berezin (re-signed with Chicago), Kyle Calder (re-signed with Chicago), Ty Jones, Boris Mironov (re-signed with Chicago), Dmitri Tolkunov (re-signed with Chicago)
Colorado
Dan Hinote (re-signed with Colorado), Sanny Lindstrom, Martin Skoula, Alex Tanguay
Columbus
Blake Bellefeuille, (re-signed with Columbus), Mathieu Darche, Matt Davidson (re-signed with Columbus), Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (re-signed with Columbus), Geoff Sanderson (re-signed with Columbus), Martin Spanhel, Derrick Walser (re-signed with Columbus)
Dallas
Chad Alban, Jason Arnott (re-signed with Dallas), Steve Gainey (re-signed with Dallas), Sami Helenius (re-signed with Dallas), Jeff MacMillan (re-signed with Dallas), Manny Malhotra, Jim Montgomery (re-signed with Dallas), Gavin Morgan, Brenden Morrow, Jon Sim (re-signed with Dallas)
Detroit
Mathieu Dandenault (re-signed with Detroit), Jiri Fischer (re-signed with Detroit), Ladislav Kohn, Darren McCarty, Jesse Wallin
Edmonton
Eric Brewer, Anson Carter (re-signed with Edmonton), Jason Chimera (re-signed with Edmonton), Scott Ferguson, Josh Green (re-signed with Edmonton), Mike Grier (re-signed with Edmonton), Kari Haakana, Alex Henry (re-signed with Edmonton), Chad Hinz, Jan Horacek, Todd Marchant (re-signed with Edmonton), Ales Pisa, Fernando Pisani, Peter Sarno, Jason Smith, Mike York
Florida
Brad Ference (re-signed with Florida), Olli Jokinen (re-signed with Florida), Viktor Kozlov (re-signed with Florida), Ivan Majesky (re-signed with Florida), Ivan Novoseltsev (re-signed with Florida), Joey Tetarenko (re-signed with Florida), Jason Wiemer (signed with Isles after trade)
Los Angeles
Jaroslav Bednar (re-signed with Los Angeles), Eric Belanger (re-signed with Los Angeles), Brad Chartrand (re-signed with Los Angeles), Joe Corvo (re-signed with Los Angeles), Mikko Eloranta, Steve Kelly, Adam Mair (re-signed with Los Angeles), Michael Pudlick (re-signed with Los Angeles), Richard Seeley, Jamie Storr (re-signed with Los Angeles)
Minnesota
Ladislav Benysek (re-signed with Minnesota), Brad Brown (re-signed with Minnesota), Matt Johnson (re-signed with Minnesota), Antti Laaksonen, Cory Larose (re-signed with Minnesota), Richard Park (re-signed with Minnesota)
Montreal
Francis Bouillon (re-signed with Montreal), Andreas Dackell (re-signed with Montreal), Mathieu Garon (re-signed with Montreal), Chad Kilger (re-signed with Montreal), Mike Ribeiro (re-signed with Montreal), Sheldon Souray (re-signed with Montreal), Vadim Tarasov, Jose Theodore (re-signed with Montreal), Jason Ward (re-signed with Montreal), Richard Zednik
Nashville
Marian Cisar, Greg Classen (re-signed with Nashville), Andy Delmore (re-signed with Nashville), Jukka Hentunen, Cale Hulse (re-signed with Nashville), Jan Lasak (re-signed with Nashville), David Legwand (re-signed with Nashville), Bryan Lundbohm, Cameron Mann (signed with Nashville), Pavel Skrbek, Peter Smrek (re-signed with Nashville), Petr Tenkrat
New Jersey
Daryl Andrews, Scott Clemmensen, Patrik Elias (re-signed with New Jersey), Scott Gomez, Stanislav Gron, Jamie Langenbrunner, Jay Pandolfo (re-signed with New Jersey)
NY Islanders
Arron Asham (re-signed with Isles), Adrian Aucoin (re-signed with Isles), Eric Cairns (re-signed with Isles), Mark Parrish (re-signed with Isles), Dusan Salficky, Dave Scatchard (re-signed with Isles), Mattias Timander, Dimitri Upper, Steve Webb
NY Rangers
Radek Dvorak, Johan Holmqvist (re-signed with Rangers), Richard Lintner (re-signed with Rangers), Roman Lyashenko (re-signed with Rangers), Scott Meyer, Mike Mottau, Krzysztof Oliwa (signed with Rangers), Tom Poti (re-signed with Rangers), Dale Purinton (re-signed with Rangers), Martin Richter, Mikael Samuelsson
Ottawa
Daniel Alfredsson (re-signed with Ottawa), Radek Bonk (re-signed with Ottawa), Josef Boumedienne (re-signed with Ottawa), Mike Fisher, Josh Langfeld (re-signed with Ottawa), Steve Martins (re-signed with Ottawa), Chris Neil, Chris Phillips (re-signed with Ottawa), Brian Pothier (re-signed with Ottawa), Karel Rachunek, Sami Salo (re-signed with Ottawa), Petr Schastlivy (re-signed with Ottawa), Jeff Ulmer (re-signed with Ottawa)
Philadelphia
Donald Brashear (re-signed with Philadelphia), Tomas Divisek, Todd Fedoruk (re-signed with Philadelphia), Simon Gagne, David Harlock, Mike Lephart, Dan Peters, Mike Watt (signed with Carolina)
Phoenix
Brian Boucher, Daniel Briere (re-signed with Phoenix), Patrick Desrochers, Paul Mara, Ladislav Nagy, Todd Simpson (re-signed with Phoenix), Landon Wilson (re-signed with Phoenix)
Pittsburgh
Rick Berry (re-signed with Pittsburgh), Shean Donovan (re-signed with Pittsburgh), Andrew Ference (re-signed with Pittsburgh), Tom Kostopoulos, Dan Lacouture (re-signed with Pittsburgh), Josef Melichar, Alexei Morozov (re-signed with Pittsburgh), Ville Nieminen (re-signed with Pittsburgh), Jamie Pushor (re-signed with Pittsburgh), Randy Robitaille (re-signed with Pittsburgh), Michal Rozsival
St. Louis
Fred Brathwaite (re-signed with St. Louis), Marc Brown (re-signed with St. Louis), Dale Clarke (re-signed with St. Louis), Daniel Corso (re-signed with St. Louis), Alexander Khavanov (re-signed with St. Louis), Christian Laflamme (re-signed with St. Louis), Jamal Mayers (re-signed with St. Louis), Jame Pollock, Michel Riesen, Cody Rudkowsky (re-signed with St. Louis), Mark Rycroft, Cory Stillman (re-signed with St. Louis), Keith Tkachuk (accepted qualifying offer), Daniel Tkaczuk (re-signed wit St. Louis), Andrei Troschinsky
San Jose
Matt Bradley, Scott Hannan, Hannes Hyvonen (traded to Florida), Alexander Korolyuk, Ryan Kraft (re-signed with San Jose), Evgeni Nabokov, Marcus Ragnarsson (re-signed with San Jose), Mark Smith (re-signed with San Jose), Brad Stuart, Niklas Sundstrom (re-signed with San Jose)
Tampa Bay
Mathieu Biron (re-signed with Tampa Bay), Dan Boyle (re-signed with Tampa Bay), Ben Clymer (re-signed with Tampa Bay), Chris Dingman (re-signed with Tampa Bay), Gordie Dwyer (re-signed with Tampa Bay), Matt Elich, Ruslan Fedotenko (re-signed with Tampa Bay), Sascha Goc, Mike Jones (re-signed with Tampa Bay), Pavel Kubina (re-signed with Tampa Bay), Fredrik Modin (re-signed with Tampa), Vaclav Prospal (re-signed with Tampa Bay), Andre Roy (re-signed with Tampa Bay), Shane Willis (re-signed with Tampa Bay)
Toronto
Nik Antropov, Wade Belak (re-signed with Toronto), Aki Berg (re-signed with Toronto), Ryan Bonni, Jonas Hoglund (re-signed with Toronto), Josh Holden, Richard Jackman, Alyn McCauley (re-signed with Toronto), Marc Moro (re-signed with Toronto), Dmitriy Yakushin, Dmitry Yushkevich (signed with Florida after trade)
Vancouver
Mike Brown, Artem Chubarov, Harold Druken, Jeff Farkas, Bryan Helmer, Steve Kariya, Pat Kavanagh, Justin Kurtz, Brad Leeb, Brendan Morrison (re-signed with Vancouver), Ryan Ready, Todd Warriner
Washington
Ivan Ciernik (re-signed with Washington), Peter Ferraro, Colin Forbes (re-signed with Washington), Jean-Francois Fortin (re-signed with Washington), Glen Metropolit (re-signed with Washington), Mark Murphy (re-signed with Washington), Andrei Nikolishin, Chris Simon (re-signed with Washington), Trent Whitfield (re-signed with Washington), Dainius Zubrus
Compensation for Group II restricted free agents:
The draft choice compensation scale is based on compensation offered by the new club:
$667,433 or below: No compensation
Over $667,433-$917,720: Third-round choice
Over $917,720-$1,084,579: Second-round choice
Over $1,084,579-$1,334,867: First-round choice
Over $1,334,867-$1,668,582: First- and third-round choices
Over $1,668,582-$2,002,298: First- and second-round choices
Over $2,002,298-$2,336,015: Two first-round choices
Over $2,336,015-$2,836,589: Two first-round and one second-round choice
Over $2,836,589: Three first-round choices
Each additional $1,668,582: One additional first-round choice to a maximum of five
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS - GROUP III (age 31 or older with at least four years of NHL experience)
Anaheim
None.
Atlanta
Adam Burt
Boston
Byron Dafoe, Bill Guerin (signed with Dallas), Jeff Norton
Buffalo
Bob Corkum, Bob Essensa, James Patrick (re-signed with Buffalo), Rob Ray (re-signed with Buffalo), Richard Smehlik (signed with Atlanta)
Calgary
Craig Berube, Curtis Joseph (signed with Detroit), Igor Kravchuk, Mike Vernon, Kay Whitmore
Carolina
Jeff Daniels (re-signed with Carolina), Martin Gelinas (signed with Calgary)
Chicago
Tony Amonte (signed with Phoenix), Tom Fitzgerald (signed with Toronto), Joe Reekie, Steve Thomas
Colorado
None.
Columbus
Kevin Dineen, Jamie Heward
Dallas
Brent Gilchrist (signed with Nashville), John MacLean, Dave Manson, Randy McKay (signed with Montreal), Rick Tabaracci, Pat Verbeek
Detroit
Chris Chelios (re-signed with Detroit), Steve Duchesne, Uwe Krupp (signed with Atlanta), Igor Larionov (re-signed with Detroit), Fredrik Olausson (signed with Anaheim), Jiri Slegr
Edmonton
Mike Richter (re-signed with Rangers)
Florida
Lance Pitlick
Los Angeles
Kelly Buchberger (signed with Phoenix), Ted Donato (signed with NY Rangers)
Minnesota
None.
Montreal
Stephane Fiset, Shaun Van Allen (signed with Ottawa)
Nashville
Ed Belfour (signed with Toronto), Tie Domi (signed with Toronto), Steve Dubinsky (signed with St. Louis), Reid Simpson
New Jersey
Bobby Holik (signed with Rangers), Valeri Kamensky, Sergei Nemchinov, Stephane Richer, John Vanbiesbrouck
NY Islanders
Jim Cummins, Kip Miller (signed with Washington)
NY Rangers
Mark Messier, Martin Rucinsky
Ottawa
Benoit Brunet, Jody Hull (re-singed with Ottawa), Ricard Persson
Philadelphia
Adam Oates (signed with Anaheim), Luke Richardson (signed with Columbus), Rick Tocchet
Phoenix
Mike Sullivan
Pittsburgh
Robert Lang (signed with Washington), Mario Lemieux, Kevin Stevens
St. Louis
Marc Bergevin (signed with Pittsburgh), Ray Ferraro (retired), Jeff Finley (re-signed with St. Louis), Scott Young (signed with Dallas)
San Jose
Mike Craig, Theoren Fleury (signed with Chicago), Stephane Matteau (signed with Florida), Teemu Selanne (re-signed with San Jose), Gary Suter
Tampa Bay
Grant Ledyard, Petr Svoboda
Toronto
Tom Barrasso, Cory Cross, Corey Schwab (signed with New Jersey), Garry Valk
Vancouver
Andrew Cassels (signed with Columbus)
Washington
Ulf Dahlen (signed with Dallas), Benoit Hogue, Dmitri Khristich, Frantisek Kucera, Dmitri Mironov, Joe Sacco, Rob Zettler (retired)
POTENTIAL GROUP V FREE AGENTS (have completed 10 pro seasons or more in NHL or minors, excluding junior hockey); earned less than the league average salary of $1,642,590 and received a qualifying offer.)
These players have the right to elect once in their careers to become unrestricted free agents. Should one of these players not elect to become an unrestricted free agent, since his prior club has tendered him a qualifying offer he shall remain subject to draft choice compensation and right to match as applies to Group II free agents. The players listed below have until July 15, 2002 to elect Group V status.
Los Angeles
Philippe Boucher (Group II) (signed with Dallas)
Philadelphia
Yves Sarault (Group II), John Slaney (Group II) (re-signed with Philadelphia)
Vancouver
Scott Lachance (Group II) (signed with Columbus)
The following player has voided the second year of his contract and qualifies as a Group V Free Agent:
Colorado
Darius Kasparaitis (signed with NY Rangers)
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS -- GROUP VI (age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and have played fewer than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or in the case of a goaltender have played fewer than 28 NHL games.
ANAHEIM
Gregg Naumenko, Brian White
ATLANTA
Bryan Adams (signed with Detroit), Scott Fankhouser
BOSTON
Darryl Laplante, Eric Manlow (signed with Islanders), Jeff Maund, Tony Tuzzolino (signed with Minnesota)
BUFFALO
Rory Fitzpatrick, Mike Hurlbut, Christian Matte
CALGARY
Jason Botterill (signed with Buffalo), Alan Letang (signed with Islanders)
CAROLINA
Kaspars Astashenko (re-signed with Carolina), Ian MacNeil (signed with Philadelphia)
CHICAGO
Nolan Baumgartner (signed with Vancouver), Vladimir Chebaturkin (signed with Rangers), Aaron Downey (signed with Dallas), Rumun Ndur
COLORADO
Jeff Daw, Kelly Fairchild, Jaroslav Obsut (signed with Vancouver), D.J. Smith (re-signed with Colorado)
COLUMBUS
David Ling (re-signed with Columbus), Jeff Ware
DALLAS
None.
DETROIT
Steve Brule (signed with Colorado), Jason Elliott, Dwayne Zinger (signed with Washington)
EDMONTON
Sven Butenschon (signed with Florida), Greg Leeb, Alain Nasreddine
FLORIDA
Matthew Herr (signed with Boston), Dave MacIsaac, Brad Norton
LOS ANGELES
Rich Brennan (signed with Boston), Marcel Cousineau
MINNESOTA
Mark Beaufait, Shawn Carter, Mike Crowley (re-signed with Minnesota), Mike Matteucci (signed with New Jersey)
MONTREAL
Xavier Delisle, Benoit Gratton (re-signed with Montreal)
NASHVILLE
Alexandre Boikov, Chris Mason, Jeremy Stevenson, Marty Wilford
NEW JERSEY
Sylvain Cloutier, Richard Rochefort, Mike Rucinski, Rob Skrlac
NY ISLANDERS
Chris Armstrong, Ray Giroux (signed with New Jersey), Jason Krog (signed with Anaheim), Jason Podollan
NY RANGERS
Sean Gagnon, Ken Gernander (re-signed with Rangers), Christian Gosselin, Terry Virtue
OTTAWA
Jason Doig, Travis Richards
PHILADELPHIA
Greg Koehler (signed with Nashville), Kirby Law, Neil Little (re-signed with Philadelphia)
PHOENIX
Wyatt Smith (signed with Nashville), Jean-Guy Trudel (signed with Minnesota)
PITTSBURGH
None.
ST. LOUIS
Eddy Campbell (signed with Detroit), Steve McLaren
SAN JOSE
Steve Bancroft (signed with St. Louis), Andy Lundbohm (signed with Florida), Joel Prpic, Brandon Smith (signed with Islanders)
TAMPA BAY
Dieter Kochan (signed with Minnesota), Mikko Kuparinen
TORONTO
Nathan Dempsey (signed with Chicago), Donald MacLean (signed with Columbus)
VANCOUVER
Martin Brochu, Alfie Michaud, Andre Savage, Herbert Vasiljevs
WASHINGTON
Patrick Boileau (signed with Detroit), Chris Ferraro
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS (not tendered a qualifying offer; not subject to a right to match or draft choice compensation)
* Players eligible to elect Group V Free Agency who did not receive a qualifying offer.
ANAHEIM
Drew Bannister, Aris Brimanis (signed with St. Louis), Sergei Krivokrasov *, Mark Moore, Jonas Ronnqvist
ATLANTA
Jeff Dessner, Todd Reirden (signed with Anaheim)
BOSTON
Dennis Bonvie (signed with Ottawa), Vratislav Cech, John Emmons, Pavel Kolarik, Jamie Rivers, Eric Van Acker, Jeff Zehr
BUFFALO
Mario Larocque, Luc Theoret, Darren Van Oene (signed with Boston)
CALGARY
Dallas Eakins *, Burke Henry, Rob Murray *, Clarke Wilm (signed with Nashville)
CAROLINA
Ted Drury, Greg Kuznik, Jeremiah McCarthy, Tyler Moss (signed with Vancouver)
CHICAGO
Jim Campbell (signed with Florida), Chris Feil, Jean-Yves Leroux, Chris McAlpine (signed with Los Angeles), Steve Passmore (re-signed with Chicago)
COLORADO
Yuri Babenko, Matthew Scorsune, Pascal Trepanier (signed with Nashville)
COLUMBUS
Jamie Allison (re-signed with Columbus), Serge Aubin, Greg Gardner, Brett Harkins, Deron Quint, Andrei Sryubko
DALLAS
Gregor Baumgartner, Andre Lakos
DETROIT
Josh Dewolf, Ryan Gaucher, Magnus Nilsson, Bruce Richardson, John Wikstrom
EDMONTON
Alexandre Fomitchev, Chris Hajt (signed with Washington), Kevin McDonald, Domenic Pittis (signed with Nashville)
FLORIDA
Andrew Allen, Paul Harvey, Nick Smith
LOS ANGELES
Scott Barney, Nate Miller, Greg Phillips, Scott Thomas *, Rob Valicevic
MINNESOTA
Steve Aronson, Aaron Gavey (signed with Toronto), Brett McLean (signed with Chicago), Stacy Roest (signed with Detroit), Roman Simicek, Cameron Stewart
MONTREAL
Francis Belanger, Gennady Razin
NASHVILLE
Bill Bowler (signed with Boston), Jay Legault, Mark Mowers (signed with Detroit), Steve Parsons, Petr Sachl
NEW JERSEY
Joel Bouchard (Signed with Rangers), Bruce Gardiner, Frederic Henry
NY ISLANDERS
Mats Lindgren, Dave Roche (signed with New Jersey), Marko Tuomainen, Darren Van Impe
NY RANGERS
Bryan Berard (signed with Boston), Jason Dawe (signed with St. Louis), Kyle Freadrich, Michal Grosek (signed with Boston), Wes Jarvis, Andreas Johansson, Steve McKenna (signed with Pittsburgh), Brad Smyth (signed with Ottawa), Chris St. Croix
OTTAWA
Kevin Grimes, John Gruden, Chris Herperger (signed with Atlanta), Bill Muckalt (signed with Minnesota), Juha Ylonen
PHILADELPHIA
James Chalmers, Jarrod Skalde *, Billy Tibbetts, Matt Zultek
PHOENIX
Alex Andreyev, Sebastien Bordeleau, Robert Francz, Denis Pederson (signed with Nashville)
PITTSBURGH
Robert Dome (signed with Calgary), Dylan Gyori, John Jakopin (signed with San Jose), Alexandre Mathieu, Peter Ratchuk (signed with Buffalo), Bert Robertsson, Martin Sonnenberg (signed with Calgary), Robbie Tallas, Jeff Toms (signed with Florida), Darcy Verot (signed with Calgary)
ST. LOUIS
Tyler Rennette
SAN JOSE
Adam Colagiacomo, Adam Nittel
TAMPA BAY
Kyle Kos, Gaetan Royer, Thomas Ziegler
TORONTO
Francois Bouchard, Frantisek Mrazek
VANCOUVER
Jeff Scissons, Jason Strudwick (signed with Chicago), Alexei Tezikov
WASHINGTON
Curtis Cruickshank, Corey Hirsch * (signed with Dallas), Martin Hlinka, Mike Siklenka
