The 2016 CFL free agency period will begin in a little less than 3 weeks from now,i.e. on February 9,2016 at 12:00 noon ET. As of now, there are still 152 potential free agents; per team, the numbers are:
Hamilton 33, i.e. 20 Int. and 13 Nat.
Toronto 24, i.e. 12 Int. and 12 Nat.
Saskatchewan 17, i.e. 7 Int. and 10 Nat.
Montreal 16, i.e. 11 Int. and 5 Nat.
Edmonton 14, 8 Int. and 6 Nat.
BC 13, i.e. 9 Int. and 4 Nat.
Ottawa 13, i.e. 8 Int. and 5 Nat.
Calgary 12, i.e. 6 Int. and 6 Nat.
Winnipeg 10, i.e. 6 Int. and 4 Nat.
Some of these potential free agents will definitely be re-signed before free agency begins while others will sign with the NFL and others will retire or be released. There are definitely very good players,amongst these 152; the best,by position, at least according to me, include:
Quarterback:
Int. Trevor Harris. Toronto.
Kickers/punters:
Int. Justin Medlock. Hamilton.
Int. Swayze Waters. Toronto.
Offensive linemen:
Nat. Josh Bourke. Montreal.
Nat. J'Michael Deane. Ottawa.
Int. Marc Dile. Hamilton.
Int. Joel Figueroa. Hamilton.
Int. Xavier Fulton. Saskatchewan.
Running backs/Kick returners:
Nat. Andrew Harris. BC.
Int. Kendial Lawrence. Edmonton.
Int. Stefan Logan. Montreal.
Nat. Jerome Messam. Calgary.
Int. Chris Rainey. BC.
Int. Curtis Steele. Toronto.
Int. Brandon Whitaker.
Wide receivers/Kick returners:
Nat. Rob Bagg. Saskatchewan.
Nat. Shamawd Chambers. Edmonton.
Nat. Andy Fantuz. Hamilton.
Int. Jeff Fuller. Calgary.
Nat. Samuel Giguère. Montreal.
Int. Bakari Grant. Hamilton.
Int. Nick Moore. Winnipeg.
Int. Chad Owens. Toronto.
Int. Eric Rogers. Calgary.
Int. Terrell Sinkfield. Hamilton.
Int. Kenny Stafford. Edmonton.
Defensive linemen:
Nat. Justin Capicciotti. Ottawa.
Int. Euclid Cummings. Toronto.
Int. Bryan Hall. Hamilton.
Int. Justin Hickman. Hamilton.
Nat. Cleyon Laing. Toronto.
Nat. Ted Laurent. Hamilton.
Int. Tristan Okpalaugo. Toronto.
Nat. Keith Shologan. Ottawa.
Linebackers:
Nat. Cory Greenwood. Toronto.
Int. Erik Harris. Hamilton.
Int. Greg Jones. Toronto.
Nat. Frederic Plesius. Hamilton.
Int. Taylor Reed. Hamilton.
Int. J.C. Sherritt.. Edmonton.
Int. Winston Venable. Montreal.
Defensive backs:
Int. Emanuel Davis. Hamilton.
Nat. Mike Edem. Hamilton.
Int. Dominique Ellis. Montreal.
Nat. Jermaine Gabriel. Toronto.
Int. Aaron Grymes. Edmonton.
Nat. Ryan Hinds. Edmonton.
Int. Cord Parks. BC.
Int. Demond Washington. Winnipeg.
Int. Mitchell White. Montreal.
There are still many very good players not re-signed; unfortunately, some of these best players will sign with NFL teams. Based on these numbers of potential free agents, I would say that Hamilton and Toronto are the ones that stand to lose/be affected the most, unless they re-sign some of these potential free agents.
Richard