Pre-Free Agency Sixes in the Atlantic Division

Patrik Elias	John Tavares	Marian Gaborik	Claude Giroux	Sidney Crosby
Ilya Kovalchuk	Matt Moulson	Derek Stepan	Daniel Briere	Chris Kunitz
Travis Zajac	PA Parenteau	Wojtek Wolski	Scott Hartnell	James Neal
Henrik Tallinder	Andrew MacDonald	Dan Girardi	Matt Carle	Kris Letang
Mark Fayne	Travis Hamonic	Marc Staal	Kimmo Timonen	Paul Martin
Martin Brodeur	Al Montoya	Henrik Lundqvist	Ilya Bryzgalov	Marc-Andre Fleury

Just so we know what we're looking at here... according to the points from last year, these are the top three forwards, two defense and goaltender signed on for each team in the division. There are going to be better players missing from this list, due to free agency, injuries last season or other miscellaneous reasons. I don't believe this is an accurate look at each team, just a snapshot for comparison purposes.

Looking at these five teams, the Flyers and Penguins look to have it all together in their top sixes, despite missing a couple names, especially the Penguins missing the likes of Jordan Staal and Evgeni Malkin, but Neal and Kunitz don't look bad there.

The Devils and Islanders look a little short on the blueline today, it's no wonder that Long Island took a shot at Christian Ehrhoff on Tuesday night.  He would partner up well with Mark Streit, who was injured all of last season.  The Devils will likely be looking at some quality depth defensemen, with cap space being a definite issue this off-season.

The Rangers don't look to be in terrible shape, possibly a number one centre would be all that they are missing from their top three forwards, giving Gaborik and/or Stepan some help scoring goals next season.

If I were to project division standings from these sixes, which isn't wise, but I will anyways... Pittsburgh, Philaelphia, New York, New Jersey and Long Island.