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Your Top 50 UFA List

06/30/2016 at 9:58am EDT

from Frank Seravalli of TSN,

That sound you heard on Wednesday afternoon was not Edmonton, Montreal and Toronto imploding, but rather an armoured Brinks truck backing up to the residences of Milan Lucic, Frans Nielsen and Kyle Okposo.

With Steven Stamkos off the market, the NHL’s other top tier free agents still stand to cash in on Friday with large paydays.

The "frenzy" part of Free Agent Frenzy is largely gone thanks to a five-day interview period which has saved NHL GMs from themselves, but quite a few teams will still be looking to spend on Friday. A number of non-budget teams who may have been gearing up to land the "big fish" - the Red Wings, Rangers, Sabres, Islanders, Bruins and even Panthers - all have more than $15 million in salary cap space to spend.

Even other teams who do not have a significant amount of salary cap space, such as the Nashville Predators, may still be in a position to spend. GM David Poile said he modernized his defence corps, but he still has nearly $6 million at his disposal with 21 players already signed (13 forwards, six defencemen and two goalies). Friday will be interesting.

Lucic, 28, vaulted to the top of TSN's Top 50 Free Agents list once Stamkos decided to remain in Tampa Bay for the next eight years.

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