NHL Free Agents, List

Wednesday, July 1, 1998 | 8:19 a.m.

A partial list of top NHL players who can become unrestricted free agents July 1, with name and 1997-98 team:

Forwards

Brian Bellows, Washington Capitals

Marc Bureau, Montreal Canadiens

Guy Carbonneau, Dallas Stars

Shane Churla, N.Y. Rangers

Wendel Clark, Toronto Maple Leafs

Geoff Courtnall, St. Louis Blues

Murray Craven, San Jose Sharks

Ron Francis, Pittsburgh Penguins

Mike Gartner, Phoenix Coyotes

Doug Gilmour, New Jersey Devils

Benoit Hogue, Dallas Stars

Brett Hull, St. Louis Blues

Dale Hunter, Washington Capitals

Todd Krygier, Washington Capitals

Nick Kypreos, Toronto Maple Leafs

Dave Lowry, San Jose Sharks

John MacLean, San Jose Sharks

Bernie Nicholls, San Jose Sharks

Brian Noonan, Vancouver Canucks

Ed Olczyk, Pittsburgh Penguins

Joel Otto, Philadelphia Flyers

Esa Tikkanen, Washington Capitals

Steve Thomas, New Jersey Devils

Defensemen

Murray Baron, Phoenix Coyotes

Jeff Brown, Toronto Maple Leafs

Bruce Driver, N.Y. Rangers

Steve Duchesne, St. Louis Blues

Slava Fetisov, Detroit Red Wings

Uwe Krupp, Colorado Avalanche

Doug Lidster, N.Y. Rangers

Craig Ludwig, Dallas Stars

Jyrki Lumme, Vancouver Canucks

Marty McSorley, San Jose Sharks

Norm Maciver, Phoenix Coyotes

Dimitri Mironov, Detroit Red Wings

Fredrik Olausson, Pittsburgh Penguins

James Patrick, Calgary Flames

Bob Rouse, Detroit Red Wings

Kjell Samuelsson, Philadelphia Flyers

Gary Suter, Chicago Blackhawks

Goaltenders

Sean Burke, Philadelphia Flyers

Bob Essensa, Edmonton Oilers

Kelly Hrudey, San Jose Sharks

Arturs Irbe, Vancouver Canucks

Curtis Joseph, Edmonton Oilers

Mike Richter, N.Y. Rangers

John Vanbiesbrouck, Florida Panthers

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