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Free Agent Frenzy

The Flames' Signings Through July 2

4. James Neal (VGK), 30, LW/RW, Left (5 years x $5.75 million)
12. Derek Ryan (CAR), 31, C, Right (3 years x $3.125 million)
64. Austin Czarnik (BOS), 25, C, Right (2 years x $1.25 million)
NR. Dalton Prout (CGY), 28, D, Right (1 year x $800k)
NR. Alan Quine (NYI), 25, C, Left (1 year x $700k)
NR. Tyler Graovac (WAS), 25, C, Left (1 year x $650k)
NR. Buddy Robinson (WPG), 26, RW, Right (2 years x $700k)


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TheScorpion's Top 100 Available Free Agents
Legend: Name (Former Team), Age, Position, Handedness
Bold indicates that the player has signed. Red means with the Flames. Contract details follow in parentheses with signed players

Tier 1: Bonafide Top-Six Forwards/Top-Pairing Defense

1. John Tavares (NYI), 27, C, Left (SIGNED with TOR: 7 years x $11 million)
2. James van Riemsdyk (TOR), 29, LW, Left (SIGNED with PHI: 5 years x $7 million)
3. Paul Stastny (WPG), 32, C, Left (SIGNED with VGK: 3 years x $6.5 million)
4. James Neal (VGK), 30, LW/RW, Left (SIGNED with CGY: 5 years x $5.75 million)
5. David Perron (VGK), 30, LW/RW, Right (SIGNED with STL: 4 years x $4 million)
6. Mike Green (DET), 32, D, Right (SIGNED with DET: 2 years x $5.375 million)
7. Joe Thornton (SJ), 38, C, Left (SIGNED with SJ: 1 year x $5 million)
8. Thomas Vanek (CBJ), 34, LW/RW, Right (SIGNED with DET: 1 year x $3 million)
9. Rick Nash (BOS), 34, LW/RW, Left
10. Michael Grabner (NJ), 30, LW/RW, Left (SIGNED with ARI: 3 years x $3.35 million)
11. Tyler Bozak (TOR), 32, C, Right (SIGNED with STL: 3 years x $5 million)

Tier 2: Middle-Six Forwards/Middle-Pairing Defense/Tandem Goalies

12. Derek Ryan (CAR), 31, C, Right (SIGNED with CGY: 3 years x $3.125 million
13. Patrick Maroon (NJ), 30, LW, Left
14. Riley Nash (BOS), 29, C/RW, Right (SIGNED with CBJ: 3 years x $2.75 million)F
15. John Moore (NJ), 27, D, Left (SIGNED with BOS: 5 years x $2.75 million)
16. Tobias Rieder (LA), 25, RW/LW, Left (SIGNED with EDM: 1 year x $2 million)
17. Calvin de Haan (NYI), 27, D, Left
18. Valtteri Filppula (PHI), 34, C/LW, Left (SIGNED with NYI: 1 year x $2.75 million)
19. Dan Hamhuis (DAL), 35, D, Left
20. Carter Hutton (STL), 32, G, Left (SIGNED with BUF: 3 years x $2.75 million)
21. Ian Cole (CBJ), 29, D, Left (SIGNED with COL: 3 years x $4.25 million)
22. Jonathan Bernier (COL), 29, G, Left (SIGNED with DET: 3 years x $3 million)
23. Blake Comeau (COL), 32, LW/RW, Right (SIGNED with DAL: 3 years x $2.4 million)
24. Anthony Duclair (CHI), 22, LW/RW, Left
25. Tomas Plekanec (TOR), 35, C, Left (SIGNED with MTL: 1 year x $2.25 million)
26. Chris Kunitz (TB), 38, LW, Left (SIGNED with CHI: 1 year x $1 million)
27. Matt Calvert (CBJ), 28, LW, Left (SIGNED with COL: 3 years x $2.8 million)
28. Steve Mason (MTL), 30, G, Right
29. Jaroslav Halak (NYI), 33, G, Left (SIGNED with BOS: 2 years x $2.75 million)
30. Cam Ward (CAR), 34, G, Left (SIGNED with CHI: 1 year x $3 million)
31. Thomas Hickey (NYI), 29, D, Left (SIGNED with NYI: 4 years x $2.5 million)
32. Jack Johnson (CBJ), 31, D, Left (SIGNED with PIT: 5 years x $3.25 million)
33. Brooks Orpik (COL), 37, D, Left
34. Kyle Brodziak (STL), 34, C, Right (SIGNED with EDM: 2 years x $1.15 million)
35. Kari Lehtonen (DAL), 34, G, Left
36. Greg Pateryn (DAL), 28, D, Right (SIGNED with MIN: 3 years x $2.25 million)
37. Brian Gibbons (NJ), 30, C, Left (SIGNED with ANA: 1 year x $1 million)
38. Nick Holden (BOS), 31, D, Left (SIGNED with VGK: 2 years x $2.2 million)
39. Matt Cullen (MIN), 41, C/LW, Left (SIGNED with PIT: 1 year x $650k)
40. Michael Cammalleri (EDM), 36, LW/RW, Left

Tier 3: Bottom-Six Forwards/Third-Pairing Defensemen/Backup Goalies

41. Anton Khudobin (BOS), 32, G, Left (SIGNED with DAL: 2 years x $2.5 million)
42. Derek Grant (ANA), 28, C, Left
43. Jay Beagle (WAS), 32, C, Right (SIGNED with VAN: 4 years x $3 million)
44. Leo Komarov (TOR), 31, LW, Left (SIGNED with NYI: 4 years x $3 million)
45. Brandon Manning (PHI), 28, D, Left (SIGNED with CHI: 3 years x $2.25 million)
46. Daniel Winnik (MIN), 33, C, Left
47. Tim Schaller (BOS), 27, C/LW, Left (SIGNED with VAN: 2 years x $1.9 million)
48. Antoine Roussel (DAL), 28, LW, Left (SIGNED with VAN: 4 years x $3 million)
49. Mark Letestu (CBJ), 33, C/RW, Right
50. Nick Shore (CGY), 25, C, Right
51. Tobias Enstrom (WPG), 33, D, Left
52. Tommy Wingels (BOS), 30, RW/LW, Right
53. Alex Chiasson (WAS), 27, RW, Right
54. Kris Versteeg (CGY), 32, LW/RW, Right
55. Dylan DeMelo (SJ), 25, D, Right
56. Antoine Vermette (ANA), 35, C/LW, Left
57. Drew Stafford (NJ), 32, RW/LW, Right
58. Brandon Davidson (NYI), 26, D, Left
59. Robin Lehner (BUF), 26, G, Left
60. Luca Sbisa (VGK), 28, D, Left
61. Nail Yakupov (COL), 24, RW/LW, Left
62. Chris Stewart (CGY), 30, RW/LW, Right
63. Scottie Upshall (STL), 34, LW, Left
64. Austin Czarnik (BOS), 25, C, Right (SIGNED with CGY: 2 years x $1.25 million)
65. Chris Wagner (NYI), 27, C, Right (SIGNED with BOS: 2 years x $1.25 million)
66. Roman Polak (TOR), 32, D, Right (SIGNED with DAL: 1 year x $1.3 million)
67. Jakub Jerabek (WAS), 27, D, Left
68. Luke Schenn (ARI), 28, D, Right (SIGNED with ANA: 1 year x $800k)

Tier 4: Pure Depth/Role Players

69. Tyler Ennis (MIN), 28, C/LW/RW, Left
70. Paul Carey (NYR), 29, C, Left (SIGNED with OTT: 1 year x $700k)
71. Jason Chimera (ANA), 39, LW/RW, Left
72. Jussi Jokinen (VAN), 35, LW/RW, Left
73. Lee Stempniak (CAR), 35, RW, Right
74. Scott Wilson (BUF), 26, LW, Left (SIGNED with BUF: 2 years x $1.05 million)
75. Alexandre Burrows (OTT), 37, RW/LW, Left
76. Daniel Carr (MTL), 26, LW, Left
77. Logan Shaw (MTL), 25, C/RW, Right
78. Brad Richardson (ARI), 33, C, Left
79. Matt Stajan (CGY), 34, C, Left
80. Christian Folin (LA), 27, D, Left
81. Alexei Emelin (NAS), 32, D, Left
82. Petr Mrazek (PHI), 26, G, Left (SIGNED with CAR: 1 year x $1.5 million)
83. Joel Ward (SJ), 37, RW, Right
84. Dominic Moore (TOR), 37, C/LW, Left
85. Tomas Jurco (CHI), 25, LW/RW, Left
86. Torrey Mitchell (LA), 33, C/RW, Right
87. Fredrik Claesson (OTT), 25, D, Left (SIGNED with NYR: 1 year x $700k)
88. Lance Bouma (CHI), 28, C/LW/RW, Left
89. Tom Kuhnhackl (PIT), 26, RW, Left
90. Connor Brickley (FLA), 26, C/LW/RW, Left (SIGNED with NAS: 1 year x $650k)
91. Matt Hendricks (WPG), 37, LW, Left (SIGNED with MIN: 1 year x $700k)
92. Ryan Reaves (VGK), 31, RW, Right (SIGNED with VGK: 2 years x $2.775 million)
93. Brian Gionta (BOS), 39, RW, Right
94. Chad Johnson (BUF), 32, G, Left (SIGNED with STL: 1 year x $1.75 million)
95. Jannik Hansen (SJ), 32, RW, Right
96. Jimmy Hayes (NJ), 28, RW, Right (SIGNED with PIT: 1 year x $650k)
97. Josh Jooris (PIT), 27, C, Right (SIGNED with TOR: 1 year x $650k)
98. Cody Franson (CHI), 30, D, Right
99. Paul Martin (SJ), 37, D, Left
100. David Booth (DET), 33, LW, Left
NR. Kevin Bieksa (ANA), 37, D, Stone

The Flames' UFAs

49. Nick Shore, 25, C, Right
53. Kris Versteeg, 32, LW/RW, Right
61. Chris Stewart, 30, RW/LW, Right
78. Matt Stajan, 34, C, Left
NR. Matt Bartkowski, 30, D, Left (SIGNED with MIN: 1 year x $650k)
NR. Tyler Wotherspoon, 25, D, Left (SIGNED with STL: 1 year x $700k)
NR. Marek Hrivik, 26, C/LW, Left
NR. Tanner Glass, 34, LW, Left
NR. Dalton Prout, 28, D, Right (SIGNED with CGY: 1 year x $800k)
NR. Luke Gazdic, 28, LW, Left
NR. Emile Poirier, 23, LW, Left
NR. Cody Goloubef, 28, D, Right (SIGNED with BOS: 1 year x $650k)
NR. Hunter Smith, 22, RW, Right
NR. Austin Carroll, 24, RW, Right

The Flames' RFAs

Elias Lindholm, 23, C/RW, Right
Noah Hanifin, 21, D, Left
Mark Jankowski, 23, C, Left
Brett Kulak, 24, D, Left
David Rittich, 25, G, Left
Jon Gillies, 24, G, Left
Morgan Klimchuk, 23, LW, Left
Garnet Hathaway, 26, RW, Right
Hunter Shinkaruk, 23, C/LW/RW, Left

Further Reading:

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