2000–01 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2000–01 Carolina Hurricanes season was the franchise's 22nd season in the National Hockey League and fourth as the Hurricanes.

2000–01 Carolina Hurricanes
Division	2nd Southeast
Conference	8th Eastern
2000–01 record	38–32–9–3
Home record	23–15–3–0
Road record	15–17–6–3
Goals for	212
Goals against	225
Team information
General manager	Jim Rutherford
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Ron Francis
Alternate captains	Rod Brind'Amour Glen Wesley
Arena	Raleigh Sports and Entertainment Arena
Average attendance	13,355
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cincinnati Cyclones Florida Everblades
Team leaders
Goals	Jeff O'Neill (41)
Assists	Ron Francis (50)
Points	Jeff O'Neill (67)
Penalty minutes	Dave Karpa (159)
Plus/minus	Kevin Hatcher (+2)
Wins	Arturs Irbe (37)
Goals against average	Arturs Irbe (2.45)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Offseason

Regular season

The Hurricanes allowed the most short-handed goals during the regular season, with 16.^[1]

Final standings

Southeast Division^[2]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Washington Capitals	82	41	27	10	4	233	211	96
2	8	Carolina Hurricanes	82	38	32	9	3	212	225	88
3	12	Florida Panthers	82	22	38	13	9	200	246	66
4	13	Atlanta Thrashers	82	23	45	12	2	211	289	60
5	14	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	24	47	6	5	201	280	59

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	48	19	12	3	295	195	111
2	Y- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	48	21	9	4	274	205	109
3	Y- Washington Capitals	SE	82	41	27	10	4	233	211	96
4	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	43	25	11	3	240	207	100
5	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	46	30	5	1	218	184	98
6	X- Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	42	28	9	3	281	256	96
7	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	37	29	11	5	232	207	90
8	X- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	38	32	9	3	212	225	88
8.5
9	Boston Bruins	NE	82	36	30	8	8	227	249	88
10	New York Rangers	AT	82	33	43	5	1	250	290	72
11	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	28	40	8	6	206	232	70
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	22	38	13	9	200	246	66
13	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	23	45	12	2	211	289	60
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	24	47	6	5	201	280	59
15	New York Islanders	AT	82	21	51	7	3	185	268	52

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season

2000–01 regular season^[4]
October: 3–5–3–0 (home: 2–2–2–0; road: 1–3–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 1 T October 7, 2000 3–3 OT Washington Capitals (2000–01) 0–0–1–0 18,337 Recap 2 W October 10, 2000 5–2 Dallas Stars (2000–01) 1–0–1–0 11,673 Recap 3 T October 13, 2000 2–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 1–0–2–0 13,764 Recap 4 L October 14, 2000 1–2 @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) 1–1–2–0 16,507 Recap 5 W October 18, 2000 3–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 2–1–2–0 14,035 Recap 6 L October 21, 2000 2–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 2–2–2–0 19,654 Recap 7 L October 24, 2000 2–3 San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 2–3–2–0 10,140 Recap 8 L October 25, 2000 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 2–4–2–0 14,912 Recap 9 T October 27, 2000 3–3 OT New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 2–4–3–0 18,730 Recap 10 L October 29, 2000 1–4 St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 2–5–3–0 10,155 Recap 11 W October 31, 2000 6–5 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 3–5–3–0 7,016 Recap
November: 7–5–0–1 (home: 3–2–0–0; road: 4–3–0–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 12 L November 3, 2000 3–5 @ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 3–6–3–0 18,007 Recap 13 L November 4, 2000 1–4 @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 3–7–3–0 17,496 Recap 14 L November 8, 2000 0–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 3–8–3–0 19,098 Recap 15 W November 10, 2000 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 4–8–3–0 18,730 Recap 16 W November 12, 2000 4–0 Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 5–8–3–0 12,003 Recap 17 L November 15, 2000 1–4 Florida Panthers (2000–01) 5–9–3–0 11,088 Recap 18 W November 16, 2000 1–0 @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 6–9–3–0 15,211 Recap 19 OTL November 18, 2000 2–3 OT @ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 6–9–3–1 16,051 Recap 20 W November 22, 2000 3–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 7–9–3–1 13,356 Recap 21 W November 24, 2000 3–1 @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 8–9–3–1 15,921 Recap 22 L November 26, 2000 4–7 Nashville Predators (2000–01) 8–10–3–1 10,827 Recap 23 W November 29, 2000 2–1 OT @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 9–10–3–1 13,008 Recap 24 W November 30, 2000 2–0 Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 10–10–3–1 13,729 Recap
December: 4–6–1–1 (home: 3–1–0–0; road: 1–5–1–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 25 L December 3, 2000 0–2 Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 10–11–3–1 11,360 Recap 26 W December 6, 2000 5–3 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 11–11–3–1 13,095 Recap 27 L December 9, 2000 2–7 @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 11–12–3–1 16,055 Recap 28 T December 13, 2000 1–1 OT @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 11–12–4–1 18,064 Recap 29 W December 15, 2000 5–3 Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 12–12–4–1 18,730 Recap 30 L December 16, 2000 1–4 @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 12–13–4–1 13,306 Recap 31 L December 19, 2000 1–2 @ New York Islanders (2000–01) 12–14–4–1 8,707 Recap 32 OTL December 23, 2000 1–2 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 12–14–4–2 19,645 Recap 33 L December 26, 2000 2–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 12–15–4–2 12,128 Recap 34 W December 27, 2000 4–3 New York Rangers (2000–01) 13–15–4–2 16,280 Recap 35 L December 29, 2000 1–3 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 13–16–4–2 18,136 Recap 36 W December 31, 2000 2–1 Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 14–16–4–2 13,097 Recap
January: 8–4–2–0 (home: 6–4–1–0; road: 2–0–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 37 W January 3, 2001 3–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 15–16–4–2 7,517 Recap 38 T January 6, 2001 2–2 OT Colorado Avalanche (2000–01) 15–16–5–2 18,730 Recap 39 W January 7, 2001 5–2 New York Islanders (2000–01) 16–16–5–2 8,627 Recap 40 W January 9, 2001 7–3 Florida Panthers (2000–01) 17–16–5–2 8,732 Recap 41 T January 12, 2001 2–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 17–16–6–2 12,727 Recap 42 W January 14, 2001 4–0 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 18–16–6–2 13,013 Recap 43 W January 16, 2001 3–2 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 19–16–6–2 19,371 Recap 44 W January 18, 2001 4–2 Boston Bruins (2000–01) 20–16–6–2 10,732 Recap 45 L January 20, 2001 3–6 Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 20–17–6–2 13,009 Recap 46 L January 22, 2001 2–5 New York Rangers (2000–01) 20–18–6–2 11,193 Recap 47 W January 24, 2001 3–2 @ New York Rangers (2000–01) 21–18–6–2 18,200 Recap 48 L January 27, 2001 3–4 Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 21–19–6–2 18,730 Recap 49 W January 29, 2001 5–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 22–19–6–2 8,030 Recap 50 L January 31, 2001 3–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 22–20–6–2 11,581 Recap
February: 5–4–2–1 (home: 3–2–0–0; road: 2–2–2–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 51 W February 1, 2001 3–1 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 23–20–6–2 12,399 Recap 52 W February 7, 2001 2–1 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 24–20–6–2 12,138 Recap 53 L February 8, 2001 2–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 24–21–6–2 13,884 Recap 54 T February 11, 2001 2–2 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 24–21–7–2 12,630 Recap 55 OTL February 14, 2001 3–4 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 24–21–7–3 19,995 Recap 56 L February 16, 2001 0–2 Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 24–22–7–3 13,812 Recap 57 W February 18, 2001 5–4 Boston Bruins (2000–01) 25–22–7–3 16,206 Recap 58 L February 19, 2001 0–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 25–23–7–3 19,566 Recap 59 W February 21, 2001 6–3 Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 26–23–7–3 9,458 Recap 60 W February 23, 2001 3–2 New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 27–23–7–3 14,685 Recap 61 L February 24, 2001 1–2 Washington Capitals (2000–01) 27–24–7–3 18,730 Recap 62 T February 27, 2001 1–1 OT @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 27–24–8–3 14,081 Recap
March: 8–7–0–0 (home: 5–3–0–0; road: 3–4–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 63 W March 1, 2001 3–1 @ New York Islanders (2000–01) 28–24–8–3 9,069 Recap 64 L March 2, 2001 3–7 @ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 28–25–8–3 15,159 Recap 65 W March 4, 2001 6–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 29–25–8–3 14,773 Recap 66 W March 7, 2001 2–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 30–25–8–3 9,067 Recap 67 L March 8, 2001 0–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 30–26–8–3 10,656 Recap 68 L March 11, 2001 2–3 Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 30–27–8–3 13,124 Recap 69 L March 14, 2001 3–6 Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 30–28–8–3 9,467 Recap 70 W March 15, 2001 3–0 @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 31–28–8–3 18,672 Recap 71 W March 18, 2001 2–1 New York Islanders (2000–01) 32–28–8–3 14,112 Recap 72 W March 21, 2001 1–0 Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 33–28–8–3 12,899 Recap 73 W March 23, 2001 5–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 34–28–8–3 18,730 Recap 74 L March 24, 2001 1–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 34–29–8–3 18,690 Recap 75 L March 26, 2001 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 34–30–8–3 12,376 Recap 76 L March 28, 2001 0–7 @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 34–31–8–3 15,518 Recap 77 W March 30, 2001 4–3 OT Washington Capitals (2000–01) 35–31–8–3 17,355 Recap
April: 3–1–1–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 2–0–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Attendance Recap 78 W April 1, 2001 3–2 OT @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 36–31–8–3 18,500 Recap 79 T April 3, 2001 2–2 OT @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 36–31–9–3 18,216 Recap 80 W April 4, 2001 3–1 @ New York Rangers (2000–01) 37–31–9–3 18,200 Recap 81 W April 6, 2001 3–2 Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 38–31–9–3 17,044 Recap 82 L April 8, 2001 4–6 Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 38–32–9–3 18,730 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2001 Stanley Cup playoffs^[4]
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–2 Game Result Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 L April 12, 2001 1–5 @ New Jersey Devils Devils lead 1–0 Recap 2 L April 15, 2001 0–2 @ New Jersey Devils Devils lead 2–0 Recap 3 L April 17, 2001 0–4 New Jersey Devils Devils lead 3–0 Recap 4 W April 18, 2001 3–2 OT New Jersey Devils Devils lead 3–1 Recap 5 W April 20, 2001 3–2 @ New Jersey Devils Devils lead 3–2 Recap 6 L April 22, 2001 1–5 New Jersey Devils Devils win 4–2 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left Wing; RW = Right Wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Hurricanes only.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
92	Jeff O'Neill	RW	82	41	26	67	−18	106	6	1	2	3	−3	10
10	Ron Francis	C	82	15	50	65	−15	32	3	0	0	0	−2	0
24	Sami Kapanen	LW	82	20	37	57	−12	24	6	2	3	5	−7	0
17	Rod Brind'Amour	C	79	20	36	56	−7	47	6	1	3	4	−7	6
23	Martin Gelinas	LW	79	23	29	52	−4	59	6	0	1	1	−4	6
25	Shane Willis	RW	73	20	24	44	−6	45	2	0	0	0	−1	0
8	Sandis Ozolinsh	D	72	12	32	44	−25	71	6	0	2	2	−2	5
45	David Tanabe	D	74	7	22	29	−9	42	6	2	0	2	−4	12
13	Bates Battaglia	LW	80	12	15	27	−14	76	6	0	2	2	−3	2
19	Rob DiMaio	RW	74	6	18	24	−14	54	6	0	0	0	−5	4
63	Josef Vasicek	C	76	8	13	21	−8	53	6	2	0	2	−1	0
2	Glen Wesley	D	71	5	16	21	−2	42	6	0	0	0	−6	0
5	Marek Malik	D	61	6	14	20	−4	34	3	0	0	0	−3	6
4	Kevin Hatcher	D	57	4	14	18	2	38	6	0	0	0	−6	6
33	Dave Karpa	D	80	4	6	10	−19	159	6	0	0	0	−3	17
16	Tommy Westlund	C	79	5	3	8	−9	23	6	0	0	0	−2	17
7	Niclas Wallin	D	37	2	3	5	−11	21	3	0	0	0	−2	2
38	Scott Pellerin†	RW	19	0	5	5	−4	6	6	0	0	0	−3	4
11	Jeff Daniels	RW	67	1	1	2	−3	15	6	0	2	2	−1	2
1	Arturs Irbe	G	77	0	2	2		6	6	0	0	0		4
20	Darren Langdon	LW	54	0	2	2	−4	94	4	0	0	0	0	12
27	Craig Adams	RW	44	1	0	1	−7	20	3	0	0	0	0	0
14	Steven Halko	D	48	0	1	1	−10	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	Greg Koehler	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
53	Greg Kuznik	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	Tyler Moss	G	12	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Mike Rucinski	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Arturs Irbe	77	37	29	9	1947	180	2.45	.908	6	4406	6	2	4	201	20	3.34	.900	0	360
31	Tyler Moss	12	1	6	0	251	37	3.99	.853	0	557	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Shane Willis (Forward)	^[5]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Sandis Ozolinsh^[a]	^[7]
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Shane Willis (February)	^[8]
Team	Good Guy Award	Glen Wesley	^[9]
	Most Valuable Player	Arturs Irbe	^[9]
	Steve Chiasson Award	Rod Brind'Amour	^[9]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
25th shutout	Arturs Irbe	November 12, 2000
1,000th game played	Glen Wesley	January 20, 2001	^[10]

Transactions

The Hurricanes were involved in the following transactions from June 11, 2000, the day after the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.^[11]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2000	To Carolina Hurricanes Sandis Ozolinsh Columbus’ 2nd-round pick in 2000	To Colorado Avalanche Nolan Pratt 1st-round pick in 2000 2nd-round pick in 2000 Philadelphia’s 2nd-round pick in 2000	^[12]
June 25, 2000	To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2000	To Atlanta Thrashers Anaheim’s 4th-round pick in 2000 5th-round pick in 2000 8th-round pick in 2000	^[13]
August 4, 2000	To Carolina Hurricanes Rob DiMaio Darren Langdon	To New York Rangers Sandy McCarthy 4th-round pick in 2001	^[14]
March 1, 2001	To Carolina Hurricanes Scott Pellerin	To Minnesota Wild Askhat Rakhmatullin 3rd-round pick in 2001 Future considerations	^[15]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 31, 2000 (2000-07-31)	Kevin Hatcher	New York Rangers	1-year^[b]	Free agency	^[16]
August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01)	Brian Felsner	Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL)		Free agency	^[17]
	Jon Rohloff	Kansas City Blades (IHL)		Free agency	^[17]
August 9, 2000 (2000-08-09)	Tyler Moss	Pittsburgh Penguins		Free agency	^[18]
August 21, 2000 (2000-08-21)	Bujar Amidovski	Philadelphia Flyers		Free agency	^[19]
	Reggie Berg	Florida Everblades (ECHL)		Free agency	^[19]
	Jeremiah McCarthy	Springfield Falcons (AHL)		Free agency	^[19]
	Harlan Pratt	Florida Everblades (ECHL)		Free agency	^[19]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via^[c]	Ref
N/A	Eric Dandenault	Berlin Capitals (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	^[21]
	Todd Simon	Essen Mosquitoes (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	^[22]
June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23)	Robert Kron	Columbus Blue Jackets	Expansion draft	^[23]
	Curtis Leschyshyn	Minnesota Wild	Expansion draft	^[23]
July 1, 2000 (2000-07-01)	Sergei Fedotov^[d]		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[20]
	Sean Hill	St. Louis Blues	Free agency (V)	^[25]
	Mike Morrone^[e]		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[20]
July 4, 2000 (2000-07-04)	Gary Roberts	Toronto Maple Leafs	Free agency (III)	^[27]
July 13, 2000 (2000-07-13)	Paul Coffey	Boston Bruins	Free agency (III)	^[28]
July 25, 2000 (2000-07-25)	Andrei Kovalenko	Boston Bruins	Free agency (UFA)	^[29]
August 10, 2000 (2000-08-10)	Steve Bancroft	San Jose Sharks	Free agency (VI)	^[30]
August 18, 2000 (2000-08-18)	Hugh Hamilton	Florida Everblades (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[31]
August 23, 2000 (2000-08-23)	Gilbert Dionne	Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[32]
August 28, 2000 (2000-08-28)	Len Esau	Cincinnati Cyclones (IHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[33]
February 11, 2001 (2001-02-11)	Mark Fitzpatrick	Detroit Vipers (IHL)	Free agency (III)	^[34]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 6, 2000 (2000-07-06)	Dave Karpa		Re-signing	^[35]
	Niclas Wallin		Entry-level	^[36]
July 10, 2000 (2000-07-10)	Ian MacNeil	multi-year	Re-signing	^[37]
July 24, 2000 (2000-07-24)	Sandis Ozolinsh	5-year	Re-signing	^[38]
August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01)	Bates Battaglia		Re-signing	^[39]
	Steven Halko		Re-signing	^[39]
	Greg Koehler		Re-signing	^[40]
	Sandy McCarthy		Re-signing	^[39]
	Byron Ritchie		Re-signing	^[40]
	Shane Willis		Re-signing	^[40]
August 4, 2000 (2000-08-04)	Martin Gelinas	2-year	Extension	^[41]
August 6, 2000 (2000-08-06)	Jeff O'Neill		Re-signing	^[42]
August 21, 2000 (2000-08-21)	Jeff Daniels	1-year	Re-signing	^[43]
	Mike Rucinski	2-year	Re-signing	^[43]
November 24, 2000 (2000-11-24)	Damian Surma	multi-year	Entry-level	^[44]

Draft picks

Carolina's picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.^[45]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team
2	32	Tomas Kurka	Left Wing	Czech Republic	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
3	80	Ryan Bayda	Left Wing	Canada	University of North Dakota (WCHA)
4	98	Niclas Wallin	Defense	Sweden	Brynas IF (Sweden)
4	110	Jared Newman	Defense	United States	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
6	181	Justin Forrest	Defense	United States	US National U-18, Exhibition
7	212	Magnus Kahnberg	Right Wing	Sweden	Frolunda HC (Sweden)
8	235	Craig Kowalski	Goaltender	United States	Northern Michigan University (CCHA)
9	276	Troy Ferguson	Center	Canada	Michigan State Spartans (CCHA)

Farm teams

International Hockey League

The Cincinnati Cyclones are the Hurricanes International Hockey League affiliate for the 2000–01 IHL season.

East Coast Hockey League

The Florida Everblades are the Hurricanes East Coast Hockey League affiliate.

Notes

1. Ozolinsh was voted to the starting lineup.^[6]
2. Player option for a second year and club option for two additional years.
3. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[20]
4. Fedotov retired.^[24]
5. Morrone retired.^[26]

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