Free Agents
2025–26 unrestricted and restricted free agents
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Unrestricted Free Agents (UFA)
134 players| Player | Team | Pos | Age | Type | Cap Hit | Exp. | Clause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Karlsson |  PIT | LD | 35 | UFA | $11.50M | 2026 | NMC |
| Drew Doughty |  LAK | LD | 36 | UFA | $11.00M | 2026 | NTC |
| Tyler Seguin |  DAL | C | 34 | UFA | $9.85M | 2026 | NMC |
| Nikita Kucherov |  TBL | RW | 32 | UFA | $9.50M | 2026 | NMC |
| Mark Stone |  VGK | RW | 33 | UFA | $9.50M | 2026 | NMC |
| Cale Makar |  COL | LD | 27 | UFA | $9.00M | 2026 | |
| Alex DeBrincat |  DET | RW | 28 | UFA | $7.88M | 2026 | NTC |
| Quinn Hughes |  MIN | LD | 26 | UFA | $7.85M | 2026 | |
| Jared Spurgeon | MIN | LD | 36 | UFA | $7.58M | 2026 | |
| Vince Dunn |  SEA | LD | 29 | UFA | $7.35M | 2026 | NTC |
| Nico Hischier |  NJD | C | 27 | UFA | $7.25M | 2026 | NTC |
| Dmitry Orlov |  SJS | LD | 34 | UFA | $6.50M | 2026 | NTC |
| Brendan Gallagher |  MTL | RW | 33 | UFA | $6.50M | 2026 | NTC |
| Justin Faulk |  STL | LD | 34 | UFA | $6.50M | 2026 | NTC |
| Chris Kreider |  ANA | LW | 34 | UFA | $6.50M | 2026 | NMC |
| John Gibson | DET | G | 32 | UFA | $6.40M | 2026 | NTC |
| Bowen Byram |  BUF | LD | 24 | UFA | $6.25M | 2026 | |
| Alex Killorn | ANA | LW | 36 | UFA | $6.25M | 2026 | NTC |
| Jordan Binnington | STL | G | 32 | UFA | $6.00M | 2026 | NTC |
| Ondrej Palat |  NYI | LW | 35 | UFA | $6.00M | 2026 | |
| Philipp Grubauer | SEA | G | 34 | UFA | $5.90M | 2026 | NTC |
| William Karlsson | VGK | C | 33 | UFA | $5.90M | 2026 | NTC |
| Casey Mittelstadt |  BOS | C | 27 | UFA | $5.75M | 2026 | |
| Andrew Copp | DET | C | 31 | UFA | $5.63M | 2026 | |
| Josh Anderson | MTL | RW | 31 | UFA | $5.50M | 2026 | NTC |
| Andre Burakovsky |  CHI | LW | 31 | UFA | $5.50M | 2026 | NTC |
| Phillip Danault | MTL | C | 33 | UFA | $5.50M | 2026 | |
| Teuvo Teravainen | CHI | C | 31 | UFA | $5.40M | 2026 | NTC |
| Elvis Merzlikins |  CBJ | G | 31 | UFA | $5.40M | 2026 | NTC |
| Darcy Kuemper | LAK | G | 35 | UFA | $5.25M | 2026 | |
| Rasmus Ristolainen |  PHI | LD | 31 | UFA | $5.10M | 2026 | |
| Samuel Girard | COL | LD | 27 | UFA | $5.00M | 2026 | NTC |
| Jared McCann | SEA | LW | 29 | UFA | $5.00M | 2026 | NTC |
| Ryan Strome | ANA | C | 32 | UFA | $5.00M | 2026 | |
| Drake Batherson |  OTT | RW | 27 | UFA | $4.97M | 2026 | |
| Blake Coleman |  CGY | LW | 34 | UFA | $4.90M | 2026 | |
| Kyle Palmieri | NYI | C | 35 | UFA | $4.75M | 2026 | NTC |
| Pavel Zacha | BOS | C | 28 | UFA | $4.75M | 2026 | NTC |
| Jason Zucker | BUF | LW | 34 | UFA | $4.75M | 2026 | NTC |
| Artem Zub | OTT | LD | 30 | UFA | $4.60M | 2026 | |
| Artturi Lehkonen | COL | LW | 30 | UFA | $4.50M | 2026 | NTC |
| Ryan O'Reilly |  NSH | C | 35 | UFA | $4.50M | 2026 | |
| Filip Chytil |  VAN | C | 26 | UFA | $4.44M | 2026 | |
| John Marino |  UTA | LD | 28 | UFA | $4.40M | 2026 | NTC |
| Lawson Crouse | UTA | LW | 28 | UFA | $4.30M | 2026 | |
| Pius Suter | STL | C | 29 | UFA | $4.13M | 2026 | |
| Jordan Greenway | BUF | LW | 29 | UFA | $4.00M | 2026 | NTC |
| Nino Niederreiter |  WPG | RW | 33 | UFA | $4.00M | 2026 | |
| Ross Colton | COL | C | 29 | UFA | $4.00M | 2026 | NTC |
| Ryan Hartman | MIN | RW | 31 | UFA | $4.00M | 2026 | NMC |
| Jonathan Drouin | NYI | LW | 31 | UFA | $4.00M | 2026 | NTC |
| Brenden Dillon | NJD | LD | 35 | UFA | $4.00M | 2026 | NTC |
| Alexandre Carrier | MTL | LD | 29 | UFA | $3.75M | 2026 | |
| Barclay Goodrow | SJS | C | 33 | UFA | $3.64M | 2026 | NTC |
| Andrew Mangiapane |  EDM | LW | 30 | UFA | $3.60M | 2026 | NTC |
| Andrew Mangiapane | EDM | LW | 30 | UFA | $3.60M | 2026 | NTC |
| Warren Foegele | LAK | LW | 30 | UFA | $3.50M | 2026 | NTC |
| Tommy Novak | PIT | C | 28 | UFA | $3.50M | 2026 | |
| Dan Vladar | PHI | G | 28 | UFA | $3.35M | 2026 | |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | DAL | LD | 31 | UFA | $3.25M | 2026 | |
| Shayne Gostisbehere |  CAR | LD | 32 | UFA | $3.20M | 2026 | NTC |
| Samuel Montembeault | MTL | G | 29 | UFA | $3.15M | 2026 | |
| Jordan Martinook | CAR | LW | 33 | UFA | $3.05M | 2026 | NTC |
| Evan Rodrigues |  FLA | C | 32 | UFA | $3.00M | 2026 | |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | WPG | C | 33 | UFA | $3.00M | 2026 | |
| Nicolas Roy |  TOR | C | 29 | UFA | $3.00M | 2026 | |
| Nic Dowd |  WSH | C | 35 | UFA | $3.00M | 2026 | |
| Jalen Chatfield | CAR | LD | 29 | UFA | $3.00M | 2026 | NMC |
| Eetu Luostarinen | FLA | C | 27 | UFA | $3.00M | 2026 | |
| Tyler Myers | VAN | LD | 36 | UFA | $3.00M | 2026 | NMC |
| Mason Appleton | DET | C | 30 | UFA | $2.90M | 2026 | |
| Jordan Staal | CAR | C | 37 | UFA | $2.90M | 2026 | NMC |
| Nick Perbix | NSH | LD | 27 | UFA | $2.75M | 2026 | |
| Stefan Noesen | NJD | RW | 33 | UFA | $2.75M | 2026 | NTC |
| Semyon Varlamov | NYI | G | 37 | UFA | $2.75M | 2026 | NTC |
| Arvid Soderblom | CHI | G | 26 | UFA | $2.75M | 2026 | |
| Anthony Beauvillier | WSH | LW | 28 | UFA | $2.75M | 2026 | |
| Michael Amadio | OTT | RW | 29 | UFA | $2.60M | 2026 | |
| Joel Armia | LAK | RW | 32 | UFA | $2.50M | 2026 | |
| Cody Glass | NJD | C | 27 | UFA | $2.50M | 2026 | |
| Casey Cizikas | NYI | C | 35 | UFA | $2.50M | 2026 | |
| Drew O'Connor | VAN | LW | 27 | UFA | $2.50M | 2026 | NTC |
| Garnet Hathaway | PHI | RW | 34 | UFA | $2.40M | 2026 | |
| Maxim Tsyplakov | NJD | RW | 27 | UFA | $2.25M | 2026 | |
| Ville Husso | ANA | G | 31 | UFA | $2.20M | 2026 | |
| Conor Timmins | BUF | LD | 27 | UFA | $2.20M | 2026 | |
| Sam Steel | DAL | C | 28 | UFA | $2.10M | 2026 | |
| Adam Gaudette | SJS | RW | 29 | UFA | $2.00M | 2026 | |
| Pyotr Kochetkov | CAR | G | 26 | UFA | $2.00M | 2026 | |
| Carter Hart | VGK | G | 27 | UFA | $2.00M | 2026 | |
| Scott Wedgewood | COL | G | 33 | UFA | $2.00M | 2026 | |
| Nico Sturm | MIN | C | 30 | UFA | $2.00M | 2026 | |
| Morgan Barron | WPG | C | 27 | UFA | $1.85M | 2026 | |
| Sean Kuraly | BOS | C | 33 | UFA | $1.85M | 2026 | |
| Justin Danforth | BUF | RW | 33 | UFA | $1.80M | 2026 | |
| Joel Hanley | CGY | LD | 34 | UFA | $1.75M | 2026 | |
| Nick Bjugstad | NJD | C | 33 | UFA | $1.75M | 2026 | |
| Tyler Kleven | OTT | LD | 24 | UFA | $1.60M | 2026 | |
| Declan Chisholm | WSH | LD | 26 | UFA | $1.60M | 2026 | |
| Urho Vaakanainen |  NYR | LD | 27 | UFA | $1.55M | 2026 | |
| Pontus Holmberg | TBL | RW | 27 | UFA | $1.55M | 2026 | |
| Justin Brazeau | PIT | RW | 28 | UFA | $1.50M | 2026 | |
| Taylor Raddysh | NYR | RW | 28 | UFA | $1.50M | 2026 | |
| Alex Lyon | BUF | G | 33 | UFA | $1.50M | 2026 | |
| Jesper Boqvist | FLA | C | 27 | UFA | $1.50M | 2026 | |
| Michael Eyssimont | BOS | C | 29 | UFA | $1.45M | 2026 | |
| Mattias Janmark | EDM | C | 33 | UFA | $1.45M | 2026 | NTC |
| Mattias Janmark | EDM | C | 33 | UFA | $1.45M | 2026 | NTC |
| Simon Benoit | TOR | LD | 27 | UFA | $1.35M | 2026 | |
| Ty Emberson | EDM | LD | 25 | UFA | $1.30M | 2026 | |
| Ty Emberson | EDM | LD | 25 | UFA | $1.30M | 2026 | |
| Jonas Johansson | TBL | G | 30 | UFA | $1.25M | 2026 | |
| Brayden Pachal | CGY | LD | 26 | UFA | $1.19M | 2026 | |
| Kurtis MacDermid | OTT | LW | 32 | UFA | $1.15M | 2026 | |
| Liam O'Brien | UTA | C | 31 | UFA | $1.00M | 2026 | |
| Casey DeSmith | DAL | G | 34 | UFA | $1.00M | 2026 | |
| Sam Carrick | NYR | C | 34 | UFA | $1.00M | 2026 | |
| Parker Wotherspoon | PIT | LD | 28 | UFA | $1.00M | 2026 | |
| Jake Christiansen | CBJ | LD | 26 | UFA | $0.97M | 2026 | |
| Haydn Fleury | WPG | LD | 29 | UFA | $0.95M | 2026 | |
| Tyler Tucker | STL | LD | 26 | UFA | $0.93M | 2026 | |
| Joshua Mahura | SEA | LD | 27 | UFA | $0.91M | 2026 | |
| Cale Fleury | SEA | LD | 27 | UFA | $0.89M | 2026 | |
| Nikolas Matinpalo | OTT | LD | 27 | UFA | $0.88M | 2026 | |
| Philippe Myers | TOR | LD | 29 | UFA | $0.85M | 2026 | |
| Zemgus Girgensons | TBL | C | 32 | UFA | $0.85M | 2026 | NTC |
| Cole Reinhardt | VGK | LW | 26 | UFA | $0.81M | 2026 | |
| Dylan McIlrath | WSH | LD | 33 | UFA | $0.80M | 2026 | |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | TBL | LD | 27 | UFA | $0.80M | 2026 | |
| Filip Hallander | PIT | C | 25 | UFA | $0.78M | 2026 | |
| Colin Blackwell | DAL | C | 33 | UFA | $0.78M | 2026 | |
| Kyle MacLean | NYI | C | 26 | UFA | $0.78M | 2026 | |
| Brandon Carlo | BOS | LD | 29 | UFA | $0.61M | 2026 | NTC |
| Jack St. Ivany | PIT | LD | 26 | UFA | $0.39M | 2026 |
Restricted Free Agents (RFA)
67 players| Player | Team | Pos | Age | Type | Cap Hit | Exp. | Clause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dmitri Voronkov | CBJ | LW | 25 | RFA | $4.17M | 2026 | |
| Dawson Mercer | NJD | C | 24 | RFA | $4.00M | 2026 | |
| Will Cuylle | NYR | LW | 24 | RFA | $3.90M | 2026 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | CBJ | RW | 25 | RFA | $3.85M | 2026 | |
| Jake Neighbours | STL | LW | 24 | RFA | $3.75M | 2026 | |
| Tyson Foerster | PHI | RW | 24 | RFA | $3.75M | 2026 | |
| Simon Holmstrom | NYI | RW | 24 | RFA | $3.63M | 2026 | |
| Joel Hofer | STL | G | 25 | RFA | $3.40M | 2026 | |
| Jack Quinn | BUF | RW | 24 | RFA | $3.38M | 2026 | |
| Mason Lohrei | BOS | LD | 25 | RFA | $3.20M | 2026 | |
| Luke Evangelista | NSH | RW | 24 | RFA | $3.00M | 2026 | |
| Alex Newhook | MTL | C | 25 | RFA | $2.90M | 2026 | |
| Jesper Wallstedt | MIN | G | 23 | RFA | $2.20M | 2026 | |
| Ryker Evans | SEA | LD | 24 | RFA | $2.05M | 2026 | |
| Yaroslav Askarov | SJS | G | 23 | RFA | $2.00M | 2026 | |
| Kent Johnson | CBJ | C | 23 | RFA | $1.80M | 2026 | |
| Wyatt Kaiser | CHI | LD | 23 | RFA | $1.70M | 2026 | |
| Jayden Struble | MTL | LD | 24 | RFA | $1.41M | 2026 | |
| Tye Kartye | SEA | LW | 24 | RFA | $1.25M | 2026 | |
| Adam Klapka | CGY | RW | 25 | RFA | $1.25M | 2026 | |
| Gage Goncalves | TBL | C | 25 | RFA | $1.20M | 2026 | |
| Albert Johansson | DET | LD | 25 | RFA | $1.13M | 2026 | |
| Elmer Soderblom | DET | LW | 24 | RFA | $1.13M | 2026 | |
| Drew Helleson | ANA | LD | 25 | RFA | $1.10M | 2026 | |
| Emil Heineman | NYI | LW | 24 | RFA | $1.10M | 2026 | |
| Matt Rempe | NYR | C | 23 | RFA | $0.97M | 2026 | |
| Adam Edstrom | NYR | C | 25 | RFA | $0.97M | 2026 | |
| Macklin Celebrini | SJS | C | 19 | RFA | $0.97M | 2026 | |
| Artyom Levshunov | CHI | LD | 20 | RFA | $0.97M | 2026 | |
| Jakub Dobes | MTL | G | 24 | RFA | $0.96M | 2026 | |
| Jimmy Snuggerud | STL | RW | 21 | RFA | $0.95M | 2026 | |
| Ryan Greene | CHI | C | 22 | RFA | $0.95M | 2026 | |
| Will Smith | SJS | C | 21 | RFA | $0.95M | 2026 | |
| Ryan Leonard | WSH | RW | 21 | RFA | $0.95M | 2026 | |
| Matvei Michkov | PHI | RW | 21 | RFA | $0.95M | 2026 | |
| Ivan Demidov | MTL | RW | 20 | RFA | $0.94M | 2026 | |
| Oliver Kapanen | MTL | C | 22 | RFA | $0.93M | 2026 | |
| Marat Khusnutdinov | BOS | C | 23 | RFA | $0.93M | 2026 | |
| Lian Bichsel | DAL | LD | 21 | RFA | $0.92M | 2026 | |
| Landon Slaggert | CHI | LW | 23 | RFA | $0.90M | 2026 | |
| Louis Crevier | CHI | LD | 24 | RFA | $0.90M | 2026 | |
| Matt Savoie | EDM | C | 22 | RFA | $0.89M | 2026 | |
| Matt Savoie | EDM | C | 22 | RFA | $0.89M | 2026 | |
| Jiri Kulich | BUF | C | 21 | RFA | $0.89M | 2026 | |
| Marco Kasper | DET | C | 21 | RFA | $0.89M | 2026 | |
| Denton Mateychuk | CBJ | LD | 21 | RFA | $0.89M | 2026 | |
| Shane Wright | SEA | C | 22 | RFA | $0.89M | 2026 | |
| Dominic James | TBL | C | 23 | RFA | $0.87M | 2026 | |
| Noah Laba | NYR | C | 22 | RFA | $0.87M | 2026 | |
| Alexander Holtz | VGK | RW | 24 | RFA | $0.84M | 2026 | |
| Logan Mailloux | STL | LD | 22 | RFA | $0.83M | 2026 | |
| Noah Ostlund | BUF | C | 22 | RFA | $0.83M | 2026 | |
| Justin Sourdif | WSH | RW | 24 | RFA | $0.82M | 2026 | |
| Elias Pettersson | VAN | C | 27 | RFA | $0.82M | 2026 | |
| Fraser Minten | BOS | C | 21 | RFA | $0.82M | 2026 | |
| Colten Ellis | BUF | G | 25 | RFA | $0.78M | 2026 | |
| Alec Regula | EDM | LD | 25 | RFA | $0.78M | 2026 | |
| Alex Turcotte | LAK | C | 25 | RFA | $0.78M | 2026 | |
| Alec Regula | EDM | LD | 25 | RFA | $0.78M | 2026 | |
| Ozzy Wiesblatt | NSH | C | 24 | RFA | $0.78M | 2026 | |
| Adam Wilsby | NSH | LD | 25 | RFA | $0.78M | 2026 | |
| Matthew Robertson | NYR | LD | 25 | RFA | $0.78M | 2026 | |
| Liam Ohgren | VAN | LW | 22 | RFA | $0.73M | 2026 | |
| Yan Kuznetsov | CGY | LD | 24 | RFA | $0.34M | 2026 | |
| Braeden Bowman | VGK | RW | 22 | RFA | $0.34M | 2026 | |
| Gabe Perreault | NYR | RW | 20 | RFA | $0.31M | 2026 | |
| Sandis Vilmanis | FLA | LW | 22 | RFA | $0.21M | 2026 |