Comprehensive list of signings by team, available players
The NHL on Tuesday released a list of players who are restricted free agents under Group 2, unrestricted free agents under Group 3 and Group 6, and unrestricted free agents by virtue of not receiving a qualifying offer.
ANAHEIM DUCKS
Signed
Granlund signs 3-year contract with Ducks
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Judd Caulfield, Calle Clang, Lukas Dostal, Drew Helleson, Mason McTavish, Jan Mysak.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Justin Bailey, Oscar Dansk, Robby Fabbri, Oliver Kylington, Brock McGinn, Carson Meyer.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Brett Leason, Josh Lopina, Isac Lundestrom (signed: CBJ).
BOSTON BRUINS
Signed
Jeannot signs 5-year contract with Bruins
Kuraly, Eyssimont, Blumel, Steeves, Harris, Aspirot sign with Bruins
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: John Farinacci.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Brandon Bussi (signed: FLA), Cole Koepke (signed: WPG), Vinni Lettieri, Tyler Pitlick, Riley Tufte (signed: BOS), Parker Wotherspoon.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Drew Bavaro, Trevor Kuntar, Jakub Lauko, Daniil Misyul, Ian Mitchell (signed: DET), Jaxon Nelson, Oliver Wahlstrom.
BUFFALO SABRES
Signed
McLeod signs 4-year contract with Sabres
Lyon signs 2-year contract with Sabres
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Bowen Byram, Tyson Kozak, Ryan McLeod (re-signed), Conor Timmins.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Kale Clague, Mason Jobst, James Reimer, Arttu Ruotsalainen, Felix Sandstrom.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Brett Murray, Lukas Rousek (signed: HV71 of Sweden).
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Jacob Bernard-Docker (signed: DET), Erik Brannstrom (signed: Lausanne of Switzerland), Aleksandr Kisakov, Bennett MacArthur, Tyler Tullio.
CALGARY FLAMES
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Morgan Frost, Rory Kerins, Yan Kuznetsov, Sam Morton, Jeremie Poirier, Connor Zary.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Tyson Barrie, Martin Frk, Carl-Johan Lerby, Anthony Mantha, Kevin Rooney, Jarred Tinordi, Eetu Tuulola, Dan Vladar (signed: PHI).
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Jonathan Aspirot (signed: BOS).
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Waltteri Ignatjew, Connor Murphy.
CAROLINA HURRICANES
Reilly signs one-year contract with Hurricanes
Miller signs 8-year contract with Hurricanes
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Skyler Brind’Amour, Domenick Fensore, Noel Gunler, Cayden Primeau, Ronan Seeley, Ryan Suzuki.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Brent Burns, Jesper Fast, Tyson Jost, Spencer Martin, Dmitry Orlov, Tarmo Reunanen, Jack Roslovic, Joakim Ryan, Jesper Sellgren, Riley Stillman (signed: EDM), Dustin Tokarski.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Anttoni Honka, Yaniv Perets, Ty Smith.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
Signed
Toninato signs 2-year contract with Blackhawks
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Louis Crevier, Arvid Soderblom.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Andreas Athanasiou, Patrick Maroon (retired), Alec Martinez, Zach Sanford, Brett Seney.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Cole Guttman.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Philipp Kurashev, Jalen Luypen, Aku Raty, Antti Saarela.
COLORADO AVALANCHE
Signed
Tynan, Ahcan each signs 1-year contract with Avalanche
Attard signs 1-year contract with Avalanche
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: None.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Jack Ahcan (re-signed), Jonathan Drouin, Jere Innala, Erik Johnson, Joel Kiviranta, Ryan Lindgren (signed: SEA), Matthew Phillips, Tucker Poolman, Calle Rosen, T.J. Tynan (re-signed), Jimmy Vesey, Chris Wagner.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Adam Scheel.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): William Dufour, Jean-Luc Foudy, John Ludvig, Kevin Mandolese.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
Signed
Provorov signs 7-year contract with Blue Jackets
Sillinger signs 1-year contract with Blue Jackets
Lundestrom signs 2-year contract with Blue Jackets
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Daemon Hunt, Mikael Pyyhtia, Dmitri Voronkov.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Justin Danforth, Christian Fischer, Dylan Gambrell, Jack Johnson, Luke Kunin, Sean Kuraly (signed: BOS), Kevin Labanc, Joseph LaBate (signed: VAN), Ivan Provorov (re-signed), Owen Sillinger (re-signed), James van Riemsdyk (signed: DET).
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Trey Fix-Wolansky.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm, Cole Clayton, Jordan Harris (signed: BOS), Samuel Knazko.
DALLAS STARS
Signed
Faksa signs 3-year contract with Stars
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Antonio Stranges.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Colin Blackwell, Cody Ceci (signed: LAK), Evgenii Dadonov (signed: NJD), Mikael Granlund (signed: ANA), Magnus Hellberg, Adam Mascherin, Brendan Smith.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Matej Blumel (signed: BOS), Mathias Emilio Pettersen.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): None.
DETROIT RED WINGS
Signed
J. van Riemsdyk signs 1-year contract with Red Wings
Bernard-Docker signs 1-year contract with Red Wings
Mitchell signs 1-year contract with Red Wings
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Elmer Soderblom, Eemil Viro.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Jack Campbell, Tim Gettinger, Alex Lyon (signed: BUF), Tyler Motte, Jeff Petry, Brogan Rafferty, Craig Smith, Joe Snively.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None.
Unrestricted Free Agents, did not receive qualifying offers: Gage Alexander, Cross Hanas.
EDMONTON OILERS
Signed
Bouchard signs 4-year contract with Oilers
Tomkins signs 2-year contract with Oilers
Stillman signs 2-year contract with Oilers
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Evan Bouchard (re-signed).
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Connor Brown (signed: NJD), Drake Caggiula, Connor Carrick, Collin Delia, Travis Dermott, John Klingberg (signed: SJS), Lane Pederson (signed: PHI), Corey Perry (signed: LAK), Derek Ryan, Jeff Skinner.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Ronnie Attard (signed: COL), Philip Kemp.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Jacob Perreault, Olivier Rodrigue, Cameron Wright.
FLORIDA PANTHERS
Signed
Marchand signs 6-year contract with Panthers
Nosek signs 1-year contract with Panthers
Tarasov signs 1-year contract with Panthers
Bussi signs 1-year contract with Panthers
Foote signs 1-year contract with Panthers
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Tobias Bjornfot, MacKenzie Entwistle, Oliver Okuliar, Wilmer Skoog.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Rasmus Asplund, Evan Cormier, Zac Dalpe, Kaapo Kahkonen, Matt Kiersted, William Lockwood, Brad Marchand (re-signed), Jaycob Megna (signed: VGK), Tomas Nosek (re-signed), Jesse Puljujarvi, Nate Schmidt (signed: UTA), Nico Sturm (signed: MIN), Vitek Vanecek.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Nathan Staios, Daniil Tarasov (re-signed), Zachary Uens.
LOS ANGELES KINGS
Signed
Perry signs 1-year contract with Kings
Armia signs 2-year contract with Kings
Ceci, Dumoulin, Forsberg sign with Kings
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: None.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Joseph Cecconi, Vladislav Gavrikov (signed: NYR), Tanner Jeannot (signed: BOS), Caleb Jones, Trevor Lewis, David Rittich (signed: NYI), Taylor Ward.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Samuel Fagemo, Reilly Walsh.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Cole Krygier, Jack Studnicka.
MINNESOTA WILD
Signed
Sturm signs 2-year contract with Wild
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Michael Milne, Marco Rossi.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Travis Boyd (signed: TOR), Justin Brazeau, Marc-Andre Fleury, Troy Grosenick, Jon Merrill, Gustav Nyquist, Chase Priskie, Devin Shore.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Cameron Crotty, Dylan Ferguson, Tyler Madden.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Graeme Clarke, Ryan O’Rourke, Adam Raska, Luke Toporowski.
MONTREAL CANADIENS
Signed
Belzile, Clurman each signs 1-year contract with Canadiens
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Jakub Dobes, Jayden Struble, William Trudeau.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Joel Armia (signed: LAK), Alex Barre-Boulet, Christian Dvorak (signed: PHI), Brandon Gignac, Connor Hughes, Michael Pezzetta (signed: TOR), David Savard.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Noel Hoefenmayer, Gustav Lindstrom, Xavier Simoneau.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS
Signed
Perbix signs 2-year contract with Predators
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Luke Evangelista.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Kieffer Bellows, Mark Friedman, Jakub Vrana.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Marc Del Gaizo, Grigori Denisenko, Jake Livingstone.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offers): Jordan Frasca, Ondrej Pavel, Luke Prokop, Jesse Ylonen.
NEW JERSEY DEVILS
Signed
Allen signs 5-year contract with Devils
Brown signs 4-year contract with Devils
Dadonov signs 1-year contract with Devils
Cholowski signs 1-year contract with Devils
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Cody Glass.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Jake Allen (re-signed), Nathan Bastian, Dennis Cholowski (re-signed), Tory Dello, Justin Dowling, Brian Dumoulin (signed: LAK), Samuel Laberge, Curtis Lazar, Daniel Sprong, Tomas Tatar, Max Willman.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Nolan Foote (signed: FLA), Santeri Hatakka, Isaac Poulter.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Signed
Rittich signs 1-year contract with Islanders
DeAngelo signs 1-year contract with Islanders
Drouin signs 2-year contract with Islanders
Bear, Highmore, McWard sign with Islanders
Holmstrom signs 2-year contract with Islanders
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Adam Beckman, Marc Gatcomb, Emil Heineman, Simon Holmstrom (re-signed), Travis Mitchell, Maxim Tsyplakov.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Tony DeAngelo (re-signed), Hudson Fasching, Grant Hutton, Fredrik Karlstrom, Matt Martin (retired), Mike Reilly (signed: CAR).
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Jakub Skarek, Tyce Thompson.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Samuel Bolduc, Aidan Fulp, Scott Perunovich (signed: UTA).
NEW YORK RANGERS
Gavrikov signs 7-year contract with Rangers
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Brendan Brisson, Will Cuylle, Dylan Garand, K’Andre Miller (sign & trade to CAR).
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Alex Belzile (signed: MTL), Calvin de Haan, Louis Domingue, Ben Harpur, Riley Nash, Chad Ruhwedel.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Bo Groulx (signed: TOR).
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Lucas Edmonds, Zac Jones, Arthur Kaliyev, Jake Leschyshyn.
OTTAWA SENATORS
Signed
Cousins signs 1-year contract with Senators
Eller signs 1-year contract with Senators
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Xavier Bourgault, Maxence Guenette, Jan Jenik, Donovan Sebrango.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Vitaly Abramov, Nick Cousins (re-signed), Jeremy Davies, Anton Forsberg (signed: LAK), Adam Gaudette, Dennis Gilbert (signed: PHI), Travis Hamonic, Matthew Highmore (signed: NYI), Hayden Hodgson.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Wyatt Bongiovanni, Angus Crookshank (signed: NJD), Cole Reinhardt (signed: VGK), Filip Roos.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Philippe Daoust, Jamieson Rees, Tristen Robins.
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
Signed
Vladar signs 2-year contract with Flyers
Dvorak signs 1-year contract with Flyers
Juulsen, Gilbert each signs 1-year contract with Flyers
Pederson signs 1-year contract with Flyers
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Cam York.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Louie Belpedio, Rhett Gardner, Ben Gleason, Cal Petersen, Givani Smith.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Olle Lycksell, Eetu Makiniemi.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Elliot Desnoyers, Jakob Pelletier, Zayde Wisdom.
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Signed
Tomasino, Dewar each signs 1-year contract with Penguins
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Vasily Ponomarev.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Kasper Bjorkqvist, Nathan Clurman (signed: MTL), Matt Grzelcyk, Marc Johnstone, Matt Nieto, Colton Poolman.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Mac Hollowell, Jimmy Huntington, Filip Kral, Mathias Laferriere.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Raivis Ansons, Emil Bemstrom, Connor Dewar (re-signed), Taylor Gauthier, P.O Joseph, Philip Tomasino (re-signed).
SAN JOSE SHARKS
Signed
Klingberg signs 1-year contract with Sharks
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents (RFAs): Thomas Bordeleau, Danil Gushchin, Jack Thompson.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Walker Duehr, Alexandar Georgiev, Jan Rutta, Scott Sabourin, Jimmy Schuldt (signed: VAN), Colin White.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs): Pavol Regenda.
Unrestricted Free Agents, did not receive qualifying offers (UFAs): Carl Berglund, Nolan Burke, Brandon Coe, Noah Gregor, Klim Kostin, Nikolai Kovalenko, Georgi Romanov, Mitchell Russell.
SEATTLE KRAKEN
Signed
Lindgren signs 4-year contract with Kraken
Murray signs 1-year contract with Kraken
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Ryker Evans, Kaapo Kakko, Tye Kartye.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Brandon Biro, Nikolas Brouillard, Michael Eyssimont (signed: BOS), Maxime Lajoie, Gustav Olofsson, Ales Stezka.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Luke Henman.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): None.
ST. LOUIS BLUES
Signed
Bjugstad signs 2-year contract with Blues
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Nikita Alexandrov, Hunter Skinner, Vadim Zherenko.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Radek Faksa (signed: DAL), Mackenzie MacEachern (signed: VAN), Ryan Suter.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Corey Andonovski.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Tanner Dickinson, Anton Malmstrom.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
Signed
Goncalves signs 2-year contract with Lightning
Holmberg signs 2-year contract with Lightning
Lundmark signs 2-year contract with Lightning
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: None.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Anthony Angello, Cam Atkinson, Logan Brown, Luke Glendening, Tobie Paquette-Bisson, Nick Perbix (signed: NSH), Derrick Pouliot, Simon Ryfors, Matt Tomkins (signed: EDM).
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Gabriel Fortier.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Jaydon Dureau, Gage Goncalves (re-signed), Ryder Korczak.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
Signed
Lorentz signs 3-year contract with Maple Leafs
Knies signs 6-year contract with Maple Leafs
Boyd, Groulx, Mermis, Pezzetta sign with Maple Leafs
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Dennis Hildeby, Roni Hirvonen, Matthew Knies (re-signed), Topi Niemela, Nicholas Robertson, William Villeneuve.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Jani Hakanpaa, Steven Lorentz (re-signed), Nicolas Mattinen, Dakota Mermis (re-signed), Matt Murray (signed: SEA), Alex Nylander, Max Pacioretty.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Nick Abruzzese, Alex Steeves (signed: BOS).
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Pontus Holmberg (signed: TBL), Reese Johnson, Mikko Kokkonen, Cedric Pare.
UTAH MAMMOTH
Signed
Yamamoto signs 1-year contract with Mammoth
Schmidt, Tanev each signs 3-year contract with Mammoth
Perunovich signs 1-year contract with Mammoth
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Jack McBain.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Nick Bjugstad (signed: STL), Robert Bortuzzo, Michael Carcone, Cameron Hebig, Patrik Koch, Josef Korenar.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Travis Barron, Egor Sokolov, Sammy Walker.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Kailer Yamamoto (re-signed).
VANCOUVER CANUCKS
Signed
Boeser signs 7-year contract with Canucks
MacEachern, LaBate, Schuldt sign with Canucks
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Nikita Tolopilo, Jett Woo.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Brock Boeser (re-signed), Phillip Di Giuseppe, Noah Juulsen (signed: PHI), Pius Suter, Christian Wolanin.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Akito Hirose, Nate Smith.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Christian Felton, Ty Glover, Cole McWard (signed: NYI), Tristen Nielsen.
VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS
Signed
Saad, Smith, Reinhardt, Coghlan, Megna sign with Golden Knights
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Lukas Cormier, Alexander Holtz, Raphael Lavoie, Jonas Rondbjerg, Cole Schwindt.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Callahan Burke, Mason Geertsen, Robert Hagg, Dysin Mayo, Mason Morelli, Victor Olofsson, Tanner Pearson (signed: WPG), Gage Quinney, Brandon Saad (re-signed), Ilya Samsonov, Reilly Smith (re-signed).
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Isaiah Saville.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Hendrix Lapierre.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Nicklas Backstrom, Ethan Bear (signed: NYI), Anthony Beauvillier, Henrik Borgstrom, Lars Eller (signed: OTT), Alex Limoges, Andrew Mangiapane, T.J. Oshie, Luke Philp, Taylor Raddysh, Michael Sgarbossa, Hunter Shepard.
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: Riley Sutter.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Alexander Alexeyev, Pierrick Dube, Mitchell Gibson.
WINNIPEG JETS
Signed
Pearson signs 1-year contract with Jets
Koepke signs 1-year contract with Jets
Free Agents
Group 2 Restricted Free Agents: Morgan Barron, Tyrel Bauer, Parker Ford, Rasmus Kupari, Isaak Phillips, Dylan Samberg, Gabriel Vilardi.
Group 3 Unrestricted Free Agents: Mason Appleton, Dylan Coghlan (signed: VGK), Chris Driedger, Nikolaj Ehlers, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Brandon Tanev (signed: UTA), Dominic Toninato (signed: CHI).
Group 6 Unrestricted Free Agents: None.
Unrestricted Free Agents (did not receive qualifying offer): Simon Lundmark (signed: TBL), Mason Shaw.
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RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS (GROUP 2) ARE SUBJECT TO COMPENSATION AND RIGHT TO MATCH
These players have been tendered a qualifying offer by their respective Clubs and are subject to draft-choice compensation and right to match. The draft choice compensation scale is based on compensation offered by the new Club:
| OFFER | COMPENSATION |
| $1,544,7424 or below | None |
| Over $1,544,7424 to $2,340,037 | Third-round choice |
| Over $2,340,037 to $4,680,076 | Second-round choice |
| Over $4,680,076 to $7,020,113 | First-round and third-round choice |
| Over $7,020,113 to $9,360,153 | First-round, second-round and third-round choice |
| Over $9,360,153 to $11,700,192 | Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice |
| Over $11,700,192 | Four first-round choices |
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS – GROUP 3
These players have qualified for Group 3 Free Agency (age 27 or older or with at least seven Accrued Seasons) and are Unrestricted Free Agents.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS – GROUP 6
These players qualify for unrestricted free agency, having met the requirements for Group 6 free agency. This group is defined as players whose contracts have expired, are age 25 or older, have completed three or more professional seasons, and (i) in the case of a player other than a goaltender, have played fewer than 80 NHL games (regular-season and playoff), or (ii) in the case of a goaltender, have played fewer than 28 NHL games (regular-season and playoff).
