Group 2 free agents are also called restricted free agents. These players must reiceve
a 10% qualifying offer from its current team by June 30, or the team loses its rights to
match and the draft pick compensation. Also the player becomes a Group 3 free agent....
(*)- team or player can exercise an option year on the contract.
(**)- pending the results of arbitration hearing
Restricted Free Agents
Player |
Team |
Position |
Antti Aalto |
Anaheim |
Center |
Niklas Andersson |
New York Islanders |
Left Wing |
Jason Arnott |
New Jersey |
Center |
Donald Audette |
Atlanta |
Right Wing |
Magnus Arvedson |
Ottawa |
Left Wing |
J.S. Aubin |
Pittsburgh |
Goalie |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Steve Bancroft |
Carolina |
Defenseman |
Matthew Barnaby |
Pittsburgh |
Right Wing |
Lubos Bartecko |
St. Louis |
Left Wing |
Ryan Bast |
Philadelphia |
|
Shawn Bates |
Boston |
Center |
Bates Battaglia |
Carolina |
Left Wing |
Wade Belak |
Calgary |
Defenseman |
Josef Beranek |
Pittsburgh |
Center |
Drake Berehowsky* |
Nashville |
Defenseman |
Aki Berg |
Los Angeles |
Defenseman |
Marc Bergevin |
St. Louis |
Defenseman |
Brad Bombardir |
New Jersey |
Defenseman |
Radek Bonk |
Ottawa |
Center |
Joel Bouchard |
Dallas |
Defenseman |
Brian Boucher |
Philadelphia |
Goalie |
Phillipe Boucher |
Los Angeles |
Defenseman |
Donald Brashear |
Vancouver |
Left Wing |
Fred Brathwaite |
Calgary |
Goalie |
Byron Briske |
Montreal |
|
Sean Brown |
Edmonton |
Defenseman |
Dan Bylsma |
Los Angeles |
Defenseman |
Jan Bulis |
Washington |
Center |
Sven Butenshon |
Pittsburgh |
Defenseman |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Eric Cairns |
New York Islanders |
Defenseman |
Jim Campbell |
St. Louis |
Right Wing |
Anson Carter |
Boston |
Center |
Fredric Cassivi |
Colorado |
|
Zdeno Chara |
New York Islanders |
Defenseman |
Brad Chartrand |
Los Angeles |
Right Wing |
Brett Clarke |
Atlanta |
Defenseman |
Dan Cleary |
Edmonton |
Left Wing |
Dan Cloutier |
Tampa Bay |
Goalie |
Patrick Cote |
Nashville |
Left Wing |
Rene Corbet |
Pittsburgh |
Left Wing |
Mike Craig |
San Jose |
Right Wing |
Cory Cross |
Toronto |
Defenseman |
Jim Cummins |
Montreal |
Wing |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Andreas Dackell |
Ottawa |
Right Wing |
Alexander Daigle |
New York Rangers |
Center |
Eric Dandenault |
Carolina |
|
Johan Davidsson |
New York Islanders |
Center |
Jason Doig |
New York Rangers |
Defenseman |
Hnat Domienichelli |
Atlanta |
Center |
Kris Draper |
Detroit |
Center |
Chris Drury |
Colorado |
Center |
Steve Dubinsky |
Calgary |
Center |
Andy Delmore |
Philadelphia |
Defenseman |
Robert Dome |
Pittsburgh |
Center |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Mikko Eloranta |
Boston |
Left Wing |
Anders Eriksson |
Chicago |
Defenseman |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Craig Fisher |
Buffalo |
Center |
Pat Falloon |
Pittsburgh |
Right Wing |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Maxim Galanov |
Atlanta |
Defenseman |
Bruce Gardiner |
Tampa Bay |
|
Sergei Gonchar |
Washington |
Defenseman |
John Grahame |
Boston |
Goalie |
Mark Greig |
Philadelphia |
Right Wing |
Josh Green |
New York Islanders |
|
Travis Green |
Phoenix |
Center |
Mike Grier |
Edmonton |
Right Wing |
Steve Guolla |
Atlanta |
Right Wing |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Sean Haggarty |
New York Islanders |
|
Steve Halko |
Carolina |
Defenseman |
Roman Hamrlik |
Edmonton |
Defenseman |
Michal Handzus |
St. Louis |
Center |
David Harlock |
Atlanta |
Defenseman |
Todd Harvey |
San Jose |
Right Wing |
Shawn Heins |
San Jose |
Defenseman |
Steve Heinze |
Boston |
Right Wing |
Darby Hendrickson |
Vancouver |
Center |
Jamie Heward |
New York Islanders |
Defenseman |
Jonas Hoglund |
Toronto |
Left Wing |
Jason Holland |
Buffalo |
Defenseman |
Brian Holzinger |
Tampa Bay |
Center |
Joe Hulbig |
Boston |
Left Wing |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Brad Isbister |
New York Islanders |
Left Wing |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Greg Johnson |
Nashville |
Center |
Ryan Johnson |
Tampa Bay |
Center |
Kenny Jonsson |
New York Islanders |
Defenseman |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Jere Karalahti |
Los Angeles |
Defenseman |
Dave Karpa |
Carolina |
Defenseman |
Alexander Karpotsev |
Toronto |
Defenseman |
Steve Kelly |
New Jersey |
Center |
Dan Kesa |
Tampa Bay |
Right Wing |
Nikolai Khabibulin |
Phoenix |
Goalie |
Ken Klee |
Washington |
Defenseman |
Jon Klemm |
Colorado |
Defenseman |
Alex Korolyuk |
San Jose |
Left Wing |
Andrei Kovalenko |
Carolina |
Wing |
Slava Kozlov |
Detroit |
Left Wing |
Sergei Krivokrasov |
Minnesota |
Right Wing |
Paul Kruse |
Buffalo |
Left Wing |
Filip Kuba |
Calgary |
|
Pavel Kubina |
Tampa Bay |
Defenseman |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Annti Laakonsen |
Boston |
Left Wing |
Scott LaChance |
Montreal |
Defenseman |
Eric Lacroix |
New York Rangers |
Left Wing |
Natahn Lafayette |
Los Angeles |
Center |
Denny Lambert |
Atlanta |
Left Wing |
Darren Langdon |
New York Rangers |
Left Wing |
Ian Laperriere |
Los Angeles |
Center |
Peter Leboutillier |
Anaheim |
Left Wing |
Mike Leclerc |
Anaheim |
Left Wing |
Jamie Langenbrunner |
Dallas |
Right Wing |
Jere Lehtinen |
Dallas |
Left Wing |
Brad Lukowich |
Dallas |
Defenseman |
Trevor Letowski |
Phoenix |
Center |
John LeClair |
Philadelphia |
Left Wing |
Eric Lindros |
Philadelphia |
Center |
Janne Laukkanen |
Pittsburgh |
Defenseman |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Chris McAllister |
Toronto |
Defenseman |
Chris McAlpine |
Atlanta |
Defenseman |
Dean McAmmond |
Chicago |
Center |
Sandy McCarthy |
Carolina |
Right Wing |
Alyn McCauley |
Toronto |
Center |
Dean Malkoc |
Anaheim |
Defenseman |
Mike Maneluk |
Philadelphia |
Right Wing |
Norm Maracle |
Atlanta |
Goalie |
Todd Marchant |
Edmonton |
Center |
Dany Markov |
Toronto |
Defenseman |
Patrick Marleau |
San Jose |
Center |
Marquis Mathieu |
Boston |
Center |
Brad May |
Vancouver |
Left Wing |
Jamal Mayers |
St. Louis |
Center |
Eric Messier |
Colorado |
Defenseman |
Fredrik Modin |
Tampa Bay |
Defenseman |
Derek Morris |
Calgary |
Defenseman |
Brendan Morrison |
Vancouver |
Center |
Alexei Morozov |
Pittsburgh |
Right Wing |
Rem Murray |
Edmonton |
Center |
Brannt Myhres |
San Jose |
Right Wing |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Rob Niedermayer |
Florida |
Center |
Scott Niedermayer |
New Jersey |
Defenseman |
Eric Nikulas |
Boston |
Right Wing |
Owen Nolan |
San Jose |
Right Wing |
Michal Nylander |
Chicago |
Center |
Andrei Nikolishin |
Washington |
Left Wing |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Jeff O'Neill |
Carolina |
Center |
Kryzstof Oliwa |
New Jersey |
Defenseman |
Vladimir Orszagh |
New York Islanders |
Right Wing |
Chris Osgood |
Detroit |
Goalie |
Sandis Ozolinsh |
Carolina |
Defenseman |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Jay Pandolfo |
New Jersey |
Left Wing |
Rich Parent |
Tampa Bay |
Goalie |
Mike Peca |
Buffalo |
Center |
Scott Pellerin |
St. Louis |
Left Wing |
Rico Persson |
St. Louis |
Defenseman |
Chris Phillips |
Ottawa |
Defenseman |
Derek Plante |
Chicago |
Center |
Jason Podollan |
Los Angeles |
Right Wing |
Tom Poti |
Edmonton |
Defenseman |
Felix Potvin |
Vancouver |
Goalie |
Nolan Pratt |
Colorado |
Defenseman |
Wayne Primeau |
Tampa Bay |
Center |
Yannic Perrault |
Toronto |
Center |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Deron Quint |
New Jersey |
Defenseman |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Eric Rasmussen |
Buffalo |
Center |
Mikael Renberg |
Phoenix |
Right Wing |
Robert Reichel |
Phoenix |
Center |
Mike Rucinski |
Carolina |
Center |
Craig Rivet |
Montreal |
Defenseman |
Martin Rucinsky* |
Montreal |
Left Wing |
Jamie Rivers |
New York Islanders |
Defenseman |
Marcus Ragnarsson |
San Jose |
Defenseman |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Joe Sakic |
Colorado |
Center |
Geoff Sanderson |
Buffalo |
Left Wing |
Andre Savage |
Boston |
Center |
Brian Savage |
Montreal |
Right Wing |
Marc Savard |
Calgary |
Center |
Alex Selivanov |
Edmonton |
Right Wing |
Jeff Shantz |
Calgary |
Center |
Steve Shields |
San Jose |
Goalie |
Ray Shultz |
New York Islanders |
Defenseman |
Chris Simon |
Washington |
Left Wing |
Jarrod Skalde |
San Jose |
Center |
Blake Sloan |
Dallas |
Right Wing |
Jason Smith |
Edmonton |
Defenseman |
Brian Smolinski |
Los Angeles |
Center |
Ryan Smyth |
Edmonton |
Right Wing |
Sheldon Souray |
Montreal |
Defenseman |
Jozef Stumpel |
Los Angeles |
Center |
Marco Sturm |
San Jose |
Center |
Niklas Sundstrom |
San Jose |
Right Wing |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Rob Tallas |
Boston |
Goalie |
Jose Theodore |
Montreal |
Goalie |
Chris Therien |
Philadelphia |
Defenseman |
Jeff Toms |
Washington |
Left Wing |
Marko Toumainen |
Los Angeles |
Right Wing |
Marty Turco |
Dallas |
Goalie |
Oleg Tverdovsky |
Anaheim |
Defenseman |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Herbert Vasiljevs |
Atlanta |
Center |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Jeff Ware |
Florida |
Defenseman |
Todd Warrener |
Tampa Bay |
Left Wing |
Mike Watt |
New York Islanders |
Left Wing |
Doug Weight |
Edmonton |
Center |
Jason Weimer |
Calgary |
Left Wing |
Chris Wells |
New York Rangers |
Center |
Ray Whitney |
Florida |
Center |
Brendan Witt |
Washington |
Defenseman |
Jamie Wright |
Dallas |
Left Wing |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Stephane Yelle |
Colorado |
Center |
Alexei Yashin** |
Ottawa |
Center |
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Player |
Team |
Position |
Alexei Zhitnik |
Buffalo |
Defenseman |
Dainus Zubrus |
Montreal |
Right Wing |
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