UFA Analysis

[Mr. Nasty]

Thought I would share some info I put together on this summer's developments.

Biggest pay increases this summer, $500, 000 or greater (UFA only)

Timonen +4.02M Philadelphia

Drury +3.9M Rangers

A. Markov +3.75M Montreal

Souray +2.97M Edmonton

Nylander +2.96M Washington

Smyth +2.7M Colorado

Guerin +2.5M Islanders

Hartnell +2.45M Philadelphia

J. Blake +2.44M Toronto

Gomez +2.36M Rangers

Backstrom +2.35M Minnesota

Schneider +2.32M Anaheim

Hannan +2.3M Colorado

Preissing +2.15M Los Angeles

Giguere +2.01M Anaheim

Hamrlik +2M Montreal

Handzus +1.87M Los Angeles

Viktor Kozlov+1.85M Washington

Rafalski +1.8M Detroit

Vyach. Kozlov+1.67M Atlanta

Zubrus +1.55M New Jersey

Kariya +1.5M St. Louis

Briere +1.5M Philadelphia

Hasek +1.25M Detroit

Fedotenko +1.25M Islanders

Stuart +1.1M Los Angeles

Antropov +1M Toronto

Walker +980K Carolina

McLean +950K Florida

Eriksson +900K Calgary

Chelios +850K Detroit

White +825K Atlanta

Pyatt +800K Vancouver

Perreault +800K Chicago

Rivet +780K San Jose

Nagy +750K Los Angeles

Nolan +750K Calgary

Ouellet +750K Tampa Bay

Arnason +725K Colorado

Poti +700K Washington

Lukowich +567K Tampa Bay

Klee +550K Atlanta

Stumpel +500K Florida

Biggest pay cuts this summer 250, 000 or greater

Brisebois -2.3M Montreal

M. York -1.85M Phoenix

Shanahan -1.5M Rangers

Aebischer -1.3M Phoenix

Bertuzzi -1.27M Anaheim

Weekes -1.13M New Jersey

Bonk -915K Nashville

Thibeault -740K Buffalo

Miller -728K Vancouver

Modry -700K Los Angeles

Simon -525K Islanders

Zednik -310K Florida

Marshall -285K New Jersey

Recchi -280K Pittsburgh

Sykora -275K Pittsburgh

ODonnell -270K Anaheim

Coming up...who the NHL said goodbye to.

[jetsniper]

Bertuzzi takes a decent paycut and he's still overpaid, go figure.

Piece of crap.

[Tony]

Very nice analysis.

The funny part is that maybe a handful of guys who got raises deserved them.