WWIB Annual UFA Rankings

Since there is a slim week left before these guys hit the market, here are their rankings (the list will be updated if any of these guys are retained by their current teams):

Top 15 UFA Centers:

Chris Drury: Great leader, player, guy. Thrills in the clutch.

Daniel Briere: Gritty speedster. Full of offensive potential.

Peter Forsberg: Peter Forsberg.

Scott Gomez: Best playmaker on the market.

Michael Nylander: 2nd best playmaker on the market.

Robert Lang: Can score and can pass. Good on the faceoffs.

Alexei Yashin: Even though plagued by injuries, he's worth it. Great offensive ability.

Jozef Stumpel: BIG.

Michael Peca: Grittiest centerman in recent years, fantastic on faceoffs. Best defensive forward.

Mike Comrie: Small, but dangerous. Officially armed and dangerous.

Viktor Kozlov: BIG.

Yanic Perreault: Best faceoff-man in the NHL.

Todd White: Speedy, versatile, can play any role.

Bryan Smolinski: BIG.

Josef Vasicek: Young, great hands and size.

Top 5 UFA Left Wingers:

Ryan Smyth: Gritty, filled with offensive prouesse. Great leader.

Brendan Shanahan: Gritty, isn't scared of anybody. He'll still be fighting and scoring at 40.

Paul Kariya: 3rd best playmaker on the market.

Jason Blake: Uses his small body for any cause. Great scorer. Loves to finish any play with a G.

Keith Tkachuk: BIG, versatile, good playmaker.

Top 5 UFA Right Wingers:

Teemu Selanne: On the upside. Might retire.

Dainius Zubrus: Young, BIG and very skilled. Needs to be playing with a star player to succeed.

Bill Guerin: Struggled in SJ while being on the 2nd line. Has to be on any team's 1st line to succeed.

Todd Bertuzzi: BIG and tough. Everybody's scared of him.

Petr Sykora: Streaky, but has a good offensive ability.

Top 10 UFA Defensemen

Brian Rafalski: Does it all: Offense and Defense. One of the best powerplay quarterbacks.

Scott Hannan: Best shut-down defenseman in the NHL.

Tom Preissing: Good offensive ability, very good defensive ability.

Sheldon Souray: One of the best offensive defensemen in the league, a pilar of weakness on D.

Matthieu Schneider: Aging, but still producing.

Roman Hamrlik: Great puck distributer. Great vision.

Brad Stuart: Overrated. OK defenseman.

Brent Sopel: Good all-around d-man.

Greg De Vries: Good offensively, average defensively.

Top 5 UFA Goalies:

Dominik Hasek: A qualified starting goalie.

Mathieu Garon: Still young, needs to have a tremendous defense to succeed.

Jocelyn Thibault: Good backup, reliable for 20+ starts a season.

Sean Burke: Aging, but is still stopping pucks heading his direction. Reliable.

Kevin Weekes: Injured last season, no data.