The Thrashers won't land Brian Campbell, a defenseman they appeared to have targeted during the NHL's free agent market, which opened Tuesday.

Campbell left the Sharks and signed an eight-year, $56.8 million contract with the Blackhawks.

Meanwhile, the Thrashers made qualified offers to Kari Lehtonen, Joey Crabb, Nathan Oystrick and Brett Sterling.

Once a team has made a qualified offer to a restricted free agent, it can retain that player by matching any other offer he receives or it can decline to match the offer and receive compensation for losing him.

The Thrashers' official list of unrestricted free agents: Milan Bartovic, Eric Boulton, Kevin Doell, Darren Haydar, Bobby Holik, Jason Krog, Joel Kwiatkowski, Steve McCarthy, Karel Pilar, Mark Recchi, Steve Rucchin, Mark Popovic, Jesse Schultz and Guillaume Desbiens.

Around the league

• PENGUINS: Forward Pascal Dupuis, who came to Pittsburgh in a trading deadline deal from the Thrashers, agreed to a three-year contract.

• CAPITALS: Mike Green, the NHL's top scoring defenseman, received a four-year, $21 million contract. Washington also added free agent Jose Theodore, signing the former Montreal and Colorado goalie to a two-year, $9 million contract.

• CANADIENS: The team agreed to terms with Andrei Kostitsyn on a three-year, $9.75 million deal.

• LIGHTNING: Goalie Olie Kolzig, 38, who had spent his entire career with the Capitals, signed a one-year contract. Kolzig will likely share time in goal with incumbent starter Mike Smith.

• BLUES: Forward David Backes was retained when the team matched the three-year, $7.5 million offer sheet he signed with the Canucks.

• PANTHERS: Forward Cory Stillman, who scored 24 goals last season with the Senators and Hurricanes, signed a three-year, $10.6 million deal.

• BLUE JACKETS: The team acquired winger Raffi Torres from the Oilers for promising center Gilbert Brule.