Friday's News & Rumors And A Look At Who's Left

"The Ducks made a great push getting (Scott) Niedermayer, but I still think we'll kick their ass." So says the newest King, Jeremy Roenick. Like we said yesterday, JR + LA = entertainment. On to today's rumors, starting where most rumors do, in the Big Apple:

• According to various sources, the Rangers are interested in John LeClair and have signed defenseman Roman Hamrlik. The Bruins may want Hamrlik as well.
  
• Reports are out there that the Oilers have traded Marty Reasoner to Philly for Michal Handzus. This would be a bit of a salary dump by the Flyers.
  
• Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago and Vancouver are interested in Nikolai Khabibulin. Tampa still hopes to keep him. If the Pens lose out on The Bulin Wall, they'll look at Curtis Joseph or Sean Burke to tutor Marc-Andre Fleury.
  
• The Sharks, Oilers, Kings and Blackhawks are looking at Paul Kariya.
• Does Nashville want Eric Lindros? Does anyone?

Wondering what unrestricted free agents are still out there unsigned? Here's a list (sorry, too many names to link):

Centers

Jason Allison, Los Angeles; Andrew Cassels, Columbus; Vincent Damphousse, San Jose; Jim Dowd, Montreal; Ron Francis, Toronto; Chris Gratton, Colorado; Travis Green, Boston; Brian Holzinger, Columbus; Eric Lindros, N.Y. Rangers; Mark Messier, N.Y. Rangers; Rem Murray, Nashville; Andrei Nikolishin, Colorado; Yanic Perreault, Montreal; Jozef Stumpel, Los Angeles; Shaun Van Allen, Ottawa.

Right Wings

Donald Audette, Florida; Peter Bondra, Ottawa; Valeri Bure, Dallas; Anson Carter, Los Angeles; Eric Chouinard, Minnesota; Adam Deadmarsh, Los Angeles; Rob DiMaio, Dallas; Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, Washington; Alexander Mogilny, Toronto; Vladimir Orszagh, Nashville; Owen Nolan, Toronto; Ziggy Palffy, Los Angeles; Teemu Selanne, Colorado; Scott Young, Dallas.

Left wings

Dave Andreychuk, Tampa Bay; Bates Battaglia, Washington; Andrew Brunette, Minnesota; Jim Cummins, Colorado; Paul Kariya, Colorado; x-John LeClair, Philadelphia; Brad May, Vancouver; Jim McKenzie, Nashville; Brian Savage, Phoenix; Steve Thomas, Detroit; x-Ray Whitney, Detroit; Rob Zamuner, Boston.

Defensemen

Murray Baron, St. Louis; x-Mathieu Biron, Florida; Brad Bombardir, Nashville; Jeff Finley, St. Louis; Roman Hamrlik, N.Y. Islanders; Alexander Khavanov, St. Louis; Bryan Marchment, Toronto; Boris Mironov, N.Y. Rangers; Lyle Odelein, Florida; James Patrick, Buffalo; Stephane Quintal, Los Angeles; Jiri Slegr, Boston; Scott Stevens, New Jersey; Don Sweeney, Dallas; Igor Ulanov, Edmonton; Glen Wesley, Carolina; Jason Woolley, Detroit; Jason York, Nashville.

Goaltenders

Sean Burke, Philadelphia; Roman Cechmanek, Los Angeles; Byron Dafoe, Atlanta; Mike Dunham, N.Y. Rangers; Arturs Irbe, Columbus; Curtis Joseph, Detroit; Nikolai Khabibulin, Tampa Bay; Chris Osgood, St. Louis; Steve Shields, Florida; Ron Tugnutt, Dallas.

x-Indicates player was bought out and can't re-sign with previous club.