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NHL unrestricted free agents
SportsLine wire reports
The following NHL players became unrestricted free agents on July 1, 1999. All players on this list played at least one NHL game in 1998-99 and are listed with the NHL team that last owned their rights, along with their 1998-99 NHL salaries. These players are free to sign with any team without requiring compensation for their previous teams:
| Player | Last NHL team | Pos. | Age | 1998-99 |
| Dave Andreychuk | New Jersey | LW | 35 | $2.5 million |
| Blair Atcheynum | St. Louis | RW | 30 | |
| Patrik Augusta | Washington | RW | 29 | |
| Dave Babych | Los Angeles | D | 38 | $1 million |
| Ryan Bach | Los Angeles | G | 25 | |
| Bob Bassen | Calgary | LW | 34 | $1.1 million |
| Brian Bellows | Washington | RW | 34 | $800,000 |
| Bill Berg | Ottawa | LW | 31 | $500,000 |
| Craig Berube | Philadelphia | LW | 33 | $700,000 |
| Sylvain Blouin | Montreal | LW | 25 | |
| Doug Bodger | Los Angeles | D | 33 | $1.3 million |
| Brian Bonin | Pittsburgh | C | 25 | |
| Dennis Bonvie | Philadelphia | RW | 26 | |
| Rich Brennan | N.Y. Rangers | D | 26 | |
| Martin Brochu | Washington | G | 26 | |
| Kevin Brown | N.Y. Rangers | RW | 25 | |
| Jeff Buchanan | Colorado | D | 27 | |
| Guy Carbonneau | Dallas | C | 39 | $1.2 million |
| Bobby Carpenter | New Jersey | C | 35 | $904,910 |
| Frederic Chabot | Montreal | G | 31 | |
| Tom Chorske | Calgary | LW | 32 | $600,000 |
| Wendel Clark | Detroit | LW | 32 | $1.4 million |
| Brandon Convery | Los Angeles | C | 25 | |
| Bob Corkum | Phoenix | C | 31 | $675,000 |
| Russ Courtnall | Los Angeles | RW | 34 | $940,000 |
| Ted Crowley | N.Y. Islanders | D | 29 | |
| Kevin Dahl | Toronto | D | 30 | |
| Jeff Daniels | Nashville | LW | 31 | $350,000 |
| Scott Daniels | New Jersey | LW | 29 | |
| Jason Dawe | Montreal | RW | 26 | $800,000 |
| Gerald Diduck | Phoenix | D | 34 | $825,000 |
| Kevin Dineen | Carolina | RW | 35 | $850,000 |
| Bobby Dollas | Pittsburgh | D | 34 | $650,000 |
| Steve Duchesne | Philadelphia | D | 34 | $3.75 million |
| Joe Dziedzic | Phoenix | LW | 27 | |
| Dallas Eakins | Toronto | D | 32 | $300,000 |
| Brent Fedyk | N.Y. Rangers | RW | 32 | $450,000 |
| Ray Ferraro | Los Angeles | C | 34 | $1.75 million |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | Chicago | G | 30 | $1.2 million |
| Wade Flaherty | N.Y. Islanders | G | 31 | $450,000 |
| Doug Friedman | Nashville | LW | 27 | |
| Robb Gordon | Vancouver | C | 23 | |
| Alexei Gusarov | Colorado | D | 35 | $912,500 |
| Sami Helenius | Colorado | D | 25 | $275,000 |
| Corey Hirsch | Vancouver | G | 27 | $250,000 |
| Benoit Hogue | Dallas | C | 32 | $1.2 million |
| Eric Houde | Montreal | C | 22 | |
| Mike Hough | N.Y. Islanders | LW | 36 | $700,000 |
| Tony Hrkac | Dallas | C | 32 | $350,000 |
| Dale Hunter | Colorado | C | 39 | $1.038 million |
| Jamie Huscroft | Phoenix | D | 32 | $475,000 |
| Victor Ignatjev | Pittsburgh | D | 29 | $400,000 |
| Craig Janney | N.Y. Islanders | C | 31 | $1.7 million |
| J.F. Jomphe | Montreal | C | 26 | |
| Chris Joseph | Philadelphia | D | 30 | |
| Joe Juneau | Buffalo | LW | 31 | $2.2 million |
| Mike Kennedy | N.Y. Islanders | C | 27 | |
| Dan Kesa | Pittsburgh | RW | 27 | $350,000 |
| Petr Klima | Detroit | RW | 34 | |
| Dan Kordic | Philadelphia | LW | 28 | |
| Daniel Lacroix | Edmonton | LW | 33 | $480,000 |
| Steve Leach | Phoenix | RW | 33 | $97,500 |
| Patrick Lebeau | Pittsburgh | LW | 29 | |
| Grant Ledyard | Boston | D | 37 | $750,000 |
| Doug Lidster | Dallas | D | 38 | |
| Dave Lowry | San Jose | LW | 34 | $440,000 |
| Craig Ludwig | Dallas | D | 38 | $850,000 |
| Jamie Macoun | Detroit | D | 37 | $1.1 million |
| Marty McSorley | Edmonton | D | 36 | $1 million |
| Kelly Miller | Washington | C | 36 | $900,000 |
| Sandy Moger | Los Angeles | C | 30 | $530,000 |
| Joe Murphy | San Jose | RW | 31 | $3.8 million |
| Dana Murzyn | Vancouver | D | 32 | $1.3 million |
| Barry Nieckar | Phoenix | LW | 31 | |
| Brian Noonan | Phoenix | RW | 34 | |
| Jeff Norton | San Jose | D | 33 | $1.5 million |
| Ed Olczyk | Chicago | LW | 32 | $600,000 |
| David Oliver | Ottawa | RW | 28 | |
| Chris O'Sullivan | N.Y. Rangers | D | 25 | |
| James Patrick | Buffalo | D | 36 | $600,000 |
| Michel Picard | St. Louis | LW | 29 | $250,000 |
| Sean Pronger | Los Angeles | C | 26 | |
| Dave Reid | Dallas | LW | 35 | $700,000 |
| Barry Richter | N.Y. Islanders | D | 28 | $400,000 |
| Bert Robertsson | Vancouver | D | 25 | $227,500 |
| Mike Rosati | Washington | G | 31 | |
| Cam Russell | Colorado | D | 30 | |
| Warren Rychel | Colorado | LW | 32 | $525,000 |
| Joe Sacco | N.Y. Islanders | RW | 30 | $700,000 |
| Ulf Samuelsson | Atlanta | D | 35 | $2 million |
| Tomas Sandstrom | Anaheim | RW | 34 | $1.4 million |
| Ryan Savoia | Pittsburgh | C | 26 | |
| Jeff Serowik | Pittsburgh | D | 32 | $400,000 |
| Brent Severyn | Dallas | LW | 33 | $425,000 |
| Brad Shaw | St. Louis | D | 35 | $350,000 |
| Ray Sheppard | Carolina | RW | 33 | $1.7 million |
| John Slaney | Nashville | D | 27 | $500,000 |
| Geoff Smith | St. Louis | D | 30 | $450,000 |
| Michal Sykora | Tampa Bay | D | 26 | |
| Rick Tabaracci | Washington | G | 30 | $1.2 million |
| Chris Taylor | Boston | C | 27 | $350,000 |
| Esa Tikkanen | N.Y. Rangers | LW | 34 | $500,000 |
| Mark Tinordi | Atlanta | D | 33 | $2.675 million |
| Tony Twist | St. Louis | LW | 31 | $725,000 |
| Andrei Vasiliyev | Phoenix | LW | 27 | |
| Pat Verbeek | Dallas | RW | 35 | $3.2 million |
| Terry Virtue | Boston | | | |
| Mark Visheau | Los Angeles | D | 26 | $375,000 |
| Vladimir Vorobiev | Edmonton | LW | 26 | |
| Jimmy Waite | Phoenix | G | 30 | $400,000 |
| Steve Washburn | Vancouver | C | 24 | $400,000 |
| Kay Whitmore | N.Y. Rangers | G | 32 | |
| David Wilkie | Tampa Bay | D | 25 | $600,000 |
| Derek Wilkinson | Tampa Bay | G | 25 | |
| Neil Wilkinson | Pittsburgh | D | 32 | $775,000 |
| Tyler Wright | Pittsburgh | C | 26 | $350,000 |
| Paul Ysebaert | Tampa Bay | C | 33 | $900,000 |
| Rob Zettler | Nashville | D | 31 | |
| Peter Zezel | Vancouver | C | 34 | $800,000 |
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