Free agency is about to open for the 2026 NHL free agent group. Teams are eligible to sign free agents as of noon, ET.
For a look at the contracts signed before free agency opened on July 1st, they can be found here.
July 1st
Player
Team
POS
Type
Term
Cap Hit
Frederik Andersen
EDM
G
UFA
1 year
$1 million
Max Jones
EDM
LW
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Andre Gasseau
SJ
F
RFA
2 years
$1.3 mill
Sam Lafferty
FLA
C
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Michael Bennings
CGY
D
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Ben Jones
CGY
F
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Mario Ferraro
WPG
D
UFA
3 years
$4 mill
Zachary Jones
UTA
D
UFA
1 year
$875,000
Casey Fitzgerald
FLA
D
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Andreas Englund
CGY
D
UFA
1 year
$900,000
Travis Mitchell
ANA
D
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Owen Sillinger
CBJ
F
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Jake Livingstone
CGY
D
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Lars Eller
FLA
C
UFA
1 year
$1.1 mill
Mathieu Joseph
EDM
RW
UFA
1 year
$1 mill
Barrett Hayton
NJ
C
RFA
1 year
$4.775 mill
Dylan Coghlan
VGK
D
UFA
2 years
$875,000
Kasperi Kapanen
EDM
LW
UFA
1 year
$2.6 mill
Victor Olofsson
VGK
F
UFA
1 year
$1.638 mill
Matt Luff
NYI
F
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Jamie Oleksiak
VAN
D
UFA
2 years
$5 mill
Jiri Patera
BOS
G
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Brian Halonen
BOS
LW
UFA
2 years
$875,000
Maxence Guenette
BOS
D
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Brendan Gaunce
BOS
C
UFA
2 years
$875,000
Jett Woo
ANA
D
UFA
2 years
Corey Schueneman
ANA
D
UFA
2 years
$875,000
James Hamblin
ANA
LW
UFA
2 years
$875,000
Judd Caulfield
ANA
RW
UFA
2 years
Marc Del Gaizo
NYR
D
UFA
2 years
Anders Lee
UTA
LW
UFA
3 years
$5.4 mill
Olivier Rodrigue
TB
G
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Mads Sogaard
TB
G
UFA
1 year
Michael Callahan
TB
D
UFA
1 year
Hunter Skinner
NSH
D
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Jack Ahcan
NSH
D
UFA
2 years
$875,000
Zach Bogosian
MIN
D
UFA
1 year
$1.25 mill
Zach MacEwen
TOR
RW
UFA
2 years
$875,000
Josh Dunne
WSH
C
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Christian Kyrou
OTT
D
UFA
$850,000
Ryan Suzuki
OTT
C
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Philip Tomasimo
OTT
C
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Philippe Daoust
OTT
C
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Sammy Blais
OTT
LW
UFA
2 years
$875,000
Ryan Shea
EDM
D
UFA
5 years
$4 mill
Mason Shaw
MIN
C
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Justin Kirkland
MIN
C
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Jagger Joshua
MIN
LW
UFA
2 years
$875,000
Dylan Gambrell
MIN
C
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Brandon Duhaime
TOR
UFA
3 years
$2.6 mill
Laurent Brossoit
ANA
G
UFA
1 year
Eduards Tralmaks
EDM
RW
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Domenick Fensore
COL
D
UFA
Adam Beckman
COL
LW
UFA
2 years
$875,000
Vinnie Hinostroza
COL
C
UFA
2 years
Connor Mackey
CHI
D
UFA
2 years
$937,500
Jacob Bryson
DET
D
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Jeffrey Viel
TB
LW
UFA
1 year
$2.5 mill
Noah Gregor
WPG
LW
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Wilmer Skoog
DET
C
UFA
1 year
Xavier Parent
NJ
C
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Marc McLaughlin
NJ
C
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Ethan Samson
MTL
D
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Riley Tufte
NJ
LW
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Samuel Poulin
MTL
RW
UFA
1 year
Curtis Douglas
SEA
C
UFA
2 years
$1.25 mill
Boone Jenner
WSH
C
UFA
4 years
$5.75 mill
Matthew Kessel
NYI
D
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Michell Chaffee
NYI
RW
UFA
1 year
Kevin Stenlund
UTA
C
UFA
1 year
$2.75 mill
Jeff Malott
ANA
LW
UFA
3 years
$1.85 mill
Jason Polin
BUF
RW
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Trevor Kuntar
BUF
C
UFA
2 years
$875,000
Conor Sheary
BUF
LW
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Jan Jenik
LA
C
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Cameron Butler
DET
RW
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Lane pederson
LA
C
UFA
2 years
$875,000
Scott Perunovich
LA
D
UFA
1 year
$1.15 mill
Eric Comrie
SJ
G
UFA
2 years
$1.15 mill
Daniil Tarasov
DET
G
UFA
1 year
$2 mill
Dillon Dube
STL
C
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Alexander Petrovic
FLA
D
UFA
2 years
Calvin Pickard
MIN
G
UFA
1 year
$1 mill
Cole Schwindt
FLA
RW
UFA
2 years
Nick Jensen
ANA
D
UFA
2 years
$2.25 mill
Nico Daws
NJ
D
UFA
2 years
$1.1 mill
Vincent Desharnais
WSH
D
UFA
4 years
$4.2 mill
Justin Holl
WSH
D
UFA
1 year
$900,000
Andrei Kuzemnko
PIT
LW
UFA
1 year
$5 mill
Kaapo Kahkonen
MTL
G
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Alex Belzile
MTL
RW
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Trey Fix-Wolansky
VAN
UFA
1 year
$900,000
Oliver Bjorkstrnd
NYR
RW
UFA
1 year
$4.5 mill
Riley Bezeau
CBJ
RW
UFA
1 year
$940,000
Jonny Brodzinksi
WSH
F
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Teddy Bleuger
TOR
C
UFA
2 years
$2.5 mill
Jordan Harris
BOS
D
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Phoenix Copley
CBJ
G
UFA
1 year
Dylan Anhorn
CHI
D
UFA
1 year
$850,00
Scott Laughton
LA
C
UFA
3 years
$3.25 mill
Colton Sissons
TOR
C
UFA
2 years
$4.25 mill
Vladislav Kolyachonok
NJ
D
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Brandon Halverson
DAL
G
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Artem Shlaine
DAL
C
UFA
1 year
$1.025 mill
Arttu Hyry
DAL
RW
UFA
2 years
$900,000
Akil Thomas
VAN
C
UFA
1 year
$900,000
Alexander Kerfoot
NSH
C
UFA
2 years
$3.5 mill
Connor Clifton
BOS
D
UFA
2 years
$2.25 mill
Sergei Bobrovsky
TOR
G
UFA
3 years
$7 mill
Noel Acciari
PHI
C
UFA
2 years
$2.8 mill
Jacob Trouba
SJ
D
UFA
4 years
$8.25 mill
Luke Schenn
VAN
D
UFA
1 year
$2.25 mill
Noah Juulsen
COL
D
UFA
2 years
$1.1 mill
Vitek Vanecek
NYI
G
UFA
1 year
$1 mill
Matias Maccelli
NYI
LW
UFA
1 year
$2.25 mill
Scott Perunovich
LA
D
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Rasmus Andersson
VGK
D
UFA
7 years
$8.5 mill
Joe Veleno
NYR
UFA
1 year
$1.2 mill
Declan Carlile
PIT
D
UFA
2 years
$1.5 mill
Paul Cotter
VAN
LW
UFA
2 years
$2.15 mill
Danila Klimovich
PHI
RW
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Stuart Skinner
WPG
G
UFA
2 years
$3.75 mill
Jack Roslovic
TOR
C
UFA
2 years
$4 mill
Sandis Vilmanis
FLA
LW
RFA
2 years
$925,000
Tyson Foerster
PHI
RW
UFA
8 years
$7.1 mill
Dennis Gilbert
BUF
D
UFA
1 year
$850,000
Ross Johnston
STL
LW
UFA
3 years
$2 mill
Ilya Mikheyev
TB
RW
UFA
4 years
$3.85 mill
Corey Perry
LA
RW
UFA
1 year
$1 mill
Ryan Lomberg
CBJ
C
UFA
2 years
$1.3 mill
Ian Cole
CHI
D
UFA
1 year
$4 mill
Samuel Ersson
OTT
G
RFA
2 years
$2.2 mill
Jaden Schwart
COL
LW
UFA
3 years
$3.25 mill
Cole Smith
CHI
UFA
3 years
$3 million
Viktor Arvidsson
DET
LW
UFA
2 years
$5 mill
Mason Marchment
SJ
LW
UFA
5 years
$6.75 mill
Jonatan Berggren
STL
RW
RFA
1 year
$2 mill
Erik Gustafsson
LA
D
UFA
1 year
$1 mill
Mats Zuccarello
LA
LW
UFA
1 year
$6.5 mill
Mackie Samoskevich
SEA
RW
RFA
3 years
$3.85 mill
Erik Haula
LA
LW
UFA
2 years
$3.6 mill
Carter Mazur
DET
LW
UFA
2 years
$875,000
Trevor van Riemsdyk
PIT
D
UFA
2 years
$4 mill
Ivan Demidov
MTL
RW
RFA
8 years
$9.13 milli
Dan Vladar
PHI
G
Extension
5 years
$5.5 mill
Olen Zellweger
BUF
D
RFA
3 years
$3.1 mill
Radko Gudas
FLA
D
UFA
6 years
$1.5 mill
Nico Hischier
NJ
C
UFA
5 years
$11.7 mill
Nick Cousins
OTT
C
UFA
2 years
$1.59 mill
Luke Cavallin
BOS
G
RFA
1 year
$850,000
Bowen Byram
CHI
D
UFA
6 years
$12.5 mill
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