FH101: Free Agency Roulette?

When you do not quite have an idea where some of the top free agents are going, a post like this can be pretty incomplete on the surface.  However Jay Grossman just tweeted that Kovalchuk would like to make a decision on his future today.  We all swear there is a twist ending in this…that at the very least there will be something we did not expect.  Either way, now at least July 5th will not be dull.  Reports are that LA is out but never say never because at one time NJ was supposedly out too.

Whoever does get Mr. Kovalchuk gets a 40-50 goal guy and those are hard to come by in the NHL.  I guess it is poetic that today is one of the hottest days in a long time in New Jersey.  Because twitter is going to crash when this news breaks.  The fantasy ramifications are clearly there in the balance BUT not all on #17 ladies and gentlemen.

There are still guys on the market like Marty Turco and Evgeni Nabokov, just to name a few.  Please keep this all in mind that yes the biggest prize in the pool is the sniper but there are some pretty good depth players out there as well.  On your fantasy team, one player does not make or break your team generally.  There are always exceptions to this.

Anyone want to take a look at last year’s list……okay it is time to do so.

DATE PLAYERS 2009-10 TEAM 2008-09 TEAM
Sep 25 D Darryl Sydor St. Louis Dallas
Sep 25 C Rob Niedermayer New Jersey Anaheim
Sep 14 D Dennis Seidenberg Florida Carolina
Sep 13 RW Drew Stafford Buffalo Buffalo
Sep 12 LW Radek Smolenak Tampa Bay Tampa Bay
Sep 9 D Andy Wozniewski Boston Pittsburgh
Sep 9 D Mike Lundin Tampa Bay Tampa Bay
Sep 9 LW Alexandre Picard Columbus Columbus
Sep 8 C Derek Armstrong St. Louis Los Angeles
Sep 4 C Rob Schremp Edmonton Edmonton
Sep 4 D Steve Eminger Anaheim Florida
Sep 2 LW Taylor Pyatt Phoenix Vancouver
Sep 1 C Cal O’Reilly Nashville Nashville
Sep 1 RW Brad Staubitz San Jose San Jose
Sep 1 LW Alex Tanguay Tampa Bay Montreal
Aug 31 D Nathan McIver Vancouver Vancouver
Aug 28 D Mathieu Schneider Vancouver Montreal
Aug 28 D Matt Lashoff Tampa Bay Tampa Bay
Aug 25 RW Martins Karsums Tampa Bay Tampa Bay
Aug 21 C Marcel Goc Nashville San Jose
Aug 20 LW Jeff Cowan Buffalo Vancouver
Aug 19 C Stephane Yelle Carolina Boston
Aug 18 RW Todd Bertuzzi Detroit Calgary
Aug 17 C Vaclav Prospal NY Rangers Tampa Bay
Aug 14 RW Matt D’Agostini Montreal Montreal
Aug 12 G Thomas Greiss San Jose San Jose
Aug 12 D Ladislav Smid
F Gilbert Brule
F Jason Stone
Edmonton Edmonton
Aug 10 RW Mike Grier Buffalo San Jose
Aug 10 RW Ryan Jones Nashville Nashville
Aug 10 G Joey MacDonald Toronto NY Islanders
Aug 10 LW Gregory Stewart Montreal Montreal
Aug 6 F Jason Williams Detroit Columbus
Aug 5 C Alexandre Giroux Washington Washington
Aug 5 RW Brendan Shanahan New Jersey New Jersey
Aug 5 RW Jannik Hansen Vancouver Vancouver
Aug 4 RW Patrick Eaves Detroit Carolina
Aug 4 G Brian Elliott Ottawa Ottawa
Aug 3 F Blake Comeau NY Islanders NY Islanders
Aug 1 G John Curry Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
Aug 1 C Cody McCormick Buffalo Colorado
July 31 D Brendan Bell St. Louis Ottawa
July 31 D Milan Jurcina Washington Washington
July 30 D Ole-Kristian Tollefsen Philadelphia Columbus
July 30 F Dustin Boyd Calgary Calgary
July 30 C Kyle Wellwood Vancouver Vancouver
July 30 F Josh Gratton Atlanta Philadelphia
July 30 D Mike Vernace Atlanta Colorado
July 29 D Jack Hillen NY Islanders NY Islanders
July 29 LW Scottie Upshall
G Josh Tordjman
Phoenix Phoenix
July 29 LW Liam Reddox
C Ryan Potulny
Edmonton Edmonton
July 29 D Derek Smith
F Jeremy Yablonski
Ottawa Ottawa
July 29 G Josh Harding Minnesota Minnesota
July 28 G Dan LaCosta Columbus Columbus
July 26 D Matt Smaby Tampa Bay Tampa Bay
July 25 C Nate Thompson NY Islanders NY Islanders
July 25 D Roman Polak St. Louis St. Louis
July 25 D Derek Morris Boston NY Rangers
July 24 F Daniel Winnik Phoenix Phoenix
July 23 LW Lukas Kasper
C Krys Kolanos
RW Jason Ward
Philadelphia San Jose
Minnesota
Tampa Bay
July 23 F Kris Chucko Calgary Calgary
July 23 RW Barry Tallackson
RW Adam Cracknell
St. Louis New Jersey
Calgary
July 23 C Kyle Brodziak
D Ryan Lannon
Minnesota Edmonton
Phoenix
July 23 F Tuomo Ruutu Carolina Carolina
July 22 G Martin Biron NY Islanders Philadelphia
July 22 C Nathan Smith Minnesota Colorado
July 22 F Tanner Glass
D Mike Funk
Vancouver Florida
Buffalo
July 22 F Evan McGrath
F Ryan Oulahen
Detroit Detroit
July 22 D Marc Methot Columbus Columbus
July 22 F Darryl Boyce
F Alex Foster
Toronto Toronto
July 22 C Travis Zajac New Jersey New Jersey
July 21 D Denis Grebeshkov Edmonton Edmonton
July 21 F Andre Deveaux Toronto Toronto
July 21 C Tomas Plekanec Montreal Montreal
July 21 D Steve Wagner St. Louis St. Louis
July 21 LW Mike Blunden Columbus Columbus
July 21 F Enver Lisin NY Rangers Phoenix
July 21 G Brent Johnson Pittsburgh Washington
July 21 D Boris Valabik Atlanta Atlanta
July 20 RW Jeff Hoggan
F David Spina
D Sean Sullivan
Phoenix Phoenix
July 20 D Matt Hunwick Boston Boston
July 20 G Curtis Sanford Montreal Vancouver
July 20 RW Teddy Purcell
D Drew Bagnall
Los Angeles Los Angeles
July 20 LW Nigel Dawes Calgary Phoenix
July 20 D Andrej Sekera
F Clarke MacArthur
Buffalo Buffalo
July 20 RW Danny Bois Chicago Ottawa
July 20 D Brett Carson
D Bryan Rodney
Carolina Carolina
July 17 D Grant Lewis
D Scott Lehman
F Tim Stapleton
Atlanta Atlanta
Atlanta
Toronto
July 17 D Jack Johnson Los Angeles Los Angeles
July 17 G Wade Dubielewicz
RW Jon DiSalvatore
Minnesota Columbus
New Jersey
July 17 D Cory Murphy New Jersey Tampa Bay
July 16 C Dwight Helminen
RW Jed Ortmeyer
RW Ryan Vesce
D Joe Callahan
San Jose Carolina
Nashville
San Jose
NY Islanders
July 16 RW Lauri Tukonen
C Blair Jones
Tampa Bay Tampa Bay
July 16 D Keith Yandle Phoenix Phoenix
July 16 G Devan Dubnyk Edmonton Edmonton
July 16 RW Colby Armstrong Atlanta Atlanta
July 16 D Jeff Schultz Washington Washington
July 16 LW Peter Olvecky Nashville Minnesota
July 15 G Kari Lehtonen Atlanta Atlanta
July 15 D Shaone Morrisonn
RW Eric Fehr
LW Chris Bourque
C Kyle Wilson
F Steve Pinizzotto
Washington Washington
July 15 D Clayton Stoner
LW Benoit Pouliot
RW Danny Irmen
LW Robbie Earl
Minnesota Minnesota
July 15 LW Lauri Korpikoski Phoenix NY Rangers
July 15 C Scott Nichol San Jose Nashville
July 15 D Andrew Alberts Carolina Philadelphia
July 15 RW Patrick Kaleta Buffalo Buffalo
July 15 D Zack Fitzgerald Carolina Vancouver
July 15 F Mike Angelidis Carolina Carolina
July 15 RW Guillaume Latendresse
D Shawn Belle
Montreal Montreal
July 15 F Tim Wallace
D Ben Lovejoy
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
July 14 RW Tom Kostopoulos Carolina Montreal
July 14 D Staffan Kronwall Calgary Washington
July 14 D Corey Potter NY Rangers NY Rangers
July 14 F Ryan Maki Nashville Nashville
July 14 D Mathieu Roy Columbus Edmonton
July 14 RW Ben Guite Nashville Colorado
July 13 RW Ryan Callahan NY Rangers NY Rangers
July 13 F Chris Minard Edmonton Pittsburgh
July 13 C Trent Whitfield Boston St. Louis
July 13 C Drew Larman Boston Florida
July 13 C Boyd Gordon Washington Washington
July 13 F Anthony Stewart Atlanta Florida
July 13 D Noah Welch Atlanta Tampa Bay
July 13 RW Brandon Segal Los Angeles Tampa Bay
July 13 D James Wisniewski Anaheim Anaheim
July 13 D Nolan Yonkman Nashville Nashville
July 11 RW Brian McGrattan Calgary Phoenix
July 11 C Kyle Chipchura Montreal Montreal
July 10 D Kyle Cumiskey Colorado Colorado
July 10 LW Travis Moen Montreal San Jose
July 10 D Jay McKee Pittsburgh St. Louis
July 10 C Brendan Morrison Washington Dallas
July 10 D Jonathan Sigalet Columbus Columbus
July 10 D Paul Mara Montreal NY Rangers
July 10 G Yann Danis New Jersey NY Islanders
July 10 G Antero Niittymaki Tampa Bay Philadelphia
July 9 LW Matt Ellis Buffalo Buffalo
July 9 D Jay Harrison Carolina Toronto
July 9 D Richard Petiot Chicago Tampa Bay
July 9 F Carsen Germyn Calgary Calgary
July 9 RW Ales Kotalik NY Rangers Edmonton
July 9 F Scott Parse Los Angeles Los Angeles
July 9 D Nick Boynton Anaheim Florida
July 8 D Mark Fistric Dallas Dallas
July 8 D Kurtis Foster Tampa Bay Minnesota
July 8 D Brett Skinner Colorado Atlanta
July 8 C Philippe Dupuis Colorado Colorado
July 8 D Casey Borer Carolina Carolina
July 8 G Justin Peters Carolina Carolina
July 8 C Jim Slater Atlanta Atlanta
July 8 RW Steven Goertzen Carolina Phoenix
July 8 C Saku Koivu Anaheim Montreal
July 8 D Doug Janik Detroit NY Rangers
July 8 C Brian Boyle NY Rangers Los Angeles
July 8 RW Kris Versteeg Chicago Chicago
July 7 LW Jeff Taffe Florida Pittsburgh
July 7 D Drew Fata Boston Ottawa
July 7 G Dany Sabourin Boston Edmonton
July 7 D Jeff Woywitka Dallas St. Louis
July 7 LW Stephane Veilleux Tampa Bay Minnesota
July 7 C Todd Marchant Anaheim Anaheim
July 7 C Kris Newbury Detroit Toronto
July 7 RW Jeremy Williams Detroit Toronto
July 7 C Jamie Lundmark Calgary Calgary
July 7 LW Jason Jaffray Calgary Vancouver
July 6 D Cam Barker Chicago Chicago
July 6 D Brian Salcido Anaheim Anaheim
July 6 D Mark Flood NY Islanders Carolina
July 6 F Greg Mauldin NY Islanders Ottawa
July 6 LW Matt Moulson NY Islanders Los Angeles
July 6 RW Greg Moore NY Islanders NY Rangers
July 6 G Peter Mannino Atlanta NY Islanders
July 6 G Drew MacIntyre Atlanta Vancouver
July 6 C Jason Krog Atlanta Vancouver
July 6 LW Warren Peters Dallas Calgary
July 6 D Aaron Johnson
RW Troy Brouwer
G Corey Crawford
LW Ben Eager
C Colin Fraser
Chicago Chicago
July 6 D Francois Beauchemin
Toronto Anaheim
July 6 LW Ville Leino Detroit Detroit
July 6 RW Alex Kovalev Ottawa Montreal
July 6 D Shane O’Brien Vancouver Vancouver
July 6 G Andrew Raycroft Vancouver Colorado
July 6 LW Chris Higgins NY Rangers Montreal
July 6 RW Darren Haydar Colorado Detroit
July 6 RW David Jones Colorado Colorado
July 6 RW B.J. Crombeen St. Louis St. Louis
July 5 RW Chris Conner Pittsburgh Dallas
July 5 D Chris Lee Pittsburgh NY Islanders

 

Wow and just like that……our moment of zen today.  Ilya Kovalchuk unofficially has resigned with the NJ Devils for 7 years and 60 million.  More on this later but look at this list and tell me if any names stick out a bit.  Keep this in mind fantasy hockey fans on how teams can be impacted by signings after the first few days.  Aloha for now.

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