As training camp grows closer and the heat of the free agency period in the NHL winds down, the list of available players still on the market has begun to dwindle.
With Ilya Kovalchuk finally settled on a contract with New Jersey, there are just 11 forwards and four defenseman on the list of remaining UFAs who scored double-digit points last season, in addition to only two goalies who started more than ten games.
However, many teams around the league still have work to do, as, according to Cap Geek, there are four franchises (Vancouver, Boston, New Jersey, and Calgary) currently above the 2010-2011 NHL salary cap of $59.4 million, and there is also Colorado, who is under the minimum salary cap of $43.4 million.
While trading should solve most of these salary problems over the next 10 days, and there are plenty of names on the market to look at, many teams still have a few holes to fill, and some of them also have some noteworthy RFAs still without a contract.
The biggest names on the RFA list, such as Anaheim's Bobby Ryan, Colorado's Peter Mueller, the Rangers' Marc Staal, Atlanta's Niclas Bergfors, and Nashville's Cody Franson, ...
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NHL Free Agency: List of Remaining Available Players Dwindling
September 5th, 2010 by Mark Jones Leave a reply »
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