Sunday, July 12, 2009

How It Stands with Pittsburgh's Current Free Agents

Group 2 FAs:
John Curry, Ben Lovejoy, Tim Wallace

Group 3 UFAs:
Philippe Boucher, David Gove, Chris Minard, Joey Mormina, Janne Pesonen, Jani Rita, Miroslav Satan, Petr Sykora, Andy Wozniewski, Mike Zigomanis

Group 6 UFAs:

Adam Henrich, Connor James, Bill Thomas

UFAs:

David Brown

FREE AGENT CLASSIFICATIONS
GROUP 2
SUBJECT TO COMPENSATION AND RIGHT TO MATCH
These players have been tendered a qualifying offer by their respective Clubs and are subject to draft-choice compensation and right to match. The draft choice compensation scale is based on compensation offered by the new Club:

OFFER (COMPENSATION)

  • $994,433 or below (None)
  • Over $994,433 to $1,506,716 (Third-round choice)
  • Over $1,506,716 to $3,013,434 (Second-round choice)
  • Over $3,013,434 to $4,520,150 (First-round and third-round choice)
  • Over $4,520,150 to $6,026,867 (First-round, second-round and third-round choice)
  • Over $6,026,867 to $7,533,584 (Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice)
  • Over $7,533,584 (Four first-round choices)
GROUP 3
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
The following players have qualified for Group 3 Free Agency (age 27 or older or with at least seven Accrued Seasons) and are Unrestricted Free Agents.

GROUP 6
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
The following players qualify for unrestricted free agency, having met the requirements for Group 6 free agency. These players, whose contracts have expired, are age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and (i) in the case of a player other than a goaltender, have played less than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, have played less than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff).

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS
The following players were not tendered a qualifying offer and are therefore Unrestricted Free Agents not subject to a right to match or draft choice compensation.

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