The following players are projected to become free agents after the 2025-26 season. The player’s 2026 age is in parentheses. Inclusion on this list requires at least 1 GP in 2024-25 with limited exceptions. For PHR’s the list of current free agents, click here.
Updated Aug. 5, 2025
Unrestricted Free Agents
Centers
Rodrigo Abols (30)
Mikael Backlund (37)
Teddy Blueger (31)
Nick Cousins (32)
Charlie Coyle (34)
Jason Dickinson (30)
Christian Dvorak (30)
Jack Eichel (29)
Lars Eller (37)
Jansen Harkins (29)
Erik Haula (35)
Kevin Hayes (34)
Adam Henrique (36)
Mark Jankowski (31)
Justin Kirkland (29)
Anže Kopitar (38)
Scott Laughton (32)
Curtis Lazar (31)
Adam Lowry (33)
Evgeni Malkin (39)
Connor McDavid (29)
Tomáš Nosek (33)
Jean-Gabriel Pageau (33)
Ryan Poehling (27)
Cole Schwindt (25) – RFA if 31 GP in 2025-26
Kevin Stenlund (29)
Mitchell Stephens (29)
Oskar Sundqvist (32)
Alexander Wennberg (31)
Left Wingers
Zach Aston-Reese (31)
Jamie Benn (36)
Michael Bunting (30)
Michael Carcone (30)
Kyle Connor (29)
Nicolas Deslauriers (35)
Connor Dewar (27)
Brandon Duhaime (29)
Tye Felhaber (27)
Nick Foligno (38)
A.J. Greer (29)
Carl Grundström (28)
Danton Heinen (30)
Boone Jenner (33)
Marcus Johansson (35)
Ross Johnston (32)
Mathieu Joseph (29)
Tyson Jost (28)
Kirill Kaprizov (29)
Alexander Kerfoot (31)
Cole Koepke (28)
Andrei Kuzmenko (30)
Patrik Laine (28)
Anders Lee (35)
Blake Lizotte (28)
Ryan Lomberg (31)
Beck Malenstyn (28)
Mason Marchment (31)
Bobby McMann (30)
Sonny Milano (30)
Alex Ovechkin (40)
Artemi Panarin (34)
Tanner Pearson (33)
David Perron (38)
Brandon Saad (33)
Jaden Schwartz (34)
Jeff Skinner (34)
Cole Smith (30)
Reilly Smith (35)
Alexey Toropchenko (27)
James van Riemsdyk (37)
Right Wingers
Noel Acciari (34)
Viktor Arvidsson (33)
Nicolas Aubé-Kubel (30)
Oliver Bjorkstrand (31)
Jonny Brodzinski (33)
Mitchell Chaffee (28)
Evgenii Dadonov (37)
Jordan Eberle (36)
Jonah Gadjovich (27)
Claude Giroux (38)
Calle Järnkrok (34)
Patrick Kane (37)
Kasperi Kapanen (29)
Linus Karlsson (26) – RFA if 53 GP in 2025-26
Adrian Kempe (29)
Sam Lafferty (31)
Anthony Mantha (31)
Michael McCarron (31)
Ilya Mikheyev (31)
Martin Nečas (27)
Gustav Nyquist (36)
Corey Perry (41)
Ryan Reaves (39)
Nick Schmaltz (30)
Kiefer Sherwood (31)
Colton Sissons (32)
Vladimir Tarasenko (34)
Eeli Tolvanen (27)
Alex Tuch (30)
Nathan Walker (32)
Austin Watson (34)
Mats Zuccarello (38)
Left-Shot Defensemen
Uvis Balinskis (29)
Jake Bean (28)
Jacob Bryson (28)
Ben Chiarot (35)
Ian Cole (37)
Mattias Ekholm (36)
Andreas Englund (30)
Mario Ferraro (27)
Derek Forbort (34)
Cam Fowler (34)
Dennis Gilbert (29)
Erik Gustafsson (34)
Ben Hutton (33)
Brett Kulak (32)
Jeremy Lauzon (29)
Nick Leddy (35)
Mike Matheson (32)
Ryan McDonagh (37)
Niko Mikkola (30)
Jacob Moverare (27)
Jordan Oesterle (34)
Jamie Oleksiak (33)
Mike Reilly (32)
Ryan Shea (29)
Carson Soucy (31)
Logan Stanley (28)
Juuso Välimäki (27)
Jake Walman (30)
Right-Shot Defensemen
Rasmus Andersson (29)
Nick Blankenburg (28)
Zach Bogosian (35)
Brent Burns (41)
Kyle Burroughs (30)
John Carlson (36)
Connor Clifton (31)
Tony DeAngelo (30)
Vincent Desharnais (30)
Matt Dumba (31)
Radko Gudas (36)
Erik Gudbranson (34)
Justin Holl (34)
Nick Jensen (35)
Noah Juulsen (29)
Matthew Kessel (26) – RFA if 10 GP in 2025-26
John Klingberg (33)
Timothy Liljegren (27)
Sam Malinski (27)
Colin Miller (33)
Daniil Miromanov (28)
Connor Murphy (33)
Andrew Peeke (28)
Alexander Petrovic (34)
Jeff Petry (38)
Darren Raddysh (30)
Luke Schenn (36)
Troy Stecher (32)
Jacob Trouba (32)
Trevor van Riemsdyk (34)
Goaltenders
Frederik Andersen (36)
Sergei Bobrovsky (37)
Laurent Brossoit (33)
Eric Comrie (30)
Devin Cooley (29)
Ivan Fedotov (29)
Jet Greaves (25) – RFA if 7 GP with >30 min
Filip Gustavsson (28)
Connor Ingram (29)
Kaapo Kähkönen (29)
Jacob Markström (36)
Petr Mrázek (34)
Alex Nedeljkovic (30)
Calvin Pickard (34)
Jonathan Quick (40)
David Rittich (33)
Stuart Skinner (27)
Anthony Stolarz (32)
Cam Talbot (38)
Daniil Tarasov (27)
Vitek Vanecek (30)
Scott Wedgewood (33)
Restricted Free Agents
* denotes eligible for arbitration
Centers
Nils Åman (26)*
Connor Bedard (20)
Thomas Bordeleau (24)*
Leo Carlsson (21)
Logan Cooley (22)
Kirby Dach (25)
Jack Drury (26)*
Adam Fantilli (21)
Barrett Hayton (26)*
Samuel Helenius (23)
Ivan Ivan (23)*
Peyton Krebs (25)*
Philipp Kurashev (26)*
Connor McMichael (25)*
Frank Nazar (22)
Shane Pinto (25)*
Cole Sillinger (23)*
Fedor Svechkov (23)
Alexandre Texier (26)*
Trevor Zegras (25)*
Left Wingers
John Beecher (25)*
Zach Benson (21)
Jonatan Berggren (25)*
Yegor Chinakhov (25)*
Paul Cotter (26)*
Cutter Gauthier (22)
Daniil Gushchin (24)
David Gustafsson (26)*
Dylan Holloway (24)*
Zachary L’Heureux (23)
Carter Mazur (24)
Vasily Podkolzin (25)*
Jason Robertson (26)*
Joe Veleno (26)*
Right Wingers
Zachary Bolduc (23)
Mavrik Bourque (24)
Bobby Brink (24)*
Ty Dellandrea (25)*
Josh Doan (24)
Pavel Dorofeyev (25)*
Marc Gatcomb (26)*
Collin Graf (23)
Arttu Hyry (25)*
Arthur Kaliyev (25)*
Hendrix Lapierre (24)
Matias Maccelli (25)*
Cole Perfetti (24)*
Matthew Poitras (22)
Lukas Reichel (24)*
Nicholas Robertson (24)*
Mackie Samoskevich (23)
Philip Tomasino (24)*
Left-Shot Defensemen
Alexander Alexeyev (26)*
Nolan Allan (23)
Philip Broberg (25)*
Simon Edvinsson (23)
Thomas Harley (24)*
Jordan Harris (25)*
Lane Hutson (22)
Zachary Jones (25)*
Pierre-Olivier Joseph (27)* – July 1 birthday
Kevin Korchinski (22)
Jackson LaCombe (25)*
Pavel Mintyukov (22)
J.J. Moser (26)*
Shakir Mukhamadullin (24)
Henry Thrun (25)*
Arber Xhekaj (25)*
Egor Zamula (26)*
Olen Zellweger (22)
Right-Shot Defensemen
Justin Barron (24)*
Jacob Bernard-Docker (26)*
Adam Boqvist (25)*
Brandt Clarke (23)
Jamie Drysdale (24)*
David Jiricek (22)
Michael Kesselring (26)*
Nils Lundkvist (25)*
Logan Mailloux (23)
Scott Morrow (23)
Simon Nemec (22)
Braden Schneider (24)*
Jordan Spence (25)*
Jack Thompson (24)
Goaltenders
Justus Annunen (26)*
Samuel Ersson (26)*
Spencer Knight (25)*
Leevi Merilainen (23)*
Akira Schmid (26)*
Arturs Silovs (25)*
Dustin Wolf (25)*
Once McDavid and Eichel resign, this will be a David Clarkson caliber free agent class. If that.
Especially considering that Kempe isn’t going anywhere, neither is Connor, and I think the likelihood is high that both Ferraro and Andersson get traded and sign extensions at some point this season and that leaves you with one of the worst free agent classes I’ve ever seen.
Kaprizov and Necas are pretty good
Oh yeah, but I think there’s no way Kaprizov hits the market, and probably not Necas either. Even if he does, who else is there besides him?
It sounds like you’ve predicted the futures of all the free agents. It’s quite the gift you have.
Just utilizing my mental imaging faculties based on quotes directly from players, agents, and the teams. Nothing too special about it!
I do think he’s right. If these players don’t re-sign you gotta think the teams trade them with the exception of Edmonton as they may attempt to win the cup one more time before we again collapse into mediocrity. Oh I hope McDavid just re signs.
Breadman on the list too. Peg is going to hurt if they can’t resign Connor and Lowry. As old timers, you’ve got Ovechkin and Kopitar. Even with this super class, I bet almost no one makes it to July 1st, 2026.