2008 UFA Rankings

Centers:

1- Mats Sundin (74 GP: 32 G, 46 A, 78 PTS, 55.2 FO%, +17)
2- Brendan Morrison (39 GP: 9 G, 16 A, 25 PTS, 45.1 FO%, -3)
3- Bobby Holik (82 GP: 15 G, 19 A, 34 PTS, 58.4 FO%, -14)
4- Michael Peca (65 GP: 8 G, 24 A, 36 PTS, 52.7 FO%, -1)
5- Ryan Johnson (79 GP: 5 G, 13 A, 18 PTS, 54.5 FO%, -2)

Left Wingers:

1- Kristian Huselius (81 GP: 25 G, 41 A, 66 PTS, +10)
2- Cory Stillman (79 GP: 24 G, 41 A, 65 PTS, -15)
3- Andrew Brunette (82 GP: 19 G, 40 A, 59 PTS, +5)
4- Markus Naslund (82 GP: 25 G, 30 A, 55 PTS, -7)
5- Sean Avery (57 GP: 15 G, 18 A, 33 PTS, +6)

Right Wingers:

1- Marian Hossa (72 GP: 29 G, 37 A, 66 PTS, -14)
2- Jaromir Jagr (82 GP: 25 G, 46 A, 71 PTS, +8)
3- Pavol Demitra (68 GP: 15 G, 39 A, 54 PTS, +9)
4- Radim Vrbata (76 GP: 27 G, 29 A, 56 PTS, +6)
5- Miroslav Satan (80 GP: 16 G, 25 A, 41 PTS, -11)

Defencemen:

1- Brian Campbell (83 GP: 8 G, 54 A, 62 PTS, +8)
2- Wade Redden (80 GP: 6 G, 32 A, 38 PTS, +11)
3- Michal Rozsival (80 GP: 13 G, 25 A, 38 PTS, +0)
4- Brooks Orpik (78 GP: 1 G, 10 A, 11 PTS, +11)
5- Mark Streit (81 GP: 13 G, 49 A, 62 PTS, -6)

Goaltenders:

1- Cristobal Huet (32-14-6, 2.32 GAA, .920 SV%)
2- Jose Theodore (28-21-3, 2.44 GAA, .910 SV%)
3- Ty Conklin (18-8-5, 2.51 GAA, .923 SV%)
4- Ray Emery (12-13-4, 3.13 GAA, .890 SV%)
5- Olaf Kolzig (25-21-6, 2.91 GAA, .892 SV%)

Top 10 Free Agents

1- C Peter Forsberg (NSH)
2- RW Teemu Selanne (ANA)
3- C Alexei Yashin (NYI)
4- D Danny Markov (DET)
5- RW Jeff O'Neill (TOR)
6- C Michael Peca (TOR)
7- RW Anson Carter (CAR)
8- D Andy Sutton (ATL)
9- D Patrice Brisebois (COL)
10- C Josef Vasicek (CAR)

Top 10 UFAs

Here are the NHL's top 10 remaining unrestricted free-agents:

10) D Brad Stuart
9) RW Dainius Zubrus
8) LW Slava Kozlov
7) LW Paul Kariya
6) D Roman Hamrlik
5) LW Brendan Shanahan
4) D Tom Preissing
3) G Dominik Hasek
2) D Sheldon Souray
1) LW Ryan Smyth

WWIB Top 10 UFAs

10. Dominik Hasek (42): 38-11-6, 2.05 GAA, .913 SV%
9. Tom Preissing (28): 80 GP, 7-31-38
8. Paul Kariya (32): 82 GP, 24-52-76
7. Scott Hannan (28): 79 GP, 4-20-24
6. Peter Forsberg (33): 57 GP, 11-29-40
5. Brian Rafalski (33): 82 GP, 8-47-55
4. Scott Gomez (27): 72 GP, 13-47-60
3 Ryan Smyth (31): 71 GP, 31-22-53
2. Daniel Briere (29): 81 GP, 32-63-95
1. Chris Drury (30): 77 GP, 37-32-69

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.