Three weeks removed from the opening of NHL free agency, and by now most of the big name players have found a home for the upcoming season. However that doesn’t mean that there aren’t still serviceable players to be found on the free agent market for teams looking to round out their rosters.
Here, we round up the remaining players still without a contract for 2024-25:
ANAHEIM DUCKS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): All signed
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Chase De Leo, Robert Hagg, Gustav Lindstrom, Blake McLaughlin, Alex Stalock, Brayden Tracey.
BOSTON BRUINS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Jeremy Swayman.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Joey Abate, Curtis Hall, Kyle Keyser, Milan Lucic, Kevin Shattenkirk, James van Riemsdyk, Oskar Steen.
BUFFALO SABRES
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Peyton Krebs, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Beck Malenstyn.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Justin Richards, Calle Sjalin, Dustin Tokarski, Linus Weissbach.
CALGARY FLAMES
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Adam Klapka, Yan Kuznetsov, Nikita Okhotiuk, Jakob Pelletier, Cole Schwindt, Ilya Solovyov, Dustin Wolf.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Riley Damiani, Oscar Dansk, Dillon Dube, Oliver Kylington, Brady Lyle, Mark Pysyk.
CAROLINA HURRICANES
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Seth Jarvis, Martin Necas.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Callahan Burke, Tony DeAngelo, David Kase, Griffin Mendel, Blake Murray, Antti Raanta, Tuukka Tieksola.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Isaak Phillips.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): David Gust, Tyler Johnson, Rem Pitlick, Vili Saarijarvi, Michal Teply, Jarred Tinordi.
COLORADO AVALANCHE
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): None.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Gianni Fairbrother, Arvid Holm, Brad Hunt, Vladislav Kamenev, Zach Parise, Ivan Prosvetov.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Kirill Marchenko, Cole Sillinger.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Tyler Angle, Marcus Bjork, Alex Nylander, Malcolm Subban, Calvin Thurkauf, Jakub Zboril.
DALLAS STARS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Thomas Harley.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Gavin Bayreuther, Nick Caamano, Max Ellis, Jani Hakanpää, Fredrik Karlstrom, Scott Reedy, Jerad Rosburg.
DETROIT RED WINGS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Jonatan Berggren, Lucas Raymond, Moritz Seider.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Zach Aston-Reese, Austin Czarnik, Taro Hirose, Michael Hutchinson, Matt Luff, Jared McIsaac, Radim Simek.
EDMONTON OILERS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Philip Broberg, Dylan Holloway.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Adam Erne, Sam Gagner, Seth Griffith, Brad Malone, Greg McKegg, Markus Niemelainen, Carter Savoie.
FLORIDA PANTHERS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): None.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Nick Cousins, Magnus Hellberg, Santtu Kinnunen, Egor Korshkov, Steven Lorentz, Gerry Mayhew, Kyle Okposo, Aleksi Saarela, Alexander True.
LOS ANGELES KINGS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Arthur Kaliyev, Jordan Spence.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Aaron Dell, Jacob Ingham, Mikhail Maltsev.
MINNESOTA WILD
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Graeme Clarke.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Will Butcher, Turner Elson, Steven Fogarty, Alex Goligoski, Sam Hentges, Simon Johansson, Jujhar Khaira, Zane McIntyre, Dmitry Ovchinnikov, Nick Swaney.
MONTREAL CANADIENS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Justin Barron.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Arnaud Durandeau, Lias Andersson, Filip Cederqvist, Brady Keeper, Philippe Maillet, Mattias Norlinder, Tanner Pearson, Colin White, Chris Wideman.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Marc Del Gaizo, Juuso Parssinen, Spencer Stastney, Philip Tomasino, Adam Wilsby.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Wade Allison, Tyson Barrie, Liam Foudy, Gustavs Grigals, Jordan Gross, Kevin Lankinen, Jasper Weatherby.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Nico Daws, Dawson Mercer.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Cal Foote, Erik Kallgren, Keith Kinkaid, Michael McLeod, Chris Tierney, Michael Vukojevic.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Dennis Cholowski, Ruslan Iskhakov, Tyce Thompson, Oliver Wahlstrom.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Robert Bortuzzo, Cal Clutterbuck, Otto Koivula, Karson Kuhlman, Paul LaDue, Matt Martin, Reece Newkirk, Robin Salo.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Ryan Lindgren.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Nic Petan, Tyler Pitlick, Bobby Trivigno, Blake Wheeler.
OTTAWA SENATORS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): None.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Josh Currie, Boris Katchouk, Dominik Kubalik, Jacob Larsson.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): None.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Adam Brooks, Denis Gurianov, Carter Hart, Tanner Laczynski, Cooper Marody, Victor Mete, Marc Staal, Will Zmolek.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): None.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Maxim Cajkovic, Jeff Carter, Taylor Fedun, Dillon Hamaliuk, Xavier Ouellet, Dmitri Samorukov, Ludovic Waeber, Radim Zohorna.
SAN JOSE SHARKS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Egor Afanasyev.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Calen Addison, Alexander Barabanov, Mike Hoffman, Kevin Labanc, Oskar Lindblom, Eetu Makiniemi, Jacob Peterson, Filip Zadina.
SEATTLE KRAKEN
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Matty Beniers, Peetro Seppala.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Ville Petman, Mitch Reinke, Justin Schultz, Marián Studenic, Kailer Yamamoto.
ST. LOUIS BLUES
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Mikhail Abramov, Nikita Alexandrov.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): William Bitten, Sammy Blais, Wyatt Kalynuk, Matthew Peca, Marco Scandella, Jakub Vrana.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Hugo Alnefelt, Waltteri Merela.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Logan Brown, Sean Day, Felix Robert, Brent Seabrook, Austin Watson.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Connor Dewar, Nicholas Robertson, Alex Steeves.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Kyle Clifford, Mark Giordano, Martin Jones, John Klingberg, Jake Muzzin, Keith Petruzzelli.
UTAH HOCKEY CLUB
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Victor Soderstrom.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Travis Dermott, Steven Kampfer, Bryan Little, Jakub Voracek.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): None.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Nick Cicek, Matt Irwin, Filip Johansson.
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Ivan Morozov.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Layton Ahac, Byron Froese, Mason Primeau, Sheldon Rempal, Akira Schmid, Mikhail Vorobyev.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): None.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Lucas Johansen, Max Pacioretty, Matthew Phillips, Damien Riat.
WINNIPEG JETS
Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Ville Heinola, Simon Lundmark, Cole Perfetti.
Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Artemi Kniazev, Kristian Reichel, Oskari Salminen.
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