| 2011 NHL Free Agents - Defense | ||||||||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Jonas Ahnelov | D | 24 | RFA | Phoenix | TBD | -- | ||
| Andrew Alberts | D | 30 | Signed | Vancouver | Vancouver | 2 | June 29, 2011 | |
| Karl Alzner | D | 23 | Re-signed | Washington | Washington | 2 | July 15, 2011 | |
| Dean Arsene | D | 31 | Signed | St. Louis | Phoenix | 1 | July 6, 2011 | |
| Anton Babchuk | D | 28 | Re-signed | Calgary | Calgary | 2 | $5,000,000 | July 4, 2011 |
| Drew Bagnall | D | 28 | UFA | Minnesota | TBD | -- | ||
| Gord Baldwin | D | 25 | RFA | Calgary | TBD | -- | ||
| Michal Barinka | D | 25 | UFA | Ottawa | TBD | -- | ||
| Cam Barker | D | 26 | Signed | Minnesota | Edmonton | 1 | $2,250,000 | July 1, 2011 |
| Nolan Baumgartner | D | 36 | Signed | Vancouver | Vancouver | July 2, 2011 | ||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Brendan Bell | D | 29 | Signed | TBD | NY Rangers | August 10, 2011 | ||
| Shawn Belle | D | 27 | UFA | Colorado | TBD | -- | ||
| Brett Bellemore | D | 23 | Re-signed | Carolina | Carolina | 2 | July 8, 2011 | |
| Jordan Bendfeld | D | 24 | RFA | Edmonton | TBD | -- | ||
| Marc-Andre Bergeron | D | 31 | Re-signed | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay | 2 | $2,000,000 | June 28, 2011 |
| Stu Bickel | D | 25 | RFA | NY Rangers | TBD | -- | ||
| Kevin Bieksa | D | 30 | Re-signed | Vancouver | Vancouver | 5 | $23,000,000 | June 27, 2011 |
| Andrew Bodnarchuk | D | 23 | RFA | Boston | TBD | -- | ||
| Zach Bogosian | D | 21 | Signed | Atlanta | Winnipeg | 2 | $5,000,000 | September 14, 2011 |
| Casey Borer | D | 26 | UFA | Carolina | TBD | -- | ||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Nick Boynton | D | 33 | UFA | Philadelphia | TBD | -- | ||
| Eric Brewer | D | 33 | Re-signed | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay | 4 | $15,400,000 | June 24, 2011 |
| Chris Butler | D | 25 | Signed | Buffalo | Calgary | 2 | $2,500,000 | July 1, 2011 |
| Joe Callahan | D | 29 | UFA | Florida | TBD | -- | ||
| Andrew Campbell | D | 24 | Re-signed | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | 1 | July 15, 2011 | |
| Chris Campoli | D | 27 | Signed | Chicago | Montreal | 1 | $1,750,000 | September 26, 2011 |
| Mathieu Carle | D | 24 | Traded | Montreal | Anaheim | 1 | July 15, 2011 | |
| Brett Carson | D | 26 | Re-signed | Calgary | Calgary | 2 | $1,150,000 | June 9, 2011 |
| Michael Caruso | D | 23 | RFA | Florida | TBD | -- | ||
| Taylor Chorney | D | 25 | RFA | Edmonton | TBD | -- | ||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Grant Clitsome | D | 27 | Re-signed | Columbus | Columbus | 2 | June 10, 2011 | |
| Sean Collins | D | 28 | Re-signed | Washington | Washington | 1 | July 1, 2011 | |
| Mike Commodore | D | 32 | Signed | Columbus | Detroit | 1 | $1,000,000 | July 1, 2011 |
| Tim Conboy | D | 30 | Signed | Buffalo | Ottawa | 1 | July 11, 2011 | |
| Brian Connelly | D | 25 | RFA | Chicago | TBD | -- | ||
| Matt Corrente | D | 24 | RFA | New Jersey | TBD | -- | ||
| Jassen Cullimore | D | 39 | UFA | Chicago | TBD | -- | ||
| Kyle Cumiskey | D | 25 | Re-signed | Colorado | Colorado | 1 | September 9, 2011 | |
| Rob Davison | D | 32 | UFA | New Jersey | TBD | -- | ||
| Marvin Degon | D | 27 | UFA | Montreal | TBD | -- | ||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| John DeGray | D | 23 | RFA | Anaheim | TBD | -- | ||
| James DeLory | D | 24 | RFA | Florida | TBD | -- | ||
| Drew Doughty | D | 22 | RFA | Los Angeles | TBD | -- | ||
| Tyler Eckford | D | 26 | Signed | New Jersey | Phoenix | 1 | July 4, 2011 | |
| Christian Ehrhoff | D | 29 | Signed | Vancouver | Buffalo | 10 | $40,000,000 | June 30, 2011 |
| Steve Eminger | D | 28 | Signed | NY Rangers | NY Rangers | July 25, 2011 | ||
| Jonathan Ericsson | D | 28 | Re-signed | Detroit | Detroit | 3 | $9,750,000 | July 1, 2011 |
| Garnet Exelby | D | 30 | Signed | Chicago | Detroit | 1 | July 5, 2011 | |
| Brian Fahey | D | 31 | UFA | Washington | TBD | -- | ||
| Justin Falk | D | 23 | RFA | Minnesota | TBD | -- | ||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| T.J. Fast | D | 24 | RFA | Florida | TBD | -- | ||
| Daniel Fernholm | D | 26 | UFA | Pittsburgh | TBD | -- | ||
| Brett Festerling | D | 26 | Signed | Atlanta | Winnipeg | July 18, 2011 | ||
| Joe Finley | D | 24 | RFA | Washington | TBD | -- | ||
| Adam Foote | D | 40 | UFA | Colorado | TBD | -- | ||
| Johan Fransson | D | 27 | RFA | Los Angeles | TBD | -- | ||
| Jamie Fraser | D | 26 | UFA | Minnesota | TBD | -- | ||
| Mark Fraser | D | 25 | RFA | New Jersey | TBD | -- | ||
| Bruno Gervais | D | 27 | Signed | NY Islanders | Tampa Bay | 1 | June 27, 2011 | |
| Hal Gill | D | 37 | Re-signed | Montreal | Montreal | 1 | $2,250,000 | May 31, 2011 |
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Matt Gilroy | D | 27 | Signed | NY Rangers | Tampa Bay | 1 | July 2, 2011 | |
| Josh Godfrey | D | 24 | RFA | Washington | TBD | -- | ||
| Josh Gorges | D | 27 | Signed | Montreal | Montreal | 1 | July 22, 2011 | |
| Marc-Andre Gragnani | D | 25 | Re-signed | Buffalo | Buffalo | 1 | August 11, 2011 | |
| Andy Greene | D | 29 | Re-signed | New Jersey | New Jersey | 4 | July 1, 2011 | |
| Nate Guenin | D | 29 | UFA | Anaheim | TBD | -- | ||
| Carl Gunnarsson | D | 25 | Re-signed | Toronto | Toronto | 2 | $1,650,000 | June 14, 2011 |
| David Hale | D | 30 | UFA | Ottawa | TBD | -- | ||
| Roman Hamrlik | D | 38 | Signed | Montreal | Washington | 2 | $7,000,000 | July 1, 2011 |
| Scott Hannan | D | 33 | Signed | Washington | Calgary | 1 | $1,000,000 | August 13, 2011 |
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Jay Harrison | D | 29 | Re-signed | Carolina | Carolina | 2 | $1,300,000 | June 16, 2011 |
| Peter Harrold | D | 28 | UFA | Los Angeles | TBD | -- | ||
| Jan Hejda | D | 33 | Signed | Columbus | Colorado | 4 | July 1, 2011 | |
| Jordan Hendry | D | 28 | UFA | Chicago | TBD | -- | ||
| Jack Hillen | D | 26 | Signed | NY Islanders | Nashville | 1 | $650,000 | August 8, 2011 |
| Shane Hnidy | D | 36 | UFA | Boston | TBD | -- | ||
| Nick Holden | D | 24 | RFA | Columbus | TBD | -- | ||
| Matt Hunwick | D | 26 | Signed | Colorado | Colorado | 1 | June 30, 2011 | |
| Kent Huskins | D | 32 | Signed | San Jose | St. Louis | 1 | $1,000,000 | July 2, 2011 |
| Andrew Hutchinson | D | 32 | UFA | Pittsburgh | TBD | -- | ||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Scott Jackson | D | 25 | Re-signed | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay | 1 | July 15, 2011 | |
| Aaron Johnson | D | 29 | Signed | Nashville | Columbus | 1 | July 5, 2011 | |
| Randy Jones | D | 30 | Signed | Tampa Bay | Winnipeg | 1 | $1,150,000 | July 4, 2011 |
| Derek Joslin | D | 25 | Re-signed | Carolina | Carolina | 2 | July 8, 2011 | |
| Ed Jovanovski | D | 35 | Signed | Phoenix | Florida | 4 | July 1, 2011 | |
| Tomas Kaberle | D | 34 | Signed | Boston | Carolina | 3 | $12,750,000 | July 5, 2011 |
| Geoff Kinrade | D | 26 | RFA | Ottawa | TBD | -- | ||
| Kyle Klubertanz | D | 26 | RFA | Montreal | TBD | -- | ||
| Dustin Kohn | D | 25 | RFA | NY Islanders | TBD | -- | ||
| Siarhei Kolasau | D | 24 | UFA | Detroit | TBD | -- | ||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Staffan Kronwall | D | 29 | UFA | Calgary | TBD | -- | ||
| Arturs Kulda | D | 23 | Signed | Atlanta | Winnipeg | July 18, 2011 | ||
| Teemu Laakso | D | 24 | Re-signed | Nashville | Nashville | 1 | June 16, 2011 | |
| Matt Lashoff | D | 25 | Re-signed | Toronto | Toronto | 1 | July 7, 2011 | |
| Jay Leach | D | 32 | Re-signed | New Jersey | New Jersey | 1 | $525,000 | June 22, 2011 |
| Sami Lepisto | D | 27 | Re-signed | Columbus | Chicago | 1 | July 15, 2011 | |
| Grant Lewis | D | 27 | UFA | Nashville | TBD | -- | ||
| Nicklas Lidstrom | D | 42 | Re-signed | Detroit | Detroit | 1 | $6,200,000 | June 20, 2011 |
| David Liffiton | D | 27 | UFA | Colorado | TBD | -- | ||
| Andreas Lilja | D | 36 | Signed | Anaheim | Philadelphia | July 1, 2011 | ||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Joe Loprieno | D | 25 | RFA | San Jose | TBD | -- | ||
| Trevor Ludwig | D | 27 | UFA | Dallas | TBD | -- | ||
| Brad Lukowich | D | 35 | Re-signed | Dallas | Dallas | 1 | June 28, 2011 | |
| Mike Lundin | D | 27 | Signed | Tampa Bay | Minnesota | 1 | July 9, 2011 | |
| Ray Macias | D | 25 | RFA | Colorado | TBD | -- | ||
| Olivier Magnan | D | 26 | UFA | New Jersey | TBD | -- | ||
| Paul Mara | D | 32 | UFA | Montreal | TBD | -- | ||
| Andrei Markov | D | 33 | Re-signed | Montreal | Montreal | 3 | $17,250,000 | June 23, 2011 |
| Radek Martinek | D | 35 | Signed | NY Islanders | Columbus | 1 | July 6, 2011 | |
| Alec Martinez | D | 24 | Re-signed | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | 2 | July 8, 2011 | |
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Jeff May | D | 25 | RFA | Phoenix | TBD | -- | ||
| Bryan McCabe | D | 36 | UFA | NY Rangers | TBD | -- | ||
| Zach McKelvie | D | 27 | RFA | Boston | TBD | -- | ||
| Patrick McNeill | D | 25 | Re-signed | Washington | Washington | 2 | June 15, 2011 | |
| Adam McQuaid | D | 25 | Signed | Boston | Boston | 3 | July 14, 2011 | |
| Derek Meech | D | 28 | Signed | Detroit | Winnipeg | 1 | $700,000 | July 4, 2011 |
| Marc Methot | D | 26 | Re-signed | Columbus | Columbus | 4 | July 5, 2011 | |
| Freddy Meyer | D | 31 | UFA | Atlanta | TBD | -- | ||
| Josh Meyers | D | 26 | RFA | Calgary | TBD | -- | ||
| Vladimir Mihalik | D | 25 | RFA | Tampa Bay | TBD | -- | ||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Brendan Mikkelson | D | 24 | RFA | Calgary | TBD | -- | ||
| Steve Montador | D | 32 | UFA | Buffalo | TBD | -- | ||
| Kevin Montgomery | D | 24 | RFA | Edmonton | TBD | -- | ||
| Patrick Mullen | D | 26 | Re-signed | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | 1 | July 15, 2011 | |
| Nikita Nikitin | D | 25 | Re-signed | St. Louis | St. Louis | 1 | June 9, 2011 | |
| Maxim Noreau | D | 24 | RFA | Minnesota | TBD | -- | ||
| Shane O'Brien | D | 28 | Signed | Nashville | Colorado | 1 | July 13, 2011 | |
| Ryan O'Byrne | D | 27 | Signed | Colorado | Colorado | 2 | June 30, 2011 | |
| Sean O'Donnell | D | 40 | Signed | Philadelphia | Chicago | 1 | July 1, 2011 | |
| Nathan Oystrick | D | 29 | Signed | St. Louis | Phoenix | 1 | July 6, 2011 | |
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Nathan Paetsch | D | 29 | UFA | Vancouver | TBD | -- | ||
| Brett Palin | D | 27 | UFA | Nashville | TBD | -- | ||
| Adam Pardy | D | 28 | Signed | Calgary | Dallas | 2 | $4,000,000 | July 1, 2011 |
| Theo Peckham | D | 24 | Signed | Edmonton | Edmonton | 1 | July 4, 2011 | |
| Matt Pelech | D | 24 | RFA | Calgary | TBD | -- | ||
| Jeff Penner | D | 25 | RFA | Minnesota | TBD | -- | ||
| Dennis Persson | D | 23 | Re-signed | Buffalo | Buffalo | 1 | July 15, 2011 | |
| Richard Petiot | D | 29 | Signed | Edmonton | Tampa Bay | 1 | July 2, 2011 | |
| Alexandre Picard | D | 26 | Signed | Montreal | Pittsburgh | 1 | $600,000 | July 5, 2011 |
| Joni Pitkanen | D | 28 | Signed | Carolina | Carolina | 3 | $13,500,000 | June 28, 2011 |
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Roman Polak | D | 26 | Re-signed | St. Louis | St. Louis | 5 | $13,750,000 | June 2, 2011 |
| Corey Potter | D | 28 | Signed | Pittsburgh | Edmonton | 1 | July 1, 2011 | |
| Nate Prosser | D | 26 | RFA | Minnesota | TBD | -- | ||
| Logan Pyett | D | 23 | Re-signed | Detroit | Detroit | 1 | July 5, 2011 | |
| Kevin Quick | D | 24 | RFA | Tampa Bay | TBD | -- | ||
| Michael Ratchuk | D | 24 | RFA | Columbus | TBD | -- | ||
| Dylan Reese | D | 27 | RFA | NY Islanders | TBD | -- | ||
| Eric Regan | D | 23 | RFA | Anaheim | TBD | -- | ||
| Danny Richmond | D | 27 | Signed | Toronto | Washington | 1 | July 4, 2011 | |
| Craig Rivet | D | 37 | UFA | Columbus | TBD | -- | ||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Bryan Rodney | D | 28 | Signed | Carolina | Anaheim | 1 | July 5, 2011 | |
| Mathieu Roy | D | 28 | Signed | Tampa Bay | Carolina | 1 | $600,000 | September 14, 2011 |
| Anssi Salmela | D | 27 | RFA | New Jersey | TBD | -- | ||
| Sami Salo | D | 37 | Re-signed | Vancouver | Vancouver | 1 | July 1, 2011 | |
| Bobby Sanguinetti | D | 24 | Re-signed | Carolina | Carolina | 1 | $600,000 | July 15, 2011 |
| Michael Sauer | D | 24 | Re-signed | NY Rangers | NY Rangers | July 8, 2011 | ||
| Nick Schaus | D | 25 | RFA | San Jose | TBD | -- | ||
| Luke Schenn | D | 22 | Re-signed | Toronto | Toronto | 5 | September 16, 2011 | |
| Andrej Sekera | D | 25 | Signed | Buffalo | Buffalo | July 19, 2011 | ||
| Jaime Sifers | D | 29 | UFA | Atlanta | TBD | -- | ||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Jonathan Sigalet | D | 26 | UFA | Columbus | TBD | -- | ||
| Karlis Skrastins | D | 37 | UFA | Dallas | TBD | -- | ||
| Matt Smaby | D | 27 | Signed | Tampa Bay | Anaheim | 1 | July 14, 2011 | |
| Ladislav Smid | D | 26 | Re-signed | Edmonton | Edmonton | 2 | June 30, 2011 | |
| Derek Smith | D | 27 | Signed | Ottawa | Calgary | 1 | $700,000 | July 13, 2011 |
| Brent Sopel | D | 35 | UFA | Montreal | TBD | -- | ||
| Sheldon Souray | D | 35 | Signed | Edmonton | Dallas | 1 | $1,650,000 | July 1, 2011 |
| Frederic St-Denis | D | 26 | Re-signed | Montreal | Montreal | 1 | July 15, 2011 | |
| Steve Staios | D | 38 | UFA | Calgary | TBD | -- | ||
| Tyson Strachan | D | 27 | UFA | St. Louis | TBD | -- | ||
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Anton Stralman | D | 25 | RFA | Columbus | TBD | -- | ||
| Jason Strudwick | D | 36 | UFA | Edmonton | TBD | -- | ||
| Sean Sullivan | D | 28 | Re-signed | San Jose | San Jose | 1 | June 17, 2011 | |
| Alexander Sulzer | D | 27 | UFA | Florida | TBD | -- | ||
| Lee Sweatt | D | 26 | Signed | Vancouver | Ottawa | 1 | July 11, 2011 | |
| Danny Syvret | D | 26 | Signed | Philadelphia | St. Louis | 1 | August 8, 2011 | |
| Matt Taormina | D | 25 | RFA | New Jersey | TBD | -- | ||
| Ole-Kristian Tollefsen | D | 28 | UFA | Detroit | TBD | -- | ||
| Boris Valabik | D | 26 | Signed | Boston | Pittsburgh | 1 | $550,000 | July 3, 2011 |
| Jim Vandermeer | D | 32 | Signed | Edmonton | San Jose | 1 | July 1, 2011 | |
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Mike Vernace | D | 25 | Re-signed | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay | 1 | June 15, 2011 | |
| Ivan Vishnevskiy | D | 24 | RFA | Chicago | TBD | -- | ||
| Steve Wagner | D | 28 | UFA | Pittsburgh | TBD | -- | ||
| Niclas Wallin | D | 37 | UFA | San Jose | TBD | -- | ||
| Mike Weber | D | 24 | Re-signed | Buffalo | Buffalo | July 4, 2011 | ||
| Shea Weber | D | 26 | Signed | Nashville | Nashville | 1 | August 3, 2011 | |
| Yannick Weber | D | 23 | Signed | Montreal | Montreal | 2 | $1,700,000 | June 29, 2011 |
| Noah Welch | D | 29 | UFA | Atlanta | TBD | -- | ||
| Colin White | D | 34 | Signed | New Jersey | San Jose | 1 | August 3, 2011 | |
| Ian White | D | 27 | Signed | San Jose | Detroit | 2 | July 2, 2011 | |
| PLAYER | POS | AGE | STATUS | 2010-11 TEAM | NEW TEAM | YEARS | DOLLARS | SIGNED |
| Cody Wild | D | 24 | RFA | Boston | TBD | -- | ||
| Nigel Williams | D | 24 | RFA | Anaheim | TBD | -- | ||
| Clay Wilson | D | 29 | Signed | Florida | Calgary | 2 | $1,050,000 | July 2, 2011 |
| Ryan Wilson | D | 25 | Re-signed | Colorado | Colorado | 1 | July 9, 2011 | |
| Ty Wishart | D | 23 | RFA | NY Islanders | TBD | -- | ||
| James Wisniewski | D | 28 | Signed | Montreal | Columbus | 6 | $33,000,000 | July 1, 2011 |
| Jeff Woywitka | D | 28 | Signed | Dallas | Montreal | 1 | August 15, 2011 | |
| Keith Yandle | D | 25 | Re-signed | Phoenix | Phoenix | 5 | $26,250,000 | July 5, 2011 |
| Nolan Yonkman | D | 31 | UFA | Phoenix | TBD | -- | ||
| Sean Zimmerman | D | 25 | Re-signed | Anaheim | Anaheim | 1 | June 17, 2011 | |
