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Definitions of free agency categories:
 
Group III: The players marked (III) have qualified for Group III Free Agency (age 31 or older with at least four years of NHL experience) and are unrestricted Free Agents.
 
Group V: The players marked (V) have completed 10 pro seasons or more, and in the 2003-2004 season earned less than the league average salary of $1,830,126. These players opted to elect unrestricted free agency prior to July 15th, negating their Group 2 status after they received a qualifying offer.
 
Group VI: The players marked (VI) qualify for unrestricted free agency, having met the following requirements for free agency. These players, whose contracts have expired, are 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and (i) in the case of a player other than a goaltender have played fewer than 80 NHL games (regular season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender have played fewer than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff).
 
Unrestricted Free Agents: The players marked (UFA) were not tendered a qualifying offer and are therefore unrestricted free agents not subject to compensation.
 
Buyout: The players marked (BO) have been bought out during the compliance buy-out period.

Player has re-signed with his old team.
Player has signed with a different team.
Player has retired.




Anaheim Mighty Ducks		  
top

Ilya Bryzgalov (VI)
Sheldon Brookbank (UFA)
Garrett Burnett (VI)
Eddy Ferhi (UFA)
Kurtis Foster (UFA)
Tomas Malec (UFA)
Sandis Ozolinsh (III)
Corey Pecker (UFA)
Petr Schastlivy (UFA)
Martin Skoula (UFA)
Alexei Smirnov (UFA)
Lance Ward
(UFA)

 Team option exercised, 1 year

Dallas Stars, 2 years

Re-signed, 2 years

Dalls Stars, 2 years

Ottawa Senators, 1 year


Atlanta Thrashers		  
top Zdenek Blatny (UFA)
Byron Dafoe (III)
Paul Flache
(UFA)
Corey Larose
(VI)
Bill Lindsay (III)
Ivan Majesky
(UFA)
Shawn McEachern (BO)
Kyle Rossiter
(VI)
Ben Simon
(UFA)
Chris Tamer (III)
Daniel Tjärnqvist
(UFA)
Yannick Tremblay (UFA)
Libor Ustrnul (UFA)

Washington Capitals
Boston Bruins, 2 years

Minnesota Wild, 1 year


Boston Bruins		  
top Carl Corrazini (VI)
Sergei Gonchar (III)
Travis Green (III)
Michal Grosek (UFA)
Peter Hamerlik (UFA)
Martin Lapointe (III)
Patrick Leahy (VI)
Robert Liscak (UFA)
Dan McGillis (III)
Glen Murray (III)
Felix Potvin (III)
Jiri Slegr (III)
P.J. Stock (UFA)
Kris Vernarsky
(UFA)
Rob Zamuner (III)
Sergei Zinovjev (VI)		 Pittsburgh Penguins, 5 years
Re-signed, 2 years

Chicago Blackhawks, 3 years
Re-signed, 1 year

New Jersey Devils, 2 years
Re-signed, 4 years

Re-signed, 1 year


Buffalo Sabres		  
top Tom Askey (VI)
Jason Botterill (UFA)
Eric Boulton (UFA)
Brad Brown (UFA)
Ryan Jorde
(UFA)
Norm Milley (VI)
James Patrick (III)
Todd Rohloff (UFA)
Michael Ryan (VI)
Miroslav Satan (UFA)
Brandon Smith (VI)
Alexei Zhitnik (III)

Atlanta Thrashers, 1 year
Toronto Maple Leafs, 1 year

New York Islanders, 3 years

New York Islanders, 4 years


Calgary Flames		  
top

Sebastien Centomo (UFA)
Deryk Engelland (UFA)
Anders Eriksson (UFA)
Brennan Evans (UFA)
Martin Gelinas (III)
Dave Lowry (III)
Dean McAmmond (III)
Craig MacDonald (VI)
Ville Nieminen (UFA)
Davis Parley (UFA)
Roman Rozakov (UFA)
Dany Sabourin (UFA)
Andrei Trefilov
(III)
Roman Turek (III)

Florida Panthers, 2 years

St. Louis Blues
Re-signed
New York Rangers


Carolina Hurricanes		  
top Craig Adams (UFA)
Ryan Bayda (UFA)
Daniel Boisclair (UFA)
Sean Curry (UFA)
Brad DeFauw (VI)
Gordie Dwyer (VI)
Brad Fast (UFA)
Colin Forbes (VI)
Jim Henkel (UFA)
Ed Hill (UFA)
Brett Lysak (UFA)
Marty Murray (UFA)
Jared Newman (UFA)
Allan Rourke (VI)
Damian Surma (UFA)
Joey Tetarenko (VI)
Glen Wesley (III)
Rob Zepp (UFA)		 Anaheim Mighty Ducks, 1 year

Re-signed, 1 year
Los Angeles Kings, 1 year
Re-signed, 1 year

New York Islanders

Minnesota Wild, 1 year
Re-signed, 1 year


Chicago Blackhawks		  
top

Ajay Baines (VI)
Scott Balan (UFA)
Bryan Berard (UFA)
Mike Brown (VI)
Brandin Cote (UFA)
Theo Fleury (III)
Igor Korolev (III)
Scott Nichol (V)
Eric Nickulas (UFA)
Steve Passmore (III)
Steve Poapst (III)
Igor Radulov (UFA)
Stephane Robidas (UFA)
Deron Quint (UFA)
Shawn Thornton (VI)
Matt Underhill (UFA)
Marty Wilford (VI)

Columbus Blue Jackets, 2 years

Nashville Predators

Phoenix Coyotes, 1 year
Pittsburgh Penguins

Dallas Stars, 2 years


Colorado Avalanche		  
top Chris Bala (VI)

Dennis Bonvie (UFA)
Travis Brigley (VI)
Brett Clark (VI)
Jim Cummins (III)
Vincent Damphousse (III)
Mathieu Darche (VI)
Jeff Finger (VI)
Adam Foote (III)
Peter Forsberg (III)
Chris Gratton (BO)
Darby Hendrickson (III)
Paul Kariya (VI)
Sergei Klyazamin (UFA)

Steve Moore (VI)
Agris Saviels
(UFA)
Teemu Selänne (III)

Phil Sauve (VI)
Andre Savage (VI)
D.J. Smith (VI)
Jeff Ulmer (VI)
Peter Worrell (UFA)

Re-signed

Re-signed, 1 year
Columbus Blue Jackets, 3 years
Philadelphia Flyers, 2 years
Florida Panthers, 1 year

Nashville Predators, 2 years



Anaheim Mighty Ducks, 1 year


Columbus Blue Jackets		  
top Francois Beauchemin (VI)
Andrew Cassels (BO)
Karl Goehring (VI)
Mark Hartigan (VI)
Scott Heffernan
(UFA)
Brian Holzinger (III)
Arturs Irbe (III)
Ben Knopp (UFA)
Zenith Komarniski (VI)
Andre Lakos (VI)
Scott Lachance (BO)
Donald MacLean (VI)
Kent McDonnell (VI)
Brad Moran (VI)
Joe Motzko (UFA)
Mike Pandolfo (UFA)
Jeff Panzer (VI)
Jeremy Reich (VI)
Prestin Ryan (UFA)
Darrell Scoville (VI)
Jaroslav Spacek (III)
Brandon Sugdon (VI)
Mattias Trattnig (UFA)		 Re-signed
Washington Capitals, 1 year

EC The Red Bulls Salzburg

Detroit Red Wings

Chicago Blackhawks, 1 year
Re-signed
EC The Red Bulls Salzburg


Dallas Stars		  
top Andy Berenzweig (VI)
Valeri Bure (UFA)
Rob DiMaio (III)
Aaron Downey (UFA)
John Erskine (VI)
Mike Modano (III)
Teppo Numminen (III)
David Oliver (III)
Mike Sgrori (VI)
Blake Sloan (UFA)
Don Sweeney (III)
Chris Therien (III)
Patrick Traverse (III)
Ron Tugnutt (III)
Pierre Turgeon (BO)
Scott Young (III)
Sergei Zubov (III)		 Los Angeles Kings, 1 year
Tampa Bay Lightning, 2 years
St. Louis Blues
Re-signed, 1 year
Re-signed, 5 years
Buffalo Sabres, 1 year
Re-signed, 1 year

Philadelphia Flyers, 1 year
Re-signed, 1 year

Colorado Avalanche, 2 years
St. Louis Blues
Re-signed, 3 years


Detroit Red Wings		  
top

Paul Ballantyne (UFA)
Chris Chelios (III)
Mathieu Dandenault (V)
Danny Groulx (UFA)
Derian Hatcher (BO)
Curtis Joseph (III)
Joey MacDonald (VI)
Eric Manlow (VI)
Darren McCarty (BO)
Nathan Robinson (UFA)
Stacy Roest (III)
Mathieu Schneider (III)
Brendan Shanahan (III)
Steve Thomas (III)
Peter Vandermeer (VI)
Ray Whitney (BO)
Jason Woolley (III)
Steve Yzerman (III)

 Re-signed, 1 year
Montréal Canadiens, 4 years

Philadelphia Flyers, 4 years
Phoenix Coyotes, 1 year

Calgary Flames, 2 years
Boston Bruins, 1 year

Re-signed, 2 years
Player option exercised, 1 year

Montréal Canadiens
Carolina Hurricanes, 2 years

Re-signed, 1 year


Edmonton Oilers		  
top Mike Bishai (UFA)
Joe Cullen (UFA)
Scott Ferguson (UFA)
Sean McAslan (VI)
Mike Morrison (VI)
Tyler Moss (VI)
Rick Mrozik (VI)
Dan Smith (VI)
Igor Ulanov (III)
Jamie Wright (UFA)		 Ottawa Senators, 1 year
Minnesota Wild

Re-signed, 1 year

Re-signed, 1 year


Florida Panthers		  
top Donald Audette (III)
Eric Beaudoin
(UFA)
Mathieu Biron (BO)
Paul Healey (UFA)
Burke Henry (VI)
Ryan Jardine (VI)
Ty Jones (VI)
Scott Kelman (UFA)
Eric Messier (UFA)
Lyle Odelein (III)
Josh Olson (UFA)
Serge Payer (VI)
Mikael Samuelsson (UFA)
Travis Scott (VI)
Steve Shields (III)
Pavel Trnka (UFA)

Washington Capitals

Pittsburgh Penguins, 1 year

Re-signed, 1 year
Detroit Red Wings, 1 year


Los Angeles Kings		  
top Jason Allison (UFA)
Scott Barney (UFA)
Anson Carter (UFA)
Roman Cechmanek (III)
Brad Chartrand (UFA)
Noah Clarke (VI)
Adam Deadmarsh (UFA)
Ryan Flinn (VI)
Adam Hauser (VI)
Jason Holland (UFA)
Trent Klatt (III)
Tom Kostopoulos (VI)
Zigmund Palffy (III)
George Parros (VI)
Esa Pirnes (UFA)
Stephane Quintal (III)
Luc Robitaille (III)
Joe Rullier (VI)
Chris Schmidt (VI)
Martin Straka (III)
Jozef Stumpel (III)
Mike Weaver (VI)		 Toronto Maple Leafs, 1 year
Atlanta Thrashers
Vancouver Canucks, 1 year

Re-signed, 2 years

Re-signed, 2 years
Pittsburgh Penguins, 3 years
Re-signed, 2 years

Re-signed, 1 year

New York Rangers, 1 year
Florida Panthers, 2 years


Minnesota Wild		  
top Jason Beckett (UFA)
Christoph Brandner (UFA)
Andrew Brunette (III)
Marc Cavosie (UFA)
Eric Chouinard (UFA)
Mark Cullen (UFA)
Matt Johnson (BO)
Kyle Kettles (UFA)
Jordan Krestanovich (UFA)
Kirby Law (VI)
Bill Muckalt (UFA)
Richard Park (UFA)

Colorado Avalanche, 2 years

Philadelphia Flyers

Vancouver Canucks, 1 year


Montréal Canadiens		  
top Patrice Brisbois (III)
Benjamin Carpenter (VI)
Jim Dowd (III)
Benoit Dusablon (UFA)
Karl Dykhuis (III)
Christian Larrivee (UFA)
Alexei Kovalev (III)
Gavin Morgan (VI)
Yannic Perreault (III)
Matt Shasby (UFA)
Jason Ward (UFA)		 Colorado Avalanche, 2 years

Chicago Blackhawks, 1 year
Retired

Re-signed, 4 years

New York Rangers


Nashville Predators		  
top Jamie Allison (UFA)
Brad Bombardir (III)
Miloslav Durek (VI)
Mark Eaton (UFA)
Darren Haydar (VI)
Tony Hrkac (III)
Andrew Hutchinson (VI)
Andreas Johansson (III)
Greg Johnson (III)
Jan Lasak (VI)
Andreas Lilja (UFA)
Jim McKenzie (III)
Rem Murray (III)
Vladimir Orszagh (UFA)
Wyatt Smith (UFA)
Jerred Smithson (VI)
Jeremy Yablonski (VI)
Jason York (III)
Greg Zanon (VI)		 Re-signed

Re-signed
Re-signed

Re-signed, 1 year

New York Islanders

Re-signed


New Jersey Devils		  
top Bobby Allen (VI)
Jiri Bicek (UFA)
Alex Brooks (VI)
Scott Clemmenson (VI)
Brett Clouthier (UFA)
Phil Cole (UFA)
Jan Hrdina (UFA)
Eric Johansson (UFA)
Matus Kostur (UFA)
Ryan Murphy (VI)
Scott Niedermayer (III)
Brian Rafalski (III)
Pascal Rheaume (III)
Ray Schultz (VI)
Corey Schwab (III)
Rob Skrlac (VI)
Scott Stevens (III)

Columbus Blue Jackets, 1 year

Anaheim Mighty Ducks, 4 years
Re-signed


New York Islanders		  
top Keith Aldridge (III)
Adrian Aucoin (III)
Derek Bekar (VI)
Graham Belak (UFA)
Sven Butenschön (UFA)
Jim Campbell (III)
Kevin Colley (VI)
Mariusz Czerkawski (III)
Blaine Down (UFA)
Roman Hamrlik (III)
Barrett Heisten (VI)
Dieter Kochan (III)
Ryan Kraft (VI)
Tommi Pettinen (VI)
Jody Robinson (VI)
Cliff Ronning (III)
Dave Scatchard (V)
Richard Seeley (VI)
Garth Snow (III)
Steve Webb (UFA)		 Chicago Blackhawks, 4 years

Vancouver Canucks

Toronto Maple Leafs, 1 year

Calgary Flames, 2 years

Boston Bruins, 4 years

Re-signed, 3 years


New York Rangers		  
top Dan Blackburn (UFA)
Joel Bouchard (UFA)
Pavel Bure (III)
Mike Dunham (III)
Ken Gernander (III)
Trevor Gillies (VI)
Bobby Holik (BO)
Jason Labarbera (VI)
Dan Lacouture (UFA)
Lucas Lawson (UFA)
Eric Lindros (III)
Jeff MacMillan (VI)
Jason Marshall (III)
Chris McAllister (UFA)
Sandy McCarthy (III)
Mark Messier (III)
Boris Mironov (III)
Lawrence Nycholat (VI)
Richard Scott (VI)
Jeff State (VI)
Layne Ulmer (UFA)
Stephen Valiquette (VI)
Kevin Weekes (V)

Atlanta Thrashers, 1 year

Atlanta Thrashers, 3 years
Los Angeles Kings, 2 years

Toronto Maple Leafs, 1 year

Anaheim Mighty Ducks

Washington Capitals

Re-signed, 2 years


Ottawa Senators		  
top Peter Bondra (III)
Jesse Fibger (VI)
Denis Hamel (UFA)
Dominik Hasek (III)
Andy Hedlund (VI)
Pat Kavanaugh (VI)
Josh Langfeld (UFA)
Curtis Leschyshin (III)
Brian McGrattan (VI)
Grant Potulny (VI)
Martin Prusek (UFA)
Rob Ray (III)
Todd Simpson (III)
Charlie Stephens (UFA)
Shaun Van Allen (III)		 Atlanta Thrashers, 1 year

Re-signed, 2 years
Team option exercised, 1 year

Colorado Avalanche
Re-signed, 1 year

Columbus Blue Jackets

Chicago Blackhawks, 1 year


Philadelphia Flyers		  
top Tony Amonte (BO)
Sean Burke (III)
Nick Deschenes (UFA)
Eric Desjardins (III)
Boyd Kane (VI)
Claude Lapointe (III)
John LeClair (BO)
Neil Little (III)
Vladimir Malakhov (III)
Marcus Ragnarsson (III)
Ryan Ready (VI)
John Slaney (III)
Jeff Smith (UFA)
Radovan Somik (UFA)
Peter White (UFA)
Alexei Zhamnov (III)		 Calgary Flames, 2 years
Tampa Bay Lightning, 2 years

Pittsburgh Penguins, 2 years

New Jersey Devils, 2 years

Re-signed

Boston Bruins, 3 years


Phoenix Coyotes		  
top Zac Bierk (VI)
Brian Boucher (UFA)
Daniel Cleary (UFA)
Brad Ference (UFA)
Brent Johnson (UFA)
Jean-Marc Pellietier (VI)
Andrei Nazarov (III)
Ivan Novoseltsev (UFA)
Brian Savage (BO)
Mike Stutzel (UFA)
Nikos Tselios (VI)
Eric Westrum (VI)		 Re-signed, 1 year

Re-signed, 1 year
Vancouver Canucks
Florida Panthers
Minnesota Wild, 1 year

Philadelphia Flyers, 1 year


Pittsburgh Penguins		  
top Matt Bradley (UFA)
Steven Crampton (UFA)
Mike Eastwood (III)
Dan Focht (UFA)
Chris Kelleher (VI)
Mario Lemieux (III)
Steve McKenna (UFA)
Alain Nasreddine (VI)
Darcy Robinson (UFA)
Michal Rozsival (UFA)
Robert Scuderi (VI)
Reid Simpson (III)
Landon Wilson (UFA)

Florida Panthers

Re-signed, 1 year

New York Rangers
Re-signed


St. Louis Blues		  
top Murray Baron (III)
Aris Brimanis (III)
Jon Coleman (VI)
Mike Danton (UFA)
Pavol Demitra (UFA)
Dallas Drake (III)
Jeff Finley (III)
Alexander Khavanov (III)
Christian Laflamme (UFA)
Al MacInnis (III)
Mike Mottau (VI)
Chris Osgood (III)
Scott Pellerin (III)
Jame Pollock (VI)
Andy Roach (III)

Retired – Alcatraz
Los Angeles Kings, 3 years

Toronto Maple Leafs

Detroit Red Wings, 1 year


San Jose Sharks		  
top David Cloutier (UFA)
Scott Ford (UFA)
Aaron Gill (UFA)
Doug Murray (VI)
Wayne Primeau (V)
Mike Rathje (III)
Garrett Stafford (VI)

Re-signed
Philadelphia Flyers, 5 years


Tampa Bay Lightning		  
top Dave Andreychuk (III)
Ben Clymer (UFA)
Craig Darby (III)
Brian Eklund (VI)
Nikolai Khabibulin (III)
Brad Lukovich (UFA)
Stanislav Neckar (UFA)
Eric Perrin (VI)
Nolan Pratt (V)
Andre Roy (V)
Darren Rumble (III)
Cory Stillman (UFA)
Jamie Storr (UFA)
Tim Taylor (III)
Terry Virtue (III)		 Re-signed, 2 years
Washington Capitals

Chicago Blackhawks, 4 years
New York Islanders, 2 years

Re-signed, 2 years
Pittsburgh Penguins, 3 years

Carolina Hurricanes, 3 years

Re-signed, 3 years


Toronto Maple Leafs		  
top

Nathan Barrett (UFA)
Drake Berehowsky (III)
Jeff Daw (III)
Tie Domi (III)
Harold Druken (UFA)
Ron Francis (III)
Regan Kelly (UFA)
Trevor Kidd (III)
Brian Leetch (III)
Jason MacDonald (III)
Bryan Marchment (III)
Alex Mogilny (III)
Marc Moro (VI)
Joe Nieuwendyk (III)
Owen Nolan (III)
Gary Roberts (III)

Re-signed, 2 years

Boston Bruins, 1 year

New Jersey Devils, 2 years

Florida Panthers, 2 years

Florida Panthers, 2 years


Vancouver Canucks		  
top Jonathan Aitken (UFA)
Nolan Baumgartner (VI)
Marc Bergevin (III)
Tyler Bouck (VI)
Wade Brookbank (VI)
Joe DiPenta (VI)
Wade Flaherty (III)
Lee Goren (VI)
Kent Huskins (VI)
Mike Keane (III)
Marek Malik (V)
Brad May (III)
Markus Näslund (III)
Martin Rucinsky (III)
Peter Sarno (VI)
Tim Smith (UFA)		 Montréal Canadiens, 1 year

Re-signed, 1 year
Re-signed

Re-signed
Re-signed
Anaheim Mighty Ducks, 1 year

New York Rangers, 3 years
Colorado Avalanche, 2 years
Re-signed, 3 years
New York Rangers


Washington Capitals		  
top Bates Battaglia (UFA)
Stephane Beauregard (III)
Sebastien Charpentier (VI)
Jason Doig (UFA)
Justin Eddy (UFA)
Jean-Francois Fortin (VI)
Jean-Luc Grande-Pierre (UFA)
John Gruden (UFA)
Chris Hajt (VI)
Craig Johnson (III)
Matt Libby (VI)

Kip Miller (III)
Graham Mink (VI)
Brad Norton (UFA)
Brad Parsons (VI)
Jeff Paul (VI)
Mike Pudlick (VI)
Garrett Stroshein (UFA)
Jason Ulmer (VI)
Trent Whitfield (UFA)
Matt Yeats (UFA)


Carolina Hurricanes, 1 year

Re-signed

St. Louis Blues