We've talked about this sporadically throughout other threads, but I'm curious as to what the consensus is on who everyone actually thinks we should go after.
My personal pick would be Streit, I think EJ needs an offensive veteran partner. I'm done with hoping that he breaks out offensively in the immediate future.
#2 would be Scuderi, just because I think we need a veteran defender. I'd ideally like to have both Streit and Scuds but more than one is wishful thinking. Hell one of these guys could be wishful thinking...
The top Free-agents this year
Iginla, Jarome » R PIT 35 $7,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Backstrom, Niklas » G MIN 35 $6,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Elias, Patrik » C NJD 37 $6,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Gonchar, Sergei » D OTT 39 $5,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Thomas, Tim » G NYI 39 $5,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Ribeiro, Mike » C WAS 33 $5,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Alfredsson, Daniel » R OTT 40 $4,875,000 2013 (UFA)
Connolly, Tim » C TOR 31 $4,750,000 2013 (UFA)
McDonald, Andy » C STL 35 $4,700,000 2013 (UFA)
Jagr, Jaromir » R BOS 41 $4,550,000 2013 (UFA)
Selanne, Teemu » R ANA 42 $4,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Hainsey, Ron » D WIN 32 $4,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Morrow, Brenden » L PIT 34 $4,100,000 2013 (UFA)
Streit, Mark » D NYI 35 $4,100,000 2013 (UFA)
Bouchard, Pierre-Marc » R MIN 28 $4,080,000 2013 (UFA)
Antropov, Nik » C WIN 33 $4,062,500 2013 (UFA)
Regehr, Robyn » D LAK 32 $4,020,000 2013 (UFA)
Roy, Derek » C VAN 29 $4,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Horton, Nathan » R BOS 27 $4,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Whitney, Ryan » D EDM 30 $4,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Zidlicky, Marek » D NJD 36 $4,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Koivu, Saku » C ANA 38 $3,800,000 2013 (UFA)
Cervenka, Roman » C CGY 27 $3,775,000 2013 (UFA)
Khabibulin, Nikolai » G EDM 40 $3,750,000 2013 (UFA)
Clowe, Ryane » L NYR 30 $3,625,000 2013 (UFA)
Gagne, Simon » L PHI 33 $3,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Ryder, Michael » R MTL 33 $3,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Lombardi, Matthew » C ANA 31 $3,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Hamrlik, Roman » D NYR 39 $3,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Cullen, Matt » C MIN 36 $3,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Scuderi, Rob » D LAK 34 $3,400,000 2013 (UFA)
Zubrus, Dainius » C NJD 34 $3,400,000 2013 (UFA)
MacArthur, Clarke » L TOR 28 $3,250,000 2013 (UFA)
Penner, Dustin » L LAK 30 $3,250,000 2013 (UFA)
Weiss, Stephen » C FLA 30 $3,100,000 2013 (UFA)
Lydman, Toni » D ANA 35 $3,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Leopold, Jordan » D STL 32 $3,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Filppula, Valtteri » L DET 29 $3,000,000 2013 (UFA)
White, Ian » D DET 28 $2,875,000 2013 (UFA)
Poti, Tom » D WAS 36 $2,875,000 2013 (UFA)
Cleary, Danny » L DET 34 $2,800,000 2013 (UFA)
Nabokov, Evgeni » G NYI 37 $2,750,000 2013 (UFA)
Clarkson, David » R NJD 29 $2,666,667 2013 (UFA)
Sullivan, Steve » L NJD 38 $2,600,000 2013 (UFA)
Murray, Douglas » D PIT 33 $2,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Malhotra, Manny » C VAN 32 $2,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Prospal, Vinny » L CLB 38 $2,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Handzus, Michal » C CHI 36 $2,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Babchuk, Anton » D CGY 28 $2,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Raymond, Mason » L VAN 27 $2,275,000 2013 (UFA)
Added :
Bozak, Tyler » C TOR 27 $1,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Brunner, Damien » R DET 27 $1,350,000 2013 (UFA)
Gordon, Boyd » C PHX 29 $1,325,000 2013 (UFA)
Stalberg, Viktor » L CHI 27 $875,000 2013 (UFA)
My personal pick would be Streit, I think EJ needs an offensive veteran partner. I'm done with hoping that he breaks out offensively in the immediate future.
#2 would be Scuderi, just because I think we need a veteran defender. I'd ideally like to have both Streit and Scuds but more than one is wishful thinking. Hell one of these guys could be wishful thinking...
The top Free-agents this year
Iginla, Jarome » R PIT 35 $7,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Backstrom, Niklas » G MIN 35 $6,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Elias, Patrik » C NJD 37 $6,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Gonchar, Sergei » D OTT 39 $5,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Thomas, Tim » G NYI 39 $5,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Ribeiro, Mike » C WAS 33 $5,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Alfredsson, Daniel » R OTT 40 $4,875,000 2013 (UFA)
Connolly, Tim » C TOR 31 $4,750,000 2013 (UFA)
McDonald, Andy » C STL 35 $4,700,000 2013 (UFA)
Jagr, Jaromir » R BOS 41 $4,550,000 2013 (UFA)
Selanne, Teemu » R ANA 42 $4,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Hainsey, Ron » D WIN 32 $4,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Morrow, Brenden » L PIT 34 $4,100,000 2013 (UFA)
Streit, Mark » D NYI 35 $4,100,000 2013 (UFA)
Bouchard, Pierre-Marc » R MIN 28 $4,080,000 2013 (UFA)
Antropov, Nik » C WIN 33 $4,062,500 2013 (UFA)
Regehr, Robyn » D LAK 32 $4,020,000 2013 (UFA)
Roy, Derek » C VAN 29 $4,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Horton, Nathan » R BOS 27 $4,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Whitney, Ryan » D EDM 30 $4,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Zidlicky, Marek » D NJD 36 $4,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Koivu, Saku » C ANA 38 $3,800,000 2013 (UFA)
Cervenka, Roman » C CGY 27 $3,775,000 2013 (UFA)
Khabibulin, Nikolai » G EDM 40 $3,750,000 2013 (UFA)
Clowe, Ryane » L NYR 30 $3,625,000 2013 (UFA)
Gagne, Simon » L PHI 33 $3,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Ryder, Michael » R MTL 33 $3,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Lombardi, Matthew » C ANA 31 $3,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Hamrlik, Roman » D NYR 39 $3,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Cullen, Matt » C MIN 36 $3,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Scuderi, Rob » D LAK 34 $3,400,000 2013 (UFA)
Zubrus, Dainius » C NJD 34 $3,400,000 2013 (UFA)
MacArthur, Clarke » L TOR 28 $3,250,000 2013 (UFA)
Penner, Dustin » L LAK 30 $3,250,000 2013 (UFA)
Weiss, Stephen » C FLA 30 $3,100,000 2013 (UFA)
Lydman, Toni » D ANA 35 $3,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Leopold, Jordan » D STL 32 $3,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Filppula, Valtteri » L DET 29 $3,000,000 2013 (UFA)
White, Ian » D DET 28 $2,875,000 2013 (UFA)
Poti, Tom » D WAS 36 $2,875,000 2013 (UFA)
Cleary, Danny » L DET 34 $2,800,000 2013 (UFA)
Nabokov, Evgeni » G NYI 37 $2,750,000 2013 (UFA)
Clarkson, David » R NJD 29 $2,666,667 2013 (UFA)
Sullivan, Steve » L NJD 38 $2,600,000 2013 (UFA)
Murray, Douglas » D PIT 33 $2,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Malhotra, Manny » C VAN 32 $2,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Prospal, Vinny » L CLB 38 $2,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Handzus, Michal » C CHI 36 $2,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Babchuk, Anton » D CGY 28 $2,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Raymond, Mason » L VAN 27 $2,275,000 2013 (UFA)
Added :
Bozak, Tyler » C TOR 27 $1,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Brunner, Damien » R DET 27 $1,350,000 2013 (UFA)
Gordon, Boyd » C PHX 29 $1,325,000 2013 (UFA)
Stalberg, Viktor » L CHI 27 $875,000 2013 (UFA)
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