Top 25 2011 NHL Unrestricted Free Agents

MyNHLtraderumors.com brings you it’s 2011 Top 25 NHL unrestricted free agents. In creating the list we didn’t just list rank on talent alone. We took into consideration: age, position, and likelihood of signing with a different team.

Take a look at the complete lists of 2011 Unrestricted Free Agents and 2011 Restricted Free Agents by Team.

Rk. Player
’11-’12 Team
Pos.
’11-’12 Cap Hit
Notes
1 Zach Parise
NJ
LW
$6,000,000
 
2 Ryan Suter
NAS
D
$3,500,000
 
3 Alexander Semin
WAS
LW
$6,700,000
 
4 Justin Schultz
ANA
D
Signed with the Oiles. 2 years, $7.55 million
5 Matt Carle
PHI
D
$3,438,000
 
6 Jiri Hudler
DET
C
$2,875,000
 
7 Shane Doan
PHO
RW
$4,550,000
 
8 P.A. Parenteau
NYI
RW
$1,250,000
 
9 Jason Garrison
FLA
D
$675,000
 
10 Martin Brodeur
NJ
G
$5,200,000
 
11 Ray Whitney
PHO
LW
$3,000,000
 
12 Paul Gaustad
NAS
C
$2,300,000
Re-signed with the Predators. 4 years, $13 million
13 Brandon Prust
NYR
$800,000
 
14 Olli Jokinen
CAL
C
$3,000,000
 
15 Andrei Kostitsyn
NASH
LW
$3,250,000
 
16 Jaromir Jagr
PHI
RW
$3,300,000
 
17 Dustin Penner
LA
LW
$4,250,000
 
18 Filip Kuba
OTT
D
$3,700,000
 
19 Pavel Kubina
PHI
D
$3,850,000
 
20 Ryan Smyth
EDM
LW
$6,250,000
 
21 Bryce Salvador
NJ
D
$2,900,000
 
22 Bryan Allen
CAR
D
$2,900,000
 
23 Carlo Colaiacovo
STL
D
$2,125,000
 
24 Guillaume Latendresse
MIN
LW
$2,500,000
 
25 Sheldon Souray
DAL
D
$1,650,000