2012 AHL Free Agents

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I ran across this list over on an Amerks message board.  Looks pretty thorough.

Forwards: Josh Hennessy, Colin McDonald, Ryan Craig, Derek Whitmore, Colin Stuart, Travis Turnbull, Joey Crabb, Mike Zigomanis, Philippe Dupuis, Ryan Hamilton, Ben Guite, John McCarthy, Andrew Ebbett, Steve Pinozzotto, Mark Mancari, Martin St. Pierre, Dane Byers, Andre Deveaux, Kris Newbury, Darryl Boyce, Jed Ortmeyer, Warren Peters, Stephane Veilleux, Jeff Taffe, Jon DiSalvatore, Tim Wallace, Jon Kalinski, Alexander Picard, Brandon Segal, Trevor Smith, Mike Angelidis, Michel Ouellet, Brent Sutter, Chris Durno, Keith Aucoin, Jacob Micflikier, Christian Hanson, Kyle Greentree, Graham Mink, Ryan O’Marra, JF Jacques, Mark Bell, Troy Bodie, Brian Willsie, Fabian Bruunstrom, Andrew Murray, Chris Conner, Chris Minard, Jamie Johnson, Raymond Sawada, Francis Wathier, Ryan Keller, Josh Green, Stephen Gionta, Tim Sestito, Brad Mills, Bracken Kearns, Mark Cullen, Greg Rallo, Bill Thomas, Jon Matsumoto, Trevor Frischmon, Jeremy Colliton, Mark Parrish, Corey Locke, Jason Jaffray, Kenndal McArdle, Jonathan Cheechoo, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Brett Sterling, Patrick O’Sullivan, Alexander Bolduc, Matt Beaudoin, Matt Watkins, Brodie Dupont, Ryan Stoa, Patrick Rissmiller, Greg Mauldin, Justin Mercier, Evan Brophey, Hugh Jessiman, Jon Rheault, Denis Hamel, Chad Wiseman, Darren Haydar, Jason King

Defensemen: Nathan McIver, Dan Jancevski, Matt Lashoff, Mike Moore, Nolan Baumgartner, Jordan Henry, Brian Connelly, Nick Holden, Stu Bickel, Brendan Bell, Jeff Penner, Scott Jackson, Richard Petiot, Mathieu Roy, Sean Collins, Zach Miskovic, Sean Zimmerman, Matt Smaby, Garrett Stafford, Joe Callahan, Alex Henry, Garnet Exelby, Doug Janik, Brad Lukowich, Maxime Fortunus, Dan Spang, Bryan Rodney, Taylor Chorney, Peter Harrold, Jay Leach, Sean Sullivan, Dylan Reese, Mark Flood, Derek Meech, Danny Syvret, Brennan Evans, Dean Arsene, Nathan Oystrick, Tyler Eckford, Tyler Sloan, Danny Richmond, David Liffiton

Goalies: Brad Thiessen, Scott Munroe, Michael Leighton, Jason Bacashihua, David Leggio, Matt Climie, Jeff Zatkoff, Curtis Sanford, Mark Dekanich, Curtis McElhinney, Chad Johnson, Justin Peters, Nathan Lawson, Yann Danis, Mike McKenna, Peter Mannino, Justin Pogge, Cedrick Dejardins

Of course, some of these players have already either re-upped or signed overseas, but this is a pretty good idea of who is out there.

[Chad O!]

I hope the Crunch team picks up Justin Pogge so he can be MY goalie!  LOL...  I'm interested to see where Thiessen and Dejardins end up.  I follow McKenna on twitter, I hope he gets picked up with a great contract and gets some time in the NHL.

[WrightCoast]

I hope the Crunch team picks up Justin Pogge so he can be MY goalie!  LOL...  I'm interested to see where Thiessen and Dejardins end up.  I follow McKenna on twitter, I hope he gets picked up with a great contract and gets some time in the NHL.

We just saw possibly season any team in the AHL has ever had to offer...I'd be game to forgo a cup run next season for nearly 40 opportunities to see Pogge lose his mind and freak out on another team!   

ok, not really but had this been the first year of the Tampa affiliation I probably would have been serious!

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Here's perhaps the best list (these are AHL only or 2-way AHL contracts):

Abbotsford: Jon Rheault, Dustin Sylvester, John Armstrong, Justin Dowling, David Brown, Daniel Taylor, CJ Severyn, Adam Estoclet, Hugh Jessiman, JP Testwuide, Tyler Ruegsegger

Adirondack: Denis Hamel, Andy Bohmbach, Garrett Klotz, Cullen Eddy, Garrett Roe, Brad Phillips, Rob Bordson

Albany: Darcy Zajac, Bryan Haczyk, Myles Stoesz, Joe Whitney, Mike Banwell

Binghamton: Bobby Raymond, Josh Godfrey, Jack Downing, Brian Stewart, Mike Bartlett, Dan Henningson

Bridgeport: Brett Gallant, Steven Oleksy, Kael Mouillierat, Scott Howes, Jon Landry, Russ Sinkewich

Charlotte: Matt Beca, Ryan Donald, Chris Murray

Chicago: Mark Matheson, Kevin Doell, Darren Haydar, Michael Davies, Tim Miller, Dustin Friesen, David Pszenyczny, Charlie Effinger, Antoine Roussel, Ryan Jardine, Matt Clackson

Connecticut: Kale Kerbashian, Jared Nightingale, Max Campbell, Jonathan Audy-Marchessault, Kelsey Tessier, Chris McKelvie, Scott Tanski, Gerald Kuhn, Jeff Prough

Grand Rapids: Mike Thomas

Hamilton: Zach Fitzgerald, Phil DeSimone, Olivier Dame-Malka, TJ Fast

Hershey: Graham Mink, Daren Machesney, Maxime Lacroix, David de Kastrozza, Phil Oreskovic, Andrew Carroll

Houston: Aaron Boogaard, Benn Olson

Lake Erie: Mike Brennan, Scott Langdon, James Reid, Eric Hunter, Ben Wilson, Dean Strong, Gerald Coleman

Manchester: J.D Watt

Milwaukee: Joel Champagne, Jeff Foss, Mark Van Guilder, Chris Cahill, Scott Ford, Dave Leaderer, Garrett Suter

Norfolk: Kevin Quick, Jeff Dimmen , Eric Neilson, JP Côté

Oklahoma: Bryan Helmer , Andrew Lord, David LeNeveu, Ryan Lowery, Kevin Montgomery, Triston Grant, Kirill Tulupov, Dylan Yeo, Dan Ringwald

Peoria: Chase Polacek, Jake Gannon

Portland: Spencer Bennett, Ashton Rome, Ryan Hollweg, Scott Fleming

Providence: Kyle MacKinnon, Calle Ridderwall, Kirk MacDonald, Karel St-Laurent, Bobby Robins

Rochester: Maxime Legault, Jeff Jakaitis, Corey Fienhage, Igor Gongalsky, Evan Rankin

Rockford: Paul Zanette, Brian Fahey, David Toews, Brandon Svendsen, Matt Fornataro

San Antonio: Joe Devin, Justin Vaive, Wacey Rabbit, David Marshall, Evan Barlow

Springfield: Wade MacLeod, Aaron Bogosian, Paul Dainton, Ryan Garlock, Manny Legace, Tim Spencer, Max Gratchev, Patrick Cullity, Nathan Longpre, Adam Mair

St. John's: Marco Rosa, John Albert, Jason King, Jake Marto, Tommy Maxwell, Kyle Bushee, Garth Murray

Syracuse: Nick Schaus, Nathan Smith, Ryan McGinnis, John Kurtz

Texas: Mike Hedden, Stephen Schultz, Nick Layton, Shawn Weller

Toronto: Kelsey Wilson, Josh Engel, Matt Caruana, Will Acton, Brayden Irwin, Kyle Neuber, Drew Paris, Andrew Martens

Wilkes-Barre: Ben Street, Geoff Walker, Bryan Lerg, Joey Mormina, Ryan Schnell, Brandon DeFazio, Scott Hotham, Chris Barton, Cody Wild, Matt Rust, Cody Chupp

Worcester: Jimmy Bonneau, Nathan Moon, Ryan Del Monte, Brian O'Hanley, Jack Combs

[Matsumoto]

Here's a good article from the WBS blog. It's a "ranking" of the best AHL free agents available.

http://blogs.citizensvoice.com/penguins/?p=4711


Fingers crossed 1, 3, 11, 13 (saw that one coming), 17 and 40 will sign with Anaheim.

[Krestanovich]

I really like some of the guys the Ducks have signed in free agency so far for the Ads.