For 15 of the NHL’s teams, the season is over. While the Stanley Cup playoffs grab the attention of hockey fans around the world, the teams disappointed by regular season failure will start working on a plan to improve for next season. One of the biggest things on any team’s to do list is new contracts for their restricted free agents. These are some of the most important negotiations of the offseason, and can drastically influence other decisions depending on how they are resolved—see Evgeny Kuznetsov’s massive deal with the Washington Capitals for an example.
To retain the exclusive negotiating rights with an RFA, a team must issue a qualifying offer by the deadline (last year’s was 4pm on June 26th). To see how much the qualifying offer must be, and some more information on how they are issued, check out CapFriendly’s Qualifying Offer Calculator.
RFAs become free agents on July 1st like any other, and can negotiate a deal up to eight years with their current team. For the non-playoff clubs, that list is already front and center on the offseason task board. Here is a list of all the players who will become restricted free agents this summer for every team not involved in the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Any of these players could sign a new deal in the coming weeks or months, and avoid the process altogether.
Removed from the list are those players scheduled to become Group VI Unrestricted Free Agents.
Arizona Coyotes
Max Domi
Dakota Mermis
Trevor Murphy
Laurent Dauphin
Marek Langhamer
Sean Maguire
Michael Bunting
Buffalo Sabres
Sam Reinhart
Scott Wilson
Robin Lehner
Victor Antipin
Nicholas Baptiste
Daniel O’Regan
Justin Bailey
Hudson Fasching
C.J. Smith
Sean Malone
Calgary Flames
Nick Shore
Mark Jankowski
Daniel Pribyl
Emile Poirier
Hunter Shinkaruk
Morgan Klimchuk
Jon Gillies
David Rittich
Hunter Smith
Austin Carroll
Brett Kulak
Garnet Hathaway
Carolina Hurricanes
Elias Lindholm
Joakim Nordstrom
Noah Hanifin
Andrew Poturalski
Klas Dahlbeck
Trevor van Riemsdyk
Phillip Di Giuseppe
Valentin Zykov
Lucas Wallmark
Trevor Carrick
Greg McKegg
Tyler Ganly
Keegan Kanzig
Sergey Tolchinsky
Chicago Blackhawks
Anthony Duclair
John Hayden
Tomas Jurco
Vinnie Hinostroza
Adam Clendening
Dallas Stars
Jason Dickinson
Devin Shore
Dillon Heatherington
Remi Elie
Stephen Johns
Mattias Janmark
Philippe Desrosiers
Gemel Smith
Cole Ully
Detroit Red Wings
Andreas Athanasiou
Dylan Larkin
Anthony Mantha
Daniel Renouf
Matej Machovsky
Matt Puempel
Tyler Bertuzzi
Martin Frk
Zach Nastasiuk
Edmonton Oilers
Ryan Strome
Anton Slepyshev
Nick Ellis
Drake Caggiula
Patrick Russell
Matt Benning
Darnell Nurse
Kyle Platzer
Iiro Pakarinen
Ben Betker
Braden Christoffer
Florida Panthers
Alexander Petrovic
Jared McCann
Frank Vatrano
Linus Hultstrom
Gregory Chase
Curtis Valk
MacKenzie Weegar
Edward Wittchow
Anthony Greco
Joshua Brown
Ludwig Bystrom
Montreal Canadiens
Phillip Danault
Kerby Rychel
Michael McCarron
Rinat Valiev
Jacob de La Rose
Daniel Carr
Tom Parisi
Zachary Fucale
Logan Shaw
Markus Eisenschmid
Jeremy Gregoire
New York Islanders
Brock Nelson
Brandon Davidson
Devon Toews
Ryan Pulock
Shane Prince
Kyle Schempp
Ross Johnston
Kyle Burroughs
Alan Quine
New York Rangers
Ryan Spooner
Kevin Hayes
Vladislav Namestnikov
Brady Skjei
Rob O’Gara
Jimmy Vesey
Chris Bigras
Adam Tambellini
Boo Nieves
Steven Fogarty
John Gilmour
Marek Mazanec
Ottawa Senators
Mark Stone
Cody Ceci
Chris Driedger
Nick Moutrey
Nicholas Paul
Fredrik Claesson
Patrick Sieloff
Ville Pokka
St. Louis Blues
Joel Edmundson
Dmitrij Jaskin
Jordan Schmaltz
Mackenzie MacEachern
Robby Fabbri
Nikita Soshnikov
Thomas Vannelli
Justin Selman
Oskar Sundqvist
Jordan Binnington
Beau Bennett
Petteri Lindbohm
Vancouver Canucks
Sven Baertschi
Troy Stecher
Griffen Molino
Markus Granlund
Jake Virtanen
Derrick Pouliot
Michael Chaput
Reid Boucher
MacKenze Stewart
Anton Cederholm
Cole Cassels