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The Unleashed 2025: Group VI Unrestricted Free Agents

April 23, 2025 at 8:57 am CDT | by Josh Erickson 1 Comment

Although most players must wait until after their 27th birthday to become an unrestricted free agent, able to sign with any team in the league without compensation, there are a few other ways to reach the open market. Players who complete seven full seasons in the NHL are eligible for UFA status, as are restricted free agents who do not receive qualifying offers.

There is another option, however, available to players who don’t receive many opportunities in the NHL but have spent several years at the professional level: Group VI unrestricted free agency.

PuckPedia has a complete list of players who will become free agents through this category. To refresh your memory on how a player qualifies for Group VI free agency, they must meet three requirements:

  1. The player is 25 years or older (as of June 30 of the calendar year the contract expires).
  2. The player has completed three (3) or more professional seasons, qualified by 11 or more professional games (for an 18/19-year-old player), or one (1) or more professional games (for a player aged 20 or older). This can include NHL, minor league, and European professional league seasons played while under a Standard Player Contract (SPC).
  3. The player has played fewer than 80 NHL games, or 28 NHL games of 30 minutes or greater for a goaltender.

The entire list of players hitting the open market early can be found below. For more detailed information, please visit PuckPedia.

Anaheim Ducks

(none)

Boston Bruins

Michael Callahan

Buffalo Sabres

Brett Murray
Jack Rathbone
Lukáš Rousek

Calgary Flames

Jonathan Aspirot

Carolina Hurricanes

(none)

Chicago Blackhawks

Cole Guttman

Colorado Avalanche

Adam Scheel

Columbus Blue Jackets

Trey Fix-Wolansky

Dallas Stars

Matěj Blümel
Kole Lind
Mathias Emilio Pettersen

Detroit Red Wings

(none)

Edmonton Oilers

Ronald Attard
Philip Kemp

Florida Panthers

(none)

Los Angeles Kings

Samuel Fagemo
Reilly Walsh

Minnesota Wild

Cameron Crotty
Dylan Ferguson
Tyler Madden

Montreal Canadiens

(none)

Nashville Predators

Marc Del Gaizo
Grigori Denisenko
Jake Livingstone

New Jersey Devils

Marc McLaughlin

New York Islanders

Jakub Skarek
Tyce Thompson

New York Rangers

Benoit-Olivier Groulx
Jake Leschyshyn

Ottawa Senators

Wyatt Bongiovanni
Angus Crookshank
Cole Reinhardt
Filip Roos

Philadelphia Flyers

Olle Lycksell
Eetu Mäkiniemi

Pittsburgh Penguins

Mac Hollowell
Jimmy Huntington
Filip Král
Mathias Laferrière

San Jose Sharks

Pavol Regenda

Seattle Kraken

Luke Henman

St. Louis Blues

Corey Andonovski

Tampa Bay Lightning

Gabriel Fortier

Toronto Maple Leafs

Nicholas Abruzzese
Alex Steeves

Utah Hockey Club

Travis Barron
Egor Sokolov
Jaxson Stauber
Samuel Walker

Vancouver Canucks

Akito Hirose
Nathan Smith

Vegas Golden Knights

Jonas Røndbjerg

Washington Capitals

Riley Sutter

Winnipeg Jets

(none)

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  1. TJECK109

    3 months ago

    Have a feeling the penguins could make a few offers this summer

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