These are the players who will become free agents on January 15th unless signed by their respective teams to contracts.
TORONTO
Tyler Bozak, $m (2009-2010) - re-signed
Mikhail Grabovski, $m (2009-2010) - released
John Mitchell, $m (2009-2010) - released
EDMONTON
Andrew Cogliano, $m (2009-2010) - released
PHOENIX
Martin Hanzal, $m (2009-2010) - released
LOS ANGELES
Richard Clune, $m (2009-2010) - re-signed
Brad Richardson, $m (2009-2010) - released
Clarke MacArthur, $m (2009-2010) - released
DALLAS
Nicklas Grossman, $m (2009-2010) - released
Matt Niskanen, $m (2009-2010) - released
Tyler Cuma, $m (2009-2010) - re-signed
CALGARY
Henrik Karlsson, $m (2009-10) - released
ANAHEIM
Bobby Ryan, $m (2009-2010) - released
Brendan Mikkelson, $m (2009-2010) - released
DETROIT
Justin Abdeklader, $m (2009-2010) - released
Drew Miller, $m (2009-2010) - released
Derek Meech, $m (2009-2010) - released
NASHVILLE
Mark Santorelli, $m (2009-2010) - minors
Patric Hornqvist, $m (2009-2010) - re-signed
Wade Belak, $m (2009-2010) - released
Denis Grebeshkov, $m (2009-2010) - released
Cody Franson, $m (2009-2010) - re-signed
COLUMBUS
Mike Blunden, $m (2009-2010) - released
CHICAGO
Bryan Bickell, $m (2009-2010) - released
WASHINGTON
Nicklas Backstrom, $m (2009-2010) - re-signed
Michael Nylander, $m (2009-10) - released
Chris Bourque, $m (2009-2010) - released
TAMPA BAY
Steve Downie, $m (2009-2010) - released
CAROLINA
Jiri Tlusty, $m (2009-2010) - re-signed
Brett Carson, $m (2009-2010) - released
Justin Peters, $m (2009-2010) - re-signed
ATLANTA
Niclas Bergfors, $m (2009-2010) - re-signed
Bryan Little, $m (2009-2010) - resigned
FLORIDA
Nick Tarnasky, $m (2009-2010) - released
Kenndal McArdle, $m (2009-2010) - released
Mathieu Roy, $m (2009-2010) - released
Jason Garrison, $m (2009-2010) - released
NEW JERSEY
Mark Fraser, $m (2009-2010) - released
NEW YORK RANGERS
Enver Lisin, $m (2009-2010) - released
Marc Staal, $m (2009-2010) - released
MONTREAL
Carey Price, $m (2009-2010) - re-signed
Players from unowned teams will be signed to contracts by moderators as long as roster and cap space are available. For all owned teams players will be released on January 15th if not signed to a contract extension. I suggest that the teams who currently own the players rights re-sign them. Look for updates in the upcoming week.