Chart: A look at NHL free agency and Wild targets

July 1, 2012 at 5:47AM
Phoenix Coyotes' Shane Doan (19) keeps his eye on the puck as Detroit Red Wings defenseman Brian Rafalski (28) defends during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Detroit, on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010.
Longtime Coyotes star Shane Doan is hitting the market. (Associated Press - Ap/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

NHL TOP UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

Forwards: Zach Parise, New Jersey; Alex Semin, Washington; Shane Doan, Phoenix; Dustin Penner, Los Angeles; Jiri Hudler, Detroit; P-A Parenteau, N.Y. Islanders; Ryan Smyth, Edmonton; Jaromir Jagr, Philadelphia; Olli Jokinen, Calgary; Ray Whitney, Phoenix; Peter Mueller, Colorado; Mikael Samuelsson, Florida; Guillaume Latendresse, Wild.

Defensemen: Ryan Suter, Nashville; Matt Carle, Philadelphia; Jason Garrison, Florida; Filip Kuba, Ottawa; Bryan Allen, Carolina; Bryce Salvador, New Jersey; Carlo Colaiacovo, St. Louis; Shaone Morrisonn, Buffalo.

Goaltenders: Martin Brodeur, New Jersey.

POSSIBLE WILD TARGETS

First-line forward: Parise.

Second-line forward: Doan, Penner, Mueller, Smyth.

Third- and fourth-line forwards: Jamie Langenbrunner, St. Louis; Brandon Prust, N.Y. Rangers; Torrey Mitchell, San Jose; Brian Rolston, Boston; Jeff Halpern, Washington; Mike Knuble, Washington; Radek Dvorak, Dallas; Adam Burish, Dallas.

Defensemen: Suter, Garrison, Carle, Allen, Kuba, Colaiacovo.

THE WILD'S UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

Forwards: Latendresse, Nick Johnson, Erik Christensen, Jed Ortmeyer, Warren Peters, Jeff Taffe, Jon DiSalvatore.

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Defensemen: Kurtis Foster, Mike Lundin, Jeff Penner, Kris Fredheim.

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