He's Like A Detuned Radio

This was originally going to be a comment but it's going to end up being too long.

http://www2.sportsnet.ca/nhl/free_agent_whosleft.html

A list of restricted and unrestricted free agents left. Very few unrestricted names still jump out at me. Zamuner, Francis, Mogilny (NJD), MacInnis, Lemieux (HA!!), Hackett, Leclair (PIT), Ragnarsson, Bondra, Dunham, Hlavac, Lindros (TOR), Messier, Stevens, Perreault, Carter (VAN), Cechmanek, Deadmarsh, Hamrlik (CGY), Selanne, Damphousse.

Some will stay with their current, some probably will retire, others will sign for less than a million just looking for somewhere to play. Perreault wouldn't be a bad move.

My four lines as of now (with some wishful thinking):

Tucker-Sundin-O'Neill
Carter-Allison-Antropov(R)
Ponikarovsky-Stajan-Domi
Kilger-Steen-Belak(R)

(R)-Unsigned Restricted Free Agents

At least the defense doesn't look so bad with the Khavanov signing. It give them a decent top 4, put Colaiacovo and Pilar as 5 and 6 and I'd be content with that. Plus there's still Aki "The Ice" Berg to deal with. Both him and Pilar are restricted so I guess they're interchangeable in that 6-spot. I'd like to see Belak as a forward and not filling one of the valuable defensive slots.

So we have nine signed forwards with a complete lack of depth down the middle of the ice. Injury risk at 2 and two young guys at 3 and 4.