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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I think the list is not going to be that great personally with things I have been hearing. The FA market always looks great, and then a bunch get re-signed before they ever make it there. The ones I haven't mentioned are the only ones that I haven't heard being talked about in any way. Vanek and Moulson will more than likely make it to the FA market, but there are strong reasons to believe that they have their destinations already picked out.
It will be interesting to see who indeed does move, but I think Cammalleri and Gaborik are the only higher-profile scorers who will really be accepting offers from a number of different teams.
I do think this will be a very good year for teams looking for goalies. I don't think any of the starters will actually move (Miller or Hillier), but a good portion of the rest I bet do move, and for the most part they are more than competent backups.
Defencemen are pretty weak as a group - lots of guys standing on their last legs (Timmonen, Boyle, Meszaros). None of the rest are 1st pairing guys, and most of them are bottom-pairing. A couple good ones that I think will end up cashing-in really well.
Edit: Forgot to mention that I replied in bold next to the forward names of guys who I think stay or whom are rumored to already have a destination in place.
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Pretty sure Moulson isn't going back to the island. Bad blood from his trade from there. Also Kings are said to be looking at extending Gaborik as they have been interested in him for a long time (back when he signed with NYR as UFA).