Top remaining players available via free agency

The first few head-spinning hours after the free agent market opened at noon ET on Wednesday featured a plethora of players joining new teams and a trade that has the potential to shift the balance of power in the Metropolitan Division in favor of the Pittsburgh Penguins, who acquired forward Phil Kessel.

The market still has several unrestricted free agents who could make a difference with a new team.

Here is a list of some of the best available (by position and in alphabetical order):

Note: All salary cap figures are from war-on-ice.com.

FORWARDS

Previous cap charge: $2.75 million

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