2004 Free Agent - Defensemen and Goalies

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There is a bumper crop of free agents this summer and don't be surprised to see some of them in the WHA, possibly even Halifax. Here are the free agent defensemen and goaltenders, their 03 salaries, and the teams they played with in 03

GOALIES

Belfour, Ed $7,000,000 TOR - - resigned with Toronto to undisclosed deal
Burke, Sean $4,500,000 PHI - -
Dafoe, Byron $3,500,000 ATL - -
Hasek, Dominik $6,000,000 DET - - signed a one-year $2 million contract with Ottawa, option for one year
Hedberg, Johan $1,200,000 VAN - -
Clemmensen, Scott $550,000 NJD - -
Kidd, Trevor $650,000 TOR - -
McLennan, Jamie $650,000 NYR - - signs two-year contract with Florida
Passmore, Steve $550,000 CHI - -
Potvin, Felix $1,300,000 BOS - -
Schwab, Corey $550,000 NJD - -
Shields, Steve $1,200,000 FLA - -
Snow, Garth $1,313,000 NYI - -
Storr, Jamie $500,000 CAR - -
Tugnutt, Ron $2,800,000 DAL - -

DEFENCEMEN

Albelin, Tommy $848,760 NJD - -
Baron, Murray $1,100,000 STL - -
Berehowsky, Drake $450,000 TOR - -
Bergevin, Marc $400,000 VAN - -
Bombardir, Brad $825,000 NAS - -
Bouchard, Joel $450,000 NYR - -
Boughner, Bob $2,300,000 COL - re-signes with Colorado to multi-year deal -
Chelios, Chris $5,936,286 DET - - re-signed by Detroit to one-year $3 million contract
Cullimore, Jassen $1,650,000 TAM - -
Ferguson, Scott $550,000 EDM - -
Finley, Jeff $1,400,000 STL - -
Giroux, Raymond $550,000 NJD - - agreed to terms with Minnesota
Helmer, Bryan $425,000 PHO - -
Hill, Sean $2,050,000 CAR - -
Johansson, Calle N/A TOR - -
Klee, Ken $1,500,000 TOR - -re-signed to 2 year, $2.5 million per year
Klemm, Jon $2,500,000 DAL - - re-signed to 2 year deal with club option for 3rd year
Leschyshyn, Curtis $2,000,000 OTT - -
MacInnis, Al $6,000,000 STL - -
Malakhov, Vladimir $3,500,000 PHI - -
Marchment, Bryan $2,000,000 TOR - -
Marshall, Jason $1,000,000 SJ - -
Matvichuk, Richard $2,200,000 DAL - -
McGillis, Dan $3,200,000 BOS - -
Mironov, Boris $1,925,000 NYR - -
Modry, Jaroslav $950,000 LOS - - agrees to terms with Atlanta
Moran, Ian $700,000 BOS - - re-signed by Boston to a two-year deal
Numminen, Teppo $4,443,047 DAL - -
Odelein, Lyle $650,000 FLA - -
O'Donnell, Sean $2,700,000 BOS - sings three-year, $6 million deal with Phoenix -
Patrick, James $600,000 BUF - -
Poapst, Steve $600,000 CHI - -
Quintal, Stephane $1,500,000 MON - -
Rumble, Darren $290,000 TAM - -
Schneider, Mathieu $3,750,000 DET - -
Simpson, Todd $1,500,000 OTT - -
Slegr, Jiri $800,000 BOS - -
Sweeney, Don $550,000 DAL - -re-signed to undisclosed deal
Therien, Chris $2,600,000 DAL - -
Weinrich, Eric $3,000,000 STL - re-signed by St. Louis to a two-year $3.5 million deal -
Wesley, Glen $2,750,000 CAR - - re-signed by Carolina to a one-year deal
York, Jason $2,000,000 NAS - -
Zhitnik, Alexei $3,750,000 BUF - -

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Don Sweeney re-signed with Dallas to an undisclosed deal

Igor Ulanov re-signed with Edmonton to a 1 year deal.

Scott Niedermayer rejects Devils contract offer

Jason Holland re-signed with the Los Angeles Kings to an undisclosed deal.

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Ken Klee re-signs with the Toronto Maple Leafs for 2 years at roughly $2.5 million per season.

Arturs Irbe dealt to Columbus for future considerations

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The Tampa Bay Lightning have picked up the $6.5 million option on Nikolai Khabibulin

The Anaheim Mighty Ducks dealt Martin Gerber to the Carolina Hurricanes for Tomas Malec and a 3rd round selection.

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San Jose exercised a club option on defenseman Brad Stuart for the 2004-05 season.

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The Montreal Canadiens won't re-sign veteran defenceman Stephane Quintal to a new contract, le Journal de Montreal reported Wednesday.

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Dallas Re-signed defenseman Jon Klemm to a two-year contract with a club option for a third year.

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Dallas Stars acquire defenseman Shawn Belle from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for goaltender Jason Bacashihua

The Anaheim Mighty Ducks dealt defenseman Niclas Havelid to the Atlanta Thrashers for defenseman Kurtis Foster

The Montreal Canadiens acquired Radek Bonk in a three way deal. First Radek Bonk was dealt to the LA Kings in exchange for the 77th overall pick (LW Shawn Weller). Bonk was then sent to Montreal, along with Crystobal Huet, for Mathieu Garon and the 95th overall pick (D Paul Baier)

Montreal Canadiens defenseman Stephane Quintal was traded to the LA Kings for future considerations

The St. Louis Blues acquired goaltender Patrick Lalime from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for a 4th round pick in the 2005 entry draft

Keith Carney agreed to a two-year deal with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. Financial terms not disclused

Jonathan Girard re-sings with the Boston Bruins agreeing to a one-year contract.

LA Kings sign Stephane Quintal to a one-year deal.

Toronto Maple Leafs agree to a one-year deal with goaltender Ed Belfour

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- The Vancouver Canucks re-signed winger Matt Cooke and defenceman Brent Sopel.

- The Leafs re-signed defenceman Aki Berg.

- The St. Louis Blues re-signed forwardDallas Drake as well as defenceman Alexander Khavanov.

- The Blues also signed free-agent defenceman Andy Roach. The 30-year-old, who played in the German league last season, scored a pair of sensational shootout goals to lift the Americans to bronze at the world hockey championship in Prague in May.

- The Washington Capitals re-signed winger Brian Willsie.

- The Atlanta Thrashers re-signed forwards Serge Aubin, Brad Larsen and Ben Simon.

- The Florida Panthers tendered qualifying offers to 11 of their players; LW Eric Beaudoin, LW Christian Berglund, LW Niklas Hagman, LW Darcy Hordichuk, LW Ryan Jardine, C Olli Jokinen, RW Juraj Kolnik, C Vaclav Nedorost, LW Josh Olson, RW Denis Shivdki, and D Mike Van Ryn.

- The Los Angeles Kings announced that qualifying offers have been tendered to C Sean Avery, C Scott Barney, C Eric Belanger, LW Noah Clarke, D Joe Corvo, LW Jeff Cowan, LW Ryan Flinn, C Steve Kelly, C Ian Laperriere, D Bryan Muir, D Joe Rullier, D Lubomir Visnovsky, D Tomas Zizka.

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The Atlanta Thrashers have agreed to terms with defenseman Jaroslav Modry

Alexei Zhitnik rejected a long term offer from the Buffalo Sabres and will test the free agent market

The Carolina Hurricanes agree to a one-year deal with defenseman Glen Wesley. The Hurricanes have decided not to tender an offer to goaltender Kevin Weekes, thus making him a UFA

The Phoenix Coyotes have signed goaltender Brent Johnson to an undisclosed deal. The Coyotes also signed defenseman Sean O'Donnell to a three-year $6 million contract

The Colorado Avalanche have agreed to a one-year deal with Karlis Skrastins as well as a multi-year deal with Bob Boughner

goaltender Roman Turek re-works his contract to allow the Calgary Flames to sign him at a lower contract

the Florida Panthers sign goaltender Jamie MacLennan to a two-year contract. The Panthers also agreed to terms with defenseman Eric Cairns

The St. Louis Blues re-sign defenseman Eric Weinrich to a two-year $3.5 million contract

The Vancouver Canucks signed goaltender Wade Flaherty and defenseman Jonathan Aitken

the Edmonton Oilers signed goaltender Ty Conklin to a multi-year deal.

The Minnesota Wild signed defenseman Ray Girioux

the Boston Bruins have re-signed defenseman Ian Moran to a two-year contract

Defenseman Chris Chelios agrees to return to the Detroit for one more season, signing a one-year $3 million contract

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Here is a link to TSN for Defensemen and Goalies.

www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature.asp?fid=9230