Trade and movement protection is becoming increasingly common in the NHL. There are three forms. A no-movement clause, in addition to giving the player the right to veto any trade, allows them to block waiver placements and subsequent minor-league reassignments as well. No-trade clauses are the simplest, giving the player full veto power over a trade, but also the rarest.
The most common form of trade protection is the modified no-trade clause, which allows a player to submit a list of teams they can or can’t be traded to. An M-NTC can also include kicker dates that change the level of protection the player has. Most every team has at least one of these on their books.
To be eligible for an NMC, NTC, or M-NTC, the player must be at least 27 years old at the beginning of the league year or have accumulated seven years of service – in other words, the same requirements for unrestricted free agency.
With those criteria in mind, here are the players who must give their consent to some degree if their teams want to trade them during the 2025-26 league year. Players with M-NTCs have the amount of teams they can block a trade to in parentheses (with noted exceptions for rare ’yes’ or approved trade lists).
Anaheim Ducks
No-movement clauses: none
No-trade clauses:
Modified no-trade clauses:
- D Radko Gudas (10)
- RW Alex Killorn (15)
- LW Chris Kreider (15)
- RW Troy Terry (10)
- D Jacob Trouba (15)
- LW Frank Vatrano (7)
Boston Bruins
No-movement clauses:
No-trade clauses:
Modified no-trade clauses:
- D Henri Jokiharju (8)
- C Pavel Zacha (8)
Buffalo Sabres
No-movement clauses:
No-trade clauses: none
Modified no-trade clauses:
- LW Jordan Greenway (5)
- C Tage Thompson (5)
- RW Alex Tuch (5)
- LW Jason Zucker (5)
Calgary Flames
No-movement clauses:
No-trade clauses:
Modified no-trade clauses:
- D Rasmus Andersson (6)
- RW Blake Coleman (10 approved)
- C Nazem Kadri (13)
- LW Yegor Sharangovich (10)
Carolina Hurricanes
No-movement clauses:
- G Frederik Andersen
- C Sebastian Aho
- LW William Carrier
- D Jalen Chatfield
- LW Nikolaj Ehlers
- LW Taylor Hall
- D Jaccob Slavin
- C Jordan Staal
No-trade clauses: none
Modified no-trade clauses:
- G Frederik Andersen (20, reduces to 5 on Feb. 23 if he doesn’t play 1/3 of games by Feb. 15)
- D Shayne Gostisbehere (15)
- C Jesperi Kotkaniemi (10)
- LW Jordan Martinook (10)
- RW Eric Robinson (8)
- LW Andrei Svechnikov (10 approved)
- D Sean Walker (15)
Chicago Blackhawks
No-movement clauses: none
No-trade clauses: none
Modified no-trade clauses:
- LW Tyler Bertuzzi (10)
- RW André Burakovsky (10)
- C Ryan Donato (10)
- RW Ilya Mikheyev (12)
- D Connor Murphy (10)
- LW Teuvo Teräväinen (8)
Colorado Avalanche
No-movement clauses:
No-trade clauses:
Modified no-trade clauses:
- G Mackenzie Blackwood (6)
- LW Ross Colton (12)
- D Samuel Girard (9)
- LW Gabriel Landeskog (12)
- LW Artturi Lehkonen (12)
- D Josh Manson (12)
- RW Valeri Nichushkin (12)
- RW Logan O’Connor (6)
Columbus Blue Jackets
No-movement clauses:
No-trade clauses:
Modified no-trade clauses:
- C Charlie Coyle (3)
- D Erik Gudbranson (10)
- C Boone Jenner (8)
- LW Mason Marchment (10)
- G Elvis Merzļikins (10)
- RW Mathieu Olivier (10)
- LW Miles Wood (6)
Dallas Stars
No-movement clauses:
- LW Jamie Benn
- C Matt Duchene
- D Miro Heiskanen
- C Roope Hintz
- RW Mikko Rantanen
- C Tyler Seguin
No-trade clauses:
Modified no-trade clauses: none
Detroit Red Wings
No-movement clauses: none
No-trade clauses:
- RW Patrick Kane
- C Dylan Larkin
Modified no-trade clauses:
- D Ben Chiarot (10)
- C J.T. Compher (10)
- C Andrew Copp (10)
- LW Alex DeBrincat (16)
- G John Gibson (10)
- D Justin Holl (10)
Edmonton Oilers
No-movement clauses:
- C Leon Draisaitl
- C Trent Frederic
- C Adam Henrique
- LW Zach Hyman
- C Connor McDavid
- C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
- D Darnell Nurse
- RW Jack Roslovic
- D Jake Walman
No-trade clauses:
Modified no-trade clauses:
- LW Mattias Janmark (10)
- G Tristan Jarry (12)
- RW Jack Roslovic (4 approved)
Florida Panthers
No-movement clauses:
- C Aleksander Barkov
- C Sam Bennett
- D Aaron Ekblad
- D Gustav Forsling
- D Seth Jones
- LW Brad Marchand
- RW Sam Reinhart
- RW Matthew Tkachuk
- LW Carter Verhaeghe
No-trade clauses: none
Modified no-trade clauses:
- G Sergei Bobrovsky (16)
- RW Sam Reinhart (16)
Los Angeles Kings
No-movement clauses:
- LW Kevin Fiala
- C Anže Kopitar
No-trade clauses:
- RW Corey Perry
Modified no-trade clauses:
- D Cody Ceci (10)
- D Drew Doughty (7 approved)
- D Brian Dumoulin (10)
- D Joel Edmundson (10)
- LW Warren Foegele (5)
- RW Adrian Kempe (10)
- G Darcy Kuemper (10)
Minnesota Wild
No-movement clauses:
- C Joel Eriksson Ek
- LW Marcus Foligno
- G Filip Gustavsson
- LW Kirill Kaprizov
- D Jacob Middleton
- RW Mats Zuccarello
No-trade clauses: none
Modified no-trade clauses:
- C Joel Eriksson Ek (10)
- C Ryan Hartman (15)
- D Jared Spurgeon (10)
- RW Vladimir Tarasenko (8 approved)
Montreal Canadiens
No-movement clauses:
No-trade clauses: none
Modified no-trade clauses:
- RW Josh Anderson (5)
- C Phillip Danault (10)
- RW Brendan Gallagher (6)
- LW Patrik Laine (10)
- D Mike Matheson (8)
Nashville Predators
No-movement clauses:
- LW Filip Forsberg
- D Roman Josi
- LW Jonathan Marchessault
- G Juuse Saros
- D Brady Skjei
- C Steven Stamkos
No-trade clauses: none
Modified no-trade clauses:
- C Erik Haula (6)
- D Brady Skjei (15)
New Jersey Devils
No-movement clauses:
- RW Jesper Bratt
- D Dougie Hamilton
- G Jacob Markström
- RW Timo Meier
- LW Ondřej Palát
No-trade clauses:
Modified no-trade clauses:
- RW Evgenii Dadonov (NTC until March 1, then 10)
- D Dougie Hamilton (10 approved)
- C Nico Hischier (10)
- RW Stefan Noesen (10)
- RW Ondřej Palát (10 approved)
- D Jonas Siegenthaler (10)
New York Islanders
No-movement clauses:
No-trade clauses:
- LW Anthony Duclair
- C Bo Horvat
- D Scott Mayfield
- RW Kyle Palmieri
- D Ryan Pulock
Modified no-trade clauses:
- C Mathew Barzal (22)
- LW Jonathan Drouin (16)
- LW Pierre Engvall (16)
- LW Anders Lee (15)
- C Jean-Gabriel Pageau (16)
- D Adam Pelech (16)
- G Semyon Varlamov (16)
New York Rangers
No-movement clauses:
No-trade clauses:
Modified no-trade clauses:
- G Jonathan Quick (20)
- D Carson Soucy (12)
- C Vincent Trocheck (12)
Ottawa Senators
No-movement clauses:
- RW Claude Giroux
- LW Brady Tkachuk
- G Linus Ullmark
No-trade clauses: none
Modified no-trade clauses:
- D Thomas Chabot (10)
- C Lars Eller (14 approved)
- LW David Perron (15)
- D Artem Zub (10)
Philadelphia Flyers
No-movement clauses:
No-trade clauses:
Modified no-trade clauses:
- G Daniel Vladař (8)
Pittsburgh Penguins
No-movement clauses:
No-trade clauses: none
Modified no-trade clauses:
- C Noel Acciari (8)
- D Ryan Graves (12)
- C Kevin Hayes (12)
- LW Danton Heinen (12)
- RW Rickard Rakell (8)
San Jose Sharks
No-movement clauses:
No-trade clauses:
Modified no-trade clauses:
- C Logan Couture (3 approved)
- C Barclay Goodrow (15)
- D John Klingberg (NTC until Feb. 1, then 14)
- D Nick Leddy (16 approved)
- LW Jeff Skinner (NTC until Feb. 1, then 8 approved)
- C Alexander Wennberg (15 approved)
Seattle Kraken
No-movement clauses:
No-trade clauses:
Modified no-trade clauses:
- G Joey Daccord (12)
- D Vince Dunn (16)
- C Frédérick Gaudreau (15)
- G Philipp Grubauer (10)
- D Ryan Lindgren (6)
- LW Jared McCann (10)
- D Jamie Oleksiak (16)
- LW Jared Schwartz (16)
St. Louis Blues
No-movement clauses: none
No-trade clauses:
Modified no-trade clauses:
- G Jordan Binnington (14)
- D Justin Faulk (15)
- D Cam Fowler (4 approved)
- D Torey Krug (15)
- C Brayden Schenn (15)
Tampa Bay Lightning
No-movement clauses:
No-trade clauses:
Modified no-trade clauses:
- RW Oliver Bjorkstrand (10)
- LW Zemgus Girgensons (16 approved)
- RW Nikita Kucherov (10 approved)
- D Ryan McDonagh (12)
- G Andrei Vasilevskiy (10 approved)
Toronto Maple Leafs
No-movement clauses:
No-trade clauses:
Modified no-trade clauses:
- D Brandon Carlo (8)
- C Max Domi (13)
- D Oliver Ekman-Larsson (16)
- LW Calle Järnkrok (10)
- LW Dakota Joshua (12)
- G Anthony Stolarz (16)
Utah Mammoth
No-movement clauses: none
No-trade clauses:
Modified no-trade clauses:
- D John Marino (8)
- D Olli Määttä (10)
- RW Nick Schmaltz (10)
- D Nate Schmidt (10)
- LW Brandon Tanev (10)
- G Karel Vejmelka (10)
Vancouver Canucks
No-movement clauses:
- RW Brock Boeser
- LW Jake DeBrusk
- D Filip Hronek
- G Kevin Lankinen
- D Tyler Myers
- C Elias Pettersson
- D Marcus Pettersson
No-trade clauses: none
Modified no-trade clauses:
- C Teddy Blueger (12)
- LW Evander Kane (16 approved)
- LW Drew O’Connor (12)
Vegas Golden Knights
No-movement clauses:
- C Jack Eichel
- RW Mitch Marner
- D Alex Pietrangelo
- RW Mark Stone
No-trade clauses:
- D Noah Hanifin
- D Brayden McNabb
- LW Brandon Saad
- RW Reilly Smith
- D Shea Theodore
Modified no-trade clauses:
- LW Ivan Barbashev (8)
- C Tomáš Hertl (3 approved)
- G Adin Hill (10)
- C William Karlsson (10)
Washington Capitals
No-movement clauses:
No-trade clauses: none
Modified no-trade clauses:
- D John Carlson (10)
- LW Alex Ovechkin (10)
- D Matt Roy (15)
- G Logan Thompson (15)
- RW Tom Wilson (14)
Winnipeg Jets
No-movement clauses:
No-trade clauses: none
Modified no-trade clauses:
- D Dylan DeMelo (10)
- D Josh Morrissey (15)
- D Neal Pionk (15)
Only one team has given their backup goalie a NMC; most teams give no protection to the backup. That same team has a starter who has no no-trade protection- and this team does not currently project as a playoff team. Ignoring the fact the starter has some injury concerns, but is Olympic caliber when healthy, is it unreasonable to think they should move that netminder – since no one would want a $5m backup w/ full NMC? There are no shortage or areas they could bolster. But these are the Canucks.
to add to that. once July 1st hits ,Demko will have a Nmc as well