by Adam GretzFiled under: Coyotes, NHL Free Agency
If you're searching for a top-six forward during this year's free agency signing period, your options are going to be seriously limited. What was already a sub-par group was significantly weakened when Montreal signed Tomas Plekanec to a six-year, $30 million deal, and when San Jose found a way to keep its leading goal-scorer, Patrick Marleau, with a four-year pact that averages close to $7 million per season earlier this month. That leaves New Jersey's Ilya Kovalchuk and, well, the rest.
Kovalchuk is obviously the biggest name, and perhaps biggest prize, owning six straight 40-goal seasons, including a 41-goal effort this past season split between the Thrashers and Devils. After Kovalchuk, can you name the current unrestricted free agent forward that scored the most goals last year?
Ray Whitney? Maybe Alex Frolov? Nope. It would be Lee Stempniak and the 28 goals he tallied with Toronto and Phoenix.
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