As always the July 1st date is becoming a date that hockey fans a re circling on their calendars. It marks the start of the NHL’s free agency period where there tends to be a lot of activity with teams. Here is a look at the activity the past month.
2014 NHL Free Agency Activity
So far the free agent that has cashed in the most is Steve Ott who signed with the St. Louis Blues for two years for a total of $5.2 million. There are still a handful of free agents out there who are available but with the tight cap space for some team, GMs and owners are going to have to get creative when dropping salary.
| DATE | NAME | POS | FROM | TO | Total | Years | Avg/Yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19 | Stempniak, Lee | RW | Pittsburgh | NY Rangers | $900K | 1 | $900K |
| Jul 17 | Curry, John | G | Minnesota | Minnesota | n/a | 1 | n/a |
| Jul 16 | Ferriero, Benn | RW | Vancouver | St. Louis | $600K | 1 | $600K |
| Jul 16 | Butler, Chris | D | Calgary | St. Louis | $650K | 1 | $650K |
| Jul 15 | Roy, Derek | C | St. Louis | Nashville | $1M | 1 | $1M |
| Jul 15 | Ribeiro, Mike | C | Phoenix | Nashville | $1.005M | 1 | $1.005M |
| Jul 11 | Moss, David | RW | Phoenix | Phoenix | $800K | 1 | $800K |
| Jul 11 | Morrow, Brenden | LW | St. Louis | Tampa Bay | $1.55M | 1 | $1.55M |
| Jul 10 | Smith, Trevor | C | Toronto | Toronto | $550K | 1 | $550K |
| Jul 10 | Hannan, Scott | D | San Jose | San Jose | $1M | 1 | $1M |
| Jul 10 | Lerg, Bryan | LW | Colorado | San Jose | $575K | 1 | $575K |
| Jul 10 | Haley, Micheal | C | NY Rangers | San Jose | $600K | 1 | $600K |
| Jul 10 | Cleary, Dan | LW | Detroit | Detroit | $1.5M | 1 | $1.5M |
| Jul 10 | Ott, Steve | C | St. Louis | St. Louis | $5.2M | 2 | $2.6M |
| Jul 9 | Heatley, Dany | LW | Minnesota | Anaheim | $1M | 1 | $1M |
| Jul 8 | Grant, Alex | D | Ottawa | Ottawa | $700K | 1 | $700K |
| Jul 8 | Corrente, Matt | D | Carolina | Tampa Bay | $550K | 1 | $550K |
| Jul 7 | Volchenkov, Anton | D | New Jersey | Nashville | $1M | 1 | $1M |
| Jul 5 | Cannone, Pat | C | St. Louis | St. Louis | $550K | 1 | $550K |
| Jul 5 | Sutter, Brett | LW | Carolina | Minnesota | $1.2M | 2 | $600K |
| Jul 5 | Piskula, Joe | D | Nashville | Nashville | $550K | 1 | $550K |
| Jul 5 | McNeill, Patrick | D | Columbus | Phoenix | $550K | 1 | $550K |
| Jul 4 | Bodie, Troy | LW | Toronto | Toronto | $600K | 1 | $600K |
| Jul 4 | Legwand, David | C | Detroit | Ottawa | $6M | 2 | $3M |
| Jul 4 | VandeVelde, Chris | C | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | $575K | 1 | $575K |
| Jul 4 | McCarthy, John | LW | San Jose | St. Louis | $600K | 1 | $600K |
| Jul 4 | Newbury, Kris | C | Philadelphia | Washington | $550K | 1 | $550K |
| Jul 4 | Kennedy, Tim | LW | Phoenix | Washington | $550K | 1 | $550K |
| Jul 4 | Holmstrom, Ben | C | Philadelphia | Carolina | $600K | 1 | $600K |
| Jul 3 | Tarnasky, Nick | C | Montreal | NY Rangers | $1.15M | 2 | $575K |
