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2007 NHL Free Agents: Eastern Conference

Unrestricted NHL free agent movement in the summer of 2007.

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For current free agent news and an explanation of how system works, go to the NHL Free Agent Center.

From October of 2007, here's a list of unrestricted 2007 NHL free agents and where they signed for the upcoming season.

Players are listed by 2006-07 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.

Eastern Conference

Atlanta Thrashers
Defense -

  • Greg de Vries (Nashville/2 yrs)
  • Shane Hnidy (Anaheim/2 yrs)
  • Andy Sutton (NY Islanders/3 yrs)
    Forward -
  • Eric Belanger (Minnesota/3 yrs/$5.25 M)
  • Jon Sim (NY Islanders/3 yrs/3 M)
  • JP Vigier

    Boston Bruins
    Defense -

  • Bobby Allen
  • Jason York
    Forward -
  • Petr Tenkrat

    Buffalo Sabres
    Goaltender -

  • Ty Conklin (Pittsburgh/1 yr/$500,000)
    Forward -
  • Daniel Briere Philadelphia/8 yrs/$52 M)
  • Chris Drury (NY Rangers/5 yrs/$35.25 M)
  • Dainius Zubrus New Jersey/6 yrs/$20.4 M)

    Carolina Hurricanes
    Defense -

  • David Tanabe
    Forward -
  • Anson Carter
  • Josef Vasicek (NY Islanders/1 yr/$750,000)

    Florida Panthers
    Goaltender -

  • Alex Auld (Phoenix/1 yr)
  • Ed Belfour
    Defense -
  • Alexei Semenov (San Jose/1 yr)
    Forward -
  • Martin Gelinas (Nashville/1 yr/$1.25 M))
  • Juraj Kolnik

    Montreal Canadiens
    Goaltender -

  • David Aebischer (Phoenix/1 yr/$600,000)
    Defense -
  • Sheldon Souray (Edmonton/5 yrs/$27 M)
  • Janne Niinimaa
    Forward -
  • Radek Bonk (Nashville/2 yrs)
  • Aaron Downey
  • Mike Johnson

    New Jersey Devils
    Goaltender -

  • Scott Clemmensen (Toronto/1 yr)
    Defense -
  • Brad Lukowich (Tampa Bay/3 yrs)
  • Dan McGillis
  • Brian Rafalski (Detroit/5 yrs/$30 M)
    Forward -
  • Scott Gomez (NY Rangers/7 yrs/$51.5 M)
  • Erik Rasmussen
  • Jim Dowd
  • Jason Wiemer

    New York Islanders
    Goaltender -

  • Mike Dunham
    Defense -
  • Tom Poti (Washington/4 yrs/$14 M)
  • Sean Hill (Minnesota/1 yr)
  • Joel Bouchard
    Forward -
  • Ryan Smyth (Colorado/5 yrs/$31.25 M)
  • Alexei Yashin
  • Richard Zednik (Florida/2 yrs/$3.25 M)
  • Jason Blake (Toronto/5 yrs/$20 M)
  • Arron Asham (New Jersey/1 yr/$700,000)
  • Viktor Kozlov (Washington/2 yrs/$5 M)
  • Randy Robitaille

    New York Rangers
    Goaltender -

  • Kevin Weekes (New Jersey/2 yrs/$1.375)
    Defense -
  • Karel Rachunek (New Jersey/1 yr/$1.4 M)
  • Sandis Ozolinsh
    Forward -
  • Michael Nylander (Washington/4 yrs/$19.5 M)
  • Jed Ortmeyer (Nashville/2 yrs/$1.5 M)

    Ottawa Senators
    Defense -

  • Tom Preissing (Los Angeles/4 yrs/$11 M)
    Forward -
  • Mike Comrie (NY Islanders/1 yr/$3.375 M)

    Philadelphia Flyers
    Goaltender -

  • Robert Esche
    Forward -
  • Todd Fedoruk (Dallas/1 yr/$875,000)
  • Dimitri Afanasenkov
  • Mike York (Phoenix/1 yr/$1 M)

    Pittsburgh Penguins
    Goaltender -

  • Jocelyn Thibault (Buffalo/1 yr)
    Defense -
  • Joel Kwiatkowski
  • Eric Cairns
    Forward -
  • Michel Ouellet (Tampa Bay/2 yrs/$2.5 M)
  • Nils Ekman
  • Ronald Petrovicky

    Tampa Bay Lightning
    Defense -

  • Cory Sarich (Calgary/5 yrs/$18 M)
  • Luke Richardson (Ottawa/1 yr/$500,000)
  • Nolan Pratt
    Forward -
  • Ruslan Fedotenko (Islanders/1 yr/$2.9 M)
  • Eric Perrin (Atlanta/2 yrs/$1.5 M)
  • Rob DiMaio

    Toronto Maple Leafs
    Goaltender -

  • Jean Sebastien Aubin (Los Angeles/1 yr)
    Forward -
  • Michael Peca (Columbus/1 yr/$1.3 M)
  • Travis Green
  • Jeff O'Neill
  • Yanic Perreault (Chicago/1 yr/$1.5 M)

    Washington Capitals
    Defense -

  • Bryan Muir
    Forward -
  • Jiri Novotny (Columbus/2 yrs)
  • Kris Beech (Columbus/1 yr)

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