"Take a look at the remaining free agent goaltenders. You'll notice that Marty Turco(notes) is the most senior netminder available with 538 games played, right after the 224 by fellow unrestricted free-agent John Grahame(notes).

Turco was signed by the Chicago Blackhawks a year ago to provide a veteran presence in front of Corey Crawford(notes), after letting Antti Niemi(notes) walk once his arbitration decision was announced.

Crawford ended up usurping the No. 1 job from Turco, who played 29 games and finished with an 11-11-3 record, .897 save-percentage and 3.02 goal against average.

It's now August 6 and Turco is still without a job. His agent, Kurt Overhardt, told us last week that his client will play next season. Specifically missing from his response was whether or not it would be in the NHL.

Looking at the goaltending depth charts around the NHL, there doesn't seem to be room for a soon-to-be 36-year-old netminder whose numbers have been declining the past several seasons.

The closest landing spot you could even think of being a remote possibility -- in the NHL -- would be the Columbus Blue Jackets, if they're worried about Steve Mason(notes) being unable to bounce back and the inexperienced Mark Dekanich(notes) behind him. But that's just thinking out loud."