So while it doesn't look like we'll be signing a big defenseman this offseason... Here is a list of what DW will likely be making a run at next year. It certainly is a much stronger list than this year

Brent Sopel - Atlanta

Zack Bogosian - Atlanta (Restricted)

Zdeno Chara - Boston

Mark Stuart - Boston

Craig Rivet - Buffalo

Steve Motador - Buffalo

Andrej Sekera - Buffalo

Mark Giordano - Calgary

Steven Staios - Calgary

Joni Pitkanen - Carolina

Brent Seabrook - Chicago

Jan Hejda - Columbus

Marc Methot - Columbus

Nicklas Lidstrom - Detroit

Jonathan Ericsson - Detroit

Ladislav Smid - Edmonton

Bryan McCabe - Florida

Drew Doughty - Los Angeles (Restricted)

Jack Johnson - Los Angeles

Andrei Markov - Montreal

Roman Hamerlik - Montreal

Shea Weber - Nashville

Radek Martinek - NY Islanders

Milan Jurcina - NY Islanders

Chris Phillips - Ottawa

Ed Jovanovski - Phoenix

Keith Yandle - Phoenix

Sami Lepisto - Phoenix (Restricted)

Kent Huskins - Who Cares?

Nicklas Wallin - See above

Eric Brewer - St. Louis

Roman Polak - St. Louis (Restricted)

Tomas Kaberle - Toronto

Luke Schenn - Toronto (Restricted)

Kevin Bieksa - Vancouver

Shane O'Brien - Vancouver

Sami Salo - Vancouver

Christian Ehrhoff - Vancouver

John Erskine - Washington

Tom Poti - Washington