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Now that the Stanley Cup is over, here’s everything you need to know for 2024 NHL Free Agency

Now that the Stanley Cup is over, here’s everything you need to know for 2024 NHL Free Agency

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By: Benjamin Zweiman

The Florida Panthers are your 2023-24 Stanley Cup Champions. Okay, now we can all move on with our lives and look ahead to the 2024 NHL Draft and Free Agency, which will begin on July 1. NHL Free Agency has been a wasteland for aging players to get overpaid. But it’s making a bit of a comeback this offseason with a handful of high-profile players looking to get paid. Below we’ll go over free agency now that the 2023-24 season is officially over. We’ll provide an overview of each position with some predictions and a complete list of free agents at the bottom.

2024 NHL Free Agency

Forwards

Sam Reinhart, Florida Panthers — Reinhart is the prized gem of free agency. He’s coming off a career-high 57 goals and 94 points. We don’t often see elite forwards enter free agency at an age where there’s still plenty of juice left in their NHL career. Reinhart will be 29 early in the 2024-25 regular season and could command a contract ranging from $10-11 million per season. There have been rumblings Reinhart could join Connor Bedard on a massive deal in Chicago. Reinhart should be the first domino to fall in terms of forwards signing to set the market a bit.

Jake Guentzel, Carolina Hurricanes — Guentzel was dealt to the ‘Canes at the deadline via the Pittsburgh Penguins, where he helped the team win the Cup back in 2017. Again, a lot of experienced, quality forwards in this free agency class. Guentzel wasn’t able to help Carolina get over the hump and into the Cup Final. He was able to post 25 points over 17 games with the Hurricanes to end the season. Guentzel has at least 73 points and 30+ goals in each of the past three seasons. He’ll be 30 at the start of the 2024-25 regular season, however, and should command around $8-9 million per season on a new long-term deal.

Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning — It would be shocking to see Stamkos leave the Lightning this time around in free agency. The Tampa Bay captain opted to stay back in 2016 and helped the franchise win two championships. At 34, Stamkos’ best days are behind him but he is still a very effective top-6 forward. He’s coming off 40 goals and 81 points in 79 games this past season. Expect Stamkos to sign a short-term deal at a lesser cap hit to give the Lightning some much-needed roster flexibility.

Elias Lindholm, Vancouver Canucks — The Canucks acquired Lindholm from the Calgary Flames at the end of January. Lindholm wasn’t great this past season, only posting 12 points in 26 games with Vancouver and 15 goals (44 points) in 75 games overall. Still, Lindholm fits nicely into the Canucks’ top-6 forward group as the 2C behind J.T. Miller/Elias Pettersson. Vancouver is reportedly interested in bringing Lindholm back and his next deal could be in the $7-8 million salary range per season.

The rest of the forward

The forward group this free agency, again, is pretty stacked. Aside from those elite players you also have Patrick Kane, Matt Duchene, recent Conn Smythe winner Jonathan Marchessault, Chandler Stephenson, Teuvo Teravainen, Tyler Bertuzzi, Max Domi and Jonathan Drouin. Even further down the board there’s great middle-six depth players in Sean Monahan, David Perron, Jake DeBrusk and Vladimir Tarasenko.

Note: All data in tables are via CapFriendly.com. We will miss you, CapFriendly.

2024 NHL Free Agent Forwards

Player Team Age Pos Handed GP G A P P/GP +/- Sh Sh% TOI Clause Expiry Cap Hit Salary
Player Team Age Pos Handed GP G A P P/GP +/- Sh Sh% TOI Clause Expiry Cap Hit Salary
Steven Stamkos TBL 34 LW, C Right 79 40 41 81 1.03 -21 262 0.15 18:13 NMC UFA $8,500,000 $6,500,000
Sam Reinhart FLA 28 RW Right 82 57 37 94 1.15 29 233 0.24 20:17 UFA $6,500,000 $6,500,000
Jake Guentzel CAR 29 LW, RW Left 67 30 47 77 1.15 25 238 0.13 20:00 M-NTC UFA $6,000,000 $6,000,000
Adam Henrique EDM 34 LW, C Left 82 24 27 51 0.62 9 140 0.17 16:50 M-NTC UFA $5,825,000 $5,825,000
Anthony Mantha VGK 29 LW, RW Left 74 23 21 44 0.59 11 113 0.2 14:13 UFA $5,700,000 $6,500,000
Tyler Bertuzzi TOR 29 LW, RW Left 80 21 22 43 0.54 2 160 0.13 16:02 NMC UFA $5,500,000 $5,500,000
Teuvo Teräväinen CAR 29 LW, RW Left 76 25 28 53 0.7 15 142 0.18 16:24 M-NTC UFA $5,400,000 $5,875,000
Jason Zucker NSH 32 LW, RW Left 69 14 18 32 0.46 -9 150 0.09 13:49 UFA $5,300,000 $5,300,000
Jakub Vrána STL 28 LW Left 21 2 4 6 0.29 -7 42 0.05 12:07 UFA $5,250,000 $5,750,000
Tyler Johnson CHI 33 RW, C, LW Right 67 17 14 31 0.46 -35 112 0.15 15:32 M-NTC UFA $5,000,000 $4,750,000
Jonathan Marchessault VGK 33 RW, LW Right 82 42 27 69 0.84 -2 266 0.16 17:53 M-NTC UFA $5,000,000 $3,500,000
Vladimir Tarasenko FLA 32 RW Left 76 23 32 55 0.72 13 155 0.15 15:44 NTC UFA $5,000,000 $5,000,000
Elias Lindholm VAN 29 C, RW Right 75 15 29 44 0.59 -14 173 0.09 19:41 UFA $4,850,000 $4,850,000
David Perron DET 36 RW, LW Right 76 17 30 47 0.62 -12 151 0.11 15:37 M-NTC UFA $4,750,000 $5,150,000
Victor Olofsson BUF 28 RW, LW Left 51 7 8 15 0.29 -1 66 0.11 11:34 UFA $4,750,000 $4,750,000
Kevin Labanc SJS 28 RW, LW Right 46 2 7 9 0.2 -27 60 0.03 11:37 UFA $4,725,000 $5,875,000
Alexander Wennberg NYR 29 C Left 79 10 20 30 0.38 0 90 0.11 17:59 M-NTC UFA $4,500,000 $5,000,000
Mike Hoffman SJS 34 LW Left 66 10 13 23 0.35 -21 71 0.14 13:43 UFA $4,500,000 $5,000,000
Tyler Toffoli WPG 32 RW, LW Right 79 33 22 55 0.7 -6 229 0.14 16:57 UFA $4,250,000 $3,500,000
Viktor Arvidsson LAK 31 RW, LW Right 18 6 9 15 0.83 4 59 0.1 16:41 UFA $4,250,000 $4,250,000
Anthony Beauvillier NSH 27 RW, LW Left 60 5 12 17 0.28 -8 105 0.05 13:34 UFA $4,150,000 $4,150,000
Jake DeBrusk BOS 27 RW, LW Left 80 19 21 40 0.5 4 183 0.1 16:49 UFA $4,000,000 $4,000,000
Jack Roslovic NYR 27 C, RW Right 59 9 22 31 0.53 -10 117 0.08 15:33 UFA $4,000,000 $4,000,000
Joe Pavelski DAL 39 RW Right 82 27 40 67 0.82 12 194 0.14 16:48 NMC UFA $3,500,000 $3,500,000
Tanner Pearson MTL 31 LW Left 54 5 8 13 0.24 -12 77 0.06 12:56 UFA $3,250,000 $4,250,000
Kasperi Kapanen STL 27 RW Right 73 6 16 22 0.3 -5 99 0.06 14:23 UFA $3,200,000 $3,200,000
Martin Necas CAR 25 RW Right 77 24 29 53 0.69 -9 231 0.1 17:21 RFA $3,000,000 $3,500,000
Matt Duchene DAL 33 RW, C Left 80 25 40 65 0.81 15 172 0.15 16:45 UFA $3,000,000 $3,000,000
Anthony Duclair TBL 28 LW, RW Left 73 24 18 42 0.58 -8 129 0.19 15:46 UFA $3,000,000 $4,000,000
Max Domi TOR 29 C, RW Left 80 9 38 47 0.59 10 137 0.07 13:47 M-NTC UFA $3,000,000 $3,000,000
Luke Kunin SJS 26 RW, C Right 77 11 7 18 0.23 -30 98 0.11 15:44 RFA $2,750,000 $3,000,000
Patrick Kane DET 35 RW Left 50 20 27 47 0.94 -5 147 0.14 18:22 NTC UFA $2,750,000 $2,750,000
Warren Foegele EDM 28 LW, RW Left 82 20 21 41 0.5 3 201 0.1 13:58 UFA $2,750,000 $3,250,000
Chandler Stephenson VGK 30 C, LW Left 75 16 35 51 0.68 -9 97 0.16 18:29 UFA $2,750,000 $3,225,000
Casey Mittelstadt COL 25 LW, C Left 80 18 39 57 0.71 10 127 0.14 17:44 RFA $2,500,000 $2,600,000
Dominik Kubalik OTT 28 LW, RW Left 74 11 4 15 0.2 -30 91 0.12 12:07 UFA $2,500,000 $2,500,000
Kyle Okposo FLA 36 RW Right 67 12 10 22 0.33 1 114 0.11 13:20 UFA $2,500,000 $2,500,000
Zemgus Girgensons BUF 30 LW, C Left 63 8 6 14 0.22 -1 73 0.11 11:50 UFA $2,500,000 $2,500,000
Alexander Barabanov SJS 30 RW, LW Left 46 4 9 13 0.28 -24 67 0.06 15:52 M-NTC UFA $2,500,000 $2,500,000
Dillon Dubé CGY 25 LW, RW, C Left 43 3 4 7 0.16 -13 42 0.07 11:09 RFA $2,300,000 $2,400,000
Daniel Sprong DET 27 RW, LW Right 76 18 25 43 0.57 -5 160 0.11 12:00 UFA $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Erik Brännström OTT 24 LD/RD, LW Left 76 3 17 20 0.26 5 77 0.04 16:35 RFA $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Max Pacioretty WSH 35 LW Left 47 4 19 23 0.49 -14 95 0.04 14:26 NMC UFA $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Tyson Jost BUF 26 C Left 43 3 3 6 0.14 -11 48 0.06 10:35 UFA $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Sean Monahan WPG 29 C, LW, RW Left 83 26 33 59 0.71 -1 171 0.15 18:05 UFA $1,985,000 $1,985,000
Teddy Blueger VAN 29 C, LW Left 68 6 22 28 0.41 4 97 0.06 14:56 UFA $1,900,000 $1,900,000
Jordan Martinook CAR 31 LW, RW Left 82 14 18 32 0.39 -1 148 0.09 14:38 UFA $1,800,000 $2,700,000
Isac Lundeström ANA 24 C, LW Left 46 5 6 11 0.24 -1 38 0.13 14:20 RFA $1,800,000 $1,800,000
Barrett Hayton UTA 24 C, LW Left 33 3 7 10 0.3 -13 66 0.05 17:00 RFA $1,775,000 $2,130,000
Cal Clutterbuck NYI 36 RW Right 82 7 12 19 0.23 4 59 0.12 11:52 UFA $1,750,000 $1,750,000
Travis Boyd UTA 30 C, RW Right 16 2 6 8 0.5 3 12 0.17 9:37 UFA $1,750,000 $2,000,000
Yakov Trenin COL 27 LW, C Left 76 12 5 17 0.22 15 116 0.1 14:34 UFA $1,700,000 $1,700,000
Blake Lizotte LAK 26 C Left 62 7 8 15 0.24 11 76 0.09 11:49 RFA $1,675,000 $1,675,000
Eric Robinson BUF 29 LW Left 47 3 7 10 0.21 -3 61 0.05 11:19 UFA $1,600,000 $1,700,000
Alexandre Texier CBJ 24 LW, C, RW Left 78 12 18 30 0.38 -5 109 0.11 15:10 RFA $1,525,000 $1,750,000
Matt Martin NYI 35 LW, RW Left 57 4 4 8 0.14 7 48 0.08 9:18 UFA $1,500,000 $1,500,000
Tomas Tatar SEA 33 LW, RW Left 70 9 15 24 0.34 8 72 0.13 12:27 UFA $1,500,000 $1,500,000
Kailer Yamamoto SEA 25 RW Right 59 8 8 16 0.27 -9 61 0.13 11:59 RFA $1,500,000 $1,500,000
Eeli Tolvanen SEA 25 LW, RW Left 81 16 25 41 0.51 -15 153 0.1 15:38 RFA $1,450,000 $1,450,000
Michael McLeod NJD 26 C Right 45 10 9 19 0.42 6 73 0.14 15:08 RFA $1,400,000 $1,400,000
William Carrier VGK 29 LW Left 39 6 2 8 0.21 3 65 0.09 11:10 UFA $1,400,000 $1,750,000
Carl Grundström LAK 26 LW, RW Left 50 8 4 12 0.24 -2 95 0.08 10:56 RFA $1,300,000 $1,300,000
Max Jones ANA 26 LW, RW Left 52 5 10 15 0.29 -6 76 0.07 12:03 RFA $1,295,000 $1,500,000
Nicolas Aubé-Kubel WSH 28 RW Right 60 6 10 16 0.27 4 58 0.1 12:12 UFA $1,225,000 $1,225,000
Colin Blackwell CHI 31 C, RW Right 44 8 4 12 0.27 -2 88 0.09 14:29 UFA $1,200,000 $1,200,000
Sam Lafferty VAN 29 RW, C, LW Right 79 13 11 24 0.3 4 78 0.17 11:52 UFA $1,150,000 $1,150,000
Christian Fischer DET 27 RW, LW Right 79 5 14 19 0.24 0 86 0.06 11:24 UFA $1,125,000 $1,125,000
Filip Zadina SJS 24 RW, LW Left 72 13 10 23 0.32 -44 137 0.09 13:20 RFA $1,100,000 $1,100,000
Brendan Smith NJD 35 LD/RD, LW Left 63 5 10 15 0.24 -3 60 0.08 16:06 UFA $1,100,000 $1,200,000
Nick Cousins FLA 30 LW, C Left 69 7 8 15 0.22 1 111 0.06 12:11 UFA $1,100,000 $1,100,000
Brandon Duhaime COL 27 RW, LW Left 80 5 8 13 0.16 -5 92 0.05 10:51 UFA $1,100,000 $1,100,000
Rem Pitlick CHI 27 LW, RW Left 9 0 0 0 0 -7 13 0 15:35 UFA $1,100,000 $1,100,000
Steven Lorentz FLA 28 C, LW, RW Left 38 1 2 3 0.08 -9 30 0.03 8:47 UFA $1,050,000 $1,150,000
Tomas Nosek NJD 31 LW, C Left 36 2 4 6 0.17 -11 38 0.05 11:48 UFA $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Milan Lucic BOS 36 LW, RW Left 4 0 2 2 0.5 -1 1 0 11:58 NMC UFA $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Samuel Blais STL 28 LW, RW Left 53 1 6 7 0.13 -11 33 0.03 9:41 UFA $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Kevin Stenlund FLA 27 C, RW Right 81 11 4 15 0.19 -10 81 0.14 12:36 UFA $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Patrick Maroon BOS 36 LW, RW Left 51 4 12 16 0.31 -11 56 0.07 12:50 M-NTC UFA $1,000,000 $1,000,000
James van Riemsdyk BOS 35 LW, RW Left 71 11 27 38 0.54 7 142 0.08 13:30 UFA $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Craig Smith DAL 34 RW Right 75 11 9 20 0.27 2 112 0.1 10:13 UFA $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Mattias Janmark EDM 31 LW, RW Left 71 4 8 12 0.17 0 67 0.06 11:53 UFA $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Andre Heim 26 C, RW, LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $950,000 $950,000
Cole Guttman CHI 25 C Right 27 4 4 8 0.3 -17 50 0.08 12:37 RFA $950,000 $950,000
Matej Blümel DAL 24 LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Bobby Brink PHI 22 RW Right 57 11 12 23 0.4 1 81 0.14 13:47 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Jack Drury CAR 24 C Left 74 8 19 27 0.36 4 106 0.08 12:16 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Aidan McDonough VAN 24 LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.2(c) $925,000 $925,000
Kent Johnson CBJ 21 LW, C Left 42 6 10 16 0.38 -2 62 0.1 13:32 10.2(c) $925,000 $925,000
Kirill Marchenko CBJ 23 RW Right 78 23 19 42 0.54 -5 193 0.12 16:24 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Dylan Holloway EDM 22 LW, C Left 38 6 3 9 0.24 -1 56 0.11 11:22 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Jonatan Berggren DET 23 RW, LW Left 12 2 4 6 0.5 -1 14 0.14 10:51 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Nikita Nesterenko ANA 22 C Left 3 1 0 1 0.33 0 7 0.14 11:31 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Carter Savoie EDM 22 LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.2(c) $925,000 $925,000
Ivan Morozov VGK 24 C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Anton Lundell FLA 22 C, LW Left 78 13 22 35 0.45 19 166 0.08 15:22 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Vladislav Firstov 23 LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Bobby Trivigno NYR 25 LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Cole Sillinger CBJ 21 C Left 77 13 19 32 0.42 -4 157 0.08 16:07 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Curtis Hall BOS 24 C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Lucas Raymond DET 22 RW, LW Right 82 31 41 72 0.88 -12 163 0.19 17:45 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Corey Andonovski PIT 25 RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Thomas Bordeleau SJS 22 C, LW Left 27 6 5 11 0.41 -18 48 0.13 15:01 10.2(c) $916,667 $925,000
Emil Bemström PIT 25 RW, LW Right 56 8 8 16 0.29 -5 83 0.1 11:08 RFA $900,000 $900,000
Ty Dellandrea DAL 23 RW Right 42 2 7 9 0.21 -10 53 0.04 12:40 RFA $900,000 $900,000
Matthew Beniers SEA 21 C Left 77 15 22 37 0.48 -11 133 0.11 17:57 RFA $897,500 $925,000
Arthur Kaliyev LAK 23 RW, LW Left 51 7 8 15 0.29 -3 101 0.07 11:48 RFA $894,167 $832,500
Alex Turcotte LAK 23 C Left 20 1 3 4 0.2 5 14 0.07 9:16 RFA $894,167 $832,500
Dawson Mercer NJD 22 RW, C Right 82 20 13 33 0.4 -26 134 0.15 17:13 RFA $894,167 $832,500
Seth Jarvis CAR 22 RW Right 81 33 34 67 0.83 23 176 0.19 18:45 RFA $894,167 $832,500
Cole Perfetti WPG 22 LW, C Left 71 19 19 38 0.54 13 142 0.13 13:35 RFA $894,167 $832,500
Quinton Byfield LAK 21 LW, C Left 80 20 35 55 0.69 19 161 0.12 16:29 RFA $894,167 $832,500
Adam Beckman MIN 23 LW Left 11 0 2 2 0.18 -2 10 0 9:24 RFA $894,167 $832,500
Blake McLaughlin ANA 24 LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $883,750 $925,000
Linus Karlsson VAN 24 RW Right 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 10:08 RFA $883,750 $925,000
Ville Petman SEA 24 C, LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $883,750 $925,000
Alex Beaucage COL 22 RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $878,333 $925,000
Raphael Lavoie EDM 23 RW, C Right 7 0 0 0 0 -2 4 0 7:17 RFA $874,125 $874,125
Oliver Wahlstrom NYI 24 RW Right 32 2 4 6 0.19 -6 41 0.05 11:04 RFA $874,125 $874,125
Jason Polin COL 25 RW Right 7 1 0 1 0.14 1 6 0.17 7:25 RFA $870,000 $870,000
Karl Henriksson NYR 23 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $870,000 $925,000
Waltteri Merelä TBL 25 RW Right 19 1 0 1 0.05 2 17 0.06 9:48 RFA $870,000 $870,000
Peyton Krebs BUF 23 C, LW Left 80 4 13 17 0.21 2 74 0.05 12:30 RFA $863,333 $832,500
Simon Holmström NYI 23 RW Left 75 15 10 25 0.33 2 72 0.21 13:19 RFA $863,333 $832,500
Connor McMichael WSH 23 LW, C Left 80 18 15 33 0.41 -20 135 0.13 15:59 RFA $863,333 $832,500
Brayden Tracey ANA 23 LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $863,333 $832,500
Philip Tomasino NSH 22 LW, RW Right 41 7 13 20 0.49 -6 62 0.11 12:34 RFA $863,333 $832,500
Nolan Foote NJD 23 LW Left 4 1 0 1 0.25 -1 6 0.17 10:06 RFA $863,333 $832,500
Jakob Pelletier CGY 23 LW Left 13 1 2 3 0.23 1 9 0.11 9:16 RFA $863,333 $832,500
Keean Washkurak STL 22 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $862,500 $890,000
Félix Robert TBL 24 C, LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $857,500 $870,000
Cole Schwindt CGY 23 RW, C Right 4 0 0 0 0 -1 1 0 6:47 RFA $855,833 $832,500
Pavol Regenda ANA 24 LW, RW Left 5 0 0 0 0 -1 7 0 11:33 RFA $855,000 $867,500
Samuel Walker MIN 25 RW, LW Right 4 0 0 0 0 -3 3 0 9:21 RFA $855,000 $867,500
Ruslan Iskhakov NYI 23 C Left 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 14:11 RFA $855,000 $867,500
Sam Hentges MIN 24 C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $855,000 $867,500
Brandon Coe SJS 22 RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $850,833 $867,500
Oskar Bäck DAL 24 C, RW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $850,833 $867,500
Maxim Cajkovic PIT 23 RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $850,833 $867,500
Graeme Clarke NJD 23 RW, C Right 3 0 0 0 0 -2 2 0 11:23 RFA $850,833 $867,500
Juuso Pärssinen NSH 23 C Left 44 8 4 12 0.27 -6 54 0.15 14:35 RFA $850,833 $867,500
Tyler Angle CBJ 23 C Left 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8:20 RFA $850,833 $867,500
Jansen Harkins PIT 27 LW Left 45 0 4 4 0.09 -4 37 0 8:12 UFA $850,000 $875,000
Sam Carrick EDM 32 C, RW Right 77 10 6 16 0.21 -11 92 0.11 12:13 UFA $850,000 $850,000
Filip Cederqvist MTL 23 LW, RW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $850,000 $866,667
Taro Hirose DET 28 LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $850,000 $850,000
Denis Gurianov PHI 27 RW, LW Left 18 1 1 2 0.11 4 26 0.04 12:13 UFA $850,000 $850,000
Sam Steel DAL 26 C, LW Left 77 9 15 24 0.31 0 86 0.1 13:14 RFA $850,000 $850,000
Adam Raska MIN 22 LW, RW Right 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6:48 RFA $848,333 $865,000
Jamieson Rees OTT 23 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $839,167 $832,500
Max Ellis TOR 24 RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $838,750 $852,500
Curtis Douglas UTA 24 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $837,500 $850,000
Dmitry Ovchinnikov MIN 21 C, LW, RW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.2(c) $835,000 $855,000
Alex Steeves TOR 24 LW, RW Left 1 0 0 0 0 -1 1 0 10:14 RFA $834,167 $852,500
Adam Klapka CGY 23 RW, C Right 6 1 0 1 0.17 -1 4 0.25 6:45 RFA $832,500 $845,000
Reece Newkirk NYI 23 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $828,333 $845,000
Alexander Pashin 21 C, LW, RW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $826,667 $835,000
Jonathan Drouin COL 29 LW, RW Left 79 19 37 56 0.71 12 127 0.15 18:11 UFA $825,000 $825,000
Mason Primeau VGK 22 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $825,000 $840,000
Dakota Joshua VAN 28 LW Left 63 18 14 32 0.51 19 84 0.21 14:23 UFA $825,000 $850,000
Andrew Cogliano COL 37 LW Left 75 6 13 19 0.25 11 61 0.1 10:36 UFA $825,000 $825,000
Pavel Dorofeyev VGK 23 LW, RW Left 47 13 11 24 0.51 8 97 0.13 13:16 RFA $825,000 $825,000
Joseph Veleno DET 24 C Left 80 12 16 28 0.35 -16 86 0.14 13:57 RFA $825,000 $825,000
Tuukka Tieksola CAR 23 RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $823,333 $845,000
Gage Goncalves TBL 23 LW Left 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9:57 RFA $820,000 $775,000
Michal Teplý CHI 23 LW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $820,000 $775,000
Milos Kelemen UTA 24 RW Left 10 0 1 1 0.1 -2 5 0 7:40 RFA $817,500 $830,000
Nikita Alexandrov STL 23 C Left 23 0 2 2 0.09 -4 15 0 8:31 RFA $816,667 $832,500
Ben McCartney UTA 22 LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $813,333 $830,000
Patrick Giles FLA 24 C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $812,500 $825,000
Mikhail Abramov STL 23 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $809,444 $775,000
James Hamblin EDM 25 RW, C Left 31 2 1 3 0.1 3 18 0.11 7:55 RFA $807,500 $820,000
Wyatt Bongiovanni OTT 24 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $802,500 $815,000
Reese Johnson CHI 25 RW, C Right 42 2 3 5 0.12 -20 51 0.04 10:55 RFA $800,000 $850,000
Hayden Hodgson LAK 28 RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $800,000 $800,000
Oskar Steen BOS 26 C, RW Right 34 1 0 1 0.03 -2 24 0.04 9:04 UFA Group 6 $800,000 $800,000
Mackenzie Entwistle CHI 24 LW, C Right 67 5 6 11 0.16 -29 66 0.08 11:23 RFA $800,000 $850,000
Joe Snively WSH 28 LW Left 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8:20 UFA $800,000 $850,000
Andreas Johnsson 29 LW, RW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $800,000 $800,000
Blake Wheeler NYR 37 RW Right 54 9 12 21 0.39 2 83 0.11 12:43 NTC UFA $800,000 $800,000
Joey Anderson CHI 26 RW Right 55 5 12 17 0.31 5 57 0.09 13:32 RFA $800,000 $800,000
Tyler Motte TBL 29 LW, RW Left 69 6 3 9 0.13 -8 83 0.07 12:26 UFA $800,000 $800,000
Ryan Lomberg FLA 29 LW, RW Left 75 5 2 7 0.09 -1 68 0.07 9:32 UFA $800,000 $825,000
Nick Bonino 36 C, LW Left 45 1 4 5 0.11 -12 31 0.03 12:15 UFA $800,000 $800,000
Otto Koivula NYI 25 LW, RW, C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $800,000 $850,000
Kyle MacLean NYI 25 LW, C Left 32 4 5 9 0.28 5 26 0.15 10:05 RFA $800,000 $800,000
Connor Dewar TOR 25 LW, C Left 74 11 8 19 0.26 -8 77 0.14 11:39 RFA $800,000 $850,000
Yegor Chinakhov CBJ 23 RW, LW Left 53 16 13 29 0.55 -3 110 0.15 15:10 RFA $800,000 $800,000
Mike Hardman CHI 25 LW, RW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $800,000 $850,000
Nicholas Robertson TOR 22 LW, RW Left 56 14 13 27 0.48 4 96 0.15 11:22 RFA $796,667 $775,000
Luke Henman SEA 24 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $791,667 $815,000
Blake Murray CAR 22 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $791,667 $815,000
Dillon Hamaliuk PIT 23 LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $789,167 $775,000
Egor Afanasyev NSH 23 C, LW Left 2 0 0 0 0 -1 5 0 12:59 RFA $789,167 $775,000
Tyler Pitlick NYR 32 RW Right 34 1 3 4 0.12 -6 32 0.03 10:11 UFA $787,500 $787,500
T.J .Tynan LAK 32 C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $787,500 $775,000
Wade Allison NSH 26 RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $785,000 $820,000
Marcus Kallionkieli 23 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $784,722 $775,000
Austin Watson TBL 32 RW, LW Right 33 2 2 4 0.12 2 17 0.12 7:15 UFA $776,665 $776,665
Sam Gagner EDM 34 RW, C Right 28 5 5 10 0.36 -2 48 0.1 10:12 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Jayson Megna BOS 34 C, LW, RW Right 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:45 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Danton Heinen BOS 28 LW, RW Left 74 17 19 36 0.49 16 119 0.14 14:27 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Travis Barron UTA 25 LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Maxime Comtois CAR 25 LW Left 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 13:04 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Jasper Weatherby NSH 26 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Shane Pinto OTT 23 C Right 41 9 18 27 0.66 9 110 0.08 18:06 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Radim Zohorna PIT 28 LW, RW Left 33 4 3 7 0.21 0 38 0.11 9:45 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Marc McLaughlin BOS 24 C Right 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0.5 12:39 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Ethen Frank WSH 26 C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Joey Abate BOS 25 LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Andrew Agozzino ANA 33 C, LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Connor Brown EDM 30 RW, LW Right 71 4 8 12 0.17 -8 108 0.04 12:47 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Adam Erne EDM 29 LW, RW Left 24 1 1 2 0.08 0 13 0.08 7:49 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Rasmus Asplund FLA 26 LW, C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Mikhail Maltsev LAK 26 C, LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Brian Pinho NYI 29 C, RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Lias Andersson MTL 25 C, LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Jaret Anderson-Dolan NSH 24 C, LW, RW Left 31 1 3 4 0.13 -5 31 0.03 11:02 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Benjamin Jones CGY 25 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Ryan McGregor UTA 25 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Linus Weissbach BUF 26 LW, RW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Jesse Ylönen MTL 24 RW, LW Right 59 4 4 8 0.14 2 50 0.08 10:14 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Tyler Madden LAK 24 C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Luke Philp CHI 28 C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Andrew Agozzino ANA 33 C, LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Connor Brown EDM 30 RW, LW Right 71 4 8 12 0.17 -8 108 0.04 12:47 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Vinnie Hinostroza PIT 30 RW, LW Right 14 1 2 3 0.21 -3 27 0.04 9:45 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Rourke Chartier OTT 28 C Left 37 2 1 3 0.08 -4 40 0.05 10:46 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Noah Gregor TOR 25 LW, RW Left 63 6 6 12 0.19 -7 110 0.05 11:23 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Matthew Phillips WSH 26 RW, C Right 31 1 4 5 0.16 -3 21 0.05 10:10 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Garrett Pilon OTT 26 C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Nolan Stevens 27 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Marian Studenic SEA 25 LW, RW Left 2 0 0 0 0 -1 1 0 8:06 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Mason Shaw MIN 25 LW, C Left 20 1 2 3 0.15 0 21 0.05 8:11 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Joshua Dunne CBJ 25 C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Kyle Criscuolo NJD 32 C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Jan Jeník UTA 23 C Left 5 0 1 1 0.2 -1 2 0 8:22 RFA $775,000 $775,000
John Leonard UTA 25 LW, RW Left 6 1 0 1 0.17 -1 5 0.2 6:52 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Jacob Lucchini MIN 29 RW, C, LW Left 40 2 3 5 0.13 -3 22 0.09 9:35 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Ryan Carpenter SJS 33 RW, C Right 62 5 7 12 0.19 -16 58 0.09 11:06 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Logan Brown TBL 26 C, LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Anthony Richard BOS 27 LW, RW Left 9 1 2 3 0.33 0 6 0.17 10:36 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Justin Kirkland UTA 27 LW, RW Left 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7:13 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Brett Murray BUF 25 LW Left 2 0 0 0 0 -1 1 0 7:58 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Jesper Boqvist BOS 25 C, LW Left 47 6 8 14 0.3 12 51 0.12 11:09 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Matthew Highmore OTT 28 LW, RW Left 7 0 2 2 0.29 0 1 0 7:42 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Carson Meyer CBJ 26 RW Right 14 1 1 2 0.14 -2 10 0.1 9:07 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Philippe Maillet MTL 31 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Egor Sokolov OTT 24 LW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Kiefer Sherwood NSH 29 LW, RW Right 68 10 17 27 0.4 17 110 0.09 12:10 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Cole Koepke TBL 26 LW, RW Left 9 0 2 2 0.22 0 9 0 6:42 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Gerald Mayhew FLA 31 C, RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Corey Perry EDM 39 RW Right 54 12 10 22 0.41 -6 82 0.15 13:22 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Chris Tierney NJD 30 C Left 52 4 8 12 0.23 3 26 0.15 9:01 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Trevor Lewis LAK 37 RW, C Right 82 8 8 16 0.2 7 130 0.06 11:38 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Pierre-Édouard Bellemare SEA 39 C, LW Left 40 4 3 7 0.18 4 36 0.11 9:50 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Colin White MTL 27 C, RW Right 28 0 0 0 0 -5 16 0 9:31 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Alexander Nylander CBJ 26 RW, LW Right 28 11 4 15 0.54 -1 72 0.15 16:14 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Fredrik Karlström DAL 26 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Bokondji Imama OTT 27 LW Left 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5:35 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Zach Aston-Reese DET 29 LW, RW Left 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5:09 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Nick Swaney MIN 26 RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Samuel Fagemo LAK 24 LW, RW Right 8 1 0 1 0.13 -1 13 0.08 9:11 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Jeffrey Viel WPG 27 LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Callahan Burke CAR 27 C, RW Right 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7:06 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Devin Shore SEA 29 LW, C, RW Left 21 1 3 4 0.19 3 15 0.07 8:00 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Riley Tufte COL 26 LW Left 5 1 1 2 0.4 -2 7 0.14 11:07 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Dylan Gambrell TOR 27 C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Josh Currie OTT 31 RW, C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Kole Lind SEA 25 RW Right 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5:59 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Brett Leason ANA 25 RW Right 68 11 11 22 0.32 -7 91 0.12 13:00 RFA $775,000 $800,000
Joel Kiviranta COL 28 RW, LW Left 56 3 6 9 0.16 -1 48 0.06 9:50 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Jujhar Khaira MIN 29 LW, C Left 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8:05 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Liam O’Brien UTA 29 LW, RW Left 75 5 9 14 0.19 0 72 0.07 9:43 UFA $775,000 $800,000
Nicholas Caamano DAL 25 LW, RW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Matt Luff DET 27 RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Scott Reedy DAL 25 C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
David Gustafsson WPG 24 LW, C Left 39 3 4 7 0.18 1 27 0.11 9:15 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Riley Sutter WSH 24 RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Mathias Emilio Pettersen DAL 24 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Nathan Smith UTA 25 C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Justin Bailey SJS 29 RW Right 59 5 9 14 0.24 -15 70 0.07 11:16 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Mitchell Stephens MTL 27 C Right 23 2 1 3 0.13 2 16 0.13 9:03 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Fredrik Olofsson COL 28 C, LW Left 57 3 6 9 0.16 -5 45 0.07 9:45 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Adam Gaudette STL 27 C, RW Right 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9:48 UFA $775,000 $775,000
John Hayden SEA 29 C, LW, RW Right 2 0 0 0 0 -1 1 0 6:43 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Jacob Peterson SJS 24 LW, C Left 6 0 0 0 0 -3 3 0 13:15 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Benoit-Olivier Groulx ANA 24 C Left 45 0 2 2 0.04 -9 32 0 12:11 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Riley Damiani CGY 24 C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Karson Kuhlman NYI 28 RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Justin Richards BUF 26 C, RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Ben Meyers ANA 25 LW, C Left 23 1 2 3 0.13 -4 12 0.08 10:06 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Alex Limoges WSH 26 C, LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Brendan Gaunce CBJ 30 LW, C Left 24 2 2 4 0.17 -7 24 0.08 11:44 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Matthew Peca STL 31 LW, C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Adam Brooks PHI 28 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Cooper Marody PHI 27 C, RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Sheldon Dries VAN 30 C Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Kyle Clifford TOR 33 LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Will Bitten STL 25 RW, C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $762,500 $775,000
Tanner Laczynski PHI 27 RW, C Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Cameron Hughes SEA 27 C, LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Austin Czarnik DET 31 C, RW Right 34 0 1 1 0.03 -3 24 0 8:26 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Beck Malenstyn WSH 26 C, LW Left 81 6 15 21 0.26 -1 98 0.06 14:14 RFA $762,500 $775,000
Austin Czarnik DET 31 C, RW Right 34 0 1 1 0.03 -3 24 0 8:26 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Beck Malenstyn WSH 26 C, LW Left 81 6 15 21 0.26 -1 98 0.06 14:14 RFA $762,500 $775,000
Steven Fogarty MIN 31 C, RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Glenn Gawdin ANA 27 C, RW Right 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7:35 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Arnaud Durandeau MTL 25 LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $762,500 $775,000
Parker Kelly OTT 25 LW Left 80 8 10 18 0.23 -8 86 0.09 11:42 RFA $762,500 $775,000
Greg McKegg EDM 32 C, LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
AJ Greer CGY 27 RW, LW Left 59 6 6 12 0.2 -7 57 0.11 8:49 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Brandon Biro BUF 26 LW Left 5 2 0 2 0.4 0 2 1 10:50 UFA Group 6 $762,500 $775,000
Andrew Poturalski SEA 30 C Right 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 6:52 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Turner Elson MIN 31 LW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Nicolas Petan NYR 29 C, LW, RW Left 6 0 2 2 0.33 -2 11 0 10:50 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Spencer Smallman COL 27 RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Liam Foudy NSH 24 LW, C Left 13 0 3 3 0.23 -2 7 0 9:58 RFA $762,500 $775,000
Sheldon Rempal VGK 28 LW, RW Right 9 2 1 3 0.33 -2 16 0.13 9:58 UFA $762,500 $775,000
David Gust CHI 30 RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Stefan Noesen CAR 31 LW, RW Right 81 14 23 37 0.46 13 111 0.13 11:51 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Chase De Leo ANA 28 C, LW, RW Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Byron Froese VGK 33 C Right 16 0 1 1 0.06 -2 17 0 10:40 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Jack Studnicka SJS 25 RW, C Right 22 1 0 1 0.05 -12 20 0.05 11:27 RFA $762,500 $775,000
Tyce Thompson NYI 24 RW Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $762,500 $775,000
Max McCormick SEA 32 LW Left 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5:38 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Michael Amadio VGK 28 RW, LW Right 73 14 13 27 0.37 4 117 0.12 13:23 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Alex Barré-Boulet TBL 27 RW, LW Left 36 6 3 9 0.25 -9 46 0.13 11:11 UFA $758,333 $775,000
Boris Katchouk OTT 26 LW Left 59 7 6 13 0.22 -6 70 0.1 11:28 RFA $758,333 $775,000
Taylor Raddysh CHI 26 RW Right 73 5 9 14 0.19 -19 120 0.04 15:52 RFA $758,333 $775,000

Defensemen

Brandon Montour, Florida Panthers — The Stanley Cup champion Panthers should look vastly different in the 2024-25 season. Both Reinhart and Montour could end up walking in free agency. Florida could look to deal Aaron Ekblad’s $7.5 million salary for next season and allocate funds to Montour, who should get around $8-9 million on a new long-term deal. Montour is 30 years old but doesn’t have too many miles on him. He was coming off a breakout season with 73 points in 80 games in 2022-23. He missed parts of this season but is still the most complete defenseman in the free agent class.

Brady Skjei, Carolina Hurricanes — Skjei might be the best value at the defenseman position this offseason. Also 30, Skjei would bring plenty of stability on the blue line to whichever team signs him. He could also find his way back to Carolina but the ‘Canes need to mix things up after another playoff letdown. Skjei scored 13 goals and has a total of 31 over the past two seasons. Skjei should make less than Montour on his next deal and it could be for less term.

Brett Pesce, Carolina Hurricanes — Skjei’s teammate Pesce is also up in free agency and needs a new contract. Pesce is slightly younger than Skjei, but lacks of the offensive ability. Plus, Pesce was unable to finish the postseason after sustaining a significant lower-body injury in the first round. Teams may be cautious of Pesce coming off injury and that could drive his price/term down. That may be advantageous to a team in need of a solid, stay-and-home defenseman for a middle pairing.

The rest of the defensemen

It’s not a deep group up top but there are still plenty of notable names at the position in free agency. Matt Roy, Sean Walker and Nikita Zadorov make up the next tier of defenders. We also have some good veteran offensive defensemen in Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Erik Gustafsson and Shayne Gostisbehere. There are plenty of gems down the defenseman list as well. Matt Dumba, Matt Grzelcyk, Brendon Dillon and Tyler Myers should all garner plenty of interest.

Note: All data in tables are via CapFriendly.com. We will miss you, CapFriendly.

2024 NHL Free Agent Defensemen

Team Age Pos Handed GP G A P P/GP +/- Sh Sh% TOI Clause Expiry Cap Hit Salary
Team Age Pos Handed GP G A P P/GP +/- Sh Sh% TOI Clause Expiry Cap Hit Salary
Tyler Myers 34 RD Right 77 5 24 29 0.38 16 93 0.05 18:56 M-NTC UFA $6,000,000 $6,000,000
Brady Skjei 30 LD Left 80 13 34 47 0.59 15 185 0.07 21:16 M-NTC UFA $5,250,000 $5,400,000
Alec Martinez 36 LD Left 55 4 13 17 0.31 -2 72 0.06 19:02 M-NTC UFA $5,250,000 $5,750,000
TJ Brodie 34 LD/RD Left 78 1 25 26 0.33 17 52 0.02 21:43 M-NTC UFA $5,000,000 $7,500,000
Christopher Tanev 34 RD Right 75 2 17 19 0.25 22 56 0.04 19:41 M-NTC UFA $4,500,000 $4,500,000
Nikita Zaitsev 32 RD Right 38 2 5 7 0.18 -5 31 0.06 15:55 M-NTC UFA $4,500,000 $4,500,000
Tyson Barrie 32 RD Right 41 1 14 15 0.37 -10 65 0.02 18:19 UFA $4,500,000 $5,000,000
Filip Hronek 26 RD Right 81 5 43 48 0.59 33 148 0.03 23:26 RFA $4,400,000 $5,500,000
John Klingberg 31 RD Right 14 0 5 5 0.36 -7 14 0 20:33 M-NTC UFA $4,150,000 $4,150,000
Shayne Gostisbehere 31 LD/RD Left 81 10 46 56 0.69 -16 139 0.07 19:05 M-NTC UFA $4,125,000 $4,125,000
Brett Pesce 29 RD Right 70 3 10 13 0.19 10 107 0.03 20:17 M-NTC UFA $4,025,000 $4,025,000
Brenden Dillon 33 LD Left 77 8 12 20 0.26 20 79 0.1 18:44 UFA $3,900,000 $4,000,000
Matt Dumba 29 RD Right 76 4 8 12 0.16 -18 86 0.05 19:44 UFA $3,900,000 $3,900,000
Nikita Zadorov 29 LD/RD Left 75 6 14 20 0.27 0 90 0.07 17:26 UFA $3,750,000 $3,750,000
Matt Grzelcyk 30 LD Left 63 2 9 11 0.17 13 59 0.03 17:35 UFA $3,687,500 $4,250,000
Joel Edmundson 31 LD/RD Left 53 1 5 6 0.11 -2 46 0.02 16:40 M-NTC UFA $3,500,000 $3,187,500
Brandon Montour 30 RD Right 66 8 25 33 0.5 1 168 0.05 23:26 UFA $3,500,000 $5,250,000
Marco Scandella 34 LD Left 65 2 6 8 0.12 2 42 0.05 12:28 M-NTC UFA $3,275,000 $3,000,000
Erik Johnson 36 RD Right 67 5 1 6 0.09 -14 60 0.08 14:28 UFA $3,250,000 $3,250,000
Matt Roy 29 RD Right 81 5 20 25 0.31 21 135 0.04 20:53 UFA $3,150,000 $4,200,000
Justin Schultz 33 RD Right 70 7 19 26 0.37 -23 100 0.07 16:28 M-NTC UFA $3,000,000 $3,000,000
Derek Forbort 32 LD Left 35 0 4 4 0.11 8 22 0 17:47 M-NTC UFA $3,000,000 $3,500,000
Ian Cole 35 LD/RD Left 78 2 9 11 0.14 10 61 0.03 18:41 UFA $3,000,000 $3,000,000
Dylan DeMelo 31 RD Right 82 3 28 31 0.38 46 83 0.04 21:43 M-NTC UFA $3,000,000 $3,500,000
Ryan Lindgren 26 LD Left 76 3 14 17 0.22 22 73 0.04 19:21 RFA $3,000,000 $4,000,000
Ilya Lyubushkin 30 RD Right 74 0 8 8 0.11 -11 47 0 17:07 UFA $2,750,000 $2,750,000
Sean Walker 29 LD/RD Right 81 10 19 29 0.36 11 150 0.07 19:13 UFA $2,650,000 $3,350,000
Alexandre Carrier 27 RD Right 73 4 16 20 0.27 7 77 0.05 18:48 UFA $2,500,000 $2,500,000
Henri Jokiharju 25 RD Right 74 3 17 20 0.27 14 84 0.04 18:58 RFA $2,500,000 $2,600,000
Oliver Kylington 27 LD/RD Left 33 3 5 8 0.24 -6 42 0.07 17:14 UFA $2,500,000 $2,500,000
Jake Bean 26 LD/RD Left 72 4 9 13 0.18 -10 76 0.05 16:19 RFA $2,333,333 $2,900,000
Oliver Ekman-Larsson 32 LD Left 80 9 23 32 0.4 10 123 0.07 18:23 UFA $2,250,000 $2,250,000
Erik Brännström 24 LD/RD, LW Left 76 3 17 20 0.26 5 77 0.04 16:35 RFA $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Alex Goligoski 38 LD/RD Left 36 0 10 10 0.28 -8 32 0 14:48 NMC UFA $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Jacob Bryson 26 LD/RD Left 36 1 7 8 0.22 5 15 0.07 14:40 RFA $1,850,000 $1,900,000
Colin Miller 31 RD Right 46 4 5 9 0.2 8 69 0.06 15:42 UFA $1,850,000 $1,700,000
Sean Durzi 25 LD/RD Right 76 9 32 41 0.54 -1 142 0.06 22:43 RFA $1,700,000 $2,000,000
Anthony Deangelo 28 RD Right 31 3 8 11 0.35 -7 44 0.07 14:20 UFA $1,675,000 $1,675,000
Jani Hakanpää 32 RD Right 64 2 10 12 0.19 10 56 0.04 18:38 UFA $1,500,000 $2,000,000
Timothy Liljegren 25 RD Right 55 3 20 23 0.42 3 62 0.05 19:39 RFA $1,400,000 $1,500,000
Philippe Myers 27 RD Right 5 0 0 0 0 -2 6 0 11:41 UFA $1,400,000 $1,400,000
Riley Stillman 26 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $1,350,000 $1,350,000
Joshua Brown 30 RD Right 51 3 7 10 0.2 2 44 0.07 14:45 UFA $1,275,000 $1,300,000
Jarred Tinordi 32 LD Left 52 0 9 9 0.17 -27 32 0 15:38 UFA $1,250,000 $1,250,000
Jakub Zboril 27 LD/RD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $1,137,500 $1,300,000
Troy Stecher 30 RD Right 54 1 6 7 0.13 9 51 0.02 18:07 UFA $1,100,000 $1,100,000
Marc Staal 37 LD Left 35 1 4 5 0.14 2 20 0.05 13:48 UFA $1,100,000 $1,100,000
Brendan Smith 35 LD/RD, LW Left 63 5 10 15 0.24 -3 60 0.08 16:06 UFA $1,100,000 $1,200,000
Kevin Shattenkirk 35 RD Right 61 6 18 24 0.39 -2 78 0.08 15:46 UFA $1,050,000 $1,050,000
Mike Reilly 30 LD Left 61 6 18 24 0.39 -1 126 0.05 17:09 UFA $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Logan Stanley 26 LD Left 25 1 1 2 0.08 4 29 0.03 13:46 RFA $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Dmitry Kulikov 33 LD/RD Left 76 1 19 20 0.26 15 74 0.01 16:30 UFA $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Juuso Välimäki 25 LD Left 68 2 15 17 0.25 12 69 0.03 19:05 RFA $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Robert Bortuzzo 35 RD Right 27 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 13:43 UFA $950,000 $950,000
Gustav Lindström 25 RD Right 46 3 7 10 0.22 12 29 0.1 15:24 RFA $950,000 $950,000
Nils Lundkvist 23 RD Right 59 2 17 19 0.32 13 73 0.03 14:06 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Justin Barron 22 RD Right 48 7 6 13 0.27 -3 60 0.12 18:37 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Braden Schneider 22 RD Right 82 5 14 19 0.23 -1 95 0.05 15:53 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Jackson LaCombe 23 LD/RD Left 71 2 15 17 0.24 -24 55 0.04 19:22 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Josh Mahura 26 LD/RD Left 30 0 9 9 0.3 -2 25 0 12:35 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Michael Kesselring 24 RD Right 65 5 16 21 0.32 11 76 0.07 15:47 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Spencer Stastney 24 LD Left 20 2 2 4 0.2 9 11 0.18 15:59 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Filip Roos 25 LD Left 4 0 0 0 0 -4 2 0 14:43 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Jordan Oesterle 32 LD/RD Left 22 0 2 2 0.09 -6 18 0 13:31 UFA $925,000 $925,000
Cole McWard 23 RD Right 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9:05 10.2(c) $922,500 $895,000
Will Zmolek 25 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $920,000 $920,000
Henry Thrun 23 LD Left 51 3 8 11 0.22 -22 48 0.06 19:59 10.2(c) $912,500 $925,000
Layton Ahac 23 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $897,500 $925,000
J.J. Moser 24 LD/RD Left 80 5 21 26 0.33 -5 77 0.06 20:34 RFA $886,667 $925,000
Nikolas Matinpalo 25 RD Right 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 7:00 RFA $885,000 $885,000
Filip Johansson 24 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $883,750 $925,000
Michael Callahan 24 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $883,750 $925,000
Hardy Häman Aktell 25 LD Left 6 0 1 1 0.17 -2 5 0 10:37 RFA $870,000 $870,000
Yan Kuznetsov 22 LD Left 1 0 0 0 0 -1 2 0 11:58 RFA $870,000 $825,000
Victor Söderström 23 RD Right 3 0 0 0 0 -1 1 0 15:11 RFA $863,333 $832,500
Philip Broberg 23 LD Left 12 0 2 2 0.17 -3 6 0 11:37 RFA $863,333 $832,500
Moritz Seider 23 RD Right 82 9 33 42 0.51 -7 135 0.07 22:21 RFA $863,333 $832,500
Thomas Harley 22 LD Left 79 15 32 47 0.59 28 144 0.1 21:01 RFA $863,333 $832,500
Ville Heinola 23 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $863,333 $832,500
Lassi Thomson 23 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $863,333 $832,500
Isaak Phillips 22 LD Left 33 0 6 6 0.18 -26 31 0 17:04 RFA $859,167 $892,500
Mattias Norlinder 24 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $859,167 $892,500
Kim Nousiainen 23 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $859,167 $867,500
Simon Johansson 25 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $855,000 $867,500
Peetro Seppälä 23 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $855,000 $867,500
Calle Själin 24 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $855,000 $867,500
Santtu Kinnunen 25 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $855,000 $867,500
Marc Del Gaizo 24 LD Left 9 0 3 3 0.33 2 8 0 16:27 RFA $850,833 $867,500
Hunter Skinner 23 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $850,833 $867,500
Louis Crevier 23 RD Right 24 0 3 3 0.13 -16 18 0 15:41 RFA $850,833 $867,500
Michael Vukojevic 23 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $850,833 $867,500
Simon Lundmark 23 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $850,833 $867,500
Santeri Hatakka 23 LD Left 12 0 2 2 0.17 5 12 0 14:38 RFA $850,833 $867,500
Urho Vaakanainen 25 LD/RD Left 68 1 13 14 0.21 0 67 0.01 17:28 RFA $850,000 $900,000
Dylan Coghlan 26 RD Right 1 0 0 0 0 -2 3 0 17:59 RFA $850,000 $850,000
Jack Rathbone 25 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $850,000 $950,000
Gianni Fairbrother 23 LD/RD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $848,333 $860,000
Patrik Koch 27 D Left 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9:20 UFA $847,500 $847,500
Noel Hoefenmayer 25 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $845,000 $845,000
Adam Wilsby 23 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $842,500 $855,000
Nick Cicek 24 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $835,000 $847,500
Arber Xhekaj 23 LD/RD Left 44 3 7 10 0.23 6 61 0.05 15:55 RFA $828,333 $835,000
Ilya Solovyov 23 LD Left 10 0 3 3 0.3 -3 10 0 15:53 RFA $828,333 $845,000
Pierre-Olivier Joseph 25 LD Left 52 2 9 11 0.21 -3 42 0.05 15:05 RFA $825,000 $850,000
Erik Gustafsson 32 LD Left 76 6 25 31 0.41 3 93 0.06 17:23 UFA $825,000 $825,000
Calen Addison 24 RD Right 72 1 16 17 0.24 -38 93 0.01 17:16 RFA $825,000 $825,000
Sebastian Aho 28 LD Left 58 2 7 9 0.16 -7 48 0.04 16:23 UFA $825,000 $850,000
Nick Blankenburg 26 LD/RD Right 12 1 0 1 0.08 1 10 0.1 16:12 UFA Group 6 $825,000 $850,000
Jordan Spence 23 RD Right 71 2 22 24 0.34 5 80 0.03 14:25 RFA $820,000 $775,000
Albert Johansson 23 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $820,000 $775,000
Mason Millman 22 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $818,333 $775,000
Maxence Guénette 23 RD Right 7 0 0 0 0 -1 6 0 13:47 RFA $813,333 $830,000
Chad Ruhwedel 34 RD Right 52 1 3 4 0.08 -6 35 0.03 12:41 UFA $800,000 $800,000
Steven Santini 29 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $800,000 $800,000
Travis Dermott 27 LD/RD Left 50 2 5 7 0.14 -14 38 0.05 17:16 UFA $800,000 $800,000
Cal Foote 25 RD Right 4 0 1 1 0.25 3 0 0 14:46 RFA $800,000 $800,000
Mark Giordano 40 LD Left 46 3 6 9 0.2 10 59 0.05 16:37 UFA $800,000 $800,000
Matthew Robertson 23 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $797,500 $800,000
Griffin Mendel 25 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $790,000 $790,000
Vladislav Kolyachonok 23 LD/RD Left 5 1 3 4 0.8 5 5 0.2 12:28 RFA $789,167 $775,000
Nikita Okhotiuk 23 LD Left 52 1 8 9 0.17 -24 52 0.02 15:54 RFA $789,167 $775,000
Kaedan Korczak 23 RD Right 26 1 8 9 0.35 12 32 0.03 16:30 RFA $789,167 $775,000
Artemi Kniazev 23 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $789,167 $775,000
Jared McIsaac 24 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $787,500 $787,500
Wyatt Newpower 26 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $787,500 $787,500
Matt Irwin 36 LD/RD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
William Lagesson 28 LD/RD Left 40 0 4 4 0.1 3 19 0 14:47 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Sean Day 26 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Cam Dineen 26 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Will Butcher 29 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Wyatt Kalynuk 27 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Jett Woo 23 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Calvin De Haan 33 LD/RD Left 59 3 7 10 0.17 -9 56 0.05 16:37 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Maxime Lajoie 26 LD Left 7 0 1 1 0.14 1 1 0 12:43 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Jake Christiansen 24 LD/RD Left 12 0 2 2 0.17 -5 7 0 13:13 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Cameron Crotty 25 RD Right 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 10:03 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Brady Keeper 28 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Jimmy Schuldt 29 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Corey Schueneman 28 LD/RD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Wyatt Aamodt 26 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Victor Mete 26 LD/RD Left 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:52 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Dmitri Samorukov 25 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Nikolas Brouillard 29 D Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Jack Johnson 37 LD Left 80 3 13 16 0.2 15 76 0.04 14:55 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Lucas Carlsson 26 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Nathan Clurman 26 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Jerad Rosburg 28 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Derrick Pouliot 30 LD Left 5 0 0 0 0 -1 5 0 12:08 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Connor Carrick 30 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Ashton Sautner 30 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Ryan Shea 27 LD Left 31 1 0 1 0.03 1 17 0.06 12:37 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Chase Priskie 28 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Ian Mitchell 25 RD Right 13 0 2 2 0.15 6 11 0 15:18 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Mitch Reinke 28 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Scott Perunovich 25 LD Left 54 0 17 17 0.31 1 36 0 15:16 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Marcus Bjork 26 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Steven Kampfer 35 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Dakota Mermis 30 LD/RD Left 47 3 5 8 0.17 -2 42 0.07 14:05 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Kale Clague 26 LD/RD Left 3 0 1 1 0.33 0 2 0 12:16 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Casey Fitzgerald 27 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Joseph Cecconi 27 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Gavin Bayreuther 30 LD/RD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Ty Emberson 24 RD Right 30 1 9 10 0.33 -4 31 0.03 18:32 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Ty Smith 24 LD/RD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Yegor Zamula 24 LD/RD Left 66 5 16 21 0.32 3 61 0.08 16:03 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Colton Poolman 28 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Mark Friedman 28 LD/RD Right 23 0 1 1 0.04 4 16 0 12:13 UFA $775,000 $800,000
Jeremy Davies 27 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Reilly Walsh 25 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Declan Chisholm 24 LD/RD Left 31 3 6 9 0.29 -7 29 0.1 16:31 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Alex Petrovic 32 RD Right 1 0 0 0 0 -1 2 0 12:52 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Robert Hägg 29 LD Left 5 0 0 0 0 -4 6 0 12:47 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Mark Pysyk 32 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Trevor Carrick 29 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Josh Jacobs 28 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Caleb Jones 27 LD/RD Left 25 0 5 5 0.2 4 19 0 12:12 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Tyler Wotherspoon 31 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Chris Wideman 34 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Kevin Connauton 34 LD/RD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Jordan Gross 29 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Matt Kiersted 26 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $762,500 $775,000
Haydn Fleury 27 LD/RD Left 24 1 4 5 0.21 5 25 0.04 16:07 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Dennis Gilbert 27 LD Left 34 1 6 7 0.21 -7 23 0.04 12:17 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Colton White 27 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Roland McKeown 28 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Kyle Capobianco 26 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $762,500 $775,000
Kyle Capobianco 26 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $762,500 $775,000
Dennis Cholowski 26 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $762,500 $775,000
Jaycob Megna 31 LD Left 44 0 2 2 0.05 -15 28 0 17:31 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Dillon Heatherington 29 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Vincent Desharnais 28 RD Right 78 1 10 11 0.14 3 41 0.02 15:43 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Brad Hunt 35 LD/RD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Markus Niemeläinen 26 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $762,500 $775,000
Jacob MacDonald 31 LD/RD Left 34 7 2 9 0.26 -14 49 0.14 12:01 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Billy Sweezey 28 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Taylor Fedun 36 RD Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Daniel Renouf 30 LD Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Lucas Johansen 26 LD Left 6 0 1 1 0.17 1 4 0 14:16 UFA Group 6 $762,500 $775,000
Nick DeSimone 29 RD Right 34 2 5 7 0.21 3 28 0.07 13:28 UFA $762,500 $775,000

Goaltender

Cam Talbot, Los Angeles Kings — You know the goalie market is rough in free agency when Talbot is the first name to pop up. He’s coming off 27 wins in 54 appearances for the Kings this past season. Talbot posted a 2.50 GAA and .913 SV%, which are decent numbers on a playoff team. At 36 years old, Talbot is more of a backup or 1B option in a goalie tandem going into 2024-25.

Ilya Samsonov, Toronto Maple Leafs — Samsonov missed time this season due to personal issues but was able to return and start in the playoffs. He didn’t perform well and is getting up there at 27 years old. Can he still find form and be a serviceable backup or second option? Sure. Look for Samsonov to get a short-term, prove-it type of contract this offseason.

Kaapo Kahkonen, New Jersey Devils — Kahkonen was dealt to the Devils before the trade deadline from the San Jose Sharks. New Jersey likely won’t retain Kahkonen in search of a true No. 1 starter in net. Since the goalie market is thin, Kahkonen could get a short-term deal as a backup with upside on a good team. He posted strong numbers in limited appearances for the Devils, who were struggling to get into the playoffs. Kahkonen had a .923 SV% over six appearances to end the season.

Alex Nedeljkovic, Pittsburgh Penguins — Nedeljkovic is an interesting reclamation project of sorts. He played well at times for an inconsistent Penguins team that missed the postseason again. He went 18-7-7 despite poor peripheral numbers and finished the season 6-1-0 in April. At 28 years old, Nedeljkovic could get a short-term deal similar to Kahkonen to see if he can be more than just a career backup goalie.

The rest of the goalies

The goalie market is bad. Though we should see a handful of good goalies change teams via trade this offseason. Behind that underwhelming group above, there’s Kevin Lankinen, Anthony Stolarz and Casey DeSmith among others. James Reimer, Laurent Brossoit and Scott Wedgewood should find jobs as backups or third-stringers somewhere. There’s not really anything more than backups in this goalie class.

Note: All data in tables are via CapFriendly.com. We will miss you, CapFriendly.

2024 NHL Free Agent Goalies

Player Team Age Pos GP W L SO GAA Sv% Clause Expiry Cap Hit Salary
Player Team Age Pos GP W L SO GAA Sv% Clause Expiry Cap Hit Salary
Matt Murray TOR 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 M-NTC UFA $6,250,000 $8,000,000
Ilya Samsonov TOR 27 G 40 23 7 3 3.13 0.89 UFA $3,550,000 $3,550,000
Chris Driedger SEA 30 G 2 1 1 0 2.52 0.917 M-NTC UFA $3,500,000 $4,500,000
Jeremy Swayman BOS 25 G 44 25 10 3 2.53 0.916 RFA $3,475,000 $3,475,000
Kaapo Kähkönen NJD 27 G 37 7 24 1 3.64 0.898 UFA $2,750,000 $2,900,000
Kevin Lankinen NSH 29 G 24 11 6 1 2.82 0.908 UFA $2,000,000 $2,000,000
Casey DeSmith VAN 32 G 29 12 9 1 2.89 0.895 UFA $1,800,000 $1,900,000
Eric Comrie BUF 28 G 10 2 7 0 3.7 0.874 UFA $1,800,000 $1,800,000
Laurent Brossoit WPG 31 G 23 15 5 3 2 0.927 UFA $1,750,000 $1,750,000
Alex Nedeljkovic PIT 28 G 38 18 7 1 2.97 0.902 UFA $1,500,000 $1,500,000
Antti Raanta CAR 35 G 24 12 7 1 2.99 0.872 UFA $1,500,000 $1,500,000
Pheonix Copley LAK 32 G 8 4 1 1 3.17 0.87 UFA $1,500,000 $1,500,000
James Reimer DET 36 G 25 11 8 2 3.11 0.904 M-NTC UFA $1,500,000 $1,500,000
Anthony Stolarz FLA 30 G 27 16 7 2 2.03 0.925 UFA $1,100,000 $1,100,000
Cam Talbot LAK 36 G 54 27 20 3 2.5 0.913 NTC UFA $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Scott Wedgewood DAL 31 G 32 16 7 0 2.85 0.899 UFA $1,000,000 $1,000,000
Mads Søgaard OTT 23 G 6 1 3 0 4.06 0.859 RFA $925,000 $925,000
Mack Guzda FLA 23 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.2(c) $897,500 $925,000
Jaxson Stauber CHI 25 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $883,750 $925,000
Ryan Fanti EDM 24 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $883,750 $925,000
Martin Jones TOR 34 G 22 11 8 2 2.87 0.902 UFA $875,000 $875,000
Erik Portillo LAK 23 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $875,000 $875,000
Ales Stezka SEA 27 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $870,000 $870,000
Mitchell Gibson WSH 25 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $867,500 $867,500
Oskari Salminen WPG 24 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $855,000 $867,500
Olof Lindbom NYR 23 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $855,000 $867,500
Hugo Alnefelt TBL 23 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $850,833 $867,500
Akira Schmid NJD 24 G 19 5 9 0 3.15 0.895 RFA $850,833 $867,500
Nico Daws NJD 23 G 21 9 11 0 3.15 0.894 RFA $850,833 $867,500
Isaiah Saville VGK 23 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.2(c) $849,667 $858,000
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen BUF 25 G 54 27 22 5 2.57 0.91 RFA $837,500 $925,000
Keith Petruzzelli TOR 25 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $817,500 $855,000
Dustin Wolf CGY 23 G 17 7 7 0 3.16 0.893 RFA $813,333 $775,000
Alex Stalock ANA 36 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $800,000 $800,000
Hunter Jones MIN 23 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $787,500 $787,500
Arturs Silovs VAN 23 G 4 3 0 0 2.47 0.881 RFA $786,111 $775,000
Magnus Hellberg FLA 33 G 3 1 0 0 2.52 0.922 UFA $785,000 $785,000
Zach Sawchenko VAN 26 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Eetu Mäkiniemi SJS 25 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Ivan Prosvetov COL 25 G 11 4 3 0 3.16 0.895 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Matt Villalta UTA 25 G 2 0 1 0 4.23 0.828 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Jacob Ingham LAK 24 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Oscar Dansk CGY 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Gustavs Grigals NSH 25 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Oscar Dansk CGY 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Kevin Mandolese OTT 23 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Zane McIntyre MIN 31 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Evan Cormier FLA 26 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Michael Hutchinson DET 34 G 1 0 1 0 3.16 0.917 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Aaron Dell LAK 35 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Malcolm Subban CBJ 30 G 1 0 1 0 3 0.914 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Matt Murray DAL 26 G 1 1 0 1 0 1 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Kyle Keyser BOS 25 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Collin Delia WPG 30 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Brandon Bussi BOS 26 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 RFA $775,000 $775,000
Devin Cooley SJS 27 G 6 2 3 0 4.98 0.87 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Keith Kinkaid NJD 34 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Dustin Tokarski BUF 34 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Felix Sandström PHI 27 G 5 1 2 0 3.88 0.823 UFA $775,000 $800,000
Jiri Patera VGK 25 G 6 1 3 0 3.99 0.893 UFA Group 6 $775,000 $775,000
Troy Grosenick NSH 34 G 0 0 0 0 0 0 UFA $775,000 $775,000
Ken Appleby NYI 29 G 1 0 0 0 6 0.75 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Calvin Pickard EDM 32 G 23 12 7 1 2.45 0.909 UFA $762,500 $775,000
Jet Greaves CBJ 23 G 9 3 6 0 3.5 0.908 RFA $758,333 $775,000