Friday, August 05, 2005

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:
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.

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