Summer 2011 UFA's

There have been so many re-signings recently, including Bergeron, Thornton, Chara, and a few weeks before that Mikko Koivu. This is a becoming more and more common each year. July 1st used to be a huge day. Coming out of the lockout there were so many big name stars, to go along with quality veterans who can still get it done, and so many guys switched teams on July 1st. But every year since '06 its been less and less players making it to free agency. And even less big name players.

Here are list of the guys who are still scheduled to become UFA's this offseason, as long as they're not extended by their current team before July 1, 2011:

FORWARDS:
Craig Conroy, 38
John Madden, 37
Alex Kovalev, 37
Mike Knuble, 37
Andrew Brunette, 36
Todd Marchant, 36
Cory Stillman, 36
Fred Modin, 35
Jason Arnott, 35
Mike Grier, 35
Rob Niedermayer, 35
Todd White, 35
Vinny Prospal, 35
Steve Sullivan, 35
Scott Nichol, 35
Jamal Mayers, 35
Milan Hejduk, 34
Jarko Ruutu, 34
Jamie Langenbrunner, 34
Chris Clark, 34
Ethan Moreau, 34
Brendan Morrison, 34
Jeff Halpern, 34
Radek Dvorak, 33
Fernando Pisani, 33
Wade Belak, 33
Michael Handzus, 33
Eric Belanger, 32
Aaron Asham, 32
Marco Sturm, 31
Eric Cole, 31
Ruslan Fedotenko, 31
Sergei Samsonov, 31
Pascal Dupuis, 31
Simon Gagne, 30
Michael Ryder, 30
Alexei Ponikarovsky, 30
Vernon Fiddler, 30
Michael Rupp, 30
Alex Tanguay, 30
Brad Richards, 30
Tim Connolly, 29
Anti Miettenen, 29
Mike Comrie, 29
Radim Vrbata, 29
Joel Ward, 29
Raffi Torres, 29
Chuck Kobasew, 28
Chad Larose, 28
Brian Sutherby, 28
Justin Williams, 28
Alex Frolov, 28
Tomas Kopecky, 28
Chris Higgins, 27
Jussi Jokinen, 27
Brooks Laich, 27
Freddy Sjostrom, 27
Peter Prucha, 27
Curtis Glencross, 27
Chris Thorburn, 27
Ben Eager, 26
Patrick Eaves, 26
Tim Brent, 26
Matt Moulson, 26
Ville Leino, 26
Marcel Goc, 26
Cam Janssen, 26
Scotty Upshall, 26
Drew Miller, 26
Alexander Semin, 26
Tomas Fleischmann, 26
Nikolay Zherdev, 25




DEFENSE:
Sean O'Donnell, 38
Steve Staios, 36
Roman Hamrilik, 36
Hal Gill, 35
Craig Rivet, 35
Sami Salo, 35
Niclas Wallin, 35
Bryan McCabe, 35
Ruslan Salei, 35
Ed Jovonovski, 34
Brent Sopel, 33
Radek Martinek, 33
Tomas Kaberle, 32
Jan Hejda, 32
Chris Phillips, 32
Eric Brewer, 31
Andrei Markov, 31
Nick Boynton, 31
Kent Huskins, 31
Scott Hannan, 31
Paul Mara, 30
Jim Vandermeer, 30
Steve Montador, 30
John Erskine, 30
Freddy Meyer, 29
Kevin Bieksa, 29
Andrew Alberts, 28
Nathan Paestch, 27
Andy Greene, 27
Christian Ehrhoff, 27
Milan Jurcina, 27
Joni Pitkanen, 26
Trevor Daley, 26
Jeff Woywitka, 26
James Wisniewski, 26
Steve Eminger, 26
Ian White, 26
Anton Babchuk, 26
Jonathan Ericsson, 26
Shane O'Brien, 26
Mark Giordano, 26
Mark Stuart, 26
Adam Pardy, 26

GOALTENDERS:
Dwayne Roloson, 40
Chris Osgood, 37
Johan Hedberg, 37
Marty Turco, 34
Brian Boucher, 33
JS Giguere, 33
Jose Theodore, 33
Matthieu Garon, 32
Ilya Bryzgalov, 30
Jason Labarbera, 30
Craig Anderson, 29
Alex Auld, 29
Tomas Vokoun, 29
Mike Smith, 28
Curtis McElhinney, 27
Pascal Leclaire, 27
Peter Budaj, 27
Josh Harding, 26
Jimmy Howard, 26
Anti Niemi, 26

I've highlighted the top 5 highest profile player for each position. Also, if you're in the market for a 26 year old defensman, there are a couple of options....