Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Trade Deadline Top 25 Available Forwards

Less than 1 week before the NHL trade deadline. Check this out:

TOP 15 RENTAL FORWARDS:
These are the top 15 most talked about names in rumours, including only players who are scheduled UFA's on July 1.

1. Teemu Selanne, ANA
2. Alex Semin, WAS
3. Shane Doan, PHX
4. Ales Hemsky, EDM
5. Ray Whitney, PHX
6. Mikhail Grabovski, TOR
7. PA Parenteau, NYI
8. Tuomo Ruutu, CAR * signed extension with Hurricanes
9. Mike Knuble, WAS
10. Brad Boyes, BUF
11. Paul Gaustad, BUF
12. Sami Pahlsson, CBJ
13. Andre Kostitsyn, MTL
14. Wojtek Wolski, NYR
15. Dustin Penner, LAK

Top 10 Available Forwards, non-UFA
This list includes players who are not UFA but rumoured to be available. They're either under contract for next year or are RFA's. A lot of these players are dealt at the draft and in the offseason but some get dealt at the deadline.

player, age. length of contract @ cap hit
1. Rick Nash, 27. 6 years @$7.8 mil
2. Jeff Carter, 27. 9 years @$5.3 mil *traded to LA
3. Paul Stastny, 26. 3 years @$6.6 mil
4. Bobby Ryan, 24. 3 years @$5.1 mil
5. Brendan Morrow, 32. 1 year @$4.1 mil
6. Vinny Lecavalier, 32. 7 years @$7.7 mil
7. Sam Gagner, 22. RFA
8. Derek Roy, 28. 1 year @$4 mil (*actual dollars $5.5 mil, could limit trade value)
9. Ryan Malone, 31. 3 years @$4.5 mil
10. Antoine Vermette, 28. 4 years @$3.75 mil *traded to Phoenix

Additions:
- Dustin Brown may or may not be traded. But his name has come up with Carter in LA
- Steve Ott has been added to the rumour mill as well.

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