NHL FREE AGENCY
Opens: 11 a.m., Friday
Wild unrestricted free agents: C Matt Cullen, RW Pierre-Marc Bouchard, D Tom Gilbert, D Brett Clark and minor-leaguers Drew Bagnall, David McIntyre, Jeff Deslauriers, Benn Ferriero, Joel Broda and Jarod Palmer.
Wild restricted free agents: D Jared Spurgeon and minor-leaguers Tyler Cuma, Justin Fontaine, Kyle Medvec and Carson McMillan.
Top NHL free agents: Forwards — Vincent Lecavalier (signing with Philadelphia), Daniel Briere (signing with Montreal), Daniel Alfredsson, David Clarkson, Valtteri Filppula, Stephen Weiss, Nathan Horton, Tyler Bozak, Mike Ribeiro, Ryane Clowe, Jarome Iginla, Brenden Morrow, Nik Antropov. Defensemen — Keith Ballard, Gilbert, Mike Komisarek, Andrew Ference, Rob Scuderi, Tomas Kaberle, Jeff Schultz, Marek Zidlicky, Ryan Whitney. Goaltenders — Ilya Bryzgalov, Tim Thomas, Rick DiPietro, Evgeni Nabokov, Ray Emery.
