Puckworthiness

For those of you who believe I have way too much time on my hands, you’re right. It’s a point that I wouldn’t dare argue. As proof, here is one hound’s take on the puckworthiness of NHL players.

Puckworthiness is a term coined from an old Seinfeld episode. In it, Elaine judges men on their worthiness of her using a declining supply of contraceptive sponges to engage in encounters of the sexual nature. Some men were spongeworthy, others weren’t.

In this case, though, pucks are at a premium.

In some instances, think of Calgary's Jarome Iginla, Colorado's Joe Sakic and Minnesota's Marian Gaborik, you'll need some luck. Certain players, such as Atlanta’s Marian Hossa, Buffalo's Teppo Numminen, Montreal’s Saku Koivu and Tampa Bay’s Dan Boyle are no-brainers. Others, such as Boston’s P.J. Axelsson, Edmonton’s Fernando Pisani, New Jersey’s Sergei Brylin and Vancouver’s Willie Mitchell are puckworthy. And even though I’m able to purchase my pucks in bulk at a very reasonable price, there are some players, such as Anaheim’s Todd Marchant, Detroit’s Dan Cleary, Ottawa’s Dean McAmmond and Toronto's Darcy Tucker who are better on cards or can help fill out team items.

I’m certain that readers won’t agree with every designation. The goal, though, is to give other hounds an idea of what to expect when they chase teams. Please remember, too, that the list is both fluid and subjective.

For ease of understanding the team-by-team listings below, which feature players and notable coaching staff, front-office members and announcers, I’ll use the following headers for each entry:

Good Luck: Immense popularity and/or the sheer unwillingness to sign that comes with it, makes these players difficult to obtain. Still worth a try, though. The worst you'll hear, hopefully, will be "No!"
No-Brainers: Fairly self-explanatory, these approachable players, including some top-shelf stars, are well worth collecting on pucks. Will often sign multiples.
Puckworthy: If you’re looking for sheer volume, these are the players who, when combined with an extraordinary Good Luck and the No-Brainers, can turn a good day into a great day. Excellent opportunities to catch up on veteran players.
Speculatives: Primarily prospects, these players carry high risks and high rewards. Should they fulfill their potential, they could become No-Brainers. Should they become Good Lucks, you'll already have them. AHL-based hounds should load up on these players.
Card stock: Though my street hockey career ended in New Port Richey, Fla., back in the late 1980s, the only reason to use a puck on these players is to add to your favorite or hometown team collection. Team sticks, jerseys and/or cards are better for these guys.

Anaheim Ducks
Good Luck: Todd Bertuzzi (shun him), Randy Carlyle (can get grumpy) and Chris Pronger (personalizes)
No-Brainers: Ryan Getzlaf, Jean-Sebastien Giguere, Scott Niedermayer, Corey Perry, Matheiu Schneider and Doug Weight
Puckworthy: Francois Allaire, Francois Beauchemin, Brian Burke, Brian Hayward, Chris Kunitz, Rob Niedermayer, Samuel Pahlsson and Brian Sutherby
Speculatives: Jason King, Andrew Miller, Aaron Rome and Bobby Ryan
Card stock: Brandon Bochenski, Newell Brown, Joe DiPenta, Dave Farrish, Kent Huskins, Dan LaCouture, Todd Marchant, Brad May, Travis Moen, Mark Mowers, Sean O'Donnell, George Parros and Brent Severyn

Atlanta Thrashers
Good Luck: Ilya Kovalchuk (has been better of late) and Slava Kozlov (an ex-Red Wing who's not a big fan of signing)
No-Brainers: Fred Brathwaite, Bob Hartley, Bobby Holik (usually one-per, though), Kari Lehtonen, Jeff Odgers, Mark Recchi and Alexei Zhitnik
Puckworthy: Colby Armstrong, Eric Boulton, Garnet Exelby, Niclas Havelid, Johan Hedberg (will do nine-boards), Ken Klee, Eric Perrin, Steve Rucchin, Jim Slater, Don Waddell and Todd White
Speculatives: Chad Denny, Angelo Esposito, Jordan LaVallee, Bryan Little, Mark Popovic, Brett Sterling and Boris Valabik
Card stock: Milan Bartovic, Erik Christensen, Darren Eliot, Alexandre Giroux, Darren Haydar, Jason Krog, Joel Kwiatkowski, Brad Larsen, Steve McCarthy, Brad McCrimmon, Karel Pilar, Chris Thorburn and Steve Weekes

Boston Bruins
Good Luck: Ray Bourque, Jeremy Jacobs and Cam Neely
No-Brainers: Patrice Bergeron, Johnny Bucyk, Zdeno Chara (loves to sign), Manny Fernandez, Phil Kessel, Glen Murray, Craig Ramsay, Marc Savard (one-per), Milt Schmidt, Harry Sinden, Marco Sturm and Tim Thomas
Puckworthy: Andrew Alberts, Alex Auld, P.J. Axelsson, Peter Chiarelli, Bob Essensa, Andrew Ference, Claude Julien, Chuck Kobasew, Peter Schaefer, Mark Stuart, Don Sweeney, Aaron Ward and Dennis Wideman.
Speculatives: Zach Hamill, Matt Lashoff, Petteri Nokelainen and Tuukka Rask
Card stock: Bobby Allen, Shane Hnidy, Jeff Hoggan, Doug Houda, Jeremy Reich and Shawn Thornton

Buffalo Sabres
Good Luck: Toni Lydman (can get grumpy), Rob Ray (was rude to road hounds) and Rip Simonick (apparently, my nemesis)
No-Brainers: Maxim Afinogenov, Tim Connolly, Rick Jeanneret, Ales Kotalik, Jim Lorentz, Richard Martin, Ryan Miller, Teppo Numminen, Gilbert Perreault, Jason Pominville, Rene Robert, Derek Roy, Lindy Ruff, Jocelyn Thibault and Thomas Vanek
Puckworthy: Steve Bernier, Jochen Hecht, Dmitri Kalinin, James Patrick, Larry Playfair, Mike Robitaille, Jaroslav Spacek, Henrik Tallinder and Bill Wippert
Speculatives: Clarke MacArthur and Drew Stafford
Card stock: Paul Gaustad, Adam Mair, Daniel Paille, Nathan Paetsch (one-per, if you can believe that) and Michael Ryan

Calgary Flames
Good Luck: Kristian Huselius (can be rough, I've heard), Jarome Iginla, Miikka Kiprusoff, Owen Nolan (one would think, at this stage of his career, that he'd be more willing to sign), Dion Phaneuf, Robyn Regehr (signs while walking; strict one-per) Darryl Sutter and Alex Tanguay (I've heard he can be grumpy, too)
No-Brainers: Adrian Aucoin, Craig Conroy, Mike Keenan, Daymond Langkow, Cory Sarich and Rhett Warrener
Puckworthy: Wayne Fleming, Eric Godard, Matthew Lombardi, Marcus Nilson, Jim Playfair, Wayne Primeau and Stephen Yelle
Speculatives: Dustin Boyd, Mark Giordano, Leland Irving, Curtis McIlhinney, Brandon Prust and Andrei Taratukhin
Card stock: David Hale, Anders Eriksson, David Moss, Grant Stevenson and Jim Vandermeer

Carolina Hurricanes
Good Luck: Tom Barrasso (there's a reason for his nickname), Bret Hedican (though he has a soft spot for kids), Eric Staal (starting to take alternative routes out of team hotel) and Glen Wesley
No-brainers: Rod Brind'Amour, Jim Rutherford, Tuomo Ruutu, Cam Ward, Ray Whitney (one-per) and Justin Williams
Puckworthy: Joe Corvo, Patrick Eaves, Tim Gleason, Frantisek Kaberle, Chuck Kaiton, Peter Laviolette, Sergei Samsonov, Scott Walker and Niclas Wallin
Speculatives: Andrew Ladd and Justin Peters
Card stock: Anton Babchuk, Jeff Daniels, John Grahame, Jeff Hamilton, Chad LaRose, Michael Leighton, Trevor Letowski and Dennis Seidenberg

Chicago Blackhawks
Good Luck: None
No-Brainers: Rene Bourque, Martin Havlat, Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith, Nikolai Khabibulin, Robert Lang, Patrick Lalime, Yanic Perreault, Denis Savard, Brent Seabrook
and Jonathan Toews
Puckworthy: Andrew Ladd, Patrick Sharp, Jason Williams and James Wisniewski
Speculatives: Cam Barker, Corey Crawford, Danny Richmond and Jack Skille
Card stock: Craig Adams, Kevyn Adams (Hurricanes Stanley Cup champions puck, though), Ben Eager and Andre Zyuzin

Colorado Avalanche
Good Luck: Peter Forsberg, Michel Goulet, Milan Hejduk, Joe Sakic and Jose Theodore
No-Brainers: Andrew Brunette, Jordan Leopold, John-Michael Liles, Ryan Smyth, Paul Stastny, Marek Svatos and Wojtek Wolski
Puckworthy: Tyler Arnason, Jason Bacashihua, Craig Billington, Peter Budaj, Jacques Cloutier, Tony Granato, Jeff Hackett, Scott Hannan, Jeff Jillson, Pierre Lacroix, Ian Laperriere, Scott Parker, Joel Quenneville and Jody Shelley
Speculatives: Johnny Boychuk, Ivan Hlinka, Cody McCormick, Cody McLeod and Chris Stewart
Card stock: Brett Clark, Jeff Finger, Ben Guite, Dale Purinton, Brad Richardson, Ruslan Salei, Kurt Sauer, Wyatt Smith and Michael Wall

Columbus Blue Jackets
Good Luck: Sergei Fedorov, Rick Nash and Michael Peca
No-Brainers: Adam Foote, Danny Gare, Rostislav Klesla and Fredrik Modin
Puckworthy: Ken Hitchcock, Clint Malarchuk, Fredrik Norrena, Dick Tarnstrom and David Vyborny
Speculatives: Derick Brassard, Gilbert Brule, Dan Fritsche, Pascal Leclaire, Alexander Svitov and Nikolai Zherdev
Card stock: Jason Chimera, Ron Hainsey, Jan Hejda, Derek MacKenzie, Manny Malhotra, Gord Murphy, Jiri Novotny, Mark Rycroft, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen and Duvie Westcott

Dallas Stars
Good Luck: Brett Hull (expect some roughage if you're over 12 years old), Mike Modano (will sign, will draw a crowd), Brenden Morrow, Brad Richards, Marty Turco and Sergei Zubov (not a big fan of signing)
No-Brainers: Stu Barnes, Philippe Boucher, Trevor Daley, Johan Holmqvist, Jere Lehtinen, Mattias Norstrom and Mike Ribeiro
Puckworthy: Doug Armstrong, Ulf Dahlen, Niklas Hagman, Antti Miettinen, and Dave Taylor
Speculatives: Loui Eriksson, Nicklas Grossman and Joel Lundqvist
Card stock: Krys Barch, Nolan Baumgartner, Todd Fedoruk, Steve Ott, Toby Petersen, Daryl Reaugh, Stephane Robidas, Dave Tippett and Brad Winchester

Detroit Red Wings
Good Luck: Chris Chelios, Pavel Datsyuk, Dominik Hasek, Niklas Kronwall (likes to personalize), Nicklas Lidstrom, Chris Osgood and Henrik Zetterberg
No-Brainers: Kris Draper, Tomas Holmstrom, Jiri Hudler and Brian Rafalski
Puckworthy: Mike Babcock, Dallas Drake, Johan Franzen, Brett Lebda, Kirk Maltby and Mikael Samuelsson
Speculatives: Valtteri Filppula, Igor Grigorenko, Jakub Kindl, Tomas Kopecky and Kyle Quincey
Card stock: Dan Cleary, Mark Hartigan and Andreas Lilja

Edmonton Oilers
Good Luck: Ales Hemsky and Sheldon Souray
No-Brainers: Mathieu Garon, Kevin Lowe, Craig MacTavish, Dustin Penner, Joni Pitkanen, Dwayne Roloson, Ladislav Smid, Jarrett Stoll and Raffi Torres
Puckworthy: Shawn Horcoff, Charlie Huddy, Ethan Moreau, Pete Peeters, Rod Phillips, Fernando Pisani, Geoff Sanderson and Dick Tarnstrom
Speculatives: Tom Gilbert, Curtis Glencross, Denis Grebeshkov, Robert Nilsson, Ryan O'Marra, Marc Pouliot and Rob Schremp
Card stock: Matt Greene, Marty Reasoner, Mathieu Roy, Steve Staios, Zach Stortini and Patrick Thoresen

Florida Panthers
Good Luck: None
No-Brainers: Jay Bouwmeester, Nathan Horton, Olli Jokinen, Joe Nieuwendyk, Denis Potvin, Tomas Vokoun and Stephen Weiss
Puckworthy: Bryan Allen (one-per), Wade Belak, Radek Dvorak, Jacques Martin, Branislav Mezei, Ville Peltonen, Karlis Skrastins, Jozef Stumpel, Mike Van Ryn and Richard Zednik
Speculatives: David Booth, Greg Campbell, Michaek Frolik, Magnus Johansson, Cory Murphy, Rostislav Olesz, Anthony Stewart and Noah Welch
Card stock: Craig Anderson, Brett McLean, Randy Moller and Steve Montador

Los Angeles Kings
Good Luck: Rob Blake (one-per) and Luc Robitaille (will personalize)
No-Brainers: Dustin Brown, Mike Cammalleri, Alexander Frolov, Jon Klemm, Anze Kopitar, Bill Ranford, Jeremy Roenick, Brad Stuart, and Lubomir Visnovsky
Puckworthy: J.S. Aubin, Dan Cloutier, Marc Crawford, Michal Handzus, Ron Hextall, Jason LaBarbera, Dave Lewis, Ladislav Nagy and Patrick O'Sullivan,
Speculatives: Jonathan Bernier, Jack Johnson and Joe Piskula
Card stock: Derek Armstrong, Kyle Calder, Kevin Dallman, Nelson Emerson, Raitis Ivanans, Tom Preissing, Scott Thornton and Brian Willsie

Minnesota Wild
Good Luck: Pavol Demitra (can be grumpy and elusive), Marian Gaborik, Jacques Lemaire, Mike Ramsey (believes everyone is a dealer) and Brian Rolston (very hit-or-miss)
No-Brainers: Nicklas Backstrom, Derek Boogaard, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, Brent Burns, Keith Carney, Kim Johnsson, Mikko Koivu, Doug Risebrough, Nick Schultz and Mario Tremblay
Puckworthy: Dominic Moore (he played for Harvard), Petteri Nummelin, Mark Parrish, Stephane Veilleux and Wes Walz
Speculatives: Shawn Belle, Matt Foy, Josh Harding, Peter Kalus and Benoit Pouliot
Card stock: Eric Belanger, Kurtis Foster, Sean Hill, Steve Kelly and Branko Radivojevic

Montreal Canadiens
Good Luck: Mathieu Dandenault (likely hangover from days with Red Wings), Bob Gainey, Alex Kovalev, Guy Lafleur and Michael Ryder (aloof toward hounds)
No-Brainers: Jean Beliveau, Guy Carbonneau, Yvon Cournoyer, Roman Hamrlik, Chris Higgins, Rejean Houle, Doug Jarvis, Saku Koivu, Andrei Markov, Kirk Muller, Tomas Plekanic and Henri Richard.
Puckworthy: Steve Begin, Francis Boullion, Patrice Brisebois, Mike Komisarek, Guillaume Latendresse, Roland Melanson and Bryan Smolinski
Speculatives: Mathieu Carle, Kyle Chipchura, Jonathan Ferland, Josh Gorges, Mikhail Grabovski, Jan Halak, Andrei Kostitsyn, Sergei Kostitsyn, Duncan Milroy and Carey Price
Card stock: Mathieu Biron, Tom Kostopolous, Maxim Lapierre, Garth Murray, Jamie Rivers and Mark Streit

Nashville Predators
Good Luck: Radek Bonk (very hit-or-miss, always seems suspicious)
No-Brainers: Jason Arnott, Martin Erat, Dan Hamhuis, David Legwand, Alexander Radulov, Steve Sullivan (once he returns from back surgery), Ryan Suter, Jordin Tootoo, Shea Weber and Marek Zidlicky
Puckworthy: Terry Crisp, Greg de Vries, J.P. Dumont (wicked ugly signature), Martin Gelinas, Chris Mason and Barry Trotz
Speculatives: Cody Franson, Kevin Klein and Pekka Rinne
Card stock: Vern Fiddler, Darcy Hordichuk, Scott Nichol, Jed Ortmeyer, Rich Peverly, Jerred Smithson, Nolan Yonkman and Greg Zanon

New Jersey Devils
Good Luck: None
No-Brainers: Martin Brodeur, Patrick Elias, Brian Gionta, Lou Lamoriello, Jamie Langenbrunner, John Madden, Paul Martin, Zach Parise, Glenn Resch, Larry Robinson, Vitaly Vishnevski, Kevin Weekes, Colin White and Travis Zajac
Puckworthy: Sergei Brylin, Jacques Caron, Mike "Doc" Emrick, John MacLean, Richard Matvichuk, Johnny Oduya, Jay Pandolfo, Mike Rupp, Bruce Salvador, Brent Sutter and Dainius Zubrus
Speculatives: Nicklas Bergfors, David Clarkson and Andy Greene
Card stock: Aaron Asham, Tommy Albelin, Sheldon Brookbank, Alexander Korolyuk, Ian Moran and Karel Rachunek

New York Islanders
Good Luck: Shawn Bates (very elusive), Mike Comrie (can get grumpy), Andy Hilbert (makes little effort in signing), Miroslav Satan (shifty, some might say), Andy Sutton (perpetually grumpy) and Bryan Trottier
No-Brainers: Rick DiPietro, Ruslan Fedotenko, Bill Guerin, Trent Hunter, Ted Nolan, Mike Sillinger (no shortage of teams to choose from), Jeff Tambellini and Brendan Witt
Puckworthy: Marc-Andre Bergeron, Chris Campoli, Bruno Gervais, Radek Martinek, Chris Simon (just don't get him mad), Garth Snow and Josef Vasicek
Speculatives: Sean Bergenheim, Blake Comeau, Kyle Okposo and Ben Walter
Card stock: Wade Dublielewicz, Freddy Meyer, Richard Park and Jon Sim

New York Rangers
Good Luck: Sean Avery (can be nasty), Chris Drury, Rod Gilbert (grumpy old man), Scott Gomez, Jaromir Jagr (draws a circus), Henrik Lundqvist, Glen Sather, Brendan Shanahan and Martin Straka
No-Brainers: Adam Graves, Petr Prucha and Jim Schoenfeld
Puckworthy: Dan Girardi, Marcel Hossa, Marek Malik, Paul Mara, Colton Orr, Tom Renney, Michel Rozsival and Fedor Tyutin
Speculatives: Ryan Callahan, Nigel Dawes, Lauri Korpikoski, Al Montoya, Thomas Pock, Bobby Sanguinetti and Marc Staal
Card stock: Blair Betts, Matt Cullen, Ryan Hollweg, Andrew Hutchinson, Jason Strudwick and Stephen Valiquette

Ottawa Senators
Good Luck: Ray Emery, Dany Heatley and Jason Spezza
No-Brainers: Daniel Alfredsson, Mike Fisher, Martin Lapointe, Ron Low, Andrej Meszaros, Brian Murray, Chris Phillips, Wade Redden, Cory Stillman and Anton Volchenkov
Puckworthy: Mike Commodore, Niko Dimitrakos, Martin Gerber (no Hurricanes stuff, though), Brian McGrattan, Chris Neil, John Paddock, Oleg Saprykin, Christoph Schubert and Antoine Vermette
Speculatives: Nick Foligno and Brian Lee
Card stock: Matt Carkner, Shean Donovan, Denis Hamel, Chris Kelly, Justin Mapletoft, Dean McAmmond, Lawrence Nycholat, Luke Richardson and Bryan Smolinski

Philadelphia Flyers
Good Luck: Martin Biron (a major departure from the past), Danny Briere (him, too), Scott Hartnell (bad attitude), Derian Hatcher (hit-or-miss), Mike Richards (can get grumpy) and Jason Smith (even grumpier, I hear)
No-Brainers: Jeff Carter, Bob Clarke, Gary Dornhoefer, Simon Gagne, Paul Holmgren, Sami Kapanen, Bob Kelly, Mike Knuble, Reggie Lemelin, Don Luce, Joffrey Lupul (one-per), Jaroslav Modry, Joe Mullen, Terry Murray, Antero Niittymaki, Bernie Parent, Vinny Prospal, Kimmo Timonen and Scottie Upshall
Puckworthy: Braydon Coburn, Lauren Hart (anthem singer), Keith Jones, Randy Jones, Jack McIlhargey, Brian Propp, Mike Rathje, John Stevens and R.J. Umberger
Speculatives: Steve Downie, Ryan Parent, Ryan Potulny and Stefan Ruzicka
Card stock: Denis Gauthier, Triston Grant and Lasse Kukonen

Phoenix Coyotes
Good Luck: Grant Fuhr, Wayne Gretzky and Ulf Samuelsson
No-Brainers: Keith Ballard, Shane Doan, Ed Jovanovski, Derek Morris, Zbynek Michalek, Darren Pang and Steve Reinprecht
Puckworthy: Nick Boynton, Ilya Bryzgalov, Josh Gratton, Niko Kapanen, Don Maloney, David LeNeveu, Fredrik Sjostrom, Mikael Tellqvist, Radim Vrbata and Mike York
Speculatives: Patrick Fischer, Martin Hanzal, Peter Mueller, Kyle Turris (at Wisconsin Badgers games) and Keith Yandle
Card stock: Louie DeBrusk, Matt Jones, Yanick Lehoux, Travis Roche, Mattias Tjarnqvist and Mike Zigomanis

Pittsburgh Penguins
(A living, breathing three-ring circus of hockey-hounding hell)
Good Luck: Sidney Crosby, Marc-Andre Fleury, Marian Hossa, Mario Lemieux, Evgeni Malkin, and Jordan Staal
No-Brainers: Sergei Gonchar, Mike Lange, Georges Laraque, Ryan Malone, Gilles Meloche, Gary Roberts, Peter Sykora, Darryl Sydor and Ryan Whitney
Puckworthy: Brooks Orpik, Jarkko Ruutu, Dany Sabourin, Andre Savard and Michel Therrien
Speculatives: Tim Brent, Kris Letang and Ryan Stone
Card stock: Jason Botterill, Phil Bourque, Mark Eaton, Bob Errey, Tom Fitzgerald, Ryan Lannon, Alain Nasreddine, Rob Scuderi, Maxime Talbot and Mike Weaver

San Jose Sharks
Good Luck: Jonathan Cheechoo (blows right by, offering up the lamest of excuses), Patrick Marleau, Evgeni Nabokov, Joey Thornton and Doug Wilson
No-Brainers: Brian Campbell, Matt Carle, Christian Ehrhoff, Mike Grier, Milan Michalek, Craig Rivet and Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Puckworthy: Curtis Brown, Ryane Clowe, Marcel Goc, Kyle McLaren and Joe Pavelski
Speculatives: Logan Couture, Dimitri Patzold, Lukas Kaspar, Devon Segotuchi and Ty Wishart
Card stock: Rob Davison, Brennan Evans, Doug Murray, Brad Norton, Thomas Plihal, Patrick Rissmiller and Alexei Semenov

St. Louis Blues
Good Luck: Paul Kariya (most other veteran players increase autograph production in their waning years), Al MacInnis, Martin Rucinsky, Keith Tkachuk and Doug Weight
No-Brainers: Brad Boyes, Eric Brewer, John Davidson, Bernie Federko, Barret Jackman, Manny Legace, Jamal Mayers, Andy McDonald and Jay McKee,
Puckworthy: David Backes, Christian Backman, Petr Cajanek, Kelly Chase, Dan Hinote, Cam Janssen, Jay McClement, Andy Murray, Larry Pleau, Lee Stempniak, Hannu Toivonen, Rick Wamsley and Jeff Woywitka
Speculatives: Alex Brooks, Erik Johnson, T.J. Oshie, Roman Polak and Marek Schwarz
Card stock: David Backes, Miki Dupont, Mike Glumac, Ryan Johnson, Martin Kariya, D.J. King, Brad Shaw, Jean-Guy Trudel, Matt Walker and Trent Whitfield

Tampa Bay Lightning
Good Luck: Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis (both can be hit-or-miss)
No-Brainers: Bill Barber, Dan Boyle, Shane O'Brien and Paul Ranger
Puckworthy: Ryan Craig, Mathieu Darche, Jay Feaster, Chris Gratton, Jeff Halpern, Jussi Jokinen, Oren Koules (on any "Saw" DVD), Filip Kuba, Brad Lukowich, Michel Ouellet, Karri Ramo, Andre Roy, Bobby Taylor, Tim Taylor, John Tortorella and Jason Ward
Speculatives: Mike Egener, Riku Helenius, Blair Jones, Junior Lessard, Mike Lundin, Vladimir Mihalik, Alexandre Picard, Andy Rogers, Matt Smaby and Mike Smith
Card stock: Marc Denis, Jan Hlavac, Doug Janik, Andreas Karlsson, Bryce Lampman, Jay Leach, Craig MacDonald, Norm Milley, Jeff Reese, Karl Stewart, Mike Sullivan, Nick Tarnasky and Kyle Wanvig

Toronto Maple Leafs
Good Luck: Jason Blake, Wendel Clark, Doug Gilmour, Bryan McCabe (can get grumpy) Andrew Raycroft (can get grumpy), Darryl Sittler, Mats Sundin, Alexander Steen (often proves elusive), Vesa Toskala (can get grumpy) and Darcy Tucker
No-Brainers: Nik Antropov, Tomas Kaberle, Pavel Kubina, Alexei Ponivarovsky and Kyle Wellwood
Puckworthy: Mark Bell, Hal Gill, Paul Maurice and Matt Stajan
Speculatives: Jay Harrison, Staffan Kronwall, Justin Pogge and Jiri Tlusty
Card stock: Keith Acton, Bates Battaglia, Carlo Calaiacovo, Scott Clemmensen, Boyd Devereaux, Chad Kilger, Randy Ladouceur, Kris Newberry, Ben Ondrus, John Pohl, Ian White Jeremy Williams and Andy Wozniewski

Vancouver Canucks
Good Luck: Roberto Luongo, Markus Naslund, Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin
No-Brainers: Kevin Bieksa, Trevor Linden, Aaron Miller, Brendan Morrison, Mattias Ohlund and Sami Salo
Puckworthy: Kris Beech, Matt Cooke, John Garrett, Jim Hughson, Ryan Kesler, Lukas Krajicek, Willie Mitchell, Taylor Pyatt, Curtis Sanford, Ryan Shannon, Barry Smith, Steve Tambellini and Alain Vigneault
Speculatives: Luc Bourdon, Alexandre Burrows, Patrick Coulombe, Alexander Edler, Michael Grabner, Jannik Hansen, Rick Rypien, Cory Schneider and James Sharrow
Card stock: Jozef Balej, Rick Bowness, Jeff Cowan, Greg Classen, Brad Isbister, Kirill Koltsov, Nathan McIver, Brad Moran and Bryon Ritchie

Washington Capitals
Good Luck: Nicklas Backstrom, Michael Nylander, Alexander Ovechkin (expect no more than a scribbled "AO" and even that isn't guaranteed)
No-Brainers: Olaf Kolzig, Ted Leonsis and Alexander Semin
Puckworthy: Donald Brashear, Chris Clark, Steve Eminger, Mike Green, Cristobal Huet, Viktor Kozlov, Brooks Laich, Shaone Morrisonn and Tom Poti
Speculative: Chris Bourque (yes, he's Ray's kid), Eric Fehr, Tomas Fleishmann and Jeff Schultz
Card stock: Matt Bradley, Ben Clymer, John Erskine, Dean Evason, Boyd Gordon, Brent Johnson, Milan Jurcina, Jay Leach, Craig Laughlin, Jason Morgan, Joe Motzko, Matt Pettinger, Brian Pothier and David Steckel