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From October of 2006, here's a list of unrestricted 2006 NHL free agents and where they signed for the upcoming season.
Players are listed by 2005-06 NHL team and position. The new team is noted in brackets, with the term of the contract and its total value expressed in millions of dollars.
See also: Team-by-Team Signings and Trades: Who's in and who's on every team in the summer of 2006.
Western Conference -
Anaheim Ducks
D Ruslan Salei, 31 (to Florida)
D Jason Marshall, 35
F Jeff Friesen, 29 (to Calgary)
Calgary Flames
G Brian Boucher, 29 (to Chicago)
D Bryan Marchment, 37
D Cale Hulse, 32
F Shean Donovan, 31 (to Boston)
F Chris Simon, 34 (to NY Islanders)
F Mike Leclerc, 29
Chicago Blackhawks
F Curtis Brown, 30 (to San Jose)
F Matthew Barnaby, 33 (to Dallas)
F Eric Daze, 30
Colorado Avalanche
D Rob Blake, 36 (to Los Angeles)
D Bob Boughner, 35 (retired)
F Jim Dowd, 37 (to New Jersey)
F Dan Hinote, 29 (to St. Louis)
Columbus Blue Jackets
G Martin Prusek, 30
D Radoslav Suchy, 29
F Jan Hrdina, 30
F Trevor Letowski, 29 (to Carolina)
F Mike Rupp, 26 (to New Jersey)
Dallas Stars
G Johan Hedberg, 33 (to Atlanta)
D Willie Mitchell, 29 (to Vancouver)
D Patrick Traverse, 32 (to San Jose)
F Jason Arnott, 31 (to Nashville)
F Bill Guerin, 35 (to St. Louis)
F Nathan Perrott, 32
F Jeremy Stevenson, 31
F Jaroslav Svoboda, 26
Detroit Red Wings
G Manny Legace, 33 (to St. Louis)
G Chris Osgood, 33 (re-signed)
D Cory Cross, 35
D Andreas Lilja, 30
D Jason Wooley, 36
F Mark Mowers, 32 (to Boston)
F Brendan Shanahan, 37 (to NY Rangers)
Edmonton Oilers
G Dwayne Roloson, 36 (re-signed)
G Ty Conklin, 30 (to Columbus)
D Jaroslav Spacek, 32 (to Buffalo)
D Dick Tarnstrom, 31
D Igor Ulanov, 36
F Radek Dvorak, 29 (to St. Louis)
F Georges Laraque, 29 (to Phoenix)
F Mike Peca, 32 (to Toronto)
F Fernando Pisani, 29 (re-signed)
F Sergei Samsonov, 27 (to Montreal)
F Todd Harvey, 31
Los Angeles Kings
D Joe Corvo, 29 (to Ottawa)
D Nathan Dempsey, 32 (to Boston)
F Derek Armstrong, 33
F Valeri Bure, 32
F Mark Parrish, 29 (to Minnesota)
F Jeremy Roenick, 36 (to Phoenix)
Minnesota Wild
D Filip Kuba, 29 (to Tampa Bay)
D Daniel Tjarnqvist, 29 (to Edmonton)
D Andrei Zyuzin, 28 (to Calgary)
D Alex Henry, 26 (to Nashville)
F Marc Chouinard, 29 (to Vancouver)
F Randy Robitaille, 30 (to Philadelphia)
F Alexandre Daigle, 31
F Kyle Wanvig, 25 (to Atlanta)
Nashville Predators
G Chris Mason, 29 (re-signed)
D Mark Eaton, 28 (to Pittsburgh)
D Danny Markov, 29 (to Detroit)
D Brendan Witt, 31 (to NY Islanders)
F Greg Johnson, 35 (to Detroit)
F Yanic Perreault, 35
F Mike Sillinger, 34 (to NY Islanders)
Phoenix Coyotes
D Jamie Rivers, 31 (to St. Louis)
F Boyd Devereaux, 27
F Oleg Kvasha, 27
F Geoff Sanderson, 34 (to Philadelphia)
St. Louis Blues
G Reinhard Divis, 30
G Patrick Lalime, 31 (to Chicago)
D Kevin Dallman, 25 (to Los Angeles)
D Steve Poapst, 37
F Peter Cajanek, 30 (re-signed)
F Dallas Drake, 37 (re-signed)
F Jeff Hoggan, 28
F Ryan Johnson, 29
F Dean McAmmond, 32 (to Ottawa)
F Scott Young, 38 (retired)
F Mark Rycroft, 28
San Jose Sharks
F Alyn McCauley, 29 (to Los Angeles)
F Scott Thornton, 35 (to Los Angeles)
Vancouver Canucks
D Nolan Baumgertner, 30 (to Philadelphia)
D Sean Brown, 29
D Keith Carney, 36 (to Minnesota)
D Ed Jovanovski, 30 (to Phoenix)
D Wade Brookbank, 28 (to Boston)
F Anson Carter, 32 (to Columbus)
F Trevor Linden, 36 (re-signed)
F Richard Park, 30 (to NY Islanders)
F Jarkko Ruutu, 30 (to Pittsburgh)
2006 NHL Free Agents Continued: The Eastern Conference
